Motor Authority
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
Mercedes-Benz has abandoned its goal of exclusively selling electric vehicles in major markets by 2030, CEO Ola Källenius said on Thursday during the automaker's annual general meeting. Mercedes first announced the goal in 2021 but slower than expected EV sales means the automaker now plans to continue offering gas-powered cars well into the.
AutoDealer Today
FEBRUARY 23, 2024
But year-over-year volume down on high borrowing rates, rough winter.
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Best Selling Cars Blog
FEBRUARY 20, 2024
Fiat is by far the best-selling manufacturer in Uruguay in January. New light vehicle sales in Uruguay gain 6.8% year-on-year in January to 4,037 units. Fiat (+643.3%) is up a surreal 7-fold on a year ago to lead the brands charts with 19.1% share, its best since March 2022 (27%). That is almost double its FY2023 share of 10.9%. In contrast Chevrolet (-12.5%) and Volkswagen (-14%) are in a deep rut.
Autocar
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
VW suggested it could be launched by 2028 if ultimately granted production Sports coupé could be based on new Porsche Boxster platform; dual-motor, four-wheel-drive R flagship possible Volkswagen is studying internal design, engineering and manufacturing proposals for a return of the Scirocco coupé as an electric car with 1970s-inspired styling and a possible dual-motor, four-wheel-drive R flagship.
Motor Authority
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
The sound and feel of a V-8 roaring away is one of the biggest appeals of driving a performance car fitted with that type of engine—and given strict speed limits, it may even be the biggest appeal for some buyers. That all goes away with electric vehicles, but some automakers are looking at ways to keep some of the V-8 magic alive, even if.
AutoDealer Today
FEBRUARY 20, 2024
Carfluent offering helps Spanish-speaking consumers navigate auto dealers' websites to find vehicles.
Best Selling Cars Blog
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
The Mitsubishi Xpander is the best-selling vehicle in Vietnam in January. According to local association VAMA, sales of locally-produced vehicles in Vietnam are up 11.1% year-on-year in January to 19,243 units. Adding Hyundai who reports separately, the market is up 9.6% to 22,812. Hyundai (+2.1%) is stable at #1 with 15.6% share, ahead of Thaco-Kia (+19.9%) and Ford (+13.2%) both beating the market.
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Motor Authority
FEBRUARY 20, 2024
The redesigned 2024 Toyota Land Cruiser is due in showrooms this spring with a base price of $57,445, Toyota announced Tuesday. That base price, which includes a $1,495 destination charge, matches what Toyota discussed when the new Land Cruiser (dubbed the 250 Series) was unveiled last summer. It applies to the base Land Cruiser 1958 model, named.
Drive.com
FEBRUARY 18, 2024
The Tesla Model 3 has raised its own benchmark by winning the 2024 Drive Car of the Year Best Urban Electric Vehicle under $100K In 2024, the Drive Car of the Year judging opened up all categories to allow electric vehicles to compete with regular combustion-engined alternatives. That way, if an electric vehicle is best aligned to the award criteria, we call it as we see it and crown an electric vehicle.
Best Selling Cars Blog
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
The Wuling Binguo is an instant blockbuster in Indonesia. New vehicle wholesales in Indonesia sink a harsh -26% year-on-year in January to 69,619. The retail market is off -13.9% to 78,214. In the wholesales brands ranking, Toyota (-27.6%) falls slightly faster than the market and sees its share thaw to 30.1% vs. 33.5% over the Full Year 2023. Dahiatsu (-21.1%) resists better to 20.6% share vs. 18.7% over FY23.
Autocar
FEBRUARY 18, 2024
Microlino is not much longer than a Citroën Ami but has double the power and top speed Maker of Isetta-inspired electric car is aiming for 300 UK deliveries by the end of 2024 Swiss firm Microlino will begin selling its Isetta-inspired electric quadricycle in the UK imminently, Autocar can reveal. The company is currently advertising a vacancy for a UK country manager, who will be responsible for establishing a sales infrastructure and a marketing strategy for the Microlino.
Motor Authority
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
It's never been cheaper to get behind the wheel of a Ford Mustang Mach-E. Ford this week slashed pricing on the electric crossover for the third time in a little over a year as sales take a nosedive. The 2023 Mustang Mach-E in base Select RWD form is now priced to start at $41,695, including an $1,800 destination charge. That's down $3,100 from.
Carscoops
FEBRUARY 23, 2024
The DeLorean from Back to the Future is one of the most iconic movie cars ever created and it’s at the center of a long-running dispute. While the first film in the series was released in 1985, the car is playing a starring role in a lawsuit involving NBCUniversal and the DeLorean Motor Company. The latter sued the entertainment giant for “breach of contract and an accounting, as well as trademark and trade dress infringement.” The basis of the lawsuit dates back to the 1980
Best Selling Cars Blog
FEBRUARY 20, 2024
The Shineray/SWM G01 is up to 4th place in Ecuador. The Ecuadorian new vehicle market slips down -2.1% year-on-year to 132,402 sales. Chevrolet (-6.9%) suffers but claims the brands title for the 29th year in a row. It distances Kia (+19.4%) in outstanding shape and Toyota (-7.1%) losing share. Hyundai (+9.6%) also defies the negative market, climbing up two spots to #4.
Autocar
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
Renault's utilitarian hatchback is reborn as a retro EV crossover to rival the Jeep Avenger The reborn Renault 4 has been spotted in production form just days before the debut of its supermini sibling, the new Renault 5. The 4 is due on the market in 2025 as an evolution of 2022's chunky, Dakar-inspired 4Ever Trophy concept and will ride on the same Ampr Small EV architecture as the lower-slung 5.
Motor Authority
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
A decision on whether Porsche's Mission X electric hypercar concept will enter production will be made this year, CEO Oliver Blume told Car Sales in an interview published on Wednesday. In the same interview, Blume said feedback on the Mission X was “massively positive” and that this was a “great motivation” for getting the.
Motor 1
FEBRUARY 23, 2024
It concedes it will fail to meet its previously established projection of having PHEVs and EVs account for 50 percent of sales by 2025.
Best Selling Cars Blog
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
Suzuki sales are up 80.9% year-on-year in San Marino. New car sales in San Marino gain 20% year-on-year in 2023 to 970 units. Volkswagen (+23.1%) beats the market to strengthen its lead in the brands ranking with 15.4% share. Audi (+17.9%) stays in second place and sees its share thaw slightly to 13.6%. Exceptional result for Suzuki (+80.9%) up to 12.7% of the market vs. 8.4% last year.
Autocar
FEBRUARY 19, 2024
The ID 7 Tourer is proportionally identical to the ID 7 saloon The Tourer will arrive in the second half of 2024 to take on the BMW i5 Touring The Volkswagen ID 7 Tourer has broken cover as a sleek electric estate which the German firm hopes will broaden the appeal of its flagship EV and solidify its position in the executive market. Described as the “electric all-rounder of the new era”, the Tourer will arrive in the second half of 2024 to take on the BMW i5 Touring and forthcoming Audi A6 E-tr
Motor Authority
FEBRUARY 20, 2024
Andretti and General Motors are continuing with their joint plans to establish an 11th Formula 1 team despite their initial bid being rejected last month by Formula 1 Management, the commercial rights holder of the sport. Speaking to reporters over the weekend during the Daytona 500 NASCAR race, including from Autosport, Jim Campbell, GM's vice.
Auto Blog
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
Filed under: Green , Mercedes-Benz , Electric , Future Vehicles , Luxury , Performance Continue reading Mercedes-Benz sees EV demand slow, will update combustion car lineup Mercedes-Benz sees EV demand slow, will update combustion car lineup originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 22 Feb 2024 08:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Best Selling Cars Blog
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
The Toyota RAV4 is the best-selling vehicle in Estonia for the 5th straight year. Discover over 50 years of Estonian Historical Data here. 22,820 new passenger cars hit Estonian roads in 2023, a 11.7% year-on-year increase. We remain well below the pre-pandemic level of 2019 (26,589). BEVs account for 6.3% of the market, HEV for 42.2%, petrol for 38.8% and diesel for 12.4%.
Autocar
FEBRUARY 20, 2024
The Spring has been given major improvements to interior quality and connectivity Quality-raising revamp puts Dacia’s smallest EV hatch on course to launch in October The Dacia Spring will finally head to UK dealers in the coming months to become the nation’s cheapest electric car , following a substantial overhaul inside and out aimed at sustaining strong European sales volumes.
Motor Authority
FEBRUARY 18, 2024
General Motors has designed foldable bed ramps that could make loading motorcycles, ATVs, or lawnmowers into the beds of pickup trucks more convenient. Ramps allow wheeled vehicles to be driven or pushed into a truck's bed, but there's a tradeoff between a high-angled ramp that can fit in the bed, but makes loading more difficult, and a low-angled.
CarExpert
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
Mercedes-Benz is the latest carmaker to revise its electric vehicle (EV) rollout plans, pushing back its sales targets by five years as demand for battery-powered models cools in major markets. Earlier this week Mercedes-Benz announced it would delay its target for EVs to account for 50 per cent of its global vehicle sales from 2025 to 2030. However, there is yet another caveat, with the brand now including sales of plug-in hybrids – which can drive limited distances on solely electric power – i
Best Selling Cars Blog
FEBRUARY 20, 2024
The Perodua Bezza is the best-selling vehicle in Malaysia in 2023. Discover close to 40 years on Malaysian Historical Data here. According to the Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA), new vehicle sales in Malaysia are up 10.9% year-on-year in 2023 to an all-time high 799,731 units, eclipsing the previous record of 721,177 established just last year.
Autocar
FEBRUARY 19, 2024
The new i5 got this eighth-gen 5 Series range off to a stuttering start. What's it like when an ICE enters the mix? Given that BMW itself calls the BMW 5 Series the “core and heart” of its brand, the arrival of a new one is going to be a much bigger event than yet another SUV rolling off the line.This all-new G60 version is the eighth generation of a model that has racked up more than 10 million sales in more than 50 years on the market, yet so far we have only known it by a different name: the
Motor Authority
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
Chinese auto giant SAIC will use the 2024 Geneva auto show starting next week to present the latest model from its newly established brand for premium electric vehicles, known as IM, short for Intelligent Mobility. SAIC also owns historic British brand MG, through which it sells a number of mainstream EVs around the world, and now it plans to.
Auto Blog
FEBRUARY 23, 2024
Filed under: Green , Dodge , Coupe , Electric , Performance Continue reading Dodge Charger EV will artificially generate V8 vibrations, says patent Dodge Charger EV will artificially generate V8 vibrations, says patent originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 23 Feb 2024 08:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Best Selling Cars Blog
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
The Geely Emgrand holds 20.8% of the Belarusian market in 2023. Discover over 50 years of Belarus Historical Data here. New car sales in Belarus are estimated to climb by 50% year-on year in 2023 to 25,840. Local producer Geely (+260.6%) holds a gargantuan 60.8% share and even reached 71% of Passenger Cars in December at 2,076 units out of 2,907. Lada (-29%) is in complete freefall at 10.4% of the market vs. 21.9% last year.
Autocar
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
The most affordable Tesla yet is tempting on the face of it, so should you yield or resist? In many respects, the Tesla Model 3 is the car Tesla always wanted to build when the company was formed in 2003. A relatively low-cost, high-volume electric car that promised to be as easy to use and enjoyable to drive as its internal-combustion rivals.Indeed, the compact executive saloon has gone on to become one of the best-selling EVs the world over.
Motor Authority
FEBRUARY 20, 2024
Hennessey will make a top-speed record attempt later this year with its F5 supercar, the company announced Tuesday in a press release. A firm date hasn't been set, though, as the company is still looking for a suitably long stretch of public road or runway to unleash the 1,817-hp F5. The record attempt, which targets a top speed of more than 300.
Auto Blog
FEBRUARY 23, 2024
Filed under: Government/Legal , Green , Plants/Manufacturing , Electric Continue reading Cheap Chinese cars from Mexico could be 'an extinction-level event,' U.S. trade group says Cheap Chinese cars from Mexico could be 'an extinction-level event,' U.S. trade group says originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 23 Feb 2024 17:54:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Best Selling Cars Blog
FEBRUARY 18, 2024
Geely Galaxy E8 It is now time to study the newcomers in the Chinese wholesales charts. This month, once again we have 9 new models hitting dealerships, 6 of them Chinese. This still shows domestic brands lead in terms of dynamism and launch frequency. All launches are New Energy vehicles (EV or PHEV). To fully understand the scope of the Chinese market, make sure you consult our Exclusive Guide to all 194 active Chinese Brands. 1.
Autocar
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
Cost-effective EVs are rare but growing in number. Here are the 10 cheapest on sale in the UK today Electric cars come in all shapes and sizes, and the focus on battery-powered models is sharper than ever. For many drivers, though, one thing is also under consideration: price. Many drivers consider electric cars to be expensive. For instance, the Vauxhall Corsa has long been a blue-collar hero, thanks to its low cost, competent dynamics and decent practicality, but the cheapest electric version
Motor Authority
FEBRUARY 19, 2024
Cadillac didn't offer a factory station wagon in 1969, but if you were a deep-pocketed celebrity like Dean Martin, you could have one specially built. Now up for online auction in Australia with Donington Auctions, the late singer's 1969 Cadillac Eldorado Custom Sport Wagon is a one-off built by George Barris, creator of famous television and.
Drive.com
FEBRUARY 19, 2024
A game-changing electric vehicle for the whole family, the Kia EV9 Air represents the future of Australian family transport and wins the coveted DCOTY trophy for 2024 The Kia EV9 electric SUV has won the Drive Car of the Year 2024 award, marking the first time in the 18-year history of the awards program, that an electric vehicle has taken the prestigious trophy.
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