SHANGHAI, Sept 11 - BMW <BMWG.DE>, the world's largest premium car maker, said on Friday its August car sales in mainland China surged 63.2 percent from a year earlier. Sales of BMW and Minis came...
* Government to fund agency from stimulus package * Target of 1 million electric cars on road by 2020 BERLIN, Sept 9 - The German government set up a new agency on Wednesday to push...
China鈥檚 passenger car sales, which include sales of minivans, sport-utility vehicles, and multipurpose vehicles, hit a record high of 849,376 units in August, up 94.7% from a year earlier, according to figures released by China Passenger Car Association, sources reported.In August, sales of minivans and sport-...
HANOI, Sept 9 - Car sales in Vietnam jumped 31 percent in August from a year earlier to 10,555 units, after an increase in July of 26 percent, an industry report said on Wednesday. The...
Sept 9 - China's Geely Automotive said its parent wants to bid for Ford's Volvo Car Corp, becoming the latest Chinese firm to chase a foreign carmaker during a global industry overhaul. Major Chinese automakers,...
Car sales in India raced an annual 26 percent in August, rising for a seventh month, and demand is seen picking up in October when annual bonuses are paid in much of the country. The government is also set to give out 180 billion rupees ($3.7 billion) in backpay to workers next month, the second ...
Wang Chuanfu, chairman of BYD Co<1211>, China鈥檚 largest rechargeable battery maker and a well-known automobile producer, has urged the government to offer consumer incentives and subsidies for private purchases of all-electric battery-powered cars and other new energy vehicles. Wang Sunday said at...
TOKYO, Sept 8 - Honda Motor Co will maintain the target for lease sales of its newest fuel-cell car after over a year since its launch despite the challenge of boosting productivity, the model's chief...
* China August car sales up 90.2 pct on year * Explosive sales due to stimulus plans, low 2008 base * Analysts expect sales to hit record for 2009 (Adds analyst quotes, detailed sales figures)...
SHANGHAI, Sept 8 - China's passenger cars sales in August rose 90.18 percent from a year earlier, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers said on Tuesday. A total of 858,300 passenger cars were sold in...