#USA: #China Fines @Volkswagen and @Chrysler for #AntitrustViolations

A production line of Golf sedans manufactured at a Volkswagen plant jointly operated with China FAW in Guangdong Province. Credit Chinafotopress, via Getty Images

HONG KONG — Chinese regulators fined Volkswagen and Chrysler for violating antitrust laws, announcing on Thursday the first monetary penalties against large multinational carmakers swept up in a broad investigation... (Read more)

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#Russia: #International #Carmakers Confident of Market Revival

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  The Ford Focus sedan was the bestseller in its segment in Russia between January and August 2013, but has not sold even half that number during the same period this year.
  Photo: Vladimir Filonov / SPT

International carmakers are hopeful that Russia can become Europe's biggest market and vindicate their decision to spend more on localizing production in the country, company executives said on the sidelines of the Moscow International Automobile Salon on Thursday... (Read more)

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