Daimler plans to lower sales incentives on its Mercedes-Benz vehicles and raise prices on some models as demand outstrips supply.
Daimler plans to lower sales incentives on its Mercedes-Benz vehicles and raise prices on some models as demand outstrips supply.
No matter who makes what using what, there's always a boffin or two in a lab somewhere figuring out a new way of doing it. That was my thought on sighting a bit of news from Hyundai Motor's Kia affiliate this week.
News
7 Feb, 2014
Renault has debuted the NEXT TWO autonomous prototype, promising production versions by 2020
Volkswagen group sportscar and luxury SUV specialist Porsche bosted sales just 1.4% in January to 12,225 vehicles worldwide citing 911, Boxter and updated Panamera as the reason.
Videos
7 Feb, 2014
In this unique time-lapse video the Mercedes Viano is transformed into a luxury vehicle
Strong January car markets in Germany and the UK helped to push the West European car market to 5.1% year-on-year growth in January, reinforcing hopes for further market recovery in 2014.
Tata Motors' decision to take ownership of Jaguar Land Rover in 2008 has paid off handsomely with a rejuvenated brand and some healthy financial returns.
From the last event two years ago, you have to say the Delhi Auto Expo has moved up a notch.
Ferrari said it does not plan to move to the Netherlands from Italy after parent Fiat decided to create a Dutch holding company for the merged Fiat-Chrysler group.
PSA Peugeot-Citroen is confirming its intention to proceed with a EUR3bn (US$4.1bn) capital increase, despite speculation of a rift at family level.
Tata Motors Chairman Cyrus Mistry will lead the automaker while it seeks a replacement for Karl Slym, the automaker's managing director, who fell to his death in Thailand last month.
Renault and Nissan said their combined global vehicle sales rose 2 percent to 8.27 million vehicles last year, an all-time high for the alliance, propelled by record sales in China and the United States.
The Renault-Nissan Alliance has confirmed earlier reports it sold a record 8,266,098 vehicles in 2013, propelled by (also) record sales in its two largest markets, China and the United States, making it the globe's fourth largest automaker behind Toyota, General Motors and Volkswagen.
News
30 May, 2014
Nearly half of the 21,000 car thefts in London in 2013 were down to electronic hacking
New vehicle sales in Taiwan increased by 4% to 44,301 units in January, compared with 42,595 units in the same month of last year, according to local reports.
Domestic sales by South Korea's five main automakers increased by 1.9% to 106,343 units combined in January, from 104,377 units a year earlier, according to data released by the vehicle manufacturers industry.
"There are no ordinary days in the working week of John Morton. The art of speeding is his profession, and challenges are a way of life. But this was the toughest one of all."
-- George R.R. Martin, beloved and bearded historian of the great land of Westeros, drives a first-generation Mazda RX-7 -- according to Jalopnik, and a creepy
Toyota Motor Sales USA (TMS) chief Bob Carter has said the problem with heated seats that has forced the company to halt sales of several vehicle models in the US would weigh on the automaker's February sales but he predicted the negative effect would be minor.