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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…