VW Routan Continuing As Fleet-Only Vehicle in 2013
7 Jan 2013, 16:49 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Following the announcement that production of the Routan had been halted, rumors began to surface that the van was being killed off for good. However, VW has since confirmed that production will res...
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...
Canada to Invest $254 Million to Create More Auto Industry Jobs
7 Jan 2013, 09:57 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper, has just announced that the government will be investing some C$250 in the country’s automotive sector, in order to increase the number of manufac...
Audi to Build 150,000 Q5s in Mexico as of 2016
7 Jan 2013, 09:11 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Audi is very keen to break ground on the construction of a completely new ground-up plant, which is set to be built in San Jose Chiapa, Mexico. Pans are to commence construction in 2014, and once up...
China to Build 23.8% of the World’s Automobiles in 2013
6 Jan 2013, 13:19 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Chinese automotive industry is on a bit of a tour-de-force, at the moment, and with a projected growth of around 10% in 2013, they don’t show any signs of stopping any time soon. Now, a...
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...
Skoda Reveals Complete Model Lineup for 2013
4 Jan 2013, 08:56 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Skoda is on its way to becoming an even stronger contender on the European market than it already is. They have already launched the Rapide, and we have even begun to see some of them on the road, a...
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...
Chinese Automotive Production Set to Grow By 10.1% in 2013
3 Jan 2013, 17:04 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Automotive production in China is set to grow by an additional 10.1%, by the end of the year, according to analysts. The growth will be driven by the ever-increasing demand for new locally-produced ...
All-New Ford Mondeo Arrives in China in May
3 Jan 2013, 16:37 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While the Europeans still have to wait for the all-new Ford Mondeo to arrive in its natural home market, it seems that they will be the third major market to get it, after the Americans, and now the...
New Car Sales in Spain Down 13.2% in 2012
3 Jan 2013, 11:04 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / France is not the only developed European country struggling with slow sales of new cars, as Spain is in a very similar situation. The Spaniards have reported a drop of 13.2%, which is only 0.7% bet...
Subaru to Increase US Production Capacity by 30% by 2016
3 Jan 2013, 10:27 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Officials from Subaru’s parent company, Fuji Heavy Industries, have announced that they plan on increasing the Japanese automaker’s US production capacity by 30%, by the year 2016. The I...
Skoda Octavia Gets First Official Promo
28 Dec 2012, 16:27 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The launch of the new Skoda Octavia is a very big deal for both the Czech automaker, and the entire European market as a whole. The car it replaces was hugely successful, with its excellent blend of...
ECOmove Reveals Third Qbeak EV Prototype - Very Close to Production Model
28 Dec 2012, 13:49 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Usually, plastic city-oriented EVs don`t really stir up much interest in the minds of car-loving folks, and images of the GeeWiz spring to mind. However, ECOmove’s Qbeak EV is very different, ...
Infiniti Less Optimistic About European Sales Target
28 Dec 2012, 10:04 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The problematic economic situation in Europe has prompted luxury automaker Infiniti be less optimistic about their sales prospects on the Old Continent. Despite claiming they were aiming to sell 100...
Alfa Romeo Says 4C is ‘The Car to End All Cars’
27 Dec 2012, 07:58 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While we had been speculating for quite some time on the possible reveal date for Alfa Romeo’s sporty 4C, we finally have some official confirmation. The Italian automaker has just released a ...
Ford Ka Not Getting Repacement
23 Dec 2012, 11:55 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The first Ford Ka was a great city car, which was small, fun to drive, cheap to buy and own, and it looked like nothing else on the road, especially in SportKa trim, with bigger wheels and a wider s...
Technology from Axed Jaguar C-X75 to Trickle Down into Other Models
23 Dec 2012, 11:51 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / If you were thinking that the death of the Jaguar C-X75 supercar was for nothing, you’d be wrong, according to autoexpress.co.uk. The Coventry automaker has announced that while the actual C-X...
Renault Gains Exclusive Rights to Build Cars in Algeria from 2014 to 2017
21 Dec 2012, 12:19 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Renault has just announced that it has signed an exclusivity agreement with the Algerian government, to be the only automaker to make cars in the country, between 2014 and 2017, at an all-new plant....
Next Chevrolet Camaro Production Moving to Michigan
20 Dec 2012, 08:41 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The next generation of Chevrolet Camaro will be more fun, more dynamic, more economical and more American as well. The muscle car is imported through Chevy dealers across Europe now, and people are ...