Fiat Achieves Best-Ever Sales Year in Brazil in 2012
4 Jan 2013, 08:41 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Fiat’s success in Brazil and Argentina is well-documented and very obvious. They have many specific models, which just work in both of the aforementioned countries, as well as the smaller surr...
Opel to Further Reduce Production in 2013
3 Jan 2013, 13:32 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / It looks like 2013 is going to be another year of lows for Europe’s hurting car market. Opel is be preparing a new model offensive for the early part of 2013, which includes the new Adam and C...
Fisker Sues Insurance Company Over the 338 Drowned Karmas
3 Jan 2013, 12:57 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Following the loss of 338 Karmas, which were reportedly in transit through the New Jersey port on the day when Superstorm Sandy struck, the US automaker lost the equivalent of $100 million. However,...
Italian Car Sales Fall 19.9% in 2012 Reaching 30-Year Low
3 Jan 2013, 12:39 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / All of Europe’s automotive sector is clearly in big trouble, as the continent’s major automaking nations have reported significant sales and registrations decreases in 2012, compared to ...
Renault Blames Poor EV Sales in Europe on Bad Marketing
3 Jan 2013, 12:25 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Renault’s range of EVs clearly shows that the French manufacturer is one of the more forward-thinking of the major automakers - they are trying. However, their cars have still not made the des...
New Car Sales in Spain Down 13.2% in 2012
3 Jan 2013, 11:04 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / France is not the only developed European country struggling with slow sales of new cars, as Spain is in a very similar situation. The Spaniards have reported a drop of 13.2%, which is only 0.7% bet...
France New Car Sales Drop 13.9% in 2012
3 Jan 2013, 10:43 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The downward trend of the European economy can finally be quantified accurately, as 2012 is now over, by studying the fluctuation (or in this case sheer drop) of new car sales in the Old Continent&r...
Subaru to Increase US Production Capacity by 30% by 2016
3 Jan 2013, 10:27 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Officials from Subaru’s parent company, Fuji Heavy Industries, have announced that they plan on increasing the Japanese automaker’s US production capacity by 30%, by the year 2016. The I...
Tata Group Plans to Invest Over $8.2 Billion by 2015
3 Jan 2013, 10:04 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Tata Group, from India, has just announced that they plan on investing the equivalent of $8.2 billion at the current exchange rate, by 2015, according to the company’s new chairman, Cyrus ...
US Car Sales Expected to Top 15 Million in 2013
3 Jan 2013, 10:04 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The economic crisis that hit hard in 2008 is like the definition of a back swan moment. Nobody know that there was a thing called ‘credit swaps’ that people were leveraging 100 to 1, pus...
Audi Cancels Production Version of 2011 A2 Concept
3 Jan 2013, 09:30 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Audi revealed a promising concept, for a green and small city car, at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show, where it got mixed reactions from the motoring press. Proof that the general reception was not a ...
PSA to Continue Commercial Vehicle Collaboration With Fiat
2 Jan 2013, 08:13 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Fiat and PSA Peugeot-Citroen have announced that they will be continuing their collaboration in the production of commercial vehicles in 2013. This news is somewhat odd, as PSA has all-but cut off i...
Did Premium City Cars Kill the Ford Ka?
31 Dec 2012, 09:56 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The first Ford Ka was a revelation for small car buyers in Europe, yet not necessarily a positive one. It was one of those cars which split opinions, in an extreme fashion – it was not a matte...
Next Jaguar XK Will Be a More Upmarket Proposition
28 Dec 2012, 16:49 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The XK had been Jaguar’s sporty GT car for many years now (old generation included), and it was the British brand’s only offering of the kind. However, now, with the the smaller F-Type s...
Wanxiang Hopes to Dispel Political Tensions Following A123 Acquisition
28 Dec 2012, 13:03 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The first thing that came to mind, for most Americans, when hearing about the Wanxiang takeover of battery manufacturer A123 Systems, were the many government contracts the company was involved in, ...
Lada Recalls 45,000 Granta Models Due to Possible Airbag Failure
28 Dec 2012, 10:19 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / AutoVAZ has announced that it will be recalling 45,348 Lada Grantas, due to a potential fault with the cars’ airbag. It affects car built between the end of May and September of 2012, yet with...
Audi R&D Boss Says Future Models Will Get Bespoke Design
28 Dec 2012, 08:49 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The look of the current crop of Audi cars is an acquired taste for most people, and even those who do buy a car with four circles on the grille, do so because of the strong drivetrain and powertrain...
Hyundai Elantra Set for Record Year in US
27 Dec 2012, 15:08 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Helped by the arrival of the new coupe and GT, Hyundai’s popular compact looks set to finish 2012 on a new high. The Elantra has already exceeded last year’s sales record of 186,361 u...
Ford to Invest $773 Million in Southeast Michigan Plants
27 Dec 2012, 09:00 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While Ford’s European operation is really shaky, and production is being cut, along with a large percentage of their workforce on the Old Continent, the US side of the business is doing great....
Nissan Sells 4 Millionth Altima Sedan in the US
26 Dec 2012, 08:13 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Nissan Altima (any generation) is a very common sight on American roads, and while it wasn`t as popular as some other Japanese sedans, it still sold extremely well, and now, the Japanese automak...