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EV maker Coda trims staff

Not much more could go wrong for electric-car maker Coda, which has struggled to sell its four-door EV in the United States since officially launching it here in March. But Web reports, first seen at www.plugincars.com, say the company laid off 50 employees, or 15 percent of its workforce, last week, mostly in the sales and marketing departments. Efforts by Autoweek to contact Coda have not been successful.

Read the Spyker Cars press release announcing the purchase of Saab from GM

PRESS RELEASE: GENERAL MOTORS AND SPYKER CARS REACH AGREEMENT ON SAAB -- GM and Spyker Cars announce a binding agreement over the transfer of ownership of Saab -- Terms are agreed and the deal is expected to close in February -- Saab's future as an independent company is secured -- Saab will exit the orderly wind-down process -- Spyker shareholders will restructure at closure of the deal -- Swedish Government issues guarantee in favour of EIB ZEEWOLDE, The Netherlands (26 January, 2010) -- General Motors Company and Spyker Cars N.V, today confirmed the details of a binding agreement over the transfer of ownership of Saab Automobile AB of Trollh

Renault Captur concept

With Renault's current design strategy being based around life and human emotion, the second installment of the program is the Captur concept. Following on from the DeZir, which played to the feeling of ‘falling in love', the Captur is intended to represent the feeling of exploration. As a result, the Captur is a coupe/off-roader fusion that has clear links with the DeZir concept from which the Captur borrows its DRG; the new face of Renault.