Skoda Registers 6.8% Sales Increase in 2012
12 Jan 2013, 09:48 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Skoda’s sales figure for 2012 almost hit the one million mark, but in the end stopped at 939,200 units sold. It represents a 6.8% increase over 2012 and the surpassing of their old record, of ...
Tesla Sells Around 3,000 Model S EVs in 2012
11 Jan 2013, 16:49 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Tesla Motors have been tight-lipped about the actual number of cars they were able to make, and sell in 2012. Their first estimates revolved around the 5,000 deliveries by December 31 2012 mark, yet...
BMW Expects Record Sales in 2013
10 Jan 2013, 14:24 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The BMW group (which includes MINI and Rolls-Royce) has announced that it expects 2013 to be an excellent sales year, and they reckon it will continue the upward trend which was very obvious in 2012...
GM Keeps Rising in China - Sales Up by 14.7% in 2012
9 Jan 2013, 13:45 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / In the wake of the ‘Japan problem’, non-Japanese brands experienced substantial increase in sales, as Chinese buyers began boycotting Toyota, Honda, Mazda and Mitsubishi models for polit...
UK New Car Sales Reach Four-Year High - Rise by 5.3% in 2012
7 Jan 2013, 12:43 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While the rest of Europe struggles, it seems that the European economic downturn has all-but avoided the United Kingdom. Now, as 2012 has drawn to a close, the final tally-up of the yearly sales fig...
Why You Should Remember 2012
6 Jan 2013, 18:45 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Last year was a very eventful one, in terms of new cars being launched, and some of the cars which debuted last year are not only important for 2012, but they represent a lot more for a much b...
Ford F-Series Tops US Sales Charts for 2012
4 Jan 2013, 09:54 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Pickup trucks are still very popular in the US, even though the real need for one should have been slowly diminishing since the late 1960s, as more people moved into the city. However, Americans sti...
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...
Russian Inadvertently Turns Car into Moving Fireworks Platform
3 Jan 2013, 14:08 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / As the new year was approaching, right at the end of 2012, many people were undoubtedly out purchasing colourful fireworks to celebrate our transition into 2013, thus strengthening China’s eco...
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 ...
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...
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...
China Gets Chevrolet Cruze WTCC Edition
27 Dec 2012, 15:45 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / In order to add extra appeal to the Cruze range, Chevrolet has released a China-only special version, called WTCC Edition. The car is based on the regular Cruze sedan, which is made locally, by the ...
You Get an AMG Mercedes No Matter if You Are Naughty or Nice
20 Dec 2012, 10:03 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Promoting cars for the Christmas holidays may not seem like the first thing somebody would do, but nevertheless, all manufacturers like to have some sort of special ads running during the holidays, ...
2013 Toyota Avalon - World’s First to Use Qi Wireless In-Car Charging
20 Dec 2012, 09:38 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While wireless charging is becoming increasingly common, especially for home use, we are not at all surprised to see the technology make an appearance in a car. However, it`s not a GM product, as we...
Jean Alesi Ends Motorsport Career
19 Dec 2012, 14:52 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Frenchman Jean Alesi is famous for the period between 1989 and 2001, when he was part of glamorous world of Formula 1. He began his career racing for Tyrell-Ford, but throughout his experience, he h...
GM to Buy Back $5.5-Billion in Shares from US Treasury
19 Dec 2012, 14:41 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / General Motors has just revealed that it will be buying back some 200 million shares from the US Treasury Department. The shares themselves are GM’s very own, and will be bought back at $27.50...
Volkswagen Sales Exceed 8-Million in 2012
17 Dec 2012, 10:53 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Volkswagen has announced that their total sales figure for the first eleven months of the year has increased by 10.4%, over last year’s numbers, as the Wolfsburg giant has managed to sell an i...
Fiat Committed to Buying Remaining 41.5% of Chrysler
17 Dec 2012, 10:21 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / After seeing that Chrysler is actually profitable, and so much so that it is dragging Fiat along for the ride, Sergio Marchionne is now convinced that buying the remaining 41.5% of the Chrysler Grou...
European Car Sales Reach Dreaded 19-Year Low
17 Dec 2012, 08:34 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / We had heard about the dreaded 19-year low which was expected to hit the European car sales sector in 2012, and since all the industry news we have recently posted about the Old Continent have been ...