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Stuttgart  - Giant German carmaker Daimler AG is planning a new car factory in Hungary to build compact models of its flagship Mercedes Benz brand, the company announced Wednesday.

Stuttgart, Germany  - The new sixth generation Volkswagen Golf will be unveiled at the Paris Motor Show in October, Germany's auto-motor-sport magazine reports.

Stuttgart  - The new-look Mercedes CLC two-

Stuttgart  - Electrical and engine problems are the main causes of car breakdowns with a trend toward "major damage" to engines and chassis, the Auto Club Europe (ACE) said in a report.

Stuttgart  - Fears of dangerous mosquitoes from Italy spreading across the Alps and fanning out to spread fatal disease are overstated, a leading academic entomologist said Tuesday.

The Asian tiger mosquito, scientific name Aedes albopictus, has become widespread in the Tuscany region and other parts of Italy since the 1990s and has been sighted in Germany. Striking in daytime, it bites rapidly before it can be swatted.

Claus Zebitz, entomologist at Hohenheim University in Stuttgart, told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa, "Even if it can spread dengue fever, which is dangerous and common in Africa, the risk in this country is very limited.