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January 8, 2020 No Responses

Kia Appoints Tae-Jin Park As Executive Director, Chief Sales officer

South Korean car manufacturer Kia Motors on Tuesday announced the appointment of Tae-Jin Park as Executive Director & Chief Sales Officer for the India market. Park will be responsible for driving Kia Motors’ Sales, Marketing, Service and Network Development in...

January 6, 2020 No Responses

Daimler Recalls 744,000 Mercedes-Benz Vehicles

Citing faulty sunroof glass panel, German automaker, Daimler AG is to recall 744,000 Mercedes-Benz vehicles in the United States from the 2001 through 2011 model years The large recall covers more two dozen vehicles from C-Class, CLK-Class, CLS-Class and...

January 4, 2020 No Responses

Kia Delivers 45,294 Seltos in Five Months

Between August and December 2019, Kia Motors India sold not less than 45,294 units of the new Seltos Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV). For the month of December, the carmaker sold 4,713 units. With 14,005 units sold in November 2019,...

December 31, 2019 No Responses

2019: A Year Of Downsizing For Auto Markets

If global automotive manufacturing were its own country, it would be the sixth largest economy in the world, a technical job-placement firm, Fircroft, declared in one of its report on the industry. This finding was made in 2017, when...

December 31, 2019 No Responses

Hyundai To Showcase Flying Car Concept In 2020

Hyundai Motor will showcase the Personal Air Vehicle (PAV) concept at the CES 2020 as part of the brand’s future mobility vision. This is going to be the automaker’s first flying car concept which aims to be a part of...

December 26, 2019 No Responses

Kia To Unveil Seltos EV In 2020

South Korean carmaker, Kia Motors is to launch a battery-electric version of the Kia Seltos in 2020. Already, Kia Seltos has grabbed many eyeballs in the Indian market. The company has delivered more than 40,000 units of the SUV since...

December 21, 2019 No Responses

Jaguar Land Rover Acquires Bowler

Jaguar Land Rover’s special vehicle division has acquired the all-terrain performance specialist Bowler. According to JLR, the development will bring low-volume production techniques and extreme durability. Founded in 1985, the Derbyshire-based veh...

December 18, 2019 No Responses

BUHARI WELCOMES PROPOSAL BY HYUNDAI TO SET UP CAR PLANT IN NIGERIA

Nigeria will collaborate with and support Hyundai Engineering Company Limited to set up a car plant, and also rehabilitate petroleum refineries, President Muhammadu Buhari has said. Receiving the President/Chief Executive Officer of Hyundai Engineering, ...

December 13, 2019 No Responses

Skoda Delivers 109,000 Units In November

Czech automaker Skoda’s global delivery in November went down marginally to 109,000 units, a drop of 1 per cent from November 2018, when it recorded 110,100 units. The automaker registered 1,300 deliveries in the Indian market, down 8.1 per cent...

December 12, 2019 No Responses

Mercedes-Benz Increases Price, Unveils New GLA Crossover

German luxury carmaker, Mercedes-Benz on Wednesday announced that it will increase the price of its cars in India by up to 3 per cent from January 2020. Meanwhile, Mercedes-Benz said its second-generation GLA entry-level crossover is getting a beefier en...

December 11, 2019 No Responses

Mercedes Benz Begins Trial Of Driverless S-Class

Luxury carmaker Mercedes and engineering giant Bosch’s partnership will see trials of the driverless S-Class in the streets of San Jose.As Cnet reports, the two companies are working on a self-driving car test platform that will ferry people between San....