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  • Million-dollar car collection hidden for years uncovered in poor artist's barn

    01/28/2019 2:01:07 PM PST · by jazusamo · 17 replies
    Fox News ^ | January 28, 2019 | Gary Gastelu
    (Artcurial) A trio of treasured Bugattis kept locked in a barn for years by the family of an artist could sell for a small fortune when they are auctioned next week. Belgian sculptor August Thomassen purchased the three vehicles in the late 1950s and early 1960s when they were practically worthless to everyone but him. His daughter told the De Telegraaf newspaper that he loved their engineering and unusual styling. He kept them running and used them as daily drivers for years, becoming such a fan of the brand that he sculpted a bust of the automaker’s founder, Ettore...
  • Idle hands in China workshops: foreign carmakers struggle with zombie plants

    12/26/2018 9:08:53 PM PST · by SunkenCiv · 22 replies
    WSJ via EFE ^ | Christmas Day, December 25, 2018 | unattributed
    A downturn in China's car market has wrong-footed some of the world's biggest automakers, saddling them with factories they no longer need and that are costly to retool, according to a report from the Dow Jones Newswires supplied to EFE on Tuesday. Ford Motor, Peugeot and Hyundai Motor especially mistimed recent expansions, opening new plants just as the seemingly unstoppable growth of China's auto market went into reverse.
  • French automaker PSA confirms plans to re-enter US market by 2026 [Citroen, Peugeot, Opel]

    07/19/2018 9:35:57 AM PDT · by GonzoII · 54 replies
    AFP via France 24 ^ | 19 July 2018
    DETROIT (AFP) - French automaker PSA confirmed Thursday its plan for a gradual return to the US market even if Washington follows through on a threat to impose tariffs of up to 25 percent on auto imports. PSA, which manufactures the Citroen, Peugeot and Opel brands, "confirms the implementation of its 10-years progressive return project in North America," as announced in April 2016, the company told AFP in a statement. The automaker, which it left the US in 1991, started its return in 2016 with the introduction of its Free2Move app "that provides access to all car-sharing providers." The second...
  • Renault to remain in Iran despite risk of US sanctions, CEO says

    06/16/2018 3:26:52 AM PDT · by Olog-hai · 20 replies
    AFP via France 24 ^ | 2018-06-15
    French carmaker Renault will maintain its presence in Iran while taking measures to avoid the risk of penalties for breaching renewed US sanctions, CEO Carlos Ghosn said Friday. “We will not abandon it, even if we have to downsize very strongly,” he said at the annual shareholders’ meeting in Paris. “When the market reopens, the fact of having stayed will certainly give us an advantage,” he predicted. […] Renault’s rival PSA, which produces the Peugeot and Citroën brands, has also announced it will quit Iran to abide by the US sanctions. But Ghosn signaled that Renault, which counted 160,000 cars...
  • World's Most Expensive Car Sold for $30-$40M

    05/06/2010 3:40:24 PM PDT · by cornelis · 20 replies · 907+ views
    1936 Bugatti 57SC Atlantic is one of two known to exist. An undisclosed buyer has purchased a prized 1936 Bugatti 57SC Atlantic belonging to the late car collector Dr. Peter D. Williamson for between $30 and $40 million, The Wall Street Journal reports.
  • 2,300 jobs lost Peugeot shuts car plant

    04/18/2006 2:22:28 PM PDT · by M. Espinola · 53 replies · 1,115+ views
    Telegraph ^ | 4-18-06
    French car giant Peugeot-Citroen is to end production at one of its main UK factories with the loss of 2,300 jobs. The factory at Ryton in Coventry will stop making the Peugeot 206 model next year. The decision was given to union officials who had been summoned to a meeting with company bosses. Union sources said they had been fearing bad news but expressed shock at the scale of the announcement. Derek Simpson, general secretary of Amicus, said: "This is disastrous news for British manufacturing. It is inconceivable that workers in France would be laid off on this scale....
  • Europe carmakers see sales slide

    01/16/2006 7:15:02 PM PST · by Panerai · 4 replies · 351+ views
    BBC News ^ | 01/16/2006
    New car sales in Europe fell last year, despite a price war and a strong showing from Japanese car makers. According to the European Car Industry Association (ACEA), the number of new cars sold fell 0.7% to 15,222,939. Sales held steady in Western Europe with a decline of just 0.2%, but an influx of used cars in Eastern Europe meant sales there slumped by 10%. Germany, Europe's largest market, grew by 1.6% with 3.3 million registrations. British sales fell 5% to 2.4 million. Japanese car makers continued to eat away at the market share of European rivals. Sales increased by...
  • Toyota Yaris (FRENCH-Built Cars return to USA)

    10/28/2005 3:29:04 PM PDT · by dagnabbit · 86 replies · 3,727+ views
    Automobilemag ^ | Fall 2005
    Toyota is showing its redesigned three- and five-door Yaris subcompacts at Frankfurt--which is actually news for America, because the three-door and a sedan will go on sale in the U.S. next spring as 2007 models, replacing the goofy Echo. The U.S. version of the Yaris is powered by a 106-hp 1.5-liter in-line four-cylinder engine that makes 103 lb-ft of torque and is mated to either a five-speed manual transmission or a four-speed automatic. The Yaris has an independent MacPherson strut front suspension and a rudimentary torsion beam rear end. The Yaris's base price will be low because features such as...
  • Citroen 'goddess' feted in Paris

    10/09/2005 9:39:54 AM PDT · by aculeus · 42 replies · 1,029+ views
    BBC News ^ | October 9, 2005 | By Hugh Schofield, Paris
    France has marked the 50th anniversary of one of the great design icons of the last century - the Citroen DS, or Deesse, saloon car. Hundreds of DS cars from around Europe drove in procession past the Arc de Triomphe in central Paris. Known by its nickname, the Goddess - Deesse in French - the car was an instant sensation when it went on display at the Paris car show in 1955. Nearly one-and-a-half million were made during its 20 years in production. The parade featured Citroen Deesse cars of varying colours and vintages, but all with the same sleek...
  • Big cooperation between Peugeot, Citroen, and Ford in the conception of engines.

    12/18/2004 3:09:08 AM PST · by Champs elysees · 54 replies · 1,487+ views
    PSA Peugeot Citroen compagny. ^ | 12/16/2004 | PSA/ford group press release.
    Ford and PSA Peugeot Citroën Announce Plans for Expansion of Diesel Engine Production Ford Motor Company and PSA Peugeot Citroën are planning to expand production capacity for the 1.4, 1.6 and 2.0 litre high technology diesel engines from the ongoing cooperative agreement between the two companies. This cooperative agreement is enabling both companies to be world leaders in diesel engineering and manufacture and to achieve industry-leading economies of scale. At the same time the cooperation provides both partners with a wide breadth of state-of-the art common-rail diesel engines. Between 2002 and 2004, more than four million high technology common rail...
  • Amazing new French technology

    12/03/2004 11:01:56 AM PST · by Nachum · 17 replies · 1,624+ views
    me ^ | 12-03-2004 | me
    This is the most amazing piece of technology Citroen has ever produced! http://uk.download.yahoo.com/ne/fu/oa/eurcncs185030.mpg \
  • Peugeot-Citroen Has 'Stop and Start' Car

    09/07/2004 10:57:19 AM PDT · by Sub-Driver · 71 replies · 2,167+ views
    Peugeot-Citroen Has 'Stop and Start' Car 09.07.2004, 01:42 PM PSA Peugeot Citroen SA will introduce an environmentally friendly car that shuts down its engine when the vehicle is stopped at a traffic light or in a traffic jam, the French car maker said Tuesday. The car can cut fuel costs by up to 15 percent in urban driving with heavy congestion, Peugeot Citroen Chief Executive Jean-Martin Folz said. Carbon dioxide and particle emissions are reduced proportionately. The "Stop & Start" system uses technology developed by French car parts company Valeo SA. The car engine automatically goes into "sleep" mode when...
  • Rolling Tribute To Yanks Who Liberated France (Vintage Citroen Tour)

    07/22/2002 9:33:44 PM PDT · by American Preservative · 7 replies · 395+ views
    www.sfgate.com / San Francisco Chronicle ^ | Monday, July 22, 2002 | Jim Doyle, Chronicle Staff Writer
    <p>San Francisco -- Rounding a corner near San Francisco's Presidio parade grounds, they looked like something out of the past: the first in a convoy of 30 classic Citroen sedans, with horns blaring and French flags fluttering.</p> <p>With their antique, rolling lines and stuffed-to-the-gills luggage racks, the automobiles -- ranging in vintage from 1934 to 1957 -- seemed as if they belonged in a French countryside scene from a Jean Renoir film.</p>