UK - A record breaking 5,212 enthusiasts descended on Brooklands last weekend for the smart Festival, a celebration of the much loved urban car brand, produced by Mobile Promotions. The venue was transformed into a smart enthusiast's ...
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According to the statistics released by the Turkish Automotive Distributors Association, in the first 11 months of this year the domestic passenger car and light vehicle market shrank by 10.1% compared to the same period last year with ...
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Finnish retailer S Group has booked higher half-year profits on the back of improved sales. S Group today (16 August) reported a 2.9% increase in first-half profit to EUR80.6m (US$99.6m). Retail sales were up 5.8% to EUR5.84bn. The ...
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What were some of the general findings of the report? Luke Johnson, senior analyst at GCiS China Strategic Research: Although the report was released in July 2012, the base year of the study is 2011. The market study is broken ...
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SIAM announced that the cumulative production data for April-November 2012 shows production growth of only 4.80 percent over same period last year.The industry produced 1,646,495 vehicles in November 2012 as against 1,816,977 in November ...
Tags: SIAM, commercial vehicles, passenger vehicles, two wheelers
Replacing petroleum is a tough challenge. And although many alternatives have been developed, America still doesn't know what to do with them all. At a recent conference in New York City, we caught up with Dan Sperling, arguably the ...
Tags: petroleum, alternative fuel, climate change, electric cars, biofuels
The US Department of Transportation's(DOT)National Highway Traffic Safety Administration(NHTSA)has introduced a proposal aimed at mandating all the light passenger vehicles to be installed with event data recorders(EDR),commencing from 01 ...
Tags: DOT, NHTSA, light passenger vehicle, EDR, vehicle safety
Automaker Ford has reported a 56% rise in sales in China to 67,505 vehicles in November 2012, compared to the same period in 2011. Ford sells passenger cars in the country which include the imported Ford Edge, increased 74% to 51,602 ...
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Mazda is readying a breed of lighter and higher-revving diesel engines to power future sports models,including the next Mazda3 and MX-5. Speaking at the launch of the all-new Mazda6,Mazda Motor Corporation program manager Hiroshi Kajiyama ...
Tags: Mazda, diesel sports cars, sporting applications, Mazda3 and MX-5
General Motors’ Shanghai GM Dong Yue Motors has completed the third phase expansion of its vehicle manufacturing facility in Yantai, Shandong,China. GM has invested CNY2.53bn ($398m) for the expansion which has doubled the ...
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India auto production has reported a 5.81% rise in April to 1,721,627 vehicles when compared to the 1,627,039 produced during the same period in 2011. The country's overall domestic sales grew 10.01% during the period when compared over ...
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Kia Motors global sales for passenger cars, recreational vehicles (RVs) and commercial vehicles increased 13.4% to 245,238 units in March 2012, compared to corresponding period last year. In March 2012, sales in general markets increased ...
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Kia Motors global sales for passenger cars, recreational vehicles (RVs) and commercial vehicles increased 12.3% to 242,790 units in June 2012, compared to corresponding period last year. In June 2012, sales in general markets increased ...
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The automotive sales in the US have severely declined over the past decade, according to a new report. According to Research and Markets' 'Automotive Report United States 2nd Quarter', the total registrations of passenger cars and light ...
Shanghai GM, a joint venture between US carmaker General Motors (GM) and China based Shanghai Automotive Industry (SAIC), has begun construction on a new $1.1bn (CNY7bn) manufacturing facility in Wuhan city, Hubei. The new plant will ...
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