Volvo Cars reports 1.6 per cent growth in global sales in January 2015

Volvo Cars posted a 19th consecutive month of retail sales growth in January with Europe, China and the United States all recording sales increases compared to January 2014.

Sales of Volvo Cars in Europe rose 4.9 per cent versus the same month last year. Most European

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A new Ford Collection: Ford challenges designers to transform recycled materials into fashion statements

Ford Motor Company and Redress announced Veronica Lee from Malaysia and Amandah Andersson from Sweden the winners of The Redress Forum: Ford Design Challenge. Held on January 19, the event challenged emerging designers to create fashion pieces

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Aston Martin China announces Michael Mingshan Peng as new President

Aston Martin Lagonda China announced Michael Mingshan Peng as its new President, further reinforcing the company's long-term commitment to the China market.

Peng will join Aston Martin Lagonda China from Porsche China where he served as Director

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Beijing Hyundai Motor Company to build fourth, fifth plants in China

Beijing Hyundai Motor Company (BHMC), a 50-50 joint-venture between Hyundai Motor Company and Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co., said it would begin building its fourth and fifth plants in China next year.

BHMC will build its fourth plant in Cangzhou, Hebei

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500,000th Mercedes-Benz passenger car rolls-off production line in Beijing

The 500,000th locally produced Mercedes-Benz passenger car, an all-new long-wheelbase C-class model, has rolled-off the production lines at Daimler's Sino-German production joint-venture Beijing Benz Automotive Co., Ltd. (BBAC), marking yet another milestone

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Changes at the top in Maserati North America and Maserati China

Effective January 1, 2015, Christian Gobber will be assigned responsibility for Maserati North America, replacing Pete Grady, who has announced his intent to retire effective March 31, 2015.

Christian Gobber will maintain his responsibility for Maserati Global Sales.

Effective January

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McLaren announces the appointment of a new Regional Director for the Asia Pacific region

McLaren Automotive has announced the appointment of David McIntyre as Regional Director for the Asia Pacific reporting to Jolyon Nash, Executive Director for Global Sales and Marketing.

McIntyre, 42, brings 19 years experience of working with luxury automotive brands

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Daimler and Peking University celebrate 20th anniversary of the Daimler Scholarship Program

Daimler and Peking University, the first modern university in China and one of the country's most prestigious, commemorated twenty years of the Daimler Scholarship Program. Since its establishment, the program has annually selected 24 students from the freshman class

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Volvo Car's Daqing plant to become one of the China's most advanced car plants

Volvo Cars underlined its long-term commitment to China by significantly expanding its manufacturing facility in Daqing, China. The company will use its Daqing plant to make the most innovative vehicles in its product range, which are based on its Scalable Product

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Volvo Cars starts XC60 production in China

Volvo Cars has started production of its bestselling XC60 crossover at its plant in Chengdu, expanding its production in China on the back of strong sales growth.

The Volvo XC60 is the second model to be produced in Chengdu after the plant started production of the Volvo

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