May 4, 2013
- Performance cars were predominant in this week’s new cars section including products from the U.S., Korea and Japan. By far, the Cadillac ATS was the most popular. Offered in three engine options, the American luxury brand’s entry-level sport sedan is proving to be more than a hit, but a savior to the brand with the... more
May 1, 2013
- Car sales in China are expected to hit 30 million a year in the next decade - and they'll include plenty of domestic talent Rapid expansion of the Chinese car market is already a cliche, yet if latest estimates are anything to go by, it has hardly begun.According to Mathieu Vennin, one of PSA’s principal experts on the Chinese market, in 10 years’ time world demand for cars will have passed 90 million a year (currently it’s 58 million), propelled mainly by rising demand in South America and...
April 24, 2013
- Toyota held onto its status as the world's top-selling automaker in the first quarter of this year, although the three-way race with General Motors and Volkswagen is proving tight, as its sales fall in China and Japan.
- Tokyo — Toyota held onto its status as the world's top-selling automaker in the first quarter of this year, although the three-way race with General Motors and Volkswagen is proving tight, as its sales fall in China and Japan.
- Toyota held onto its status as the world's top-selling automaker in the first quarter of this year, although the three-way race with General Motors and Volkswagen is proving tight, as its sales fall in China and Japan.
March 31, 2013
- Peter Robinson reports from the show floor, telling the story behind the attention grabbing Hyundai and Kia concept cars revealed in Korea Overshadowed by the simultaneous New York show, Seoul still threw up two significant new concepts from the all-powerful Hyundai and Kia group. Both point to new design directions. Hyundai’s striking Venace coupe represents a further move towards a premium sub-brand, while the Kia Cub looks set to join the Geneva show Kia Provo as a potential second line of...
March 24, 2013
- This week’s video roundup gives a broad overview of what’s happening in the automotive world, from Chevrolet’s continued youth-oriented marketing campaign for the Sonic compact, to a look at the next-generation Porsche 911 GT3, a pair of Ferraris, and a farewell tribute tour of the Lexus LFA factory in Japan. The winter theme continues with [...]
March 21, 2013
- Over the past year we have been bringing you the quarterly sales for GM on this site. Now we will give you something bigger: GM sales with their competitors vehicles to see how well they compete. The sales report includes over 80 markets from fast expanding markets like Thailand and Morocco to depressed markets like Greece to civil war ravaged Syria.
March 12, 2013
- The Chevrolet Volt is the world’s best-selling electric vehicle, followed by Toyota’s plug-in Prius and Nissan’s Leaf, Bloomberg says. Total sales of electric vehicles are said to have exceeded 100,000. Carmakers and politicians hoped for much higher sales. The U.S. accounted for 46 percent of global sales of electric vehicles. Japan and Europe were tied [...]
March 3, 2013
- Tim Mahoney, Chevrolet's new global marketing chief, knows something about sparking struggling brands and focusing confused marketing. When he returned to Subaru of America in 2006 -- his second stint with the company -- he found a brand that had lost its way. Executives in Japan had upped sticker prices, aspiring to become the Japanese BMW. Marketing consisted of a mishmash of campaigns. A quiet man with a wicked sense of humor, Mr. Mahoney and the team slashed prices and stopped using...
March 1, 2013
- Did the U.S. taxpayer save General Motors? Or was it really saved by the missteps and misfortunes of Japan's automakers?
February 4, 2013
- Mitsubishi is investing heavily in electric vehicle technology, and their new Outlander is one model that'll soon offer shoppers a fuel-saving alternative to a conventional gas-powered model. With the all-electric Mitsubishi i MiEV already on the road, the upcoming Outlander PHEV will further the Japanese automaker's electric vehicle offerings, while giving competitors like the plug-in powered Toyota RAV-4 EV a run for its money. Set to debut initially in Japan, the...
February 1, 2013
- After hitting its best year in the last five in 2012, the auto industry continued its comeback into 2013, posting solid January numbers and predicting another record year. General Motors is still number one in sales, but Ford led the way in growth among Detroit’s Big Three, delivering 22% more units than a year ago. Toyota Motors, which had suffered setbacks over the past few years due to the Fukushima nuclear meltdown in Japan, posted even stronger growth, with sales up 26.6%.
January 28, 2013
- TheDetroitBureau.com reports Toyota has retaken the global sales crown. The Japanese automaker turned out 9.75 million vehicles last year, putting it just ahead of General Motors, with 9.29 million vehicles. Volkswagen, meanwhile, filled out the podium by building 9.1 million units in 2012. Still, Toyota numbers fell just below projections the automaker made earlier in the year, due largely to a fierce territorial dispute between Japan and China that has seen mainland buyers shun Japanese...
January 17, 2013
- After its sales were hampered in 2011 by an earthquake in Japan and flooding in Thailand, not to mention ongoing unintended acceleration claims, Toyota rebounded in 2012 to reclaim the title of world’s largest automaker which it had lost to General Motors the preceding year. The Japanese automaker’s sales topped 9.7 million vehicles...