Your first instinct when driving the 2013 Dinan BMW 550xi S2 would probably be to compare it with the contemporary M5. Ours certainly was.
ASSOCIATE EDITOR GRAHAM KOZAK: I've heard much about VW's effort to push their products to the bargain-seeking car buyers of the world by cutting corners and charging extra for features, so I was glad to hear the door of our
Having done a sports car together, Subaru maker Fuji Heavy Industries and Toyota will now jointly develop a hybrid sport utility vehicle and sell it under their respective brands as early as 2017, the Nikkei reported.
Porsche sales worldwide in the first nine months of 2013 rose 14.7% year on year to 119,747. September sales were up 9.1% to 12,970.
Russian light vehicle sales in September were down 5% on last year according to data issued by the Moscow-based Association of European Businesses (AEB).
Mazda aims to sell around 500,000 redesigned Mazda3 compact cars a year around the world, CEO Masamichi Kogai said today, setting the highest target ever for its best-selling model.
BMW brand sales in September rose 8 percent on demand from the United States and Asia. Nine-month deliveries increased 9 percent.
BMW Group said September was another record month for sales which rose 6.7% year on year to 189,675 worldwide. Year to date volume was up 7.5% to a record 1,436,178.
The third generation Fit [Jazz] has passed the original as the Honda car with the fastest pace of orders in its debut month.
Nissan and West African conglomerate Stallion Group have announced their intention to jointly launch vehicle assembly in Nigeria.
Mercedes-Benz gained ground on rivals BMW and Audi last month as the introduction of its latest compact model, the CLA, helped boost deliveries.
A defect in a Toyota Camry caused the vehicle to suddenly accelerate, leading to an accident that left one woman dead and another injured, a lawyer for the women told a jury at the start of trial in Oklahoma City.
PSA/Peugeot-Citroen said it is in talks on potential new overseas partnerships after a Chinese newspaper reported that Dongfeng Motor may buy a 30 percent stake in the French automkaer for $1.63 billion.
PSA Peugeot Citroen said it is in talks on potential new overseas partnerships, after a Chinese newspaper reported that Dongfeng Motor may buy a 30 percent stake for 10 billion yuan ($1.63 billion).
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BMW's Rolls-Royce will not compromise its exclusive image if it builds a sports utility vehicle (SUV), its chief executive has said.
Great Wall Motor, China's largest SUV maker, plans to spend CNY2.6bn (US$426m) on the second phase of its SUV plant in Xushui in north China's Hebei province.
Edmunds forecasts that the US light vehicle market will reach 16.4m units in 2014, a 6% gain on a projected 15.5m sales in 2013.