2015 Annual Results: Opel Delivers Best German Sales Figures for Four Years 2015 gave Opel its best sales performance in Germany since 2011 with over 229,000 new passenger cars being registered. Opel’s sales increased by around 10,300 units compared to the previous year, which is equivalent to growth of 4.7...
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AUDI AG: European sales up six percent in November Audi remains on track: With around 147,750 deliveries (+1%) in November, the company reaffirmed its strong sales result from the prior-year month. In Europe, the Ingolstadt-based carmaker increased sales by 6 percent to around 62,300 units, despite the model changeover for...
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3,500,000 Dacias sold already! On Friday, November 6, Denis Le Vot, SVP Sales & Marketing for Europe G9, gave Jody Panov the keys to the 3,500,000th Dacia sold since the brand’s revival in 2004. Jody, married, and a mother of two, is now the happy owner of a Dacia Sandero...
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Honda Celebrates Pioneering Spirit With Out-Of-This-World Film This summer, Honda is celebrating an unprecedented year of product launches with Ignition, an out-of-this-world brand campaign. During 2015 every model within Honda’s automobile line-up is new or refreshed, including the new HR-V and the hotly anticipated Civic Type R. This year has...
Read more BMW Group sales continue to grow with 208,813 BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce brand vehicles delivered to customers in June
BMW Group sales continue to grow with 208,813 BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce brand vehicles delivered to customers in June, an increase of 8.0% compared with the same month last year and a new record for the month. The company achieved its best-ever first half–year sales, up 7.8% to total 1,099,748....
Read more Dakar 2015 News: Marc COMA the new DAKAR co-pilot
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Read more Skoda Superb Joining the Ranks of Top Safety Achievers
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The new MINI John Cooper Works Green light for the latest edition of the top athlete in the small car segment; the new MINI John Cooper Works combines authentic race feeling with the premium characteristics and extended product substance of the latest MINI Generation; distinctive, tradition-steeped, based on a vehicle...
Read more BMW M Award 2015: an exclusive BMW M6 Convertible for the top MotoGP™ qualifier
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1894, The world’s first automotive endurance race It is 22nd July, 1894, in Paris. Throngs of people line the sides of the road, as far as the eye can see. Whether out of pure curiosity or to support the drivers during this exciting competition – they have all come to...
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