Vanguard Dealer Services
MARCH 3, 2025
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Best Selling Cars Blog
MARCH 4, 2025
The CMC J Space is up to a record third place in Taiwan in February. New car sales in Taiwan edge up 4.8% year-on-year in February to27,515 units, leading to a year-to-date tally off -12% to 62,579. Toyota (+4.7%) matches the market to a more reasonable 28.8% share vs. a record 36.4% in January. It is followed once again by Lexus (+31.3%) at 9% vs. 10.2% last month while CMC (+53.2%) soars past Mercedes (+29.3%) to close out the podium.
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Motor Authority
MARCH 7, 2025
Genesis is developing an LMDh race car Genesis will power the LMDh with a V-8 formed from two Hyundai World Rally Championship four-cylinder engines Genesis plans an assault on both the FIA World Endurance Championship and the IMSA SportsCar Championship Genesis announced last December plans to enter the top level of endurance racing with a new.
Carscoops
MARCH 6, 2025
Tesla sales in Germany plunged by 59.5% in January 2025 and 76.3% in February. In Australia, the EV maker’s deliveries dropped 65.5% in the first two months of 2025. Tesla’s February 2025 sales in China fell 49.16%, signaling a market share decline. Tesla was proudly proclaiming less than a year ago that it would be selling 20 million electric vehicles annually by 2030.
Autocar
MARCH 6, 2025
New ID Every1 concept has a proper button bar for the most-used functions Brand's design chief commits to "never" repeating the "mistake" of relegating essential controls to touchscreens All future Volkswagen models will feature physical controls for the most important functions, design chief Andreas Mindt has said. The German firm has been criticised over the past fewyears for moving many of the vital controls in its cars from physical buttons and dials to the infotainment touchscreen.
Best Selling Cars Blog
MARCH 5, 2025
Renault sales surge in Belgium in February. Another disappointing month for Belgian new car sales in February at -8.1% year-on-year to 40,161 units. This way, the year-to-date tally recedes -10.7% or almost 10,000 sales to 80,755. BMW (-1.3%) leads the brands charts again but drops to 10.7% share after reaching a record 14.8% last month. Volkswagen (+6.1%) advances to #2 but the best performer of the month is Renault up a stellar 84.1% to climb to #3 overall.
Motor Authority
MARCH 3, 2025
Lanzante has released the first photo of its Project 95-59 supercar The supercar celebrates 30 years since Lanzante's Le Mans win with the McLaren F1 GTR Lanzante will use a donor McLaren platform and include seating for three In 1995, a McLaren F1 GTR race car claimed the overall victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, marking McLaren's debut at the.
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Autocar
MARCH 4, 2025
There will be a "strong lineage" between the Type 00 concept and the production GT GT will kick off a series of radical EVs that distil the best of the brands dynamic heritage, says Jags boss The electric four-door GT that will spearhead an all-new era for Jaguar will be revealed at the end of the year and go into production in the middle of 2026. In an exclusive meeting with Autocar at Jaguars Gaydon headquarters, Jaguar boss Rawdon Glover said in a wide-ranging interview that the 986bhp GT is
Best Selling Cars Blog
MARCH 5, 2025
VW Tiguan sales are up 260.7% year-on-year in February. Yet another negative month in Finland with new car sales off -10.9% year-on-year in February to 4,700 units. The year-to-date total is off -12% as a result to 10,363. Once again hit full frontal (-26.7%), Toyota however easily remains the most popular carmaker in the country with 15.6% share. Volkswagen (+42.8%) goes completely against the grain in 2nd place with a fantastic uptick.
Carscoops
MARCH 3, 2025
Lucid will also continue to pay for Peter Rawlinson’s health insurance premiums. In 2022, stock options vested by the former CEO were valued at over $370 million. Lucid plans to more than double production this year to over 20,000 units. While Peter Rawlinson recently stepped down as Lucid’s chief executive, the engineer and businessman won’t be leaving empty-handed.
Motor Authority
MARCH 6, 2025
BMW 7-Series prototypes are out testing with heavy camouflage gear The flagship sedan is expected to adopt design elements and technology debuting in the Neue Klasse EVs The 7-Series' controversial split-headlight design appears to be going away with the update BMW's current 7-Series is approaching the midway point of its lifecycle and, in.
Autocar
MARCH 6, 2025
Motability posted the 565m loss despite its revenues actually growing by 24% Motability pins loss on more expensive cars, insurance, servicing The UKs biggest fleet, whose explosive growth in June last year was credited with helping car makers through a tricky period, has reported losses of more than half a billion pounds saying this highlights the growing cost of car ownership and volatile resale values of EVs.
Best Selling Cars Blog
MARCH 4, 2025
The Nissan Patrol is the best-selling vehicle in the UAE in January. New light vehicle sales in the United Arab Emirates advance by a solid 8.6% year-on-year in January to 24,770 units. Toyota (-4.6%) endures the only year-on-year drop among the Top 6 brands but remains the faraway leader with 23.
Carscoops
MARCH 2, 2025
Toyota plans a diverse GR lineup, spanning from hot hatches to flagship supercars and SUVs. While incorporating the latest tech, it commits to maintaining gas engines and manual gearboxes. The strategy includes high-performance models like the Celica, with a 2.0-liter turbo and AWD. Toyota Gazoo Racing is preparing for what might be its most ambitious expansion of the GR sports car lineup in recent memory—if not ever—making it a hot topic among enthusiasts.
Motor Authority
MARCH 7, 2025
The 2025 Nissan Z has been announced Changes include new two-tone color options, along with the GT-R's Bayside Blue signature hue The starting price is unchanged from the previous year at $44,110, including destination With the Nissan GT-R set to bow out of production this summer, Nissan has decided to make its iconic Bayside Blue color available.
Autocar
MARCH 6, 2025
MC20 Folgore was planned as one of six electric Maseratis due by next year Brand confirms previous reports that planned electric version of its V6 supercar was on the chopping block Maserati has officially cancelled the MC20 Folgore , as reported by Autocar last week. Confirmingthe news,a company spokesperson said the decisionwas made due to insufficient demand for an electric supercar.
Best Selling Cars Blog
MARCH 5, 2025
The Mazda6 is up to #5 in Saudi Arabia in January. 67,923 new vehicles found a buyer in Saudi Arabia in January, a solid 7.7% year-on-year increase. Toyota (+8%) matches the market and continues to be well ahead of its competitors at 28.5% share.
Carscoops
MARCH 6, 2025
VW’s design boss said that future models will have physical buttons for crucial functions. Andreas Mindt said they won’t make the same mistake with touch-based controls. An extra row of buttons can be found on the VW ID.2all and ID.Every1 concepts. Volkswagen has finally realized what pretty much every driver already knew: stuffing every function into a touchscreen is a nightmare.
Motor Authority
MARCH 6, 2025
The Ford Mustang has lost ground to more practical vehicles like Ford’s Explorer SUV and F-150 pickup truck in recent decades when it comes to police duty. However, the popular sports car is still used by some agencies for specialized roles. One area where the Mustang continues to have a presence in law enforcement is highway patrol and.
Autocar
MARCH 4, 2025
Audis logo has been moved from the grille for the first time on an A6 Sporty-looking next-generation estate previously planned to be called A7 arrives in diesel hybrid and petrol guises The new A6 Avant has been unveiled as one of the final diesel cars that Audi will launch and one of only a few diesel estates left on the market. The executive wagon was due to take the A7 moniker under Audis recently axed naming strategy, where EVs were even-numbered and ICE cars odd-numbered.
Best Selling Cars Blog
MARCH 5, 2025
The Suzuki Vitara is #1 in Croatia in February. 2025 e-Vitara model shown. New car sales in Croatia recede -5.5% year-on-year in February to 4,239 units, leading to a year-to-date volume off -2.8% to 8,700. Skoda (+5%) easily reclaims the brands top spot from Volkswagen (-2.2%) with 15.4% share vs. 10.4%. Just below is Suzuki (+2.8%) at 10.3% of the market.
Carscoops
MARCH 3, 2025
At least twelve cars at a Tesla dealership in France were severely damaged by fire, with damages estimated at €700,000. Authorities suspect arson due to multiple fire origins and specific car targeting, excluding damage to the building. The incident coincides with broader global protests involving vandalism and targeted attacks on Tesla properties.
CarExpert
MARCH 6, 2025
Australia has a seemingly unquenchable thirst for high-performance versions of everyday hatchbacks, sedans and SUVs. Just ask local representatives for BMW’s M division, Mercedes-AMG, Toyota Gazoo Racing, Hyundai N, and particularly Audi Sport (i.e. S/RS). Only a few weeks ago, Audi Australia product planning manager Peter Strudwicke told CarExpert “we’re very strong in S as well as RS.
Autocar
MARCH 4, 2025
Big step was needed because of move to EVs and arrival of Chinese brands Rawdon Glover reveals why the controversial rebrand was so vital to Jaguar's future Rawdon Glover, managing director of Jaguar , says you can never remind people enough about why the brand had to change. So, from the top, it was due to the fact that Jaguar was at a pivotal point in its history, with all its products and platforms coming to the end of the road.
Best Selling Cars Blog
MARCH 4, 2025
The Kia EV3 is up to 4th place in Sweden in February. Swedish new car sales gain 4.5% year-on-year in February to 19,608 units, meaning the year-to-date tally is now up 9.2% to 39,240. Rechargeable cars are up 23.2% to 11,978 and 61.1% share vs. 51.8% a year ago. This is split between 6,872 BEVs (+31.8%) at 35% share vs. 27.8% in February 2024 and 5,106 PHEVs (+13.2%) at 26% share vs. 24% a year ago.
Carscoops
MARCH 6, 2025
The electric SUV is a little larger than a BYD Atto 3 and offered with three different battery packs. Entry-level and mid-range models have a motor with 204 hp, while the flagship delivers 224 hp. Toyota sells two models equipped with an advanced driver-assistance system powered by Nvidia. China is quickly establishing itself as the global epicenter for affordable electric vehicles, and for good reason.
Motor Trader
MARCH 5, 2025
The February new car market turned in a subdued performance but looking at the performance of individual brands, there were clear winners and losers for the month. In an overall market that fell -1%, Chinese brand BYD continued to surge ahead with registrations up 334.3% to 1,177 units followed by Polestar, which saw a 98.8% increase to 515 units for the month.
Autocar
MARCH 5, 2025
Big-battery model yields a range of 434 miles Circa-70k fastback is positioned as brand's technological flagship, with trick on-board computers The all-new ES90 is the first electric Volvo thats not an SUV and the slippery hatchback has a range well in excess of 400 miles. The Swedish brand is positioning the five-metre-long ES90 as its technological flagship, thanks to a series of advanced features and mighty computing power that will allow it to be extensively updated and refreshed with new fe
Best Selling Cars Blog
MARCH 5, 2025
The BYD Shark 6 sold over 2,000 units across two months. The Australian new vehicle market endures its7th decline in the past 8 months in February at -7.9% to 96,710 units. This is however the 2nd highest February volume in history below only last year. The year-to-date tally after 2 months is down -5.4% to 184,335. Petrol sales drop -13% to 40,496, diesel is down -16.1% to 26,863, but the big news are next: hybrids soar 34.7% to 15,348, BEVs plunge -43.8% to 5,684 mainly due to Tesla off -71.9%
Carscoops
MARCH 7, 2025
A Tesla dealership in Tigard, Oregon, was struck by gunfire early on Thursday morning. The shooting caused significant damage, with losses estimated in the tens of thousands. The attack follows a firebombing and shooting at another Tesla store in Oregon. Another day, another shooting at a Tesla dealership in Oregon. The latest incident took place in Tigard at around 1:46 a.m. on Thursday.
Machines with Souls
MARCH 4, 2025
The 2025 Infiniti QX80 is the brand's biggest attempt yet to reinvent itself. Does it take enough risks in a crowded luxury SUV market? The post Rooting for the 2025 Infiniti QX80 isn’t enough appeared first on Machines With Souls.
Autocar
MARCH 2, 2025
Gone are the days when buying an EV meant pottering around in a Nissan Leaf. Now, EVs are proper speed machines When electric cars first launched into the mainstream, they utilised early technology and didnt exactly push the boundaries of performance. The likes of the Peugeot iOn and Citron C-Zero , launched in 2009, were a sign of things to come, but they were notoriously slow (both to drive and to charge).
Best Selling Cars Blog
MARCH 5, 2025
The Mini Cooper is the best-selling car in the UK In February. The UK new car market edges down -1% year-on-year in February to 84,054 units, this still being the 2nd highest February volume in the past 20 years. The year-to-date volume is down off -1.9% to 223,399. Private sales are back up 4.6% to 29,947 and 35.6% share vs. 33.7% a year ago, reversing a recent trend that saw private sales lose ground.
Carscoops
MARCH 4, 2025
The taillights are prone to water damage, which can short out part or all of the unit. The lawsuit claims the defect poses a “substantial safety risk” to passengers. The plaintiffs argue some owners face repair bills up to $2,000 to fix the issue. When you think of vehicle defects, you probably imagine something like a cracked engine block or a busted transmission, and not a taillight that might set your car on fire.
Motor Authority
MARCH 5, 2025
Rivian's chief software officer, Wassym Bensaid, took to X to announce the availability of over-the-air upgrades that add power and range to certain versions of the R1S SUV and R1T pickup truck. In a post on Feb. 28, Bensaid revealed that an upgrade for models with the standard Dual-Motor powertrain increases output to the Dual-Motor Performance.
Motor Trader
MARCH 4, 2025
Kia UK has reshuffled its senior management team to boost performance. with two directors swopping jobs. Steve Hicks is appointed as Kia UKs marketing director, with Sanka De Silva taking on the role of sales director. Both moves have been made to deliver on Kias Take the Lead strategy for 2025, focusing on introducing the companys largest number of new electrified vehicles in a single year, and entering the light commercial vehicle market for the first time with the fully electric Kia PV5.
Best Selling Cars Blog
MARCH 5, 2025
The Hyundai Tucson remains the favourite of Irish customers. After a solid start of the year, Irish new car sales stumble in February at -14.8% to 14,002 units. This is enough to pull the year-to-date tally into negative territory at -0.8% to 47,473. Strikingly, 10 of the Top 12 brands are in negative this month. Toyota (-11.5%) resists better than the market but at 11.5% share it is well below the 16% it commanded in January.
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