Polish Car Production Up 32%
11 Dec 2009, 12:41 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Poland’s car industry is apparently boosting, as its auto production is up for the second month consecutively in November. The number of cars produced in Poland went up 31.8 percent, after a 1...
Mercedes-Benz Blooms, 19 Percent Increase in November
9 Dec 2009, 15:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Completing the line-up of German carmakers to post positive results for the month of November, Mercedes-Benz announced a 19 percent increase in worldwide sales, with China and Brazil as the driving ...
Audi Shows 8.9 Percent Improvement in November
9 Dec 2009, 08:36 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Following the worldwide trend, German carmaker Audi posted its November sales figures, with the numbers showing an 8.9 percent increase in sales over the same month of 2008. In all, Audi sold in Nov...
BMW Predicts 2010 Gradual Sales Recovery
7 Dec 2009, 10:20 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / BMW continues in an optimistic pace, as the German auto manufacturer is expecting a global sales recovery next year. BMW says that its home market sales decrease will be covered by a strong growth i...
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...
Europe to See 3% Growth in Light Vehicle Production in 2010
23 Nov 2009, 15:22 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / According to a study by JD Power, the Old Continent will experience a 3 percent increase in light vehicle production in 2010, with all the projected fall of the market taken into account. The main r...
BMW Posts 126 Million Euro Profit for Q3
3 Nov 2009, 10:09 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / German carmaker BMW announce yesterday its financial results for the third quarter of the year, with numbers showing Q3 revenues of 11,759 million and a profit before tax of 126 million euros. These...
Volkswagen, Steady Through the Crisis
16 Oct 2009, 14:40 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / German group Volkswagen seems to have gotten the hang of the crisis and, as its sales and marketing vice president, Detlef Wittig says, steers "a steady course through the crisis". The gro...
BMW September Sales, Level
7 Oct 2009, 09:47 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / German manufacturer BMW announced today it managed to surpass the sales registered in September 2008 with only 0.7 percent. The ninth month of the year brought the group 122,354 units sold and, even...
UK September Sales, Up 11 Percent
6 Oct 2009, 13:53 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The extension of the country's scrappage scheme can come only as a pice of good news for the British automotive industry. Ever since it was set in place, the scheme boosted UK sales into "...
Audi September Sales, Chinese Version
6 Oct 2009, 09:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / German manufacturer Audi posted today sales for September 2009 in China, a country which slowly but surely made a place for itself in the car manufacturer's best markets. So much so, that Audi ...
Chrysler Sales, Up Outside US
5 Oct 2009, 07:42 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Whereas in the domestic market American manufacturer Chrysler registered a very disconcerting 42 percent drop in sales, outside of its home country Chrysler is happy to report an overall increase of...
Kia Registers 24.1 Percent Increase in August Sales
10 Sep 2009, 12:59 UTC · By: Alexandru Radu Chis / South Korean car maker Kia appears to have registered quite an impressive global sales result for the month of August despite the still weakened economic environment. Kia posted a year-on-year s...
Ford Keeps an Eye on Inventory
6 Aug 2009, 10:17 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Having the number one best selling model under the Car Allowance Rebate System, the Focus, American manufacturer Ford has decided to carefully watch its inventories for any sign of distress and is e...
GM July Sales, Down 19 Percent
4 Aug 2009, 06:18 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American manufacturer GM posted last night its sales figures in the US for July and the numbers, they say, are encouraging. The company sold a total of 189,443 vehicles, more than last month yet les...
Hyundai Canada Reports Best July Ever
3 Aug 2009, 11:13 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After months of seeing automakers worldwide struggling with depleting sales, it's time to finally see the other side of the coin. With the automotive industry on a rebound (even if, some say, t...
Ford to Post First Monthly Rise in Two Years
3 Aug 2009, 07:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American manufacturer Ford is reportedly going to post its US sales for July and it is said to register the first rise in vehicles sold in almost two years and the first increase for any of the larg...
Audi Posts 823M Euros H1 Operating Profit
31 Jul 2009, 09:37 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / German manufacturer Audi released today its financial result for the first half of the year, with numbers showing an operating profit of 823 million euros, down from the 1.3 billion posted last year...
Nissan, Honda Boost Chinese Output
14 Jul 2009, 10:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Facing the same increase in demand as most automotive manufacturers who operate in China, Japanese companies Nissan and Honda plan to increase production capacity in the Asian country in order to me...
Audi Reports June Sales Increase
8 Jul 2009, 14:29 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / German manufacturer Audi has become the first big automotive player to post sales increase for June, in a time when most of the industry's companies are experiencing a rebound from the crisis. ...