The Skoda Octavia outsells the VW Golf halfway through 2016. * See the Top 40 brands and Top 340 All-models by clicking on the title * It's a fourth consecutive month of year-on-year decline for new car sales in Switzerland, down 6% in June to 31.259 registrations and pulling the…
The Prestige premium variant isn't helping: the Dacia Logan is down to 9.1% share at home. * See the Top 40 All-brands and Top 210 All-models by clicking on the title * Whereas the Romanian market improved by 16% over the first 5 months of the year, it comes to…
The VW Tiguan ranks #2 overall in Austria in June. * See the Top 40 All-brands and Top 280 All-models by clicking on the title * New car sales in Austria are up 11% year-on-year in June to 33.751 registrations, lifting the year-to-date total up 6% to 171.770 units halfway…
Renault sales are up 48% in June in Uruguay. * See the Top 40 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title * The Uruguayan new car market is down 11% year-on-year in June to 3.603 registrations, pulling the year-to-date tally halfway through 2016 down 20% to 20.277 units. Thanks to…
Mitsubishi sales drop 14% so far in 2016 at home, helping pull the market down. * See the Top 60 All-brands, Top 30 cars, Top 35 kei and Top 20 foreigners by clicking on the title * Halfway through 2016, the Japanese new light vehicle market is down for the 2nd consecutive…
Halted sales of Nissan Dayz and Mitsubishi eK have handicapped the Japanese market in June. * See the Top 55 All-brands, Top 30 cars, Top 30 kei and Top 20 foreigners by clicking on the title * This update was created in collaboration with Stephen Bloom. Japan’s automotive market continues…
Damo proudly posing on the Big Red sand dune at the start of the Simpson Desert. This is Part 6 of our Report on driving Damo, a Haval H8, into the Australian Outback to see whether the #1 SUV brand in China can deal with the worst road conditions this…
1916 Chevrolet Model 490 Pickup It didn’t take long for people to realize that early cars could transport more than people; they could transport freight and goods. Soon, enterprising dealers were selling basic car chassis so that buyers could make install wooden beds on them and use them to haul…
No one likes getting into a car accident but unfortunately accidents happen. To make things worse, often after a collision, your body goes into fight or flight mode, and clear thinking becomes difficult. To prepare you just in case you find yourself in an accident at some point, Jaguar of…
Today, we take air conditioning (AC) in automobiles for granted because the systems are on virtually every car on the road. However, there was a time when air conditioning in cars was “the newest thing” and an unusual automotive accessory. Let’s hop in the way back machine and take a…
European cars destined for the European market have always been small and fuel efficient. This is because, in Europe, gasoline and diesel fuel have been expensive to purchase for decades.. And, in the mid-1970s, the crisis in the Gulf of Suez occurred and the very supply petroleum was threatened. This…
One of the wildest vehicles to ever come out of Detroit was the Plymouth Superbird. With a wedge-shaped nose and a monstrous rear-mounted wing, the Superbird was a very unusual looking car. Today, it is still the subject of frequent conversation and a common topic involves the size of the…
Dual Clutch Transmission Originally, all cars had manual transmissions; you either learned how to operate a clutch and gearshift or you didn’t drive. Today, there are many more options for you to choose from and each has its own positives and negatives. In this article, we will discuss the 4…
Not many cars have ever captured the public’s imagination quite like the Tucker. Though just 51 Tuckers were built, they were raced at NASCAR, became the subject of the Francis Ford Coppola film Tucker: A Man and His Dream, and today have become some of the most valuable cars in the world.…
The styling of automobiles typically reflect the times they were designed in. For example, the art deco details of the cars of the 1930s reflect the architectural and graphic trends of the times. The bullet shaped fronts and elevated tail fins of the 1950s cars reflected the beginning of the…