Category: Features

  As the World Cup came to a close in Brazil, the country’s overall car market continued to develop, although new car sales have been

It may be the fourth largest economy in the world, but Germany has been through a difficult time recently. Even so, this now appears to

Arval sets up China JV Champagne corks were merrily popping in Shanghai, China back in June as Arval, a subsidiary of French banking giant BNP

‘Sixteen hundred kilometres, on one tank?’, the man at the petrol station counter smirked, handing me a folded VAT receipt. ‘Hope you’ve got breakdown cover

Which connector? Electric vehicle charging is in something of a muddle, with two different types of connectors in Europe, some cars that can be fast

  By the end of 2017, volume car production in Australia will cease. Ford and GM both announced that they would close their operations last

The football World Cup might be dominating the headlines about Brazil at the moment, but the motor industry is an important element in the country’s

Italian government uses eBay Are the world’s leading auction groups wasting their time and money by investing in more and more auction centres and carefully-crafted

Manufacturer: MINI  Total sales 2013: 305,030  Headquarters: Oxford, UK  Share of BMW sales: 18.4%   American success story… Since its purchase by the BMW Group

  New Zealand is located in the far southern hemisphere – Wellington is the southern most capital city in the world and the country is

  Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) represents a significant growth market for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), Apple, Google, and for app developers. In

Big is beautiful is a long time adage of the car industry. The giants of the business have all the advantages: size, power and economies

Monitoring driver behaviour using an in-vehicle unit that flashes green, amber or red depending on how sensibly – or otherwise – the individual concerned is driving is

Manufacturer: Volvo  Total sales: 2013 427,840  Headquarters: Gothenburg, Sweden  Global market share: 2.0%   Capturing Chinese sales… Volvo recorded a 17.9% sales uplift over March

  The road to fully autonomous – or robot – driving is going to be a long one, despite the amount of time and money

Bentley hybrid concept Based on the Mulsanne, the Bentley Hybrid concept, unveiled at the recent Beijing Show is designed to demonstrate that even a large

 Supply chains are the backbone of the global economy. However, with their complexity comes risk. The automotive sector is one example where continuity is key,

  Though petrol and diesel have long been the most popular motor fuels worldwide, alternatives have been available for many years. Convenience, taxation or distribution

Manufacturer: SEAT Total sales: 2013 355,000 Headquarters: Martorell, Spain EU market share: 2.0%   Leon’s driving force… Accounting for almost a third of the 355,000

Anybody in the vicinity of the Sagami Expressway to the southwest of Tokyo one day last November would have witnessed something unusual. They would have

Two key themes emerged from the Digital Radio summit masterminded by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) to coincide with the recent Geneva Motor Show. The

PSA Peugeot Citroën’s EMP2 platform sits underneath the Peugeot 308, Citroën C4 and Grand C4 Picasso and has been designed to form the basis of

  As recently as 2011, General Motors’ Chevrolet brand sold over 200,000 vehicles in its vast European region, which includes all EU27 members plus a

2014 is shaping up to be an especially interesting year in Japan for new car sales on account of one short, inescapable and rarely popular

Alongside Ferrari and Maserati, Alfa Romeo represents The Fiat Group in the luxury premium segment, and as such was never intended to be a volume selling brand.

Think of a Korean motor manufacturer and it is most likely to be Kia or Hyundai, the best known in both retail and fleet car

  Drive Electric Orlando Delegates attending business conventions in the bustling hotels of Orlando, Florida, USA who want to see something other than the inside of

  BMW 2 Series Active Tourer BMW’s first front-wheel drive car is a five-seat MPV. Rear legroom can potentially match a 7 Series, or it

The Republic of Ireland is one of the smaller nations in the European Union, with a population of around 4.6 million recorded in the last

  PSA Peugeot-Citroën is now a global brand except in North America, having expanded rapidly into the European, Asian and Latin American markets. Since forming