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AUSTRALIA: Kia Slovakia Sportage source switch
18 June 2013
A more favourable exchange rate and inadequate supply from South Korea has resulted in Kia Australia switching Sportage SUV sourcing to Slovakia.
FRANKFURT PREVIEW: Global debuts list [Fiat 500L Living added]
18 June 2013
The media days for the Frankfurt motor show are 10 & 11 September. Each time a vehicle or concept world premiere is confirmed for this biennial event, our preview list is updated.
COLOMBIA [updated extra data 16:00]: Car sales fall reflects economy
18 June 2013
Colombian car sales in May were off 10.4% year on year (from 27,339 to 24,488) but that was nonetheless the second best monthly tally for 2013 so far.
UK: We'll soon be 90% European, claims Hyundai
10 June 2013
Hyundai will introduce a redesigned i10 towards the end of this year and at the same time transfer production of Europe-bound versions of its smallest model from India to Turkey.
PRODUCT EYE: Toyota RAV4 2.0 CVT
10 June 2013
Glenn Brooks examines Toyota's attempt to regain dominance of the global C-SUV segment with its new generation RAV4.
UK: Kia hits 500,000 sales
10 June 2013
Hyundai Motor affiliate Kia has now sold over 500,000 cars in the UK since launching with Mazda-based models here in 1991.
THE WEEK THAT WAS: A fine British name: Toyota Auris Touring Sports
7 June 2013
The UK market looked strong in May while Toyota's UK plant, clobbered by the 2008 recession, is now claimed to be back at capacity, following the start of production of the Auris Touring Sports or, to you, 'Corolla wagon'.
SOUTH KOREA: Hyundai-Kia zooming to 7m in China
7 June 2013
Hyundai and are expected to pass the 7m cumulative sales mark in China this month.
US: Sales bloom in May
4 June 2013
In a classic case of April showers and May flowers, last month’s US light vehicle sales bloomed quite nicely following the previous month’s dip.
CANADA: May sales close to all time high
4 June 2013
New car sales in Canada in May hit 185,000, close to the all-time high of 185,470 set in 2007. Forecasts for full year sales have been revised upwards to 1.76m.
SOUTH KOREA: Korean carmakers report steady sales globally
3 June 2013
Hyundai has reported a 10% year on year jump in global car sales for May 2013.
INDIA: Mahindra introduces XUV500 SUV in Chile
3 June 2013
Mahindra & Mahindra has introduced its XUV500 SUV in Chile.
BRAZIL: GM and Renault join the city car rush
31 May 2013
Not long ago the subcompact market in Brazil was regarded as niche and far from attractive to automakers. Current offerings are all imports like the Fiat 500 (from Mexico under the free trade agreement), Smart, Kia Picanto and Chery QQ.
SOUTH KOREA: Hyundai to cut intra-group dealing
30 May 2013
Hyundai Motor Group is telling its business units to increase their dealings with other companies to head-off criticism that inter-subsidiary dealings are boosting the wealth of chairman Chung Mong-koo’s children.
May 2013 management briefing: ASEAN growth prospects (2)
29 May 2013
In the last decade of last century, before the term “BRICs” had even been coined, there was another acronym that loomed large on the agenda of any global automaker. ASEAN, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, looked like a potential powerhouse for growth. In this month's management briefing, Mark Bursa takes a look at the region's automotive prospects. In this instalment, he looks at developments in the major markets with forecasts.
PRODUCT EYE: The GBP35,000 Kia Sorento
27 May 2013
The claim of 'an all-new platform' by Kia Motors was something I challenged when the company first made this statement last year. To the credit of Kia Motors' UK importer, the facts did indeed seem to stack up: the floor was lowered and there are additional front, side and rear structures as well as a more rigid monocoque (torsional stiffness is said to be improved by 18%).
May 2013 management briefing: ASEAN growth prospects (1)
21 May 2013
In the last decade of last century, before the term “BRICs” had even been coined, there was another acronym that loomed large on the agenda of any global automaker. ASEAN, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, looked like a potential powerhouse for growth. In this month's management briefing, Mark Bursa takes a look at the region's automotive prospects, starting with an overview.
INTERVIEW: Integration of offline and online is the OEM retail challenge – Kia UK
10 May 2013
Paul Philpott, Kia UK President and CEO, believes that the integration of offline and online 'customer journeys' is the key to meeting future customer demands.
GERMANY: New car sales climb 3.8%, 11% in Spain
7 May 2013
Sales of new cars in Germany, Europe’s biggest market, grew 3.8% to 284,400 vehicles last month compared with 273,900 in April 2012. It was the first increase for six months and the biggest since December 2011 according to industry data.
TALKING POINT: Are kids losing interest in cars?
3 May 2013
The way cars are bought will change even more radically in the future as a new generation of motorists are more interested in what goes on inside than how their vehicle looks from the outside. According to Prof Dale Harrow, head of the automotive design school at the Royal College of Art in London, all the indications are that young people will not be interested in buying cars in the future.
THE WEEK THAT WAS: Once more to the toy shop, brothers!
3 May 2013
Those three of you who peruse every bit of just-auto's home page every day will probably already know The Editorial Team had our annual Fun Day Out this week, courtesy of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) Test Day. I've been going, on and off, sice 1987 and the agenda follows a refreshingly familar, welll-proven and immensely popular programme which I believe is unique to the UK auto industry. After earlier using other venues, the SMMT nowadays books Millbrook, the former Vauxhall Proving Ground (founded 1968), almost every importer/manufacturer shows up with the allocated six cars, caterers lay out a fine breakfast, lunch and afternoon tea - and we show up and go nuts.
US APRIL SALES: Detroit grows market share
3 May 2013
US light vehicle sales continued their upward swing in April, finishing up 8.5% year on year at 1.29m for the month. Year to date (YTD) results were 6.9% ahead of the first four months of 2012.
CHINA: Hyundai to expand production at Beijing plant
3 May 2013
Hyundai Motor will expand production at one of its factories in Beijing, China.
COLOMBIA: Sales fell 23% YTD in Q1 but recovery is expected
24 April 2013
The government announcement about reducing credit interest rates came as Colombian new car sales fell 23% YTD though month on month sales in March rose 2.9% to 22,888 units, the best month in 2013 so far.
SHANGHAI: Dongfeng & Kia announce Horki brand
22 April 2013
DYK, China's Dongfeng Yueda Kia joint venture, has revealed the Horki Concept-1 at the media preview day of the Shanghai motor show. The first car for this new brand will be built in one of DYK's three Yancheng plants from 2015.
SHANGHAI: Global debuts list [Final version with additional cars & updated descriptions]
22 April 2013
Details of concepts and new models which made their global debuts on Saturday 20 April at Auto Shanghai's media preview day.
SOUTH KOREA: Chrysler awards US$530m lamp contract to Hyundai Mobis
18 April 2013
Hyundai Mobis has bagged a contract worth US$530m to deliver automotive lamps to Chrysler. It is the company's biggest lamp deal till date.
CHINA: New brand for Dongfeng Kia JV named
16 April 2013
The Dongfeng Yueda Kia joint venture is said to be on the verge of announcing 'Huaqi' (Horki) as the name selected for its forthcoming new Chinese market brand.
PRODUCT EYE: Dacia Sandero
16 April 2013
Just how good can a sub-GBP 6,000 car be? A lot better than you would expect, Glenn Brooks finds, as he tries out the Dacia Sandero.
SOUTH KOREA: Seoul takes a relaxed view as Pyongyang flexes its muscles
12 April 2013
While General Motors makes contingency plans for its employees in and around Seoul, South Korean carmakers appear a lot more relaxed about the muscle-flexing by their neighbours in the north.
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