Last year proved another solid one for the ever-expanding SUV category, with 333,511 units sold across Australia for a nine per cent increase on 2012. The top four manufacturers mirrored 2012′s results with Toyota (56,139) finishing ...
Tags: SUV, Toyota, Mazda Cx-5
The six-year-old Mazda 2 has defied its age to claim Australia’s light car class crown in 2013. Rather than being a big winner last year, the Mazda 2’s segment win was a matter of being the smaller of two losers. Sales of the ...
Trends continued in the small car class in 2013, with almost a quarter of all new vehicle sales in Australia going to that segment, and its station maintained as the top-selling segment for the year with a 266,413 tally rising by 5.6 per ...
Tags: Small Car, Toyota, Corolla, Mercedes-Benz, B-Class
Ford's new concept for solar-powered hybrid car can run for 21 electric-only miles on a day's worth of sunlight. That possibility comes courtesy of sun-tracking software that works in combination with a concentrator lens to focus the ...
Tags: Ford, solar-powered hybrid car, C-MAX Solar Energi Concept car
The Detroit Three automakers posted sales gains during 2013, even as sales waned toward the year's end. For the year, General Motors Co. saw sales rise 7% to 2.8 million vehicles, even as December fleet sales declined 9% and retail sales ...
Tags: Detroit, automakers, sales gains, General Motors, Ford Motor
Ford India has reported the sale of 11,209 units in December 2013, up by 3%, compared to the sales of the same period in 2012. The total sales include domestic wholesales and exports. Exports of the company were at 5338 units in December, ...
Tags: Ford India, Auto Parts
The Kia GT4 Stinger concept has been teased for the second time in two weeks ahead of its Detroit auto show unveiling later this month, with a 235kW turbocharged engine and rear-wheel drive now confirmed for the sports car. First teased ...
Tags: Kia, GT4 Stinger, Turbocharged Rear-Drive
Ford will display its first solar-powered vehicle at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, the company?announced on Thursday. The Ford CMAX Solar Energi Concept car will have 1.5 square metres of solar photovoltaic cells on ...
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The UAW Retiree Medical Benefits Trust (Trust) is pleased to confirm that an agreement has been reached between the Trust's Independent Fiduciary and Fiat North America LLC regarding a purchase of the Trust's entire equity interest in ...
Tags: UAW Retiree Medical Benefits Trust, Fiat, equity interest, Chrysler Group
The local ex-work price of hot-dip galvanized steel in Mexico has dropped to US$926/ton, down by US$3/ton from two weeks ago. However, the booming large-size automotive manufacturers in Mexico will be the propellant to enhance the future ...
Tags: steel, metallurgy, HDG
Exterior changes to the 2014 Hyundai Elantra range are as limited as the suspension modifications are extensive. A first facelift for the fifth-generation small sedan from South Korea, which is now three years old, the ‘Series ...
Federal-Mogul Corp. has introduced 43 new replacement Moog Steering and Suspension brand parts covering millions of late-model foreign-nameplate and domestic passenger vehicles. The new parts include 12 patent-pending Moog Problem Solver ...
Tags: Auto Parts, Auto
To the eyes of those driving on Sydney’s upper north shore, the dark blue Hyundai Elantra with the number plates BU-31-YC appears just like any other cookie-cutter small sedan doing the suburban rounds. This middle-grade Hyundai ...
Tags: Hyundai Elantra, Auto Parts
Details of the new additions to Toyota Australia’s showroom in 2014. Toyota Kluger (February/March) At least in Australia, this is the third-generation Toyota Kluger, the new large SUV that will compete with the Ford Territory and ...
Details of the new additions to Renault Australia’s showroom in 2014. Renault Megane facelift (Q2) The entire Renault Megane range will be updated with the French brand’s new family face, already seen on the Clio, Koleos and ...