New vehicle sales in Taiwan increased 8.8% to 23,180 units in August, from 21,306 units in the same month of last year, according to local carmaker Yulon Motor.
News
5 Sep, 2014
Tesla to partner with Panasonic to work on one of largest battery plants in the world
South Korea vehicle exports fell by 18.8% year on year to 182,795 units in August, reflecting industrial action at the country's largest automakers, according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy.
Mercedes-Benz sold 118,887 vehicles worldwide last month, an August record and has reached the 1m year to date sales mark one month earlier than last year.
Nissan says it has "no doubts" its four-year sponsorship deal with UEFA for its Champions League competition, will pay back and will allow it to broaden its message inside Europe.
Kia UK has launched a video content campaign for its Carens family car using content marketing specialist, Kameleon.
Opinion
5 Sep, 2014
JLR are undertaking parallel launches, but editor-in-chief Steve Fowler thinks this could be their first bad decision in a while
AvtoVAZ CEO, Bo Andersson, concedes the scale of the redundancies he is implementing is "difficult," but points to already vastly improving productivity levels among the workforce at the automaker's Togliatti plant 520 miles South East of Moscow.
Mercedes says it is on course for a record sales year after brand sales increased by 10 percent in August, bringing eight-month volume to 1.03 million. The brand's expanding compact car range is helping to boost volume.
Global sales of Mercedes-Benz brand cars rose 10 percent to 118,887 in August thanks to strong demand for its compact models and robust deliveries in the United States and China.
German company Messring has completed the construction of a new test facility in Chongqing for the Chinese safety institute Chongqing Automotive Engineering Research Institute (CAERI).
It could be some days before Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal resumes production at its Nagoya steel plant which was shut down following a fire on Wednesday.
Tesla Motors has announced it will locate its 'Gigafactory' battery factory in Nevada.
News
5 Sep, 2014
Total number of cars sold in 2014 surpasses the 1.5 million mark with August figures
News
5 Sep, 2014
Bosses of the Citroen’s newly-independent luxury DS brand have confirmed plans for a six-strong worldwide line-up
Western European car sales rose 1 percent in August, the 12th consecutive monthly gain, as faltering German, French and Italian demand was offset by strong gains in the UK and Spain.
Bugatti CEO Wolfgang Duerheimer is not writing off the ultrapowerful Galibier four-door sedan yet, despite statements by his predecessor, Wolfgang Schreiber.
The global reach of Renault's budget-car program, which was dreamed up by former Renault CEO Louis Schweitzer, was in evidence at the Moscow auto show where seven models underpinned by the automaker's B0 low-cost platform were on display.
Mercedes expects a new name, fresh design and innovative technology will help double sales of the S-class coupe compared with the model it replaces, the CL.
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