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Mar
4th

SOUTH KOREA: Kia to show new 3- and 4-cylinder GDI engines

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Kia is to reveal its next range of three and four cylinder turbocharged GDI (Gasoline Direct Injection) engines at the Geneva Motor Show this week.
Mar
4th

Toyota i-ROAD revealed

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Toyota i-ROAD front three quarter
News 4 Mar, 2013

The Renault Twizy-rivalling Toyota i-ROAD has been unveiled on the eve of the Geneva Motor Show

Mar
4th

Daily automotive news and comment – from just-auto.com 2013-03-04 09:59:00

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Mazda Motor and JVs with partners Changan and FAW sold 29,501 cars in China during the first two months of the year, down 19.4% year on year.
Mar
4th

CHINA: Nissan JV sales plunge 46%

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Nissan Motor's China joint venture with Dongfeng sold 58,200 cars in China in February, down 46% year on year.
Mar
4th

CANADA: February sales down 3.3%

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Canadian car sales dropped a moderate 3.3% in February in a third straight monthly decline, as good demand for Detroit brands helped offset a setback for the Japanese.
Mar
4th

German new-car sales down 10.5% in February

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New-car sales in Germany fell 10.5 percent to 200,683 in February, the KBA federal transport agency said on Monday.
Mar
4th

Lamborghini Veneno supercar photos leak ahead of Geneva motor show debut: $4-million Lambo hypercar sold out before its reveal

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NOTE: The Veneno has made its official debut, so check out all the facts on Lamborghini's latest here.
Mar
4th

CHINA: New chief seen key to global Jeep ambitions

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Fiat-Chrysler's plans to build Jeep into a global brand have moved forward with a new executive running the company's Chinese joint venture to ramp up production of the SUV line.
Mar
4th

SLOVAKIA: Kia plant doubles net profit

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Kia Motors' Slovak plant last year hiked net profit to EUR155.46m from EUR68.63m as sales increased 17.7% to EUR3.92bn.
Mar
4th

First Drive: 2015 Volkswagen GTI

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First Drive: 2015 Volkswagen GTI
First Drive: 2015 Volkswagen GTI - Automobile Magazine
Golf in sheep’s clothing.

The seventh-generation VW Golf -- still a year off for Americans -- is already on sale in Europe, with the new GTI about to follow. We borrowed a pre-production model for a revealing eight-hour shakedown drive in the Ile de France region around Paris.


Photo Gallery: First Drive: 2015 Volkswagen GTI - Automobile Magazine

Photo Gallery: First Drive: 2015 Volkswagen GTI - Automobile Magazine


Mar
4th

2013 Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG review notes: Old school is still cool

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WEST COAST EDITOR MARK VAUGHN: Good luck finding snow anywhere in sunny Southern California.
Mar
4th

CANADA: Magna ups 2012 sales 7% to $31bn

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Magna has posted 2012 full-year sales of US$30.84bn, an increase of 7%, reflecting increases in North American, European, and rest of world production sales as well as higher tooling and engineering sales, partially offset by lower complete vehicle assembly sales.
Mar
4th

Zetsche defends his strategy, job with CLA unveiling

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Embattled Daimler boss Dieter Zetsche will this week defend his strategy -- and his job -- by unveiling a new Mercedes model which is part of a compact vehicle lineup, seen as key to the premium carmaker's turnaround.
Mar
4th

Alfa Romeo reboot marks tough road for Fiat recovery

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Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne has set himself a tough task to take the sporty Alfa Romeo brand global with more expensive models and triple its sales volume by 2016 -- after years of losses.
Mar
4th

INTERVIEW: Premium cars boost premium audiomaker

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With European volume OEMs and European offshoots of multi-nationals struggling en masse to achieve some sort of balance between capacity, demand, labour relations and costs, it would be fair to assume that Tier 1 suppliers are going through the same agonies.
Mar
4th

NEW ZEALAND: February new vehicle sales show growth

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February new vehicle registrations in New Zealand of 7,946 were up 10.6% (761 units) on February 2012 (7,185). Commercial vehicle registrations of 2,148 units were up a noteworthy 38.4% (596 units) on February 2012 and the highest monthly February sales since 1982. Passenger car registrations of 5,798 were up 163 units (2.9%) on February 2012.
Mar
4th

US: Buyers brave blizzards to drive February sales

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Severe weather and government shenanigans couldn't keep Americans from visiting dealer lots last month. February light vehicle sales were up 3.7%, surpassing 1.19m and producing a SAAR of 15.38m units. This is the fourth consecutive month the SAAR has been above 15m.
Mar
4th

Google poised for major retail push

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Google is poised to expand its online car-shopping service to dealers throughout California and enter more states, sources say. By expanding the pilot, Google is signaling its intention to be a more significant force in online auto shopping.
Mar
4th

Ace marketer finds a new road

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Tim Mahoney, Chevrolet's new global marketing chief, knows something about putting spark into struggling brands and giving focus to confused marketing. He comes to General Motors after a two-year stint at high-flying Volkswagen of America.
Mar
4th

GM cash for dealers aims to revive NYC area sales

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General Motors is spending tens of millions of dollars to buff up its dealership network in metro New York, where its sales badly lag rivals.
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