French and Japanese car sales rose in March, as government incentives boosted demand, while South Koreas's Hyundai Motor racked up impressive sales growth despite the end of subsidies in its home market.
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Traditionally a showcase for new luxury and sports cars, the 2010 New York auto show opened its doors to the press preview days. Highlights of this year's show include the Kia Optima/Magentis, the updated Mercedes R Class and the all-new Infiniti QX56. Honda also revealed its US market Acura TSX wagon (a European Accord), the Cadillac CTS-V wagon made its debut, Subaru added a Sport model to the WRX lineup, and Chevrolet debuted economy and sport versions of its Cruze.
New vehicle sales in Japan grew 10% in 2009 fiscal year which ended yesterday compared to the previous 12 months to 3,182,073, the first upturn in seven years according to the Japan Automobile Dealers Association. Full story…
The introduction of the new Ford Figo has sparked strong demand for the carmaker in India with more than 10,000 orders for the model less than one month after it went on sale.
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China's biggest automaker SAIC returned to profit in the fourth quarter as policy incentives bolstered automobile demand in the world's fastest growing major auto market.
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Toyota has today ended production at its joint manufacturing plant in California with General Motors with leaving behind deep local resentment according to local media reports.
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A Thai truck dealer is suing the Volvo Group for THB10.5bn (US$324m) in damages for what it describes as unlawfully terminating two contracts.
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The 500,000th Focus built by Changan Ford Mazda Automobile Company (CFMA) has rolled off the assembly line at the joint venture plant, in Chongqing, China. The Focus has become Ford's best-selling model in China and the 500,000th model was a silver 1.8-litre four-door sedan.
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Fancy electric cars are hardly the first thing that comes to mind when talking about Croatia. Ethnic wars of the 1990s or the booming tourism on its pristine Adriatic coast are the far more common associations.
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Saab cars will return to leasing from today (1 April, 2010) as the company looks to attract new customers under the ownership of Spyker Cars.
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AvtoVAZ says its March sales have been lifted by the Russian government's new scrappage scheme.
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Ford Motor chief executive officer Alan Mulally has said the automaker would be able to speed up debt repayment as its financial results improve.
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Auto Express’s exclusive round up of April 1st’s motoring mirth
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BMW expects sales of premium cars to outpace a stagnant German auto market in the years ahead. The VDA carmakers association estimates the overall German market will slump to 2.75 million to 3 million units this year.
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Senior road tester Owen Mildenhall to race Lexus ISF in this year’s Nurburgring 24 hour race
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Russian carmaker AvtoVAZ boosted sales by 60 percent in March as the government's new scrappage scheme tempted drivers to trade in their old bangers.
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Fiat will invest 700 million euros ($947 million) in an underused factory in Pomigliano near Naples, Italy, to build the next generation of the Panda, Europe’s best-selling small car. Full story…
Ford´s sale of Volvo will leave the U.S. automaker with no luxury brand outside North America. But does Ford even need one? At least for now, analysts say no.
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Ford´s sale of Volvo will leave the U.S. automaker with no luxury brand outside North America. But does Ford even need one? At least for now, analysts say no.
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