FEBIAC, the promotor of the 'European Motor Show - Brussels', is continuing to add to its list of vehicle world premieres for this year's event. The media preview day is 15 January.
The 'European Motor Show - Brussels' saw various vehicle world premieres, as listed below. The media preview day was 15 January.
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12 Jan, 2015
Volkswagen Cross Coupe GTE debuts in Detroit pointing the way to VW’s future SUVs due in 2016
One way or another, this first full working week after the festive break has been an eventful one.
Following on from Ford chief Mark Fields' announcement earlier this week that driverless cars will be with us within five years, Boston Consulting Group has released a study which says that autonomous vehicles may be on the road in large numbers by 2017 creating a US$42bn market for the technology by 2025.
Sales of plug-in electric cars in the US rose to more than 100,000 last year according to Green Car Reports, the third year-on-year sales increase since first going on sale in December 2010.
Porsche chief Mattias Mueller expects to hit the company's 200,000 annual sales target in 2015, three years ahead of schedule, following record deliveries in 2014.
Bentley believes it will double sales by 2020 with the arrival next year of its new luxury SUV.
Bentley is mulling a smaller version of its upcoming SUV to attract more women and younger buyers to the brand. Bentley will unveil the larger SUV, its first such model, later this year ahead of sales in 2016.
Bentley is mulling a smaller version of its upcoming SUV to attract more women and younger buyers to the brand. Bentley will unveil the larger SUV, its first such model, later this year ahead of sales in 2016.
Toyota's labour union is looking for a JPY6,000 (US$50) rise in monthly base pay at this year's spring wage negotiations with management, reports the Nikkei Asian Review.
Honda says it is to introduce the world's first predictive cruise control system known as Intelligent Adaptive Cruise Control (i-ACC), capable of foreseeing and automatically reacting to other vehicles 'cutting-in' to the equipped vehicle's lane.
Cooper-Standard says it has appointed Christine Krathwohl as vice president global supply chain.
Infiniti says it recorded the global sales of more than 186,200 vehicles in 2014, up 13.5% from the previous year.
Volkswagen Group said sales at its VW brand fell 2 percent in December because of "challenging market conditions." Full-year deliveries rose 3 percent to a record 6.1 million.
General Motors CEO Mary Barra has said the company expects light vehicle sales in the US to reach 16.5m-17m units in 2015.
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9 Jan, 2015
New, larger version of the MINI Clubman estate aims for Golf practicality with retro style. Spied testing ahead of September release
Salvers working on the stricken car ship, Hoegh Osaka, are toiling in semi-darkness to establish the condition of the 1,300 vehicles on board as forecast winds of 55mph tomorrow (10 January) threaten to hamper any quick solution to the situation.
Honda President Takanobu Ito, beset by record recalls last year, told suppliers the carmaker will examine operations to improve quality and safety standards.
Eighteen months into a recall of Jeeps with exploding gas tanks, drivers of the affected models are still dying and more than 1 million of the vehicles remain unfixed.
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