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5 Feb 2009, 14:29 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / As part of its restructuring campaign, General Motors aims to reorganize its marketing, sales and aftersales divisions belonging to the European brands it currently owns. Brent Dewar, GM Europe's head of sales, marketing and aftersales, said t...
5 Feb 2009, 14:17 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The current market conditions and the collapsing sales in the United States make the launch of Audi's premium subcompacts almost impossible, Audi of America President Johan de Nysschen said in an interview for Autonews. People are more interes...
5 Feb 2009, 11:39 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Italy's aiding package for the domestic struggling automakers will be announced on Friday, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said yesterday but refused to provide more details about included sums or incentives. However, we do know the governmen...
5 Feb 2009, 11:00 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / There's no wonder that automakers announce the lowest sales in the history but it's simply sad to see all the large companies we used to see praising models and revenues crying for government funding. Mazda for example said it expects a $...
5 Feb 2009, 10:20 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / As the 2009 Geneva Motor Show is quickly approaching, most companies are rushing to announce their latest goodies set to be showcased at the event. Beside the numerous new models we already heard about, German tuner Carlsson today confirmed it plan...
5 Feb 2009, 09:56 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / French manufacturer Renault today agreed to maintain operations in the local market, despite the high cost it has to pay compared to factories in other regions of the world. French President Nicolas Sarkozy's last month said that French automa...
5 Feb 2009, 09:18 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Despite the fact that poor sales results are a common thing nowadays, taking into account the consequences of the economic crisis, it may seem like some automakers, or at least certain divisions, had the ability to counteract the recession and incr...
5 Feb 2009, 08:59 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Mazda has just unveiled a brand new 2009 Mazda3 MPS teaser video showing the new model expected to be displayed at the upcoming Geneva Motor Show. As you can see by yourself in the video published below the article, the new MPS model looks very app...
5 Feb 2009, 08:05 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Most drivers spend an average of 11 seconds with their eyes off-the-road to read a text message on their mobile phones, a study conducted by American automaker Ford revealed. The driving simulator study included 25 participants who are regular SYNC...
4 Feb 2009, 16:47 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Just like many other automakers, Fiat is now planning to temporarily suspend its biggest Italian production facility in Mirafiori due to falling new car demand, Autonews informed today. But more importantly is that the Italian company wants to idle...
4 Feb 2009, 15:22 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Even if Hyundai released only a few details about the next-generation Equus, we already find out a number of specifications, including engine information and transmission details. But more importantly, hyundai-blog.com has just published a photo sh...
4 Feb 2009, 14:45 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / BMW today unveiled details regarding the newly-developed S1000RR road bike as the motorcycle managed to pass FIM race homologation for the World Superbike championship. The motorcycle is powered by a 999cc in-line four-cylinder engine that develops...
4 Feb 2009, 14:07 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / January represented a very disappointing month for several automakers when it comes to their sales, especially in North America, often referred to as the most recession-damaged market in the whole world. Nissan today announced it sold 53,884 units ...
4 Feb 2009, 11:51 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Achieving better sales results and increase the global share in a crisis-struck market sounds like mission impossible these days but it may seem like the Renault-Nissan Alliance managed to do it. At least this is what the two companies said in a pr...
4 Feb 2009, 11:32 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Japanese automaker Honda today announced the January 2009 American sales, unveiling a decline of 30.7 percent compared to the same month of 2008. But more importantly, Honda officials admitted the automotive industry faces one of the most difficult...
4 Feb 2009, 10:34 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Since we know it's fairly difficult to improve your sales during recession times, poor sales for Acura should not amaze us. But even if the company recorded a 32.4 percent drop in sales in January 2009 compared to the same month of the previou...
4 Feb 2009, 10:12 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The White House administration is continuously working to form an auto restructuring team, including an auto czar that would oversee the industry reform, and the first picks may be announced this week, The Detroit News wrote quoting sources familia...
4 Feb 2009, 09:53 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The EcoCar: The NeXt Challenge is a special program established by the US Department of Energy (DOE) and General Motors and sponsored by the Government of Canada and other sponsors which invites university students across North American to adjust a...
4 Feb 2009, 09:00 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / With the global economic downturn far from being over, General Motors today announced its January 2009 sales, revealing a 49 percent drop compared to the same month of the previous year. No less than 129,227 units were delivered last month, with to...
4 Feb 2009, 08:49 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The Japanese automaker Honda today announced it has reached a new milestone in North America as the company rolled out the 20 millionth automobile last month. Honda arrived in North America in 1982, with Marysville, Ohio the first facility responsi...