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.
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4 Mar, 2013
The Renault Twizy-rivalling Toyota i-ROAD has been unveiled on the eve of the Geneva Motor Show
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.
Nissan Motor's China joint venture with Dongfeng sold 58,200 cars in China in February, down 46% year on year.
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.
New-car sales in Germany fell 10.5 percent to 200,683 in February, the KBA federal transport agency said on Monday.
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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.
Kia Motors' Slovak plant last year hiked net profit to EUR155.46m from EUR68.63m as sales increased 17.7% to EUR3.92bn.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.