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		<title>Good news for GM Europe&#039;s Opel-Vauxhall at last</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 10:12:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Winton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[General Motor&#8217;s Opel-Vauxhall subsidiary in Europe finally has some good news to report. Its market share in the first four months of 2013 improved for the first time in a...]]></description>
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		<title>BMW 3 Series Gran Turismo - a hatchback by any other name</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 15:46:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Winton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SIENA, Italy &#8211; BMW has invented another new niche. This time it&#8217;s a hatchback version of the 3 Series sedan. Calling it the Gran Turismo makes it sound much more...]]></description>
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		<title>Signs of European recovery undermined by fears of resurgent Japan</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 14:33:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Winton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[European car manufacturers&#8217; profits are sliding and sales drooping, but some see evidence that the worst may be over. The trouble is, there&#8217;s a new and potent threat on the...]]></description>
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		<title>Chevrolet Europe&#039;s dire straits linked to relatively strong Opel</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 17:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Winton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chevrolet Europe&#8217;s sales in the first quarter were so bad, they stood out as a disaster area even as the region&#8217;s sales slumped towards 20 year lows. Chevrolet Europe’s push...]]></description>
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		<title>Slow selling European electric cars ending up in rental fleets</title>
		<link>http://blogs.detroitnews.com/overdrive/2013/04/12/slow-selling-european-electric-cars-ending-up-in-rental-fleets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:33:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Winton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Electric cars may use cutting-edge technology, but sales in Europe so far reveal that manufacturers of these new fangled machines are relying on traditional marketing methods when buyers balk; dump...]]></description>
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		<title>BMW unveils new U.S. built X4, as profit growth runs out of steam</title>
		<link>http://blogs.detroitnews.com/overdrive/2013/04/05/bmw-unveils-new-u-s-built-x4-as-profit-growth-runs-out-of-steam/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 14:28:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Winton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[German luxury manufacturer BMW released pictures of its new X4 SUV to be built in Spartanburg, S.C., as investment bankers scaled back their estimates for the company&#8217;s global profit growth....]]></description>
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		<title>VW can forget big profit gains from new production system - report</title>
		<link>http://blogs.detroitnews.com/overdrive/2013/03/26/vw-can-forget-big-profit-gains-from-new-production-system-report/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 16:21:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Winton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Volkswagen of Germany&#8217;s much touted and hugely expensive new modular production setup has been oversold and will not bring massive benefits to the bottom line, Bernstein Research said in a...]]></description>
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		<title>New Qoros from China may be formidable competitor, but not yet</title>
		<link>http://blogs.detroitnews.com/overdrive/2013/03/14/new-qoros-from-china-may-be-formidable-competitor-but-not-yet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:03:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Winton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[China may not be able to mount a serious threat to European and American automotive manufacturers on their home turf for perhaps 10 years, but the unveiling of the new...]]></description>
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		<title>Tesla to start delayed Europe deliveries; says no to range extender</title>
		<link>http://blogs.detroitnews.com/overdrive/2013/03/05/tesla-to-start-delayed-europe-deliveries-says-no-to-range-extender/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.detroitnews.com/overdrive/2013/03/05/tesla-to-start-delayed-europe-deliveries-says-no-to-range-extender/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 15:23:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Winton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[GENEVA, Switzerland &#8211; Tesla Motors said it will divert some production of its Model S electric car from U.S. buyers to Europe, so that it can make up for delays...]]></description>
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		<title>GM Europe, launching Cascada, hopes for profits</title>
		<link>http://blogs.detroitnews.com/overdrive/2013/02/28/gm-europe-launching-cascada-hopes-for-profits/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.detroitnews.com/overdrive/2013/02/28/gm-europe-launching-cascada-hopes-for-profits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 11:55:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Winton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[GLIWICE, Poland &#8211; General Motors&#8217; chronic European loss-maker Opel, launching its new Cascada convertible, said it expects to make decent profits by the end of the decade. Opel, and its...]]></description>
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