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JAPAN: Toyota 2012 domestic sales rise 42%
Toyota sold 1,537,371 new passenger cars in Japan in 2012, up 42.4% year on year. Total sales rose 40.9% to…
CHINA: Car market forecast to grow 11% in 2013
Forecasters at IHS Automotive expect the Chinese passenger car market to expand by around 11% this year. IHS Automotive data…
RUSSIA: Light vehicle market up 11% to new record in 2012
The AEB has announced that the Russian light vehicle market grew by 11% last year to reach 2.94m units. It…
CHINA: Vehicle market 19.3m units in 2012
According to data issued by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), Chinese vehicles sales increased by 4.3% to 19.3m…
US: KPMG survey suggests enthusiasm for pure EVs ‘wanes’
An annual survey by management consultants KPMG suggests that fuel efficiency remains the top concern among a cost-conscious driving public.…
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BELGIUM: Toyota Europe 2012 sales up 2% “in a sharply declining market”
Despite what it called "a declining European market", Toyota Motor Europe (TME) on Thursday (10 January, 2013) announced a 2%…
POLAND: Output falls following drop in exports
Car production in Poland fell by a third year on year in December 2012 following big factory lay-offs at Fiat.…
INDIA: SIAM lowers car sales forecast again
Car sales in India are expected to post their weakest growth in nine years as automakers struggle with with falling…
GERMANY/UK: Germans’ British luxury brands do well in 2012
The super-luxury brands owned by Germany's Volkswagen and BMW groups both posted healthy sales growth in 2012. VW's Bentley announced global…
GERMANY: BMW group books record sales in 2012
BMW Group sales in 2012 totalled 1,845,186 units worldwide, up 10.6% year on year. All three brands - BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce…