Focus on automotive: Market
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09/20/2017In the first five months of the fiscal year (from April to August), the share of Maruti Suzuki in the Indian car industry alone reached 57%, the highest level in the last 15 years.The trend is also rewarding considering all types of vehicles with over 50% penetration of the Indo-Japanese carmaker.To push the constant rise of Maruti Suzuki the... -
09/16/2017Renault aims to close 2017 among the top three most popular brands in the Spanish market, and even as leader by considering light commercial vehicles as well.This was announced by Renault Iberia CEO, Ivan Segal, at the Frankfurt Motor Show.Already in 2016, the French carmaker had conquered the leadership in the sector, particularly in the case of... -
09/15/2017Skoda's global sales growth continues.The Czech carmaker has closed August with sales increasing by 6.7% over the same month of 2016 to 86,100 units due to the growing popularity in Europe, India and Russia and exploiting the excellent trend of the new Superb and Kodiaq.Skoda continues to strengthen its volumes with the upcoming debut of the new... -
09/14/2017Speaking on the sidelines of the Frankfurt Motor Show, CEO Matthias Müller confirmed to Japanese Nikkei that the Volkswagen Group is aiming to sell 1.5 million electric vehicles in China by 2025, basically half of what is the target at the global level for that date.The German giant is already in an advanced stage of its electrifying offensive,... -
09/14/2017On a recent event in the German city of Wiesbaden, CEO Choi Johng-Shik announced the SsangYong aims to sell about 6,000 new Rexton SUVs in Europe in the coming year.On sale in Europe soon after the preview at the IAA, Rexton will already gain 3,000 European customers in the latter part of the year. Globally, the SsangYong target for 2017 is about... -
09/14/2017Nissan's European sales in August increased by 12% from the same month in 2016 to 44,982 units (including also the Datsun brand in Russia), up 3.7% in the market share.The main country of Nissan Europe remains Russia, followed by UK, Germany, France and Italy where the Japanese carmaker has delivered 3,222 cars. Quashqai is the most popular model... -
09/13/2017Taking advantage of the exit from the local market crisis, Renault is reaching strong sales results in Russia.The French carmaker has in fact closed the first eight months with registrations increasing by 18% over the same period of 2016 for a total of 82,979 cars.This results is a record market share of 8.5%. The boost from the beginning of the...