The Mazda3 has started 2013 the same way it finished 2012, at the top of the small car sales charts. A total of 3345 Mazda3 sedans and hatches were delivered in January, outselling the new Toyota Corolla with its 2960 units and the Ford ...
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According to the date released by German KBA (Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt) recently, German new car registrations were 192,090 vehicles in January, declined 8.6% year on year compared to January, 2012. Among the different car makers, Volkswagen, ...
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Nissan plans investing Euro 130 million (178 million dollars) to Barcelona factory in Spain, where produced a new compact model. Nissan announced that it will produce this new car in Barcelona factory by 2014, which annual output is ...
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Computerworld - When Americans sit down to watch the Super Bowl this Sunday, they're going to be chatting about the game and the commercials with their friends. But they won't necessarily be cracking jokes and commenting on plays with ...
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Mercedes-Benz has had its second top-ranked engineer leave its AMG performance arm for a rival German brand within a month. UK publication Autocar reports AMG’s key chassis engineer, Arnd Meyer, has jumped ship from Mercedes-Benz to ...
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The Mazda3 has made a strong start to its title defence as Australia’s top-selling car in 2013 as sales of new vehicles got off to a flying start in January. Official VFACTS data released today by the Federal Chamber of Automotive ...
Five hatchbacks, one medium car, two SUVs and two sets of sports car twins that include the Toyota 86 and Subaru BRZ are among the finalists announced for the 2013 World Car of the Year award. The distinguished list of contenders for ...
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Nissan has withdrawn its bold target of becoming the top selling full-line importer in Australia, with “sustained growth” the revised focus. Speaking at the Australian media launch of the all-new Nissan Patrol, Nissan general ...
Spanish ANFAC announced recently, since national sales declined 13.4% year on year in 2012, Spanish car market didn’t change the trend of gliding in January, 2013, and new car sales decreased 9.6% year on year. In January of 2013, ...
The updated 2013 Renault Kangoo has been revealed ahead of its European launch in April and arrival in Australian showrooms towards the end of the year. The revised Renault Kangoo embraces the French manufacturer’s new design ...
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German carmaker Audi has opened a Research & Development (R&D) Center in Beijing, China to strengthen its innovations in Asian region. The center is spread across an area of 8,000sqm and houses aboratories, prototype and R&D workshops. ...
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Russia-based Severstal, one of the world's leading vertically integrated steel and steel-related mining companies, has stated that it has signed a number of further long-term contracts with Russian and CIS-based automotive companies. So far ...
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Toyota Motor Europe will use Nokia's mapping technology in its next-generation navigation and infotainment systems. The car company will use a tailored packaging of Nokia's Here platform called Local Search for Automotive, which as the ...
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General Motors has appointed former Volkswagen chief Dr Karl-Thomas Neumann to the role of CEO of its European operations, Opel. Neumann, 51, becomes chairman of the management board of Adam Opel AG, effective March 1, 2013, as well as ...
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With an all-new Toyota Corolla launched with a $19,990 price tag, we find out which is the best entry-level small car for the money, putting the world’s best selling small car up against the Ford Focus, Hyundai i30 and Mazda3. Words: ...
Tags: Toyota Corolla, Hyundai i30, Mazda3, Ford Focus