Chrysler to Offer $1,000 Voucher to Existing Customers
15 May 2009, 09:11 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In an effort to bring back customers into their dealerships (which by the way will shrink by 789 locations), Chrysler has come up with a somewhat strange plan. According to a detnews.com report, mil...
Ford Expects New Car Sales to Explode with Spain Incentives
14 May 2009, 10:40 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / While Renault's bosses insisted that the Spanish government isn't helping automakers as it should, Ford expects new car sales to be increased by 400,000 units thanks to incentives offered ...
Chrysler Launches New Incentives
6 May 2009, 14:32 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Aware that, if the stock of cars it now holds doesn't start growing thin they may be in for an unpleasant surprise when exiting bankruptcy, Chrysler has set up a series of incentives meant on b...
UK Power-Grid: Bring on the Hybrids and EVs
4 May 2009, 08:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Following the announcement of the ingenious scrappage incentive of the UK government, which stated that a 5,000 pounds bonus will be given to those who purchase a hybrid or EV vehicle, question aros...
UK Government Approves £5,000 Incentive Program
16 Apr 2009, 14:59 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / We all know that governments around the world are willing to support the struggling automakers, but it simply seems like the United Kingdom is really keen on this. The British authorities today appr...
Green Incentives Triple LPG Sales in Italy
14 Apr 2009, 09:46 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The up to 3,500 euros cash incentives offered by the Italian government to those buying cars that run on liquid petroleum gas (LPG) increased LPG-powered vehicle sales in Italy by 324 percent to 19,...
Germans Buy 10% of Cars Sold in Poland
9 Apr 2009, 15:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The German government's scrappage incentives and the way it is applied now starts to benefit foreign markets as well, as German consumers now seem to migrate towards neighboring Poland, where t...
SMMT, UK Car Magazines Ask for Govt. Help
6 Apr 2009, 12:09 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The UK automotive industry keeps on getting blow after blow, as the economic crisis rampages across the sales reports. The third month of the year brought with it a bit over 30 percent year-on-year ...
Nissan Gets UK Cash for Building Electric Cars
20 Mar 2009, 11:58 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The United Kingdom makes another step towards preserving jobs of those involved in the automotive industry in the country by offering cash to Nissan to build electric cars at its Sunderland plant. B...
New Fuel-Efficient Vehicles Get $5,000 Voucher
18 Mar 2009, 10:33 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The fight to make fuel-efficient vehicles a bigger part of the US auto park is about to register yet another victory for its supporters. Betty Sutton, an Ohio congresswoman is proposing a $5,000 vou...
Europe's February Sales Down 18 Percent
13 Mar 2009, 14:47 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The decline in new car sales continued in February in most of Europe, as expected, but government intervention in several countries helped cushion the blow and stopped the decline at 18 percent, com...
BMW to Make First Payment in Special Finance Program
15 Feb 2009, 18:29 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / BMW is introducing in the US a two payment program for vehicles financed through BMW Financial Services (up to $750 per month / $1,500 max). The program is available for 18 different BMW models and ...
Italy to Offer Up to 5,000 Euros in Green Car Incentives
9 Feb 2009, 15:17 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Buying a new car during recession times is sometimes pretty difficult unless you're one of those rich guys aiming to buy a Bentley... Taking into account the current credit crunch and the colla...