General Motors Europe Looking for Long-Term Relationship with Peugeot

not the hundreds that existed worldwide in the 1950s when he uttered his sentiments. As it turns out, he’s been more right than wrong so far.

Further extending his wise observation, General Motors and Peugeot are reportedly in talks to create a wide-scale manufacturing alliance to curb their losses. As reported last week, GM’s European Opel division bled through $747 million in losses last year; not as much as the year before, but still a big chunk of change. However, where it’s adjusting with keeping its revenue up and cutting costs, it may not be able to become profitable without more help.

Enter Peugeot, a French automaker that last sold a car in the U.S. in 1994. Peugeot has been desperately seeking partners like a girl rejected at the last minute by her prom date since the late 1990s. It’s since formed a few alliances with BMW for Mini 1.6-liter engines, Ford for diesels in Europe, small cars in Europe with Toyota, and electric vehicles with Mitsubishi.

But now the ailing French giant wants a little more of a long-termer for a committed relationship.

Peugeot and its subsidiary Citroen comprise the second-largest automaker in Europe behind Volkswagen. Together, they produced 3.5 million cars for the world last year, a 1.5-percent drop-off. That’s still significantly less than Volkswagen’s 5 million units alone

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Daihatsu wanted to Export A-Concept to Europe

This Is It Cheap Car Designer Daihatsu

Jakarta-Although not certain his presence, Daihatsu expect much on the car turns mungilnya designed by children of the nation, A Concept. Daihatsu intends to export the car to one of the European car market.

Daihatsu is not interested to export A-Concept to the ASEAN markets, Africa and the Middle East. The Daihatsu also did not want to follow in the footsteps of the Gran Max and Xenia which exported to ASEAN, Middle East to America. The reason is because car sales volume in there that is small.

"We wanted to Europe. For the small car market for ASEAN, "said President Director of PT Astra Daihatsu Motor (ADM) Sudirman Mr. to detikOto, Monday (20/2/2012).

Sudirman explains the export A-Concept to Europe this responded to the suggestion of the Government so that every car manufacturers increase exports of cars to country neighbors.

"We agree with the Government's plan to boost exports by 30 percent. But of course it's staged, "he said.

But when asked if the exhaust emissions of A Car-Concept according to the European standard of Euro4. Sudirman explains to it very easily. Simply adjust the quality of the disposal of the car Daihatsu to stage an already dtentukan from each of the eight countries.

"Quite adjusted to the destination country. With the Euro4, easy. Like Gran Max, right we already adjust the emissions are. So we lived customize export quality only. The command is good to meningatan export 30 percent, "he said.

Of course this will be a homework for Daihatsu. The reason the level of safety of passenger cars to Indonesia is different from Europe. Cars in European countries with a kesemalatan feature to its passengers mumpuni.

"That's easy, just customize it," the lid for sure.


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How GM Europe Lost Money and What the Company is Doing About It

The big headline from the 2011 earnings statement released today by General Motors is the number: $7.6 billion in pure profit, the most the automaker has ever made. Debt consolidation and increased per-product profitability have once again lifted the General to its long-held position as the world’s largest automaker. And with new products planned to launch over the next year

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Peugeot Drops New Photos on the New 4008 Crossover, will go on Sale Outside Europe as well

The 4008 measures 4,340mm long (295mm shorter than the 4007), 1,800mm wide and 1,630mm tall, and rides on a 2,670mm long wheelbase, offering a boot volume of 416 liters with a spare wheel and up to 442 liters with a puncture repair kit.

At launch, the new Peugeot crossover model will be available with a choice of two petrol and the same number of diesel engines.

The gasoline range comprises a 1.6-liter unit producing 115HP (86kW) and 152Nm of peak torque, which is linked to a five-speed manual gearbox, and a 2.0-liter with 150HP (113kW) and 198Nm offered with a 5-speed manual or a CVT.

The diesel lineup includes a 1.6-liter HDi with 115HP (86kW) and 270Nm (280Nm with overboost), matched to a six-speed manual gearbox, and a 1.8-liter HDi producing 150HP (110kW) and 300Nm, connected to a 6-speed manual gearbox.

Aside from the 1.6-liter petrol engine which is available only with front-wheel drive, all the other powerplants are offered with all-wheel drive as an option.

With the new gallery, Peugeot gives us our first look at some of the interior details but we don't get the full picture. From what we can tell, the dashboard doesn't seem to have changed much (if at all) from the Mitsubishi ASX.

Peugeot also announced today that the new 4008 will be distributed to more than 50 countries around the world starting from Russia and the Ukraine, then among other places, in China, Australia, New Zealand , Argentina and in Europe from May.

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