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...
New Car Sales in Germany Fell by 6% in November
2 Dec 2010, 16:14 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Though it's not on a complete path to recovery, Germany’s sales market only posted a 6 percent drop in November as compared to last year. Though the figures are nothing to be optimistic a...
One Fifth of All Cars Could Sell Online by 2015
3 Jun 2010, 10:51 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / According to a British web management company for the automotive sector, GForces, about twenty percent of all UK car sales will be conducted online within five years. According to GForces, the entir...
UK Increased Full-Year Auto Sales Forecasts
6 May 2010, 08:12 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The UK’s Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has increased the country’s car and van sales forecasts for the current year, as a result of the fact that the first quarter st...
Germany, Italy New-Car Sales Decline
4 May 2010, 11:50 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / Germany's new-car market decreased for a fifth consecutive month, recording a 32 percent year-on-year decline in April as the government incentives for new-car buyers were stopped. Registration...
JD Power Forecasts a 55 Percent Market Growth in China by 2015
22 Apr 2010, 14:57 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / Sales of passenger vehicles in China, including passenger cars, SUVs and minivans, are expected to rise from 8.7 million units in 2009 to 13.55 million units in 2015. This means an increase of more ...
Survey Predicts 25% Car Sales Increase in March
19 Mar 2010, 15:00 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / A JD Power survey has some good news for car dealers. Apparently new-vehicle buyers are returning to dealer showrooms in March, lured by incentives, after the news about recall and bad weather kept ...
UK Gets New Online Price-Drop Car Auction Website
17 Mar 2010, 11:40 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Another sales tool is available for car dealers in the UK. A new website called ukcarexchange.com promises to offer a new, rapid and cost-effective way of selling their units directly to consumers a...
US Governor Proposes Lower Car Sales Tax
1 Mar 2010, 10:07 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Boosting new car sales has been an important issue for many governments around the world, especially the American one. As officials are still looking for solutions to keep the auto industry going, G...
Ireland Registered Car Market Growth in January
2 Feb 2010, 15:51 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Despite the fact that the Irish car market suffered a huge drop in 2009, it seems that this year things might turn around, according to the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI). Official SIMI ...
China’s 2010 Gasoline Production Can Satisfy Demand
1 Feb 2010, 11:28 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Last year, China became the world’s largest automotive market, as car sales saw a 52.9% increase to 10.3 million units. For 2010, automotive sales in the country are forecast to grow by 15% t...
59 Percent of New Registered Cars in the UK Feature ESP
5 Jan 2010, 11:21 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / According to recent data released by Bosch, in the first six months of 2009 the share of newly registered passenger cars in the UK featuring the ESP active safety system increased to 59 percent com...
France Gets Highest Car Sales Since 2001
28 Dec 2009, 08:43 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / The fact that the automobile industry is seriously affected by the global recession is no secret to anybody, but this doesn’t necessarily mean that all car sales went down, as France is expect...
Taiwan Carmaker Yulon Eager to Cut Spendings by 30% in 2010
22 Dec 2009, 14:40 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Taiwan’s largest automotive producer, Yulon Group, has recently decided to reduce its expenses by 20% to 30% in 2010. The decision comes in the context of an economic forecast stating that th...
Customers Avoid Brands with Uncertain Future
16 Dec 2009, 09:06 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / As a result of the recession, one in five new car buyers are now avoiding particular brands due to the uncertain future of the brand. If the top three reasons for avoiding a brand remain unchanged f...
One in Four Cars to Be Bought Online by 2015
16 Dec 2009, 08:34 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / It seems that the Internet is the way of the future, even when talking about car sales. According to autoebid.com, an online car sales website, one in four cars will be bought online by 2015. Signs ...
Ford Canada Sales Grow for the 6th Consecutive Month
4 Dec 2009, 17:17 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / As the industry seems to sink deeper and deeper, Ford Canada has reasons to smile as it saw a 7.5 percent increase in its Canadian sales. The company’s sales are climbing for the sixth month i...
Scrappage Scheme Shows Results in UK
4 Sep 2009, 11:26 UTC · By: Alexandru Radu Chis / Britain shows signs of getting back on track with the automotive industry. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) announced that new-car sales rose 6 percent in August compared to the...
Ford and GM Record Massive Sales Drop in Russia
11 Aug 2009, 10:40 UTC · By: Alexandru Radu Chis / Statistics gathered by the Moscow-based Association of European Businesses (AEB) show an overwhelming drop in car sales on the Russian market for the month of July. American companies Ford Motor Co....
Stronger Yen Sends Nissan Running
23 Feb 2009, 16:25 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Nissan Motor has decided to move some of its vehicle production from Japan to Mexico as soon as possible as a result of unfavorable currency exchange rates. The steep appreciation of the yen has had...