Renault is set to continue its growth path in Australia as the French brand aims to continue re-establishing itself as a prominent European marque. Last year saw Renault break the 5000 sales mark in Australia for the first time in the ...
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Renault’s performance arm, Renault Sport, is likely to move away from manual transmissions in the coming years as it seeks to further exploit its links with modern motorsport and expand its global reach. At the international launch ...
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Renault Australia’s managing director has ruled out budget-brand Dacia for the Australian market until he is satisfied that Renault has been well established locally. Speaking to CarAdvice at the Geneva Motor Show, Justin Hocevar ...
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The design director now responsible for both South Korean sister brands Kia and Hyundai, says their vehicles must be differentiated by more than just styling. Recently promoted from being solely responsible for design at Kia to also ...
Cars sales have been falling in Western Europe as yet another economic downturn confirms expectations that the region’s recovery from the 2008 financial crisis will be a lengthy process. However, while demand for cars declines, ...
Spanish automobile manufacturer SEAT has introduced the new three-door Leon SC coupe at the ongoing 2013 Geneva Motor Show in Switzerland. The new coupe is offered with TSI and TDI engines variants, ranging from1.2 to 2.0L, which ...
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ContiTech, a subsidiary of German automotive supplier Continental, has opened a new research and development (R&D) center in China with investments of about EUR8m. The center located at Changshu in Jiangsu Province will develop ...
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According to the data released by NAAMSA, South African new car sales were 53,220 (including the sales of Mercedes-Benz of South Africa) in February, up 1.6% year on year, while the sales were 52,388 of the same period last year. In the ...
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The new Audi A3 will start nearly $5000 below the model it replaces as the German company responds to an aggressive pricing strategy by rival Mercedes-Benz. Audi Australia has announced the next-generation Audi A3 luxury hatchback will ...
Audi is considering a road legal version of its R18 e-tron Le Mans racer to take on the new LaFerrari and McLaren P1. The German brand named its first ever supercar, the R8, after its original Le Mans racing car that achieved domination ...
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The Volkswagen e-Co-Motion concept has been unveiled at the Geneva motor show, previewing a future zero-emissions delivery van. Designed to offer a solution to the problem of transporting goods into and out of increasingly more populated ...
The ItalDesign Giugiaro Parcour concept has been unveiled in Geneva in one of the surprises of this year’s motor show. Taking advantage of its links to Lamborghini under the Volkswagen Group umbrella, the ItalDesign Giugiaro Parcour ...
The all-new Volkswagen Golf Mk7 has claimed the title of European Car of the Year for 2013. The new seventh-generation Volkswagen Golf took top spot in the European awards, with the 58-member COTY jury awarding it a total of 414 points, ...
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The Renault group is looking to expand its reach with potential for a new premium brand in the future. Renault’s plans are to position itself in the middle of a Y-shaped strategy, which has budget brand Dacia down the bottom while ...
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A 10th-consecutive monthly sales record has seen Nissan bump Holden off Australia’s new car sales podium for the first time in modern history. The burgeoning Japanese manufacturer sold 8212 new vehicles across the country in ...