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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After some mixed results from early models tested in the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's (IIHS) new small overlap crash test, the latest batch of vehicles earn top scores. The Volvo XC60 and two- and four-door versions of the ...
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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 Mini Paceman is further proof there’s no end to the number of niche segments carmakers will exploit to increase market share. It now seems Mini is capable of coming up with a design to fill almost any gap no matter how small ...
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Nissan North America, Inc. announced that the sales in the US market in February of this year reached 99,636 vehicles, down 6.6% of 106,731 vehicles compared with the same period last year; the cumulative sales of the first two months ...
The updated Nissan Leaf has been unveiled at the 2013 Geneva motor show, boasting improved range, practicality and charging times. The Nissan Leaf, a car the Japanese manufacturer says has become the world’s best-selling electric ...
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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 ...
The all-conquering Toyota HiLux has yet again led the way for ute sales in February, in a month that saw four commercial vehicles make it into the top seven highest selling cars list. While the gap from the Toyota HiLux (3319) to the ...
Recently, a number of Japanese car firms announced February sales in Chinese market. The data showed Toyota, Honda, Nissan and Mazda, the four major Japanese car sales in China fell by 20%-40% in February. The major Japanese cars February ...
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The Smart Forfour will again share its innards with another car for its next generation, following the original Mitsubishi Colt-based 2004 model. This time, however, the Smart Forfour will share its chassis with the next generation ...
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The next-generation Ford Kuga will start below $30,000 when it goes on sale locally in the coming weeks, bringing with it three specification levels as part of an expanded model range. The new Ford Kuga will be offered with at least two ...
Each year, the most popular report in the Consumer Reports Annual Auto Issue is Top Picks, which spotlights the 10 best cars of the year. In a previous blog, we looked at which brands perennially make the list, but what about those brands ...
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