Mr Agnelli had adopted a strategy of nursing Fiat's core car business back to health, but the group remains under pressure to put the auto unit up for sale.
Type it into Google and auto places pop up on the map around you.
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Remember the auto factories set up in the South and Midwest by the Japanese?
Given his training you might expect that Bossidy would have the auto parts business up for sale.
Auto sales were up in May by double-digits over May of last year.
The auto makers ended up boasting of sales totals well above the number of cars consumers were actually buying.
Even supplies are handled inefficiently, with rows and rows of auto parts stacked up along the assembly line, awaiting installation.
India taxes partly-assembled auto parts by up to 100%, while unassembled components are taxed at 10%, a measure meant to encourage local manufacturing.
Recent years have seen a long line of financial and auto executives march up Capitol Hill for a flogging in front of Congress.
New functions include live streaming over the Internet via services such as USTREAM, and One-Touch Auto Back-up instantly wirelessly transfers recorded video to a PC at the touch of a button.
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The system operates real-time notifications and auto top-up.
The real hotness is going on in the former: the T30 packs a 3-inch touchscreen LCD, 3x zoom and 7.1 megapixel CCD, along with face recognition for beefing up auto focus and auto exposure, high ISO digital shake reduction and some stylus-based frivolities.
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The 2012 data show that traditional labor-intensive products such as textiles, suitcases and toys grew by 1.2 percent year over year, 5.7 percent and 5.8 percent, respectively, while higher-value added products such as mechanical products grew 8.7 percent, and auto exports were up 20 percent.
Auto lenders responded by tightening up standards or in some extreme cases bailing out of auto lending entirely.
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By default Synergys is set up to auto-launch when your user name logs in.
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European auto sales have shriveled up amid economic uncertainty and the sovereign debt crisis.
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This is the third time in the past 10 years the auto makers have teamed up on transmission work.
Measures crafted to stabilize the financial system, rescue the housing market, prop up the auto sector and boost the economy were inherited imperatives.
It is even conceivable that some Big Auto company might step up to an initiative like Google Fiber Redux or the Big Venture Play.
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The platinum group metals rose sharply this week, supported by expected supply disruptions in South Africa, just as demand might pick up as auto sales grow.
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Our friends over at Total Car Score, a research site for auto buyers, came up with a bevy of 2013 models that already feature great fuel-saving technologies.
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There were some bright spots in demand as our mobile analog business posted solid sequential sales growth in the fourth quarter and our auto sales also held up well.
Well, a big part of it was the decision to downsize so they could pay off those three auto loans and put up a big, fat 35% down payment.
Bradshaw says Ford is a good long-term buy now as auto sales could ramp up back to historical levels after dropping off sharply during the financial crisis and recession.
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General Motors has persuaded the United Auto Workers to give up billions of dollars in health-care benefits so it can compete better with the likes of Toyota and Honda.
The sales were pushed up by auto sales though, meaning that the retail sector may face a growing challenge as stores begin to open back-to-school promotions to draw in cash-strapped customers.
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This week Inhabitat brought you unveilings of the world's hottest new eco vehicles as we hit the floor of the Detroit Auto Show and rounded up the seven sexiest green cars on display.
And while Americans are increasingly considering all-electric vehicles for regular commuting and shorter trips, having your own charging station, let alone a solar-powered one, is still out of reach for most drivers, even as the stations start to crop up at auto dealerships and major businesses nationwide.
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