Audi to Pay 6,500 Euros Bonus to Each Employee
4 Mar 2011, 14:35 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / German carmaker Audi will pay around 6,500 Euros to each of the 42,500 workers after the excellent sales results posted by the company in 2010. A report by the AFP shows that the whole bonus will co...
General Motors Profitable in First Year as New Company
24 Feb 2011, 14:50 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / General Motors died and rose from its own ashes to finally become a profitable company in calendar year 2010. Because yes, the US-based giant has posted a profit in the year which ended December 31,...
Porsche Grows Bigger in the Middle East
26 Jan 2011, 15:42 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Porsche has just announced, on the sidelines of the 2011 Qatar Motor Show, that 2010 was its best year ever in the Middle East, posting a 20 percent increase after calendar year that ended December ...
GM Announces 8.39 Million Vehicles Sold in 2010
24 Jan 2011, 07:39 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / General Motors has just announced its sales results for the year that ended December 31, confirming that it managed to deliver more than 8 million vehicles globally. Specifically, the US-based manuf...
Skoda to Hire Hundreds This Year
21 Jan 2011, 09:26 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Skoda is just one small part of Volkswagen's empire but, just like the rest of the brands, it has to expand its business in order to help the parent company reach its goal of becoming the world...
Turkey Expects to Fully Recover from the Crisis in 2011
20 Jan 2011, 10:51 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / 2010 was a year of recovery for most carmakers but even so, producers from around the world are still struggling to reach pre-crisis levels. That's the case of Turkey, the country that tried to...
Suzuki Kizashi Loses Ground in China
20 Jan 2011, 10:48 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Suzuki Kizashi, often considered a key product for the Japanese manufacturer in several markets, isn't experiencing prosperous times in China despite the fact that the parent company has alread...
Russia on Track to Become Europe's #1 Market
20 Jan 2011, 09:05 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Russia is back in business. Or so would say some people who are continuously emphasizing Russia's efforts to re-become the major European force in the auto industry. Among them, Vladimir Putin....
No Vehicle Import Charges Boost 2010 Sales in Colombia
19 Jan 2011, 15:46 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Colombia is far from being a large auto market and carmakers aren't exactly focused on expanding their operations in the country, so the local auto industry is often totally absent from the fro...
Cambodian New Car Sales Growing Too
19 Jan 2011, 13:42 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Yes, you've read it right, Cambodia has its very own auto industry and, although it's only about hundreds of vehicles sold every year, at least there is one. But what's more important...
Malaysia and Pakistan to Share Auto Industry Know-How
19 Jan 2011, 11:21 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Stop laughing for a minute and read this piece of news. We know the title sounds silly for most of you and that it seems less important than what your dog has been eating since Christmas, but this c...
One Chevrolet Sold Every 7.4 Seconds
18 Jan 2011, 07:33 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Chevrolet, one of the four core brands currently existing under GM's tutorship, posted significant increases in 2010, selling no more, no less than 4.26 million vehicles globally last year. Mor...
2010 Was a Record Sales Year for Chevrolet in Europe
12 Jan 2011, 13:03 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The automaker sold a record amount of cars last year on the old continent, 477,194 units according to the preliminary registration figures. This represents a 12 percent increase over 2009 and a all-...
Volkswagen Passenger Cars Announces Sales Top 4.5 Million
8 Jan 2011, 14:32 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Volkswagen announced 2010 was its best year ever when it comes to passenger car sales. The German automaker ended the year with a record 4.5 million cars sold worldwide, or 13.9 percent more than th...
2010 Was a Record Year for Kia
7 Jan 2011, 13:50 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Last year was a good one for Kia Motors Corporation as it not only surpassed 2 million car sales globally, but also expanded its market share in areas like China, North America, Europe and Korea. To...
Skoda Sets New Annual Sales Record
7 Jan 2011, 07:08 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Skoda Auto managed to beat all previous records to achieve its best-ever sales result in 2010. The company sold a staggering 762,600 cars, helped by strong demand from emerging markets. The result i...
VW US Closes Best Year Since 2003
6 Jan 2011, 12:00 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The US auto industry recorded pretty impressive high sales in 2010, most companies selling cars in the country managing to post significant recoveries over the disappointing 2009 when the recession ...
Chevrolet Equinox Runs High in December
6 Jan 2011, 11:11 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Chevrolet performed pretty well last year and in December alone, so the company took a little time to praise some of the models that registered increases in 2010. Chevrolet Equinox is one of the mod...
Ford #1 in Canada
5 Jan 2011, 12:00 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The year that has just came to an end was pretty successful for American manufacturer Ford, who managed to take the leadership of the industry in Canada with 267,974 sold units in 2010. This is an i...
Four GM Brands Sell More in 2010 Than Eight Brands Did in 2009
5 Jan 2011, 10:50 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Efficiency. This was the main word spoken inside General Motors when the US-based car manufacturer started its massive restructuring process and stepped under Chapter 11's umbrella. It killed s...