Japan's new vehicle market declined by 1.7% to 387,525 units in December from 394,253 units a year earlier, according to registration data released by the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association.
VW Group-owned Skoda has achieved a record number of deliveries for the fifth consecutive year.
PPG has announced that it will highlight its latest developments in coatings technology for autonomous, connected, electric and shared vehicles during the 2019 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), 14-27 January, at the Cobo centre in Detroit.
Hyundai Mobis has showcased its latest Communication Lighting concept at CES in January 2019.
The BMW Group sold more than 140,000 electrified (battery-electric and plug-in hybrid) vehicles in 2018. In total, 142,617 (+38.4%) electrified BMW and MINI vehicles were delivered to customers around the world last year.
More bad news for Ford, which yesterday detailed its plan to restructure its European operations and shed potentially thousands of jobs - its ride-share service Chariot is ending operations in the US and the UK by the end of March.
Sales of imported light vehicles in South Korea were flat at 20,450 units in December 2018 compared with 20,428 a year ago, according to the Korea Automobile Importers & Distributors Association (KAIDA).
New vehicle sales in Australia declined over a challenging 2018, according to results released by the motor industry's statistical service, VFACTS.
Despite "a softening market with ups and down during the year", 2018 was the fifth consecutive year of record new vehicle registrations in New Zealand, the Motor Industry Association (MIA) said.
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Jaguar Land Rover retail sales dropped 6.4% year on year to 52,160 units in December, parent Tata Motors said.
SEAT new car sales in 2018 reached a total of 517,600 vehicles, up 10.5% on 2017 (468,400 cars). This result is the largest sales volume in SEAT's 68 year history and exceeds the record set in 2000 (514,800 cars).
Ford said today (10 January) it was starting consultations with unions and other parties to begin a restructure of the brand and make its European business "sustainably profitable".
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