Car sales in China, now the world’s biggest car market, rebounded in August as subsidies for energy-efficient vehicles and a [...]
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Driving green could take you into the red
Car makers and their franchised dealer networks are facing a dilemma; they want to sell “green” cars that help the [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Kia exceeding expectations
In the past here on MTI we have tended not to do too many car reviews. This was mainly because [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Toyota confirm another million recalls
As we predicted in our article a few days ago (Toyota still riding out the storm) Toyota has announced another [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Will VW say adiós to Seat?
How much has changed at Seat in the last 60 years? Not a great deal it appears since its humble [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Toyota still riding out the storm
It seems that although Toyota left no stone unturned in their pursuit of saving their reputation (spending a £3bn marketing [...]
Read the rest of this entry »UK car production down 8.9% in July
UK car production fell heavily in July dropping 8.9% on the same month last year as just over 98,000 cars [...]
Read the rest of this entry »East meets west as Malaysia’s car industry takes off
Having just spent several weeks on holiday in Malaysia, I was fascinated to read an article on the current state [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Diesel do nicely
With fuel prices spiralling out of control once more, car drivers are being hit where it hurts more than most. [...]
Read the rest of this entry »September could be bleak for new car sales
New car sales numbers are down for July by some 13% and not likely to improve much for August. The [...]
Read the rest of this entry »General Motors profits hit $2.8bn so far this year
US car giant GM has reported a second consecutive quarter of profits following its massive losses and emergence from bankruptcy [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Honda to recall more than 384,000 vehicles in the US
Japanese car manufacturer Honda is recalling more than 384,000 vehicles in the US because of problems with the “ignition interlock [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Indian car sales up 38% in July
Car sales in India reached 158,764 units in July which is a rise of 38% over the past year according [...]
Read the rest of this entry »UK Diesel car sales overtake petrol for the first time
For the first time since they began to emerge in significant numbers, more diesel powered cars were sold in the [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Renault recall 66,000 vehicles in the UK
Renault is recalling more than 66,000 cars amid fears of a faulty automatic hand brake which could apply itself while [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Car Makers Premier League – July 2010
It’s time once more for the Car Makers Premier League where each and every month we examine the top 20 [...]
Read the rest of this entry »July 2010 new car registration figures
New car registrations were 136,446 last month which is down 13.2% from a year ago with the end of the [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Toyota announce first quarterly profit for 2 years despite recall problems
Japanese car manufacturer Toyota has announced its largest quarterly profit in 2 years, with sales recovering as the firm tries [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Happy staff equals happy customers
There is much talk at present about how the retail car sales business can improve the service it delivers to [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Strong profits for BMW driven by improved trading conditions and demand from Asia
German car manufacturer BMW has announced a tremendous increase in profits, as a result of the recovery in international markets, [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Geely Completes Acquisition of Volvo
Ford has completed the sale of Volvo to Chinese car manufacturing group Geely for $1.5bn. The deal which was agreed [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Whatever were they thinking?
Well it’s finally happened; I have seen a car that’s even uglier than the Fiat Multipla. No way! I hear [...]
Read the rest of this entry »The scrappage scheme has ended, get over it
Dealers are really feeling the effect of the end of scrappage. The good times certainly rolled whilst the scheme was [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Toyota recalls Land Cruiser Amazon models
Toyota is recalling Land Cruiser Amazon models over a steering fault. The recall notice affects models built between July 2002 [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Social media and the automotive industry – the genie’s out of the bottle
It appears that the motor trade is somewhat slower than other business sectors to take advantage of social media, thinking [...]
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