The Mazda3 has retained its title as Australia’s most popular new car in 2012, claiming victory for the second consecutive year after a tight 12-month tussle with the Toyota HiLux. The HiLux threatened to steal the crown earlier ...
Tags: Mazda3, Toyota HiLux, Toyota Corolla, Australia's most popular new car
The Toyota Prado proved to be the king of the hill in SUV sales for 2012, with the locally build Ford Territory slipping four places from the top spot it gained in 2011. Prado sales jumped 57 per cent to reach 17,045 in another bumper ...
Tags: Toyota Prado, Mazda CX-5, Skoda Yeti, Honda CRV, Auto Parts
Small cars have once again dominated new vehicle sales in 2012, with the Mazda3 leading the way in its second straight year as Australia’s favourite car. Four of the top six models sold across the country last year belonged to ...
Tags: Car Sales, Small Cars, Mazda3, small-car segment
The head of the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI), Tony Weber, has criticised the general media for its reporting on the local industry, claiming that local manufacturing is competitive by today’s standards. ...
Tags: Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries, overall new-car sales
Business Development Asia LLC has announced that its client, The Sherwin-Williams Company, has acquired 100 percent of Changzhou Pulanna Coating Co., Ltd. Pulanna is a leading manufacturer of automotive coatings for sale in the Chinese ...
Tags: BDA, Pulanna, automotive coatings, acquisition
Sales of electric cars in the UK are expected to rise from 3,000 to 6,000 in 2013, according to a report from Next Green Car. The report said that the focus will be less on electric cars and plug-in hybrids, as new low emission petrol and ...
Tags: Sales, electric cars, UK, 2013
The United States is honoring its role, to the best of its ability, as the world's locomotive, although despite the positive performance of the real estate market, America seems to be recovering slower than expected. The stumbling block ...
Tags: Glass Industry, Glass, glass market, Technological innovation
The Taiwan Transportation Vehicle Manufacturers` Association (TTVMA) is proposing a subsidies program the government to increase new-car sales on the island by about 100,000 units per year, according to industry sources. The trade ...
Tags: TTVMA, Old Cars, Auto Parts Accessories
A company spokeswoman said that Renault will sign a pact today to build its first plant in Algeria during a highly symbolic visit by Mr François Hollande President to the former French colony. She said that “Renault will sign ...
Flat glass manufacturer PT Asahimas Flat Glass (AMFG) says that it expects to reach its net sales target of Rp 2.78 trillion (US$288.38 million) for 2012 on higher demand from local construction firms and automobile makers. The target is ...
Tags: Flat glass manufacturer, Flat glass, construction firms, Glass
The United Kingdom has become Europe's second-biggest car market behind Germany, bumping France down into third spot following strong sales in November. Industry journal Automotive News Europe reports the latest new-car sales figures for ...
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Reuters reported that energy over metals, raw over refined, sums up the likely theme for China's commodity demand next year. Commodity markets had become accustomed to China as a voracious consumer of resources, but 2012 showed that ...
Tags: Commodities Market, Market Trend, Metallurgy, Mineral Energy
Bloomberg reported that Schmolz+Bickenbach AG dropped as much as 3.8%after Standard&Poor's said the Swiss maker of steel for the car industry risks breaking covenants on its debt next year. S&P downgraded the steelmaker's credit rating to ...
Tags: S&P, debt, risks, Credit Rating
Reportedly, Fitch Rating has reported the healthy 2013 outlook for steel-consuming industries in CIS region. Cost competitiveness and pro-cyclical ruble movements support the stable the metals and mining sectors. For Russian ...
Tags: Fitch Rating, steel-consuming industries, CIS region, metals, mining
TEL AVIV, ISRAEL, June 12, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Devoted to making sure the Israel car rental experience is a positive one, Avis Israel is offering an option to rent an iPad with unlimited Wi-Fi connectivity and included GPS for $19 a ...
Tags: Israel, car rental, GPS, WiFi connectivity