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22.05.2013 - 09.17 pm The Barcelona International Motor Show 2013: positive sales results and more than 700,000 visitors Car dealers are satisfied with this year’s Motor Show as several brands posted solid sales balances. However, some visitors were disappointed as...	08.05.2013 - 04.54 pm The Barcelona International Motor Show 2013 will present two worldwide and four European premiers The Saló de l’Automòbil exhibition is the main meeting point for the automobile industry in Spain and will take place at the Montjuïc trade fair from...	30.04.2013 - 09.10 pm Seat, Nissan, Ficosa, Gestamp and Doga back up the creation of an automation cluster in Catalonia The President of the Catalan Government announced the initiative which will aim to develop an industry and knowledge cluster of the automation sector...	05.03.2013 - 10.16 pm Barcelona-based Seat presents its new León SC car model in Geneva Seat, which is owned by Volkswagen, will assemble the new car in its Greater Barcelona plant. The new León SC has a more coupé design, with three...
04.02.2013 - 10.12 pm Nissan will assemble its new saloon car model in Barcelona After having reached an agreement on the measures to increase competitiveness with the trade unions last week, the Japanese multinational car...	29.01.2013 - 09.36 pm Nissan confirms that Barcelona is in the race to build its new sedan car again After having ruled out Barcelona because unions refused to sign Nissan’s final offer of modifying working conditions and reducing salaries in order...	28.01.2013 - 09.28 pm Trade unions make a last attempt to attract Nissan’s new car model to Barcelona by proposing their own cost reduction plan After Nissan’s announcement that Barcelona would not build its new car model, the Catalan Government and the trade unions have been trying to...	25.01.2013 - 10.04 pm Car manufacturer SEAT and trade unions agree on a cost reduction plan in order to save 340 jobs After an 8.3% drop in car sales in 2012, SEAT announced it would lay off 400 temporary workers and it would reduce administration and commercial...
21.01.2013 - 10.53 pm Seat decided to lay off 400 temporary workers due to sales drop The Barcelona-based brand, which is part of the Volkswagen group, had announced an 8.3% drop of car sales in 2012, compared to 2011, due to the...	18.01.2013 - 09.25 pm Nissan’s new car model, an investment of €130 million creating 4,000 jobs, will not be built in Barcelona Trade unions refused to sign the Japanese company’s final offer to increase the competitiveness of Barcelona’s plant by reducing salaries and...	14.01.2013 - 08.52 pm Seat improved international sales but sold 8.3% fewer cars in 2012 due to the crisis in Spain Barcelona-based car manufacturer Seat, which is part of the Volkswagen Group, delivered 8.3% fewer cars in 2012 compared to the previous year. In...	20.12.2012 - 10.14 pm Nissan and unions are negotiating a salary drop to keep current jobs in Barcelona and add 1,000 more Nissan is considering allocating the production of a new sedan car to its Catalan plant: a €130 million investment creating 1,000 direct and 3,000...
25.10.2012 - 10.35 pm Car manufacturer Seat starts production of the new León after investing €800 million in its Catalan plant The production of the new Seat León, the brand’s flagship model, guarantees 1,600 direct jobs and 6,000 indirect ones in the supply industries. The...	23.05.2012 - 09.34 pm Nissan to invest €100 million in its Barcelona plant to build its totally electric new van model The decision represents the creation of 700 direct and indirect jobs. Car manufacturer Nissan has confirmed it will build the new ‘e-NV200’, a...	24.04.2012 - 08.41 pm Car manufacturer Seat presents the new Ibiza Cupra Concept in Beijing It is the first time Seat, whose factory is in Greater Barcelona, presents a new car model in Asia. Seat has started to export cars to China this...	02.01.2012 - 09.29 pm Car registrations in Catalonia fell by 18.3% in 2011 Car sales drastically decreased last year, with the only exception being luxury vehicles. Less than 120,000 cars were sold in Catalonia, a figure...