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• GM Engineering Chief to Head Opel
• Saab’s Phoenix is Rising
• High-Performance Audi R8 Pushes $200,000
• Le Car Redux?
• Chery to Add Advanced Engine Technology
• Michigan Consulting Firm to Help Commercialize EVs
• Prosecutors Track Renault Spy Probe Payments
• German Engineer to Head Opel
• Lack of Parts from Japan Cuts GM Truck Production
• Nissan Wants to Buy Stake in AvtoVAZ

GM Engineering Chief to Head Opel Posted: Karl-Friedrich Stracke, General Motors Co.'s vice president of global vehicle engineering, has been appointed CEO of the company's Opel/Vauxhall unit in Europe, effective April 1. Stracke will report to Nick Reilly, whom he is replacing at Opel. Reilly will become chairman of GM Europe's supervisory board and continue to head the company's Cadillac [...]

Saab’s Phoenix is Rising Posted: Spyker Cars N.V.'s Saab Automobile unit will use the platform that underpins its new PhoeniX concept car for a wide range of future models, Autocar reports, citing unnamed company sources. The British enthusiast magazine says moving to the new platform instead of updating the existing 9-3 compact car platform as originally planned will be [...]

High-Performance Audi R8 Pushes $200,000 Posted: Volkswagen AG's new Audi R8 GT supercar will sticker for $198,000 when it arrives in U.S. dealerships late this summer, easily making it the most expensive Audi ever. The current R8 coupe starts at about $115,000, and the convertible model costs $129,000. Audi plans to build only 333 R8 GTs for sale worldwide, including [...]

Le Car Redux? Posted: Renault SA is mulling a new premium supermini along the lines of the classic R5, which was sold as Le Car in the U.S., Edmunds.com says. The online data service speculates the car could be introduced before 2014 if Renault decides to build it. Edmunds notes that Renault is developing several other new models—including [...]

Chery to Add Advanced Engine Technology Posted: Austin, Tex.-based Freescale Semiconductor Inc. says it will supply its Qorivva 32-bit MPC563x microcontrollers for a family of new engines Chery Automobile Co. plans to introduce next year. The powerplants will include such features such as exhaust gas recirculation, variable valve timing and direct injection. Freescale and Chery have worked together for several years. [...]

Michigan Consulting Firm to Help Commercialize EVs Posted: New Motor Advisors LLC says it has signed a contract with AMP Holding Inc. to help the Cincinnati, Ohio-based electric vehicle converter refine its product development strategy and execution. It's the first contract for Michigan-based consulting firm, which was formed earlier this year by former General Motors Co. engineering executive Dave Stenson and several other [...]

Prosecutors Track Renault Spy Probe Payments Posted: Renault SA security agent Dominique Gevrey has deposited money from the company in a Swiss bank account to pay an unidentified informant in the carmaker's botched espionage probe, according to the Paris state prosecutor. Gevrey was arrested on Monday on suspicion of fraud. His attorney tells The Wall Street Journal that Gevrey told prosecutors about his [...]

German Engineer to Head Opel Posted: General Motors Co. says Karl-Friedrich Stracke, vice president of global vehicle engineering, will take over as CEO of its Adam Opel unit next month. The German-born Stracke replaces Nick Reilly, who will become chairman of the GM Europe's supervisory board. Reilly will continue to direct GM's Cadillac and Chevrolet sales operations in Europe. Stracke's appointment restores [...]

Lack of Parts from Japan Cuts GM Truck Production Posted: General Motors Co. says it will suspend output of pickup trucks at its plant in Louisiana next week because of a shortage of unspecified parts from Japan. The New York Times suggests that the plant has not used up the parts but is simply diverting them to other GM plants in North America that make more [...]

Nissan Wants to Buy Stake in AvtoVAZ Posted: Nissan Motor Co. is discussing a plan to acquire more than 25% of OAO AvtoVAZ, according to Bloomberg News. The news service quotes Serguei Skvortsov, managing director of Troika Dialog, which owns 25% of the Russian carmaker. He says Nissan wants to accumulate the stake over several years. Nissan's alliance partner Renault SA already owns 25% [...]

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