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SEAT to Reduce Production in First Half of 2009
Volkswagen's Spanish carmaker SEAT has announced that it will further cut production at its Martorell plant near Barcelona for the first half next year due to sluggish demand in Europe. SEAT said that for the period between February 2nd and June 30th 2009 it would halt work at the Martorell plant for between 7 and 29 days at different production lines. The Spanish automaker did not release any specific details on the number of workers that would be affected by the production stoppages.
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Audi Begins Production Of New Q3 Suv In Spain
The first series production version of Audi’s new Q3 small SUV rolled off the assembly line today at the SEAT factory in Martorell, located in Spain’s Catalonia region. Built in 1993, the Martorell plant currently employs more than 10,000...
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Audi Q3 Small Suv Coming In 2011, To Be Built By Seat In Spain
An all new small SUV model called the Q3 that will sit right under the Q5 will be added to Audi's range in 2011, the German automaker announced today. To the delight of SEAT's workers as it will help protect around 1,200 jobs, Audi said that the...
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Mercedes To Cut Production Of M-class And Gl-class At Alabama
Deteriorating auto sales are forcing Mercedes-Benz to eliminate a shift on one of the two production lines at its U.S. plant in Vance Alabama. Automotive News reports that beginning in January 2009, the German automaker will reduce production of the M-Class...
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Nissan Trims European Production On Market Slowdown
Nissan said on Monday that it will cut back further on its European vehicle assembly in order to reduce existing inventory and to prevent over supply of models that aren't selling. The Japanese firm's plants in both Sunderland (UK) and Barcelona...
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2009 Seat Bolero: Spanish Firm Unveils Details On Its Audi A4 Sized Sedan
Once upon a time, VW Group wanted to transform Seat, whom it had acquired (or rather saved) from Fiat, to a Spanish “Alfa Romeoâ€. Then all of a sudden we saw Seat presenting models like the Toledo, the Altea XL and recently, the Freetrack......
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