Car sales in India fell for the first time in 11 months in December, as a cash shortage triggered by the 'demonetisation' withdrawal of high denomination banknotes reduced retail spending.
BMW Group India delivered 7,861 cars to customers in calendar year 2016. This split as 7,500 BMW cars and 361 Minis. Moving ahead on a positive course, Sales were up 14% over 2015.
Vikram Pawah (45) has been appointed president of BMW Group India effective 1st March 2017.
Opinion
11 Jan, 2017
The Detroit Motor Show hasn't lost its vigour but tech shows like CES are quickly becoming crucial for car brands, says Graham Hope
News
11 Jan, 2017
Fresh range topping Renault Clio builds on Dynamique S Nav with cluster of tech and assistance additions
BMW, VW, Daimler and Ford have begun talks with partners to build a network of ultra-fast charging stations in Europe that can charge vehicles in minutes rather than hours as they look to break Tesla's stranglehold on the EV market.
Tenneco is supplying the complete hot-end aftertreatment system for diesel applications, which includes the Diesel Oxidation Catalyst (DOC), mixer and the SCR-Coated Diesel Particulate Filter (SDPF) with an SCR substrate in a module with sensors.
PSA Group sales grew 5.8%, to 3,146,000 units last year as the company continues its 'Push to Pass' plan, which provides for 121 regional launches by 2021.
Nexteer Automotive and Continental have announced their agreement to form a joint venture focused on the advancement of motion control systems and actuator components for automated driving.
NEVS current senior director Electrical Engineering & Vehicle Motion, Hans-Martin Duringhof, has been appointed vice president of Product Strategy & Planning and member of the automaker's management team.
Dana has posted preliminary 2016 sales down 4% to US$5.8bn and adjusted EBITDA of US$660m, with the former primarily due to foreign-currency translation reducing sales by around US$170m.
Sales of passenger vehicles in China, including passenger cars, SUVs and MPVs, rose by 15.9% to 23.9 million units in 2016 - according to the China Passenger Car Association.
Falken Tyre recently formed an OE partnership with Czech car manufacturer Skoda, marking the latest in a series of manufacturer relationships. To find out more and how the OE side of its business is shaping up, we spoke to the tyre maker's European head of marketing, Stephan Cimbal.
News
11 Jan, 2017
Chris Lattner - responsible for the Swift programming language - joins electric car company Tesla after more than a decade at Apple.
South Korean prosecutors indicted seven current and former executives and employees of Volkswagen Group's local unit for alleged violation of the Clean Air Conservation Act and other charges as part of a year-long investigation into emissions...
PSA's global deliveries rose by nearly 6 percent last year, propelled by a European market recovery and strong sales of Peugeot cars in Iran. China and southeast Asia was a problem region for the automaker with sales falling 16 percent.
The 2017 edition of the Detroit auto show won't go into the books for blockbuster introductions and eye-popping concepts. That said, a few vehicles in the show are important and significant.
Dawn Martin Harp, head of Wells Fargo Dealer Services, will retire April 1 after more than 20 years with the lender.
Gorden Wagener, Mercedes-Benz design chief, says designers like him are always thinking in the future.
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