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June 20, 2018 No Responses

Kia Niro Earns Top Safety Pick

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has awarded its best rating possible, Top Safety Pick Plus (TSP+), to the 2018 Kia Niro when equipped with available Forward Collision Warning System (FCWS) and Autonomous Emergency Braking System (AEB)[i] as well...

June 13, 2018 No Responses

Audi A8 Gets 2018 Most Innovative Model Award

The Audi A8 is the most innovative model of the year 2018 and Audi is the most innovative premium brand in the “Autonomous driving and safety” category. The “Center of Automotive Management” and consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers AG, who togethe...

June 12, 2018 No Responses

Land Rover Discovery Moves Out Of UK

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has said it will move production of its Land Rover Discovery SUV from the West Midlands to Slovakia from next year. The Solihull factory, where the Discovery is manufactured, will be used to build a new...

June 8, 2018 No Responses

Audi Expands Mobility Network In Asia

The mobility offering of the four rings continues to grow: With the opening of a new location in Tokyo, Audi on demand is now also available in Japan. In Hong Kong, three further mobility hubs extend the offering. The premium...

June 7, 2018 No Responses

Mercedes-Benz Reports 198,187 Sales In May

Mercedes-Benz sold more vehicles around the world last month than ever before in a May: A total of 198,187 cars with the three-pointed star were handed over to customers (+2.3%). The premium brand thus achieved best-ever unit sales for the...

May 26, 2018 No Responses

Kia Celebrate Founding Anniversary With ‘Green Light Volunteer Week’

Kia Motors Corporation is celebrating its founding anniversary with a series of volunteer activities across the globe. Kia’s ‘Green Light Volunteer Week’ which runs until May 30, will see thousands of its employees around the world volunteering in their ...

May 17, 2018 No Responses

Volkswagen Pulls Out Of Paris Auto

Volkswagen brand will skip the Paris auto show this year, the company said on Thursday, becoming the latest and most prominent carmaker to ditch the biennial industry gathering in the French capital. Since the VW Group’s emissions-cheating scandal erup...

May 15, 2018 No Responses

Hyundai Reports 391,197 Sales In April

Hyundai Motor Company, South Korea’s largest automaker and No.1 Selling Korean Automaker in the World, has announced its global sales results for April 2018, posting a total of 391,197 units sold, up 11.1 percent from a year earlier. The...

May 12, 2018 No Responses

Geely Proposes Dual Listing For Volvo In Hong Kong, Sweden

Volvo parent company, Zhejiang Geely has selected Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley to advise on an initial public offering (IPO). According to Bloomberg, Geely is looking at a value of between $16 billion and $30 billion and a dual...

May 11, 2018 No Responses

Rolls-Royce £200,000 SUV Debuts

Rolls-Royce has become the latest luxury car maker to launch an SUV. Chief executive Torsten Müller-Ötvös said the new Cullinan, which will cost more than £200,000, was a “seminal” moment and probably the “most anticipated” Rolls-Ro...

May 8, 2018 No Responses

Test Of Courage For Audi Drivers In Belgium

Belgium, some 80 kilometers southeast of Brussels will host round three of the FIA World Rallycross Championship (World RX) this weekend (May 12/13) – and test the drivers’ courage. The two EKS Audi Sport drivers are travelling to Mettet...

May 7, 2018 No Responses

BMW Explains €2.3b Net Profit, 604,629 Sales In Q1

BMW profits expanded slightly in the first quarter of 2018 as margins unexpectedly climbed despite a hit from currency headwinds on its top-line The Munich-based premium carmaker explained that first quarter revenues fell 5.1 per cent from a year ago...

May 5, 2018 No Responses

Toyota Explains Proposed Self-Driving Test Site

Toyota Motor Corporation has unveiled plans to build a dedicated test site for self-driving cars in the United States of America. The site will be located within the 1.75-mile oval test track of the Michigan Technical Resource Park at...

May 3, 2018 No Responses

Kia Records 240,028 Global Sales In April

Kia Motors Corporation on Wednesday announced its April 2018 global sales figures for passenger cars, recreational vehicles (RVs) and commercial vehicles, recording a total of 240,028 units sold, increasing 9.3% from 2017. In April, sales in Korea totaled 50,0...