Management reshuffle at Porsche sales companies worldwide

Porsche AG has reassigned responsibilities for important sales regions and subsidiaries of the sports car manufacturer:
Following his successful expansion of the subsidiary in China since 2007 Helmut Broker is set to take over the leadership of the

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Mahindra launches H-series Xylo with mHawk engine @ Rs. 8.23 lakh

Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (M&M Ltd.) announced the launch of the new H-series Xylo, powered by the refined and world-class mHawk engine.

The power packed H-series offers a range of variants starting with the H4 (with ABS option), H8 (with ABS & Airbag option) and fully

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Car Shoe produces a limited edition of the famed mocassin for the 50th anniversary of Lamborghini

Car Shoe (Gruppo Prada), the celebrated italian brand born in 1963, is honoring the 50th anniversary of Automobili Lamborghini by producing a limited edition of their famous moccasin - a metal logo of the 50th anniversary features on the lace and the Lamborghini

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Bekir Hassan appointed as Sales Director for Citroen UK

Citroen UK has announced the appointment of Bekir Hassan as Sales Director, with effect from July 1. He will take over from Charles Peugeot, who is returning to Citroen France to lead part of the team that will develop future DS models.

Bekir has a long and successful

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Mitsubishi Motors UK appoints Kate Woodward as GM of Communications

Mitsubishi Motors in the UK announce the new appointment of Kate Woodward who replaces Andy Wertheim as General Manager of Communications.

Kate, who has been working for Mitsubishi Motors in the UK since 2002, brings a whole host of knowledge to the

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Limited edition pack celebrates 40 years of Caterham

Caterham Cars will celebrate 40 years of manufacturing and developing the iconic Seven with a free limited edition pack.

Caterham Cars has been building the Seven since 1973, when original owner, Graham Nearn, acquired the rights to the model from Colin Chapman. It

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Steve Oliver is the new Regional Director for Infiniti North Europe

Infiniti has appointed Steve Oliver as the new Regional Director for North Europe covering the UK and Holland, effective immediately. In this role, he will be based at the regional office in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire.

Oliver brings to Infiniti a wealth of automotive experience ranging

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Toyota awards scholarships to 20 Asian Pacific Islander students from Southern California

Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc. awarded scholarships to 20 Asian Pacific Islander American (APIA) students from the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) disciplines at its second annual awards dinner and reception at the Toyota Automotive

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Infiniti appoints Toshihiro Hirai as Global Head of Infiniti Program Management

Toshihiro Hirai has been appointed Infiniti's new Program Director & Global Head of Program Management, effective April 1. In this role, he is responsible for planning and executing all future vehicle programs for Infiniti. Hirai is based at Infiniti's global technical

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Porsche ships 21 per cent more vehicles in April

Porsche AG has recorded a strong start to this spring - in April more than 15,200 customers around the world delighted in taking delivery of their new sports car. That equates to an increase of 21 per cent compared to April 2012. Over the first four months of the year the sports

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Nissan reveals Le Mans 24 Hours Nismo driver line-up

Nismo Ambassador and Super GT racer Michael Krumm will join GT Academy winners and Nismo Athletes Lucas Ordonez and Jann Mardenborough at the Le Mans 24 Hours next month.

The three drivers will unite to race a Greaves Motorsport Zytek-

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Volkswagen apprentices present Golf GTI Cabrio Austria at Worthersee

The Golf GTI Cabrio Austria with 333 ps (245 kw) is a twofold premiere - it is the first time Volkswagen apprentices have designed a cabriolet for the GTI Festival at the Worthersee Lake in Austria and it is the first ever collaboration between junior talents from

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Mahindra Two Wheelers launches Pantero @ Rs. 39,650

Mahindra Two Wheelers has announced the launch of the latest and most affordable variant of its Pantero motorcycle, priced at just Rs. 39,650 (ex-showroom Delhi). The Pantero has been engineered to meet the exacting demands of the commuter segment

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Bentley to open first-ever dealership in Belarusian capital

Bentley will expand its presence in the fast-growing Eastern Europe region later this year, with the opening of its first-ever dealership in Belarus.

Located in the heart of the capital, Bentley Minsk will open in Summer 2013, and will offer sales and aftersales services

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Lamborghini 50th Anniversary Grand Tour starts; 350 supercars from all over the world celebrating 'Made in Italy'

Lamborghini 50th Anniversary Grand Tour is the largest gathering ever of cars from the 'House of the Raging Bull', organised to celebrate the company's 50th anniversary: a convoy of some 4 km long and 190,000 hp on the road.

The 350 cars (320 registered

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Alfonso Albaisa named Executive Design Director for Infiniti

Alfonso Albaisa (48) has been appointed Executive Design Director for Infiniti, effective April 1, 2013. Albaisa will be leading the global Infiniti Design team and be responsible for further developing the design of all future Infiniti vehicles and concept cars. He

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Skoda to present five sports cars at Worthersee

At this year's GTI Meeting at Worthersee, Skoda will present a total of five sports car models. The highlight will be the world premiere of the concept car Skoda Rapid Sport. Moreover, the Czech manufacturer will show the new Skoda Octavia Combi with a sports package,

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Nissan Leaf earns 'Top Safety Pick' from IIHS

Nissan Leaf pure electric vehicle added another award to its trophy case with the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) 'Top Safety Pick' designation, which recognises vehicles for excellent performance in four passenger safety tests.

The Leaf achieved the Institute's

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Ford China reports growth of 37 per cent in April and 49 per cent for the year sales

Ford China sales continued to climb in April, selling 75,331 wholesale vehicles this month, an increase of 37 per cent compared to April 2012, bringing year-to-date sales to 261,927 wholesales, up 49 per cent from last year.

In its second full sales month, demand

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Volvo Canada appoints Daniel Martin as VP of Network Development

Volvo Canada announced the appointment of Daniel Martin as VP of Network Development for Volvo Cars of Canada Corp. Martin will join the ranks of Volvo Canada at the new head office in Richmond Hill commencing May 14, where he will work to further

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Martini and Porsche re-ignite motorsport partnership in special anniversary year

A long-standing partnership involving two motorsport legends will be re-ignited as the new Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car makes its debut wrapped in iconic Martini Racing Stripes. As part of the Martini 150 Anniversary celebration this year, the new car will be driven

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Honda to build new transmission plant in Celaya, Mexico

Honda de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. (HDM) announced plans to construct a new transmission plant in Celaya, near the city of Guanajuato, on the same site as the new automobile plant currently under construction that will begin production of the Honda Fit in Spring 2014.

With an initial

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The new Scuderia Ferrari watch collection launched at Baselworld 2013

The new collection of Scuderia Ferrari watches was launched at Baselworld 2013.

Scuderia Ferrari Orologi (SFO) is the new line for men and women which comprises bright, compelling, identifiable watch designs that take their inspiration from Scuderia Ferrari's revered

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Ford India sells more than 7,270 cars in April

Ford India sold more than 7,200 vehicles in combined domestic wholesales and exports in April 2013 despite an ongoing slowdown affecting the Indian auto industry.

Domestic wholesales totaled 4,003 units in April, compared with 7,201 units during the same

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Hiroyuki Fushiki appointed as General Manager, Infiniti Product Strategy

Hiroyuki Fushiki (53) has been named General Manager, Infiniti Product Strategy, effective April 1, 2013. In this role, he will be responsible for the definition and implementation of Infiniti's future product portfolio in order to support the company's brand promise and its

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Volkswagen Scirocco celebrates production milestone with special edition model

Volkswagen is celebrating its Scirocco sports coupe breaking the one-million unit production barrier by introducing a special edition version.

On sale in Germany and China only, the Scirocco Million is available in black, with a number of distinctive styling features, including

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Production of 2014 Acura MDX begins in Alabama

Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley joined more than 1,500 associates at Honda Manufacturing of Alabama (HMA) to celebrate the start of mass production of the all-new 2014 Acura MDX luxury sport utility vehicle.

HMA is now the exclusive global production source of the Acura MDX, along

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Skoda Rapid Sport concept car to celebrate its world premiere at Worthersee

At this year's GTI Meeting at Worthersee, the concept car Skoda Rapid Sport will celebrate its world premiere. With the particularly sporty version of its compact sedan Skoda Rapid, the Czech car manufacturer will once again demonstrate the versatility of its

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Max Welti is the new Head of Motorsport at Lamborghini

Lamborghini SpA has signed Max Welti as new Head of Motorsport. The 60 year old Swiss national will report directly to Lamborghini's Board Member for Research and Development, Maurizio Reggiani. He will be active in his new role for Squadra Corse

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Nissan announces manufacturing leadership changes

Nissan announced that Dan Bednarzyk, currently Vice-President of the Nissan Canton Vehicle Assembly Plant in Mississippi, is named to the newly created position of Vice-President, Total Delivered Cost, effective May 13.

In this role, Bednarzyk will lead

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Ford adding 2,000-plus jobs at Kansas City Assembly

Ford will add more than 2,000 jobs at its Kansas City Assembly Plant to meet surging demand for the Ford F-150 and planned production of the all-new Ford Transit.

"Customer demand for today's F-150 is strong and continues growing, the truck segment is growing

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BMW Canada partners with Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival

For a third straight year, BMW Canada is proud to be the exclusive automotive partner of the Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival. On a global level, BMW's alignment with arts and culture has resulted in some tremendous artistic initiatives including the BMW

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Dr. Stefan David Schlipf appointed as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, BMW Financial Services India

Dr. Stefan David Schlipf (44) has been appointed as the new Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of BMW Financial Services India, effective April 1, 2013. Dr. Schlipf is based at the company's headquarters in Gurgaon (National Capital Region).

Prior to joining BMW

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Andrew Mallery appointed Marketing Director for Mercedes-Benz Cars

Andrew Mallery has been appointed Marketing Director for Mercedes-Benz Cars, effective from June 3, 2013, taking over from David George who will continue his career with Mercedes-Benz by joining one of its retail partners in the south of England.

In addition

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Chrysler Group LLC reports 11 per cent growth in April 2013 US sales

Chrysler Group LLC reported US sales of 156,698 units, an 11 per cent increase compared with sales in April 2012 (141,165 units), and the group's best April sales since 2007.

The Jeep, Dodge, Ram Truck and Fiat brands each posted year-over-year sales gains in April compared

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Audi India reports 37 per cent growth in April sales

Audi India has continued this growth story in April 2013 by recording sales of 770 units - a growth of 37 per cent over the same period last year (562 units: April 2012). The company registered a 19.6 per cent growth YTD with sales of 3,386 units from January to April 2013

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GM's US sales up 11 per cent for best April in five years

General Motors Co. sold 237,646 vehicles in the United States in April, up 11 per cent compared with a year ago. Retail sales increased 10 per cent, fleet sales were up 16 per cent and the fleet mix was 28 per cent of total sales.

"Car-buying conditions are strong and will continue

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First AMG Performance Centre in the UK launches at Mercedes-Benz World

The first AMG Performance Centre in the UK has launched at Mercedes-Benz World in fitting style.

Its launch was timed to coincide with Mercedes-Benz World hosting a Pistonheads Sunday Service - with 600 vehicles and over a thousand guests attending in

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Apollo Tyres inaugurates sales office in Bangkok to cater to the entire ASEAN region

Apollo Tyres Ltd has opened its sales office in Bangkok to serve the entire ASEAN region, with Thailand as the hub of operations. This region would be catered to by exports out of India currently. After Dubai for the Middle East region, this is the second hub outside company's

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Bentley cuts a dash with Pankhurst

Bentley is delighted to announce the launch of its new collaboration with the luxury men's lifestyle brand Pankhurst, at the opening of the new Pankhurst men's grooming store in London.

Bentley craftsmen based at the company's renowned Crewe headquarters have

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McLaren to showcase heritage and contemporary Can-Am models at Goodwood Festival of Speed

As part of the 50th anniversary celebrations, McLaren will showcase a selection of legendary models from the company's heritage collection at this year's Goodwood Festival of Speed. Alongside some of the most famous race- and championship-winning models from

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Toyota's West Virginia plant celebrates production of 10-millionth unit

Toyota Motor Manufacturing, West Virginia, Inc., (TMMWV) and its 1,300 team members celebrated production of the plant's 10-millionth powertrain unit at a ceremony with guests from the state's business and civic community. Powertrain units include engines and automatic

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Skoda to field two crews in the Asia-Pacific Championship

Skoda is reinforcing its portfolio of motorsport activities in the Asia-Pacific region. The newly formed Skoda-MRF team is to make its first appearance in the APRC this year with full-fledged factory support and two crews. Skoda's factory crew Esapekka Lappi/

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Dr. Manfred Doss is the new Head of legal department at Porsche Automobil Holding SE

Dr. Manfred Doss (55) has taken over as Head of the Legal Department at Porsche Automobil Holding SE, Stuttgart, as of May 1, 2013. At the same time he was appointed general representative of the company.

Doss headed the legal department of RWE AG in Essen from

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GM India registers 2.4 per cent sales growth in April 2013

General Motors India has sold 8,196 vehicles in the month of April 2013, registering growth of 2.4 per cent against 8,005 units sold in the corresponding period last year.These included 3,436 units of Chevrolet Sail, 1,986 units of Chevrolet Beat and 1,571 units of Chevrolet

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Ford of Canada top-selling automaker year-to-date with strongest growth in Canada

Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited sales increased 16 per cent this month, making this the best April for sales in more than a decade and securing year-to-date leadership. The increase was driven by strength across the lineup, including the all-new Fusion and

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Hyundai Motor America announces 2 per cent increase in April sales

Hyundai Motor America announced sales of 63,315 units, up two per cent versus the same period in 2012.

"April is always a transitional month going into our peak selling season and we were pleased with the strength that both the industry and our award-winning lineup of

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General Motors is first automaker to sign 'Climate Declaration'

General Motors is the first automaker among 40 major US companies to sign a 'Climate Declaration', collectively asserting that responding to climate change is good business.

The campaign is organised by sustainable business advocacy group Ceres and its Business

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MNAO reports decrease of 7.5 per cent in April US sales

Mazda North American Operations (MNAO) reported April US sales of 19,894 vehicles, representing a decrease of 7.5 per cent versus last year. Year-to-date sales through April are down 5.2 per cent versus last year, with 98,177 vehicles sold.

Lead by Mazda CX-5 with

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Infiniti US sales increase 10 per cent in April

Infiniti reported US sales of 7,844 vehicles for the month of April, an increase of 10 per cent versus 7,129 units a year earlier. Calendar year-to-date sales for Infiniti are 35,220, up 5.6 per cent from 33,349 units in 2012.

"April marks the first anniversary of full

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