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Opel/Vauxhall is currently in the middle of the biggest model offensive in its history and its plan to bring 29 new models to the market from 2016 through 2020 is right on course. This year, Opel will be bringing  seven new models into the market in a campaign tagged “7 ...

  (TOYOTA FEATURE) DETROIT, January 9, 2017 – It almost isn’t fair.  Toyota Camry, the best-selling car in America for the past 15 years, is about to ruffle some feathers. The eighth-generation sedan has gone through a total evolution, from a proven, dependable and safe car to one that also ...

The three-pointed star attained Number one position in the premium segment at a double-digit rate in 2016 as Mercedes-Benz sold more than two million vehicles in one year worldwide (+11.3%) for the first time, thus surpassing its German competitors by selling the most premium cars worldwide. Mercedes-Benz was also the ...

  American auto giant, Ford, has disclosed that  it will make available seven of the 13 new global electrified vehicles it plans to introduce within the next five years. These vehicles, according to statement issued in Flat Rock, Michigan, include hybrid versions of the iconic F-150 pickup and Mustang in ...

(SEOUL) January 9, 2017 – Kia at an event typically dominated by introductions from American auto companies, Kia Motors America (KMA) today stole the spotlight with the world debut of the all-new 2018 Kia Stinger (hereafter Stinger) at the North American International Auto Show.  A five-passenger fastback sports sedan poised ...

Kia Motors has announced its 2016 full-year global sales figures (export sales, domestic sales and sales from overseas plants) for passenger cars, recreational vehicles (RVs) and commercial vehicles, recording a total of 3,007,976 units sold. This figure, according to a statement issued in Seoul, represents a 3.2% cumulative year-on-year increase ...

Ford on Tuesday announced it would be dumping its earlier plans for the establishment of a new plant in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, that would have cost the U.S. carmaker a whopping $1.6bn . Instead of the plans,  Ford said it would now splash a modest $700 million out of ...

Indications have emerged that Kia’s new offering , the all-new Picanto, is a car to watch. Coming ahead of its world premiere scheduled for the 2017 Geneva International Motor Show in March, Kia Motors, Wednesday, released the very first images  of the third-generation Picanto and one of Kia’s global best-selling cars ...

Japanese auto maker, Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tuesday, said its global automobile production has reached 100 million- unit milestone. This, indeed, is no mean feat for a company that  started automobile production in 1963 with the production of the T360 mini-truck and the S500 sports car. A year later, Honda ...

(NAN)  China has launched its first cargo train to London, the China Railway Corporation said. It will take 18 days for the train to reach London from its departure point at  Yiwu West Railway Station in eastern Zhejiang Province. The journey is about 12,000 kilometres. Yiwu is known for producing small commodities, and ...