Archive for the ‘Manufacturers’ Category

Chinese car sales surge as US declines

Posted on September 2nd, 2010 by News

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

Posted on September 2nd, 2010 by In51der

Car makers and their franchised dealer networks are facing a dilemma; they want to sell “green” cars that help the [...]

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Kia exceeding expectations

Posted on September 1st, 2010 by Outsider

In the past here on MTI we have tended not to do too many car reviews. This was mainly because [...]

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Toyota confirm another million recalls

Posted on August 27th, 2010 by News

As we predicted in our article a few days ago (Toyota still riding out the storm) Toyota has announced another [...]

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Will VW say adiós to Seat?

Posted on August 26th, 2010 by Serman

How much has changed at Seat in the last 60 years? Not a great deal it appears since its humble [...]

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Toyota still riding out the storm

Posted on August 25th, 2010 by In51der

It seems that although Toyota left no stone unturned in their pursuit of saving their reputation (spending a £3bn marketing [...]

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UK car production down 8.9% in July

Posted on August 20th, 2010 by News

UK car production fell heavily in July dropping 8.9% on the same month last year as just over 98,000 cars [...]

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East meets west as Malaysia’s car industry takes off

Posted on August 20th, 2010 by Serman

Having just spent several weeks on holiday in Malaysia, I was fascinated to read an article on the current state [...]

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Diesel do nicely

Posted on August 18th, 2010 by In51der

With fuel prices spiralling out of control once more, car drivers are being hit where it hurts more than most. [...]

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September could be bleak for new car sales

Posted on August 16th, 2010 by In51der

New car sales numbers are down for July by some 13% and not likely to improve much for August. The [...]

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General Motors profits hit $2.8bn so far this year

Posted on August 14th, 2010 by News

US car giant GM has reported a second consecutive quarter of profits following its massive losses and emergence from bankruptcy [...]

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Honda to recall more than 384,000 vehicles in the US

Posted on August 12th, 2010 by News

Japanese car manufacturer Honda is recalling more than 384,000 vehicles in the US because of problems with the “ignition interlock [...]

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Indian car sales up 38% in July

Posted on August 10th, 2010 by News

Car sales in India reached 158,764 units in July which is a rise of 38% over the past year according [...]

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UK Diesel car sales overtake petrol for the first time

Posted on August 9th, 2010 by MTI

For the first time since they began to emerge in significant numbers, more diesel powered cars were sold in the [...]

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Renault recall 66,000 vehicles in the UK

Posted on August 6th, 2010 by News

Renault is recalling more than 66,000 cars amid fears of a faulty automatic hand brake which could apply itself while [...]

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Car Makers Premier League – July 2010

Posted on August 6th, 2010 by MTI

It’s time once more for the Car Makers Premier League where each and every month we examine the top 20 [...]

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July 2010 new car registration figures

Posted on August 5th, 2010 by News

New car registrations were 136,446 last month which is down 13.2% from a year ago with the end of the [...]

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Toyota announce first quarterly profit for 2 years despite recall problems

Posted on August 5th, 2010 by News

Japanese car manufacturer Toyota has announced its largest quarterly profit in 2 years, with sales recovering as the firm tries [...]

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Happy staff equals happy customers

Posted on August 5th, 2010 by In51der

There is much talk at present about how the retail car sales business can improve the service it delivers to [...]

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Strong profits for BMW driven by improved trading conditions and demand from Asia

Posted on August 3rd, 2010 by News

German car manufacturer BMW has announced a tremendous increase in profits, as a result of the recovery in international markets, [...]

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Geely Completes Acquisition of Volvo

Posted on August 2nd, 2010 by News

Ford has completed the sale of Volvo to Chinese car manufacturing group Geely for $1.5bn. The deal which was agreed [...]

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Whatever were they thinking?

Posted on July 30th, 2010 by In51der

Well it’s finally happened; I have seen a car that’s even uglier than the Fiat Multipla. No way! I hear [...]

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The scrappage scheme has ended, get over it

Posted on July 30th, 2010 by In51der

Dealers are really feeling the effect of the end of scrappage. The good times certainly rolled whilst the scheme was [...]

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Toyota recalls Land Cruiser Amazon models

Posted on July 29th, 2010 by News

Toyota is recalling Land Cruiser Amazon models over a steering fault. The recall notice affects models built between July 2002 [...]

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Social media and the automotive industry – the genie’s out of the bottle

Posted on July 29th, 2010 by In51der

It appears that the motor trade is somewhat slower than other business sectors to take advantage of social media, thinking [...]

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