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Audi Predicts Strong Growth for US Imported Luxury Market
Audi Predicts Strong Growth for US Imported Luxury Market

4 May 2009, 07:48 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Even if the United States is currently living within one of the most difficult financial period in its history - we're particularly talking about the auto sector -, the "brand with the fou...

 
Hyundai's UK Enquiries Up 400 Percent
Hyundai's UK Enquiries Up 400 Percent

30 Apr 2009, 14:40 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The British side of South Korean automaker Hyundai is recording an up to 400 percent boost in enquiries at dealerships across the country, representatives of the company said, citing the government&...

 
Skoda Posted 28.2 Million Euro Q1 Profit
Skoda Posted 28.2 Million Euro Q1 Profit

30 Apr 2009, 09:49 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The bad economic conditions have not been a deterrent for Czech manufacturer Skoda. The company has posted its financial result for the first quarter of 2009 and things don't look as bad as som...

 
SAIC Posts 50 Percent Loss in Q1
SAIC Posts 50 Percent Loss in Q1

28 Apr 2009, 15:42 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Surprise, or no surprise? The long praised Chinese automotive industry seems to have nothing special to it, when compared with its foreign counterparts. Take SAIC, for instance. One of China's ...

 
Volkswagen Idles Mexico Plants...
Volkswagen Idles Mexico Plants...

28 Apr 2009, 12:15 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / ...and this is not because of the pandemic swine flu which ravages the country. To one to blame is the same old economic downturn, which now forces the German manufacturer to stop production at its ...

 
US Car Sales, the Worst in 30 Years, but It's All Stable
US Car Sales, the Worst in 30 Years, but It's All Stable

24 Apr 2009, 10:08 UTC · By: Tudor Raiciu / While communist China celebrates brilliant production figures and record sales, capitalist US looks at its car industry and you can almost see a tear slowly making its way around the pores of a worn...

 
Volkswagen Unveils Profit in Q1
Volkswagen Unveils Profit in Q1

24 Apr 2009, 09:15 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Despite the difficult environment and the economic recession we're currently living in, German manufacturer Volkswagen managed to post profit in the first quarter of 2009, according to the late...

 
Nissan Reports Sharp Drop in March
Nissan Reports Sharp Drop in March

23 Apr 2009, 08:53 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The automotive industry is currently divided into two opposed parts: the struggling automakers who are still fighting for survival and crying  for government money (count here General Motors, C...

 
Harley-Davidson Reports Slow Sales, Announces Job Cuts
Harley-Davidson Reports Slow Sales, Announces Job Cuts

16 Apr 2009, 14:12 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The motorcycle industry is going down as well, despite that related economic reports make the headlines only once in a while. Harley Davidson for example today announced its first quarter 2009 resul...

 
BMW Grows in China, China Grows Worldwide
BMW Grows in China, China Grows Worldwide

16 Apr 2009, 10:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Perhaps the only market which is still able of providing positive figures when it comes to sales remains, as we reported several times in the past, China. For some reason, the Chinese appetite for a...

 
Ford Otosan Freezes Production. Again...
Ford Otosan Freezes Production. Again...

15 Apr 2009, 14:29 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Ford Otosan (Otomobil Sanayi), one of the most battered players on the automotive market, announced once again it will stop production between April 20th and April 25th, due to the same low demand c...

 
2010 Nissan 370Z Expects Slow, Slow Sales
2010 Nissan 370Z Expects Slow, Slow Sales

14 Apr 2009, 14:11 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After the launch, with all the required bells and whistles, the 2010 model year Nissan 370Z Roadster and the Nismo 370Z Coupe on the American market, Japanese manufacturer Nissan lowered sales forec...

 
Toyota Braces for Bad 2009 Fiscal Year
Toyota Braces for Bad 2009 Fiscal Year

13 Apr 2009, 14:40 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As we reported late last week, Toyota's financial problems seem to have only begun. Faced with the biggest downfall in sales since 1950 for the fiscal year that ended in March, Toyota was force...

 
UK Scrappage Incentive Comes on April 22
UK Scrappage Incentive Comes on April 22

13 Apr 2009, 13:25 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Following growing social request for the introduction of a scrappage incentive on the British market, the UK government seems to have taken note and plans on introducing such an incentive, which has...

 
Toyota Recalls Yoshi Inaba from Retirement
Toyota Recalls Yoshi Inaba from Retirement

10 Apr 2009, 14:28 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Toyota's poor performance in terms of sales in the US has forced the company's top management to call Yoshi Inaba back from retirement to help the Japanese manufacturer make a comeback on ...

 
Germans Buy 10% of Cars Sold in Poland
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...

 
China's Record Sales March
China's Record Sales March

9 Apr 2009, 13:37 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / When automotive industry experts, along with veteran manufacturers say that the Chinese market is the only one that moves ahead, despite the downward spiraling economy, they are not mistaking. The C...

 
GM Takes on VW, Expects Double Sales in China
GM Takes on VW, Expects Double Sales in China

9 Apr 2009, 13:09 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Even if the current economic situation brought it close to bankruptcy, General Motors expects to double the company's car sales by 2013 and take on Volkswagen Group, its main rival in this part...

 
Porsche Panamera Loves Asia
Porsche Panamera Loves Asia

8 Apr 2009, 10:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / There are still over ten days remaining until the long awaited Panamera will make its official debut at the 2009 Shanghai Auto Show and the German manufacturer decided to give us yet another taste o...

 
Mazda Reports Second-Highest Fiscal Year Ever
Mazda Reports Second-Highest Fiscal Year Ever

8 Apr 2009, 09:21 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Although the economic chaos ruined its sales, Mazda today reported that the April 2008 - March 2009 fiscal year was the second-highest ever, with a retail volume of 324,600 units. Furthermore, 7 Eur...