Tesla Motors said it's received hundreds of orders for its new Model S sedan, enough to double the number of electric cars on the roads of Hong Kong.
New vehicle sales in Indonesia increased by just under 2% to 103,520 units in June, from 101,746 units a year earlier, according to data released by industry association Gaikindo.
The updated Skoda Octavia is now rolling off assembly lines in the Ukraine and Kazakhstan following the recent production start at a VW-GAZ joint venture factory in Russia.
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Peugeot has released further details about its low-emissions 208 concept car which will return 135mpg and emits just 49g/km
Porsche shipped a record 81,500 new cars worldwide in the first half of 2013, up 18% year on year. June sales rose 13% to 14,300.
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4 Jul, 2013
Following the launch of the all-new Mazda 3 hatchback, pictures of the saloon version have leaked online
Images of the new Mazda3 sedan, to be once again called Axela sedan in the Japanese market, have been revealed.
Mitsubishi's global small car, sold as the Mirage or Space Star, has had cumulative sales of 100,000 since it was first launched in Thailand, where it is built, in March 2012.
Manfred Erlacher, currently managing director of BMW's Leipzig plant, will take over as president of the company's operations in Spartanburg, South Carolina, replacing Josef Kerscher who is to become MD of the Dingolfing factory in Germany. The handover will take place on 1 November, 2013.
The UK car market was up 13.4% in June, boosted once again by strong demand in the private retail sector. New car sales in the first half of the year were 10% ahead of last year.
A spokesman for Dongfeng Motor has reportedly told a Chinese newspaper that the state-controlled firm has no comment to make over rumours of it buying into PSA Peugeot Citroën.
LMC Automotive says its India's 2013 light vehicle sales forecast has been revised down to 3.01m units, which is a decline of 8% from a year ago. The new sales outlook is 11% lower than its previous projection of 3.4m units.
New-car sales in the UK rose 13 percent in June compared with a year earlier, marking the 16th consecutive month of growth for the market. The rise in sales is in stark contrast to other major European markets, which have seen sales fall.
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New UK car registrations take a 10 per cent leap in the first half of 2013
With a holiday coming around the bend with the main premise of patriotism, and#8217;Merica and fireworks, here is a compilation of analytics to show off which states remain loyal to the domestics.
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Turkish car sales rose 4 percent in June to 74,096 units in a sign of recovery after a difficult year in 2012, the Automotive Distributors Association (ODD) said.
Daimler said global sales of its Mercedes-Benz premium brand rose 8 percent in June to 131,609 cars, the best-ever level recorded for that month, powered by strong demand from China.