Automotive News Europe

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Articles in March 2007 issue of Automotive News Europe

• Fiat revives racing brand.(News)
• Cadillac.(News)
• The EU wobbles on the environment.(Opinion)
• Germany is next stop for Chinese cars.(News)
• Volvo's CEO predicts record sales.(News)(Volvo Car Corp.)(Fredrik Arp)(Brief article)
  by Kranz, Rick
• A low-CO2 world needs alternatives.(News)(regulations on emission control pressurize auto makers in using biofriendly fuels)
  by Ciferri, Luca
• Honda China will make cars for the UK; Exports of right-hand-drive version of Jazz start this year.(News)
• Chevrolet thinks global.
• Valeo shareholders prepare for battle; Two investment funds at odds over acquisitions, financial management.(Suppliers)
• Toyota is close to building first low-cost car prototype; Model could be sold in western Europe.(News)
• Recaro CEO Kespohl loves all things Italian.(Horst Kespohl, chief executive officer of Recaro Group)(Interview)
• Fiat's sales goal, aftersales issue irk German dealers.(News)
• Honda will open China powertrain parts plant.(News)
• Saab.(News)
• Be nice, Mercedes tells global sales team; Regarded as 'arrogant,' the carmaker spends [euro]50 million to retrain organization.
• Bentley.(News)
• The industry should unite on CO2 in Geneva!(Opinion)
• Bertone will unveil Panda-based Barchetta.
• Germany needs an image change.(Opinion)(automobile industry seen to be ignoring global warming)
• Legends meet in Geneva.
• All-in-one financing packages have been a big success for Volkswagen.(News)
• Plug-in hybrids get better.(News)
• Fleming started at Ford as a teenager.(News)
• Carmakers seek united CO2 position; Germans disagree with Italians and French on how to calculate reduction.
• Ex-Ford exec joins French joint venture.(News)
• Top Fiat bosses become salesmen for a day; Executives were recruited to help sell the new Bravo at dealership in Turin.(News)
• Toyota visit could boost business.(Suppliers)
• Nissan.(News)
• Mini.(News)
• Dodge.(News)
• Opel unveils bold, new brand identity.
• Fiat expands Tychy to 530,000; Adding room for Fiat 500 and Ford Ka replacement will make Polish plant biggest in the East.
• Slow town, boom town; Poland's FSO, Fiat plants look different, but both are headed for growth.(News)(Fabryka Samochodow Osbowych)
  by Snyder, Jesse
• PSA's Collin sees value in private equity.
• Rolls: Adding small car will double output.(News)
• Conference will explore power options.(News)
• In the debate about CO2, tell the whole truth.(Opinion)
• EDAG considers leap into coachbuilding; German engineering firm is interested in production of between 1,000 and 10,000.(Engineering Design AG)
• Kia to build Cee'd, Sportage this year.
• Personnel.(People)
• Volvo.(News)
• Mitsubishi.(News)
• Stop-start suppliers get help from BMW.
• Daihatsu.(News)
• Alfa Romeo.(News)
• German D/C unions oppose stake in GM.(News)
• Who's who at Europe's supplier parks.(News)(Directory)
• Hall of Fame inducts 4 new members.(News)(European Automotive Hall of Fame, Bela Barenyi, Walter Owen Bentley, Hans Ledwinka and Bruno Sacco)(Brief article)
• News digest.(Briefs)
• Marelli gives Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione multiple driving modes.(Suppliers)
• The science of global warming.(News)
• Former top execs shun VDA job.(News)
• Smart.(Brabus launching new minicar, ForTwo Brabus)(Brief article)
• Less independence for Mercedes US plant.(News)
• At-risk Astra plants named; German or Belgian plant could close to cut costs; UK safe, union head says.(News)
• VW launches new Golf wagon.(News)
• Opel unveils its new look.(News)
• Maserati.(News)
• Citroen.(News)
• Carmakers focus on product.(News)
• Logan MCV gets low-cost marketing.(News)
• Confidential.(Briefs)
• Spanish dealers get reassurance from Nissan.(News)
• Mercedes plans another hybrid.(News)
• Nanjing plans to launch 4 MGs; Siemens, Bosch, ZF are among nearly 300 suppliers ready to help production.(News)
• BMW aims to build 1.6 million cars.
• Suppliers cut risks in Russia; A high-growth but volatile business environment requires special measures.(Suppliers)
  by Snyder, Jesse
• ANE event to discuss CO2 issues.(News)
• News digest.(Briefs)
• Fiat will get Tata pickup.(News)
• New Mercedes C class is greener.(News)
• Lexus.(News)
• Chrysler.(News)
• Steel maintains lead over aluminum; New high-strength alloys limit aluminum's inroads, but tooling, cost are issues.(Technology)
• Winterkorn streamlines VW.(News)
• A Martian comes for a visit to the Geneva show.(Brief article)
  by Ciferri, Luca
• Romania wants GM or Ford for plant; Bidding rules for Craiova favor big global players, hurt Tata, Chery, UkrAVTO.(News)
• How 2 Europeans created the Toyota Retail System; Aim is to make carmaker's dealers as efficient as plants.(News)
• Opel could build Chevys in Germany.(News)
• Third model will help make Saab profitable; Forster says break-even for Swedish premium brand has dropped considerably.(News)