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Volkswagen tops Toyota as world’s largest vehicle producer

Matt Brogan — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:02:54 +0000

Figures from automotive industry analyst IHS Global Insight show that Volkswagen has overtaken Toyota as the world’s largest vehicle producer for the first three-quarters of 2009. VW made 4.4 million vehicles from January to September compared to the 4.2 million tallied in Toyota’s recent financial report. However, Toyota today claimed that it has actually produced 4.9 million [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Volkswagen tops Toyota as world’s largest vehicle producer

Hyundai scores highest-ever October sales result

Matt Brogan — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:57:01 +0000

As the Australian new car market shows signs of recovery, Hyundai have secured another record for the brand selling 6,281 vehicles and achieving a market share of 7.8 per cent. Sales for October 2009 were up 106 per cent over the same time last year – giving Hyundai its best ever October result. In a total market [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Hyundai scores highest-ever October sales result

FCAI report car sales rise for first time in 16 months

George Skentzos — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:51:46 +0000

The latest VFACTS figures released today for October reveal that the Australian new car market is showing signs of economic recovery with sales up on a year ago for the first time in 16 months. Official data from the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) shows that 80,813 passenger cars, SUVs and commercial vehicles were sold [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

FCAI report car sales rise for first time in 16 months

Audi sales buck the trend in October

Matt Brogan — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:45:12 +0000

Audi Australia has continued to buck the trend of the financial crisis, recording its 58th consecutive month of growth and already eclipsing last year’s sales figures. Audi sold 1,022 cars last month – up 45 per cent on October 2008 – taking its year-to-date total to 9,612. Total sales for 2008 reached 9410, and managing director Joerg [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Audi sales buck the trend in October

Holden Captiva becomes Australia’s best selling SUV

Matt Brogan — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:41:39 +0000

The good news regarding strong October sales figures has also been felt at the Holden camp with its Captiva model becoming Australia’s top-selling SUV for the month of October. Holden’s Executive Director of Sales and Marketing, John Elsworth, said 1255 Captiva’s were sold in October, the vehicle’s highest ever monthly sales result. “We’ll add the new Captiva [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Holden Captiva becomes Australia’s best selling SUV

Toyota Corolla & Hilux top strong October sales list

Matt Brogan — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:23:03 +0000

In a positive move for Australian car sales, motorists bought more cars and trucks in October than for the same month last year – the first time in 16 months the industry has seen a year-on-year increase in monthly sales. Toyota Australia senior executive director sales and marketing, Mr David Buttner, welcomed the October-on-October increase for [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Toyota Corolla & Hilux top strong October sales list

Bad driver? It’s not your fault!

Matt Brogan — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:26:02 +0000

While we all agree that most traffic accidents are caused by bad drivers, or speeding if you live in Victoria, new scientific research finds that, as bad as they are, it may not be their fault. Neuroscientists at the University of California in Irvine, CA have discovered a gene variant that could be responsible for creating [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Bad driver? It’s not your fault!

Ford up, Chrysler down in key US quality survey

Matt Brogan — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:06:49 +0000

According to an annual US Consumer Reports survey, Ford has improved the quality of its cars against other manufacturers. Chrysler on the other hand was rated last in the list of 33 manufacturers. Japanese manufacturers rated well with Toyota’s youth orientated Scion at the top. Honda placed second with Toyota third. Ford is the only US manufacturer [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Ford up, Chrysler down in key US quality survey

Honda Jazz named UK’s most reliable used car

Matt Brogan — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 06:36:07 +0000

The Honda Jazz has been named as the UK’s most reliable car according to new research from insurance specialist, Warranty Direct. Data compiled from Warranty Direct’s 50,000 UK policies on four- to seven-year old cars shows that Jazz models were the most reliable in the survey period. According to the Warranty Direct Reliability Index, which measures [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Honda Jazz named UK’s most reliable used car

Costly options of little re-sale value

Matt Brogan — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:19:00 +0000

Residual value experts Glass’s have in a recent UK-based report claimed that some optional extras are of little value on the used car market. Glass’s say that expensive manufacturer fit options such as radar cruise control can drop 86 per cent of its value over a 12 month period while the car itself may only drop [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Costly options of little re-sale value

New Vehicle Sales Figures September 2009

Alborz Fallah — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:45:48 +0000

New Vehicle Sales Figures August 2009 1 Toyota 16007 2 Holden 9744 3 Ford 8427 4 Mazda 7205 5 Hyundai 5484 6 Mitsubishi 4312 7 Nissan 4079 8 Honda 3939 9 Subaru 2807 10 Volkswagen 2307 11 Suzuki 1747 12 BMW 1745 13 Mercedes-Benz 1609 14 Kia 1564 15 Audi 1027 16 Lexus 513 17 Peugeot 405 18 Volvo 351 19 Isuzu Ute 339 20 Great Wall Motors 260 21 Land Rover 248 22 Jeep 233 23 MINI 227 24 Renault 220 25 Saab 168 26 Proton 156 27 Fiat 139 28 Chrysler 133 29 Citroen 132 30 Dodge 115 31 Skoda 102 32 Alfa Romeo 100 33 Jaguar 97 34 Porsche 88 35 Ssangyong 81 36 Smart 40 37 Hummer 12 38 Aston Martin 10 39 Maserati 10 40 Ferrari 9 41 Bentley 7 42 Lotus 4 43 Lamborghini 2 44 Morgan 0 45 Rolls-Royce 0 46 Maybach 0 47 Caterham 0 Previous month. Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site. New Vehicle Sales Figures September 2009

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

New Vehicle Sales Figures September 2009

Silver is the new white

Matt Brogan — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 21:51:14 +0000

Confirming what even the most colour blind car spotter could tell you, silver is the new white. Silver has taken the title of world’s most popular automotive colour for the ninth consecutive year. According to PPG, a leader in automotive paints, 25 per cent of new cars purchased in North America over the last year were some [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Silver is the new white

New Vehicle Sales Figures August 2009

Alborz Fallah — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:57:59 +0000

New Vehicle Sales Figures August 2009 1 Toyota 15,994 2 Holden 9,505 3 Ford 7,623 4 Hyundai 5,980 5 Mazda 5,863 6 Mitsubishi 4,551 7 Nissan 3,657 8 Honda 2,841 9 Subaru 2,602 10 Volkswagen 2,115 11 Kia 1,638 12 Suzuki 1,559 13 Mercedes-Benz 1,400 14 BMW 1,290 15 Audi 1,009 16 Peugeot 412 17 Lexus 402 18 Isuzu 323 19 Volvo 313 20 Land Rover 306 21 Great Wall 228 22 Renault 210 23 Jeep 202 24 MINI 160 25 Skoda 145 26 Chrysler 135 27 Fiat 133 28 Citroen 132 29 Proton 120 30 Alfa Romeo 102 31 Dodge 98 32 Saab 75 33 Jaguar 74 34 Ssangyong 66 35 Porsche 64 36 Smart 25 37 Ferrari 16 38 Hummer 10 39 Maserati 10 40 Aston Martin 3 41 Lamborghini 3 42 Rolls-Royce 3 43 Bentley 2 44 Lotus 2 45 Caterham 0 46 Maybach 0 47 Morgan 0 Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site. New Vehicle Sales Figures August 2009

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

New Vehicle Sales Figures August 2009

New Vehicle Sales Figures July 2009

Alborz Fallah — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 07:10:29 +0000

New Vehicle Sales Figures July 2009 Click read more to see the full table. New Vehicle Sales July 2009 1 Toyota 16664 2 Holden 10266 3 Ford 7783 4 Hyundai 6226 5 Mazda 6024 6 Mitsubishi 4166 7 Nissan 3756 8 Subaru 2807 9 Honda 2657 10 Volkswagen 2361 11 Kia 1497 12 Mercedes-Benz 1429 13 BMW 1421 14 Suzuki 1283 15 Audi 943 16 Lexus 472 17 Peugeot 443 18 Volvo 360 19 Land Rover 340 20 Great Wall Motors 274 21 Jeep 249 22 Isuzu Ute 223 23 Renault 187 24 MINI 173 25 Citroen 161 26 Chrysler 160 27 Fiat 139 28 Proton 123 29 Dodge 117 30 Porsche 100 31 Alfa Romeo 96 32 Saab 79 33 Skoda 74 34 Jaguar 65 35 Ssangyong 54 36 Smart 28 37 Hummer 25 38 Ferrari 13 39 Maserati 10 40 Lotus 5 41 Aston Martin 3 42 Bentley 1 43 Lamborghini 1 44 Morgan 0 45 Maybach 0 46 Caterham 0 47 Rolls-Royce 0 Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site. New Vehicle Sales Figures July 2009

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

New Vehicle Sales Figures July 2009

New Vehicle Sales Figures June 2009

Alborz Fallah — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:45:37 +0000

New Vehicle Sales Figures June 2009 For more information, click here. New Vehicle Sales Figures June 2009 1 Toyota 21410 2 Holden 12167 3 Ford 10194 4 Mazda 8406 5 Hyundai 7862 6 Mitsubishi 6912 7 Nissan 6050 8 Honda 4354 9 Volkswagen 4068 10 Subaru 3757 11 Mercedes-Benz 2234 12 Suzuki 2058 13 Kia 2026 14 BMW 1944 15 Audi 1119 16 Peugeot 748 17 Volvo 621 18 Jeep 483 19 Lexus 458 20 Land Rover 377 21 Isuzu Ute 331 22 Renault 314 23 Fiat 278 24 Chrysler 247 25 MINI 191 26 Dodge 184 27 Proton 153 28 Ssangyong 147 29 Citroen 146 30 Alfa Romeo 142 31 Skoda 130 32 Porsche 119 33 Saab 99 34 Jaguar 96 35 Hummer 47 36 Smart 28 37 Maserati 10 38 Aston Martin 10 39 Ferrari 8 40 Lotus 6 41 Lamborghini 4 42 Bentley 2 43 Maybach 0 44 Caterham 0 45 Morgan 0 46 Rolls-Royce 0 Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site. New Vehicle Sales Figures June 2009

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

New Vehicle Sales Figures June 2009

New Toyota Prius production nears full capacity

Alborz Fallah — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 01:52:01 +0000

A new Toyota Prius is put together in 66 seconds on Line No 1 and in 57 seconds on Line No 2 of Toyota’s Tsutsumi plan in Japan, even at that rate, it’s still not enough. Toyota says that its Japanese factories making the third-generation Prius are reaching full capacity just to fulfil the orders for [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

New Toyota Prius production nears full capacity

New Vehicle Sales Figures May 2009

Alborz Fallah — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:26:43 +0000

A fair few of you asked for the complete new vehicle sales figures sorted by manufacturer for May to be put in a sorted table. You asked and we listened. Please see table below: New Vehicle Sales Figures May 2009 1 Toyota 15481 2 Holden 9177 3 Ford 8440 4 Mazda 6052 5 Hyundai 5178 6 Nissan 4582 7 Mitsubishi 3921 8 Honda 3189 9 Subaru 2965 10 Volkswagen 2612 11 Suzuki 1944 12 Mercedes-Benz 1832 13 Kia 1792 14 BMW 1171 15 Audi 943 16 Lexus 605 17 Peugeot 503 18 Volvo 434 19 Jeep 383 20 Land Rover 306 21 Renault 203 22 Isuzu Ute 199 23 Chrysler 189 24 Fiat 186 25 Dodge 179 26 MINI 164 27 Citroen 142 28 Porsche 117 29 Proton 109 30 Alfa Romeo 103 31 Ssangyong 100 32 Jaguar 90 33 Skoda 80 34 Saab 40 35 Hummer 38 36 Smart 23 37 Maserati 12 38 Ferrari 7 39 Aston Martin 6 40 Lotus 4 41 Lamborghini 2 42 Bentley 1 43 Rolls-Royce 1 44 Morgan 0 45 Caterham 0 46 Maybach 0 Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

New Vehicle Sales Figures May 2009

Victorians worst mobile phone culprits

Matt Brogan — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 01:45:57 +0000

Victorian drivers are being caught and fined for illegally using mobile phones whilst driving at the rate of 100 per day. The figures, released by Victoria Police today, aim to reduce the number of drivers talking on mobile phones, especially commercial drivers who make up the majority number of those caught. Fines totalling $5,882,669 and over 120,000 [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Victorians worst mobile phone culprits

Expert believes Australian car industry won’t survive

George Skentzos — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 08:16:51 +0000

With their US parents on the verge of collapse, an automotive industry expert has claimed that Australia’s car assembly industry will simply not survive the economic recession. Clive Matthew-Wilson, editor of the car buyers’ Dog & Lemon Guide, has suggested that while a US government bailout plan for General Motors will rescue Holden’s parent company in [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Expert believes Australian car industry won’t survive

Don’t Tweet from the driver’s seat

Matt Brogan — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 22:41:48 +0000

The increasing functionality of mobile phone technology, coupled with a growing addiction to social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook, are driving motorists to distraction now more than ever before, with motorists openly admitting to breaking the law by ‘tweeting’ behind the wheel. According to new research out today by UK firm esure car insurance, [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Don’t Tweet from the driver’s seat