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Mercedes-Benz gets sketchy with Citan urban delivery van

3. February 2012

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Filed under: Minivan/Van , Work , Mercedes-Benz , Design/Style Though the Ford Transit Connect may be a niche player in the North American market, the small van market is big business in Europe. According to Mercedes-Benz , it accounts for some 700,000 units annually, and that's a pie of which Daimler wouldn't mind getting a bigger slice.

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Watch this Alfa Romeo Giulietta play ice hockey

2. February 2012

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Squint Really Hard: Smart ForTwo gets modest update

1. February 2012

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Filed under: Budget , Europe , Hatchback , Smart , Design/Style Smart has put the ForTwo under the knife in an attempt to give the maligned A-segment vehicle a few more years of life.

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Mercedes-Benz Actros semi fitted for taxi duty, picks up humorous fares

1. February 2012

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Filed under: Truck , Marketing/Advertising , Videos , Work , Mercedes-Benz , Humor The new-generation 2012 Actros big rig has already won Truck of the Year - for the fourth time - and Mercedes-Benz figured it would have some fun letting other truck people know about its semi. It kitted an Actros out in the eggshell hue and black-and-yellow sign that's standard-issue German taxi livery, then sent it out to pick up passengers

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Nissan has a North American quality problem: suppliers

1. February 2012

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Filed under: Etc. , Nissan During the automaker's Quality Forum, reporters were told that Nissan had reduced "nonconforming deliveries," a euphemism for bad batches of parts from vendors, by 85 percent from 2007 to 2011. Yet problems remain, according to a report in Automotive News , with suppliers in North America - both the U.S.

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