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      <title><![CDATA[China to Overtake Germany as VW’s Major Market]]></title>
      <link>http://www.worldcarfans.com/9080818.009/china-to-overtake-germany-as-vws-major-market</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Within the next year or so China will become the world’s biggest market for VW products. As if that was a surprise!]]></description>
	  <pubDate>19 Aug 2008 11:00:03 GMT</pubDate>
	  <dc:creator>Thami Masemola</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[Frank Stephenson is McLaren's New Design Chief]]></title>
      <link>http://www.worldcarfans.com/9080812.003/frank-stephenson-is-mclarens-new-design-chief</link>
      <description><![CDATA[rank Stephenson who is best known for his work on the design of the modern day Mini has been confirmed as the company's new design chief – but this is after the design for the McLaren F1 successor has already been signed off.]]></description>
	  <pubDate>12 Aug 2008 12:00:06 GMT</pubDate>
	  <dc:creator>Clinton Deacon</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pininfarina CEO Dies in Road Accident]]></title>
      <link>http://www.worldcarfans.com/9080807.005/pininfarina-ceo-dies-in-road-accident</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Andrea Pininarina, CEO of Italian car design and manufacturing firm, Pininfarina, died this Thursday morning in a road accident while riding his motorcycle to Pininfarina's design and r&d center.]]></description>
	  <pubDate>07 Aug 2008 12:30:34 GMT</pubDate>
	  <dc:creator>Brian Potter</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[Caterham Offers Insurance to Seven Owners]]></title>
      <link>http://www.worldcarfans.com/9080728.007/caterham-offers-insurance-to-seven-owners</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Imagine the complexities of obtaining insurance for your street legal racecar.  Caterham has just made that process easier for Seven owners.]]></description>
	  <pubDate>28 Jul 2008 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
	  <dc:creator>Brian Potter</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ford Still Bleeding Massively]]></title>
      <link>http://www.worldcarfans.com/9080728.001/ford-still-bleeding-massively</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Ford has made losses of $8 billion in quarter two, but claims to have a solid revival plan pinned on new models and cost-slashing.]]></description>
	  <pubDate>27 Jul 2008 22:00:03 GMT</pubDate>
	  <dc:creator>Thami Masemola</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fisker Karma Will be Made in Finland]]></title>
      <link>http://www.worldcarfans.com/9080715.001/fisker-karma-will-be-made-in-finland</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The news is sure to come as some relief to Finnish firm Valmet after they recently lost their contract to build the Porsche Boxter and Porsche Cayman after 11 successful years and 200,00 units to Austrian firm Magna Steyr.]]></description>
	  <pubDate>15 Jul 2008 13:00:05 GMT</pubDate>
	  <dc:creator>Clinton Deacon</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[BMW Announce Platform Sharing Agreement with Fiat Group]]></title>
      <link>http://www.worldcarfans.com/9080709.008/bmw-announce-platform-sharing-agreement-with-fiat-group</link>
      <description><![CDATA[If you are about to go head over heels at a prospect of seeing a BMW 3-series carrying the Fiat label, you need not worry, the cooperation agreement proposes that the Mini and Alfa Romeo brands will share future platforms.]]></description>
	  <pubDate>09 Jul 2008 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
	  <dc:creator>Clinton Deacon</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[BMW Group to invest a billion US dollars in the USA by 2012]]></title>
      <link>http://www.worldcarfans.com/9080619.011/bmw-group-to-invest-a-billion-us-dollars-in-the-usa-by-2012</link>
      <description><![CDATA[BMW recently announced a further expansion with 100 million US dollars going towards  buildings for sales, engineering and training at the US headquarters in northern New Jersey.  A workforce of around 1,000 will be working at the extended site.]]></description>
	  <pubDate>19 Jun 2008 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
	  <dc:creator>Brian Potter</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[BMW M GmbH Celebrates 30 Years with 300,000 Vehicles]]></title>
      <link>http://www.worldcarfans.com/9080618.010/bmw-m-gmbh-celebrates-30-years-with-300000-vehicles</link>
      <description><![CDATA[However, it wasn't until 1984 that BMW M GmbH established a new corporate philosophy: the development of high-performance automobiles suitable for everyday road use.]]></description>
	  <pubDate>18 Jun 2008 21:00:04 GMT</pubDate>
	  <dc:creator>Brian Potter</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[Toyota Accused of Human Trafficking and Sweatshop Abuses]]></title>
      <link>http://www.worldcarfans.com/9080618.016/toyota-accused-of-human-trafficking-and-sweatshop-abuses</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Most famous for their investigations against the Gap, Kathie Lee Gifford/Wal-Mart, and the Walt Disney Company, the NLC has issued a report that puts the mighty Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) as the accused.]]></description>
	  <pubDate>18 Jun 2008 15:00:03 GMT</pubDate>
	  <dc:creator>Brian Potter</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[Nissan to Showcase X-TRAIL Diesel Prototype at 2008 G8 Summit]]></title>
      <link>http://www.worldcarfans.com/9080609.022/nissan-to-showcase-x-trail-diesel-prototype-at-2008-g8-summit</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ The X-Trail uses a M9R diesel engine, which was co-developed with Alliance-partner Renault, and uses advanced technologies to deliver high torque and powerful acceleration, in addition to improved fuel-economy...]]></description>
	  <pubDate>09 Jun 2008 21:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
	  <dc:creator>Brian Potter</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[De Tomaso Name And Plant Will Be Sold In June And July]]></title>
      <link>http://www.worldcarfans.com/9080609.001/de-tomaso-name-and-plant-will-be-sold-in-june-and-july</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Minimum price for both the brand and the plant has been established at € 9.41 million.]]></description>
	  <pubDate>09 Jun 2008 11:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
	  <dc:creator>Gustavo Henrique Ruffo</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tata or Mahindra to buy HUMMER?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.worldcarfans.com/9080607.001/tata-or-mahindra-to-buy-hummer</link>
      <description><![CDATA[GM bankers are known to be talking to both Tata and Mahindra. After pronouncements of a 'strategic review' of HUMMER, them bean counters can't be discussing cake bake-offs.]]></description>
	  <pubDate>07 Jun 2008 01:00:04 GMT</pubDate>
	  <dc:creator>Thami Masemola</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[Volkswagen Announce Development of High-Performance Energy Storage]]></title>
      <link>http://www.worldcarfans.com/9080528.008/volkswagen-working-on-high-performance-energy-storage</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Announced today, Volkswagen Group have entered into a dynamic partnership with Sanyo to develop extremely efficient high-performance storage systems based on lithium-ion technology.]]></description>
	  <pubDate>28 May 2008 09:00:07 GMT</pubDate>
	  <dc:creator>Clinton Deacon</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ford CEO Mulally Earns $22 million]]></title>
      <link>http://www.worldcarfans.com/9080405.001/ford-ceo-mulally-earns-22-million</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Ford Motor Company lost $2.7 billion in 2007. Now the firm reports that CEO Alan Mulally earned himself a cool package of about $22 million in 2007. Unions are up in arms.]]></description>
	  <pubDate>05 Apr 2008 15:05:26 GMT</pubDate>
	  <dc:creator>Thami Masemola</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tesla Roadster Headed for Europe]]></title>
      <link>http://www.worldcarfans.com/9080403.008/tesla-roadster-headed-for-europe</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Europeans rejoice!  The Tesla Roadster will be available for sale in Europe beginning next year, according to the Financial Times.  Priced under â‚¬100,000, the Roadster will hit Euro shores in Fall 2009.]]></description>
	  <pubDate>03 Apr 2008 11:39:00 GMT</pubDate>
	  <dc:creator>Zack Newmark</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mercedes Design Chief to Retire This Year]]></title>
      <link>http://www.worldcarfans.com/9080327.007/mb-design-chief-to-retire-this-year</link>
      <description><![CDATA[After fourty years of excellent service, the Chief Designer of the Stuttgart-based automaker will humbly retire this year; at the age of 65.]]></description>
	  <pubDate>27 Mar 2008 17:10:11 GMT</pubDate>
	  <dc:creator>Raghuram Supramanium</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[Millionth Peugeot 207 Produced]]></title>
      <link>http://www.worldcarfans.com/9080327.011/millionth-peugeot-207</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Just two years into its production run, the one millionth Peugeot 207 has rolled off the assembly line.]]></description>
	  <pubDate>27 Mar 2008 13:52:02 GMT</pubDate>
	  <dc:creator>Zack Newmark</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[What Happens Next at Land Rover and Jaguar?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.worldcarfans.com/9080327.008/what-happens-next-at-land-rover-and-jaguar</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Now that Tata Motors has firmed up a deal with Ford to acquire Land Rover and Jaguar, the Indian company can set their eyes on the future.]]></description>
	  <pubDate>27 Mar 2008 13:01:12 GMT</pubDate>
	  <dc:creator>Zack Newmark</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ford sells Jaguar, Land Rover to Tata]]></title>
      <link>http://www.worldcarfans.com/9080326.004/ford-sells-jaguar-land-rover</link>
      <description><![CDATA[It has now been confirmed that Ford has officially sold both the Jaguar and Land Rover brands to Tata Motors. The price has been put at US $2.3 billion and will come in cold hard cash.]]></description>
	  <pubDate>26 Mar 2008 09:06:30 GMT</pubDate>
	  <dc:creator>Thami Masemola</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ferrari CEO Steps Down]]></title>
      <link>http://www.worldcarfans.com/9080319.005/ferrari-ceo-steps-down</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Ferrari CEO Jean Todt relinquished his position in front of shareholders at their annual meeting.  Todt, who indicated to the Board of Directors that he was no longer interested in keeping the role, was voted out by his colleagues.]]></description>
	  <pubDate>19 Mar 2008 12:03:22 GMT</pubDate>
	  <dc:creator>Zack Newmark</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[BMW Project i Developing Cars For The Future]]></title>
      <link>http://www.worldcarfans.com/9080318.009/bmw-project-i-developing-cars-for-the-future</link>
      <description><![CDATA[BMW has set up "Project i", a new division meant to develop totally unique concepts available for BMW, MINI, Rolls Royce, or a future fourth brand.]]></description>
	  <pubDate>18 Mar 2008 15:06:02 GMT</pubDate>
	  <dc:creator>Zack Newmark</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ford Transit Connect Taxi]]></title>
      <link>http://www.worldcarfans.com/9080318.007/ford-transit-connect-taxi</link>
      <description><![CDATA[New shots of the Ford Transit Connect, dressed up like a New York City cab, as it was being photographed on the streets of Detroit.]]></description>
	  <pubDate>18 Mar 2008 13:36:36 GMT</pubDate>
	  <dc:creator>Zack Newmark</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[F1 Earns $217m per Event]]></title>
      <link>http://www.worldcarfans.com/9080317.012/f1-earns-217m-per-event</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Formula One makes a whopping USD217 million per race event. At this rate it ranks behind NFL, but ahead of English Premiership. Experts say with new races planned in Asia and other parts of the world, F1 should become even fatter in the next few years.]]></description>
	  <pubDate>17 Mar 2008 18:11:36 GMT</pubDate>
	  <dc:creator>Thami Masemola</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[Saleen Launches new supercar brand]]></title>
      <link>http://www.worldcarfans.com/9080317.002/saleen-launches-new-supercar-brand</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Saleen is coming out of the shadows of major automakers to start developing fast cars in its for the global market. To that effect they Saleen is launching SMS Limited which aims to address the ever-growing super car market of the world.]]></description>
	  <pubDate>17 Mar 2008 09:41:54 GMT</pubDate>
	  <dc:creator>Thami Masemola</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[20 New Models From VW As Porsche Closes In]]></title>
      <link>http://www.worldcarfans.com/9080313.013/20-new-models-from-vw-as-porsche-closes-in</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Europe's largest automaker, Volkswagen, intends on introducing 20 new models by 2011.  The rollout is part of a company-wide plan to increase sales by 29%, and deliver 8 million vehicles per year within the next three years.]]></description>
	  <pubDate>13 Mar 2008 13:38:38 GMT</pubDate>
	  <dc:creator>Zack Newmark</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[BMW May Enter The Micro Car Ring]]></title>
      <link>http://www.worldcarfans.com/9080312.006/bmw-may-join-the-micro-car-fray</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Fresh off recent success in India, BMW has announced the possibility of releasing a new micro car there.  The M Series, 6-Series, and 7-Series are also headed for India.]]></description>
	  <pubDate>12 Mar 2008 15:37:33 GMT</pubDate>
	  <dc:creator>Zack Newmark</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pininfarina Family May Lose Control in the Company]]></title>
      <link>http://www.worldcarfans.com/9080311.002/pininfarina-family-may-lose-control-in-the-company</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Pininfarina's future may lie with outside investors as the company goes on a selling spree in order to counter Mounting debts, as well as build for the future.]]></description>
	  <pubDate>11 Mar 2008 07:48:20 GMT</pubDate>
	  <dc:creator>Thami Masemola</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mitsubishi Step Up 2010 Plan Includes i MiEV Production]]></title>
      <link>http://www.worldcarfans.com/9080301.003/mitsubishi-step-up-2010-plan-includes-i-miev-production</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Mitsubishi has announced a new business plan called â€œStep Up 2010â€� which includes the introduction of several new models.  The companyâ€™s goal is to increase sales from 1,337,000 to 1,422,000 by 2010.]]></description>
	  <pubDate>01 Mar 2008 09:29:07 GMT</pubDate>
	  <dc:creator>Michael Gauthier</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[Honda CR-Z Production Update]]></title>
      <link>http://www.worldcarfans.com/9080220.014/honda-cr-z-production-update</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The new Honda hybrid coupe, based on the Honda CR-Z concept, is expected to cost roughly 25,000 euros with higher trim levels bringing the price up to 28k.]]></description>
	  <pubDate>20 Feb 2008 14:41:23 GMT</pubDate>
	  <dc:creator>Zack Newmark</dc:creator>
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