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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Dacia adds its entry-level SCe 75 petrol and Blue dCi 95 diesel engines to the Sandero Stepway range
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VW’s mid-sized SUV gets a better equipped Match base-model, a new range-topping R-Line Tech variant and a 227bhp turbo petrol engine
Porsche sales worldwide rose 4% year on year to 256,255 vehicles in 2018.
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".
Media reports in the UK today say that Tata-owned Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) will announce it is cutting up to 5,000 jobs from its 40,000 strong UK workforce.
Tata-owned Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has announced it is cutting 4,500 jobs from its global workforce, with most of the reduction set for the UK workforce that stands at 40,000.
Toyota announced the recall of 1.7m vehicles in North America to replace faulty Takata front passenger airbag inflators, including 1.3m in the US alone.
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Rugged electric Volkswagen off-roader would rival the new Land Rover Defender and Jeep Wrangler, and our exclusive image previews its look
Sales of new passenger vehicles in China plunged 19.3% year on year to 2.22m units in December 2018, the seventh consecutive month of decline, according to retail data released by the China Passenger Car Association.
Nissan might considering borrowing the Ford tagline Go Further for its new Leaf e+ with driving range extended by a claimed 40%.
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McLaren has teased its fifth Longtail model, which is expected to be the 600LT Spider, ahead of its official reveal next week
Visteon is showing new cockpit electronics platforms using Qualcomm Technologies products at CES 2019 in Las Vegas.
Visteon said it was enhancing its DriveCore Studio autonomous driving development using Microsoft software which maximises the power and scalability of the cloud.
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