- China launches pilot “parallel import” for foreign cars – Reuters: China will allow selected auto dealers registered in Shanghai’s free trade zone to import and. sell cars without the consent of foreign carmakers, according to. an official notice published late on Wednesday.
- Honda says 2014 China auto sales up 4.1 pct y/y – Reuters: SHANGHAI, Jan 8 (Reuters) – Honda Motor Co Ltd and its two Chinese joint ventures sold 788,276 vehicles in China in. 2014, up 4.1 percent from the previous year, the Japanese. automaker said on Thursday.
- Ford says 2014 China auto sales up 19 pct y/y – Reuters: SHANGHAI, Jan 8 (Reuters) – Ford Motor Co and its Chinese joint ventures sold 1.11 million vehicles in China in 2014, up 19 percent from the previous year, the U.S. carmaker said on Thursday.
- Cadillac, Lincoln in tortoise-hare race for luxury sales – Freep: Cadillac and Lincoln have ambitious plans but one is bombastic, the other conservative.
- Alcoa broadened its tech, capacity, for auto industry – Freep: Ford F-150 and other automakers’ plans for aluminum prompted Alcoa’s capacity expansion.
- Japan’s Bull Run To Gather Pace In 2015 – Yahoo:
- LG, Audi Launch Smartwatch Controlled Car – Via Google News: LG explains the other capabilities of the smartwatch with regard to controlling the Audi automobile. It has the capacity to lock and unlock the car,…\
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- BMW Continues to Take Lead in Imported Car Market – Via Google News: According to the Korea Automobile Importers & Distributors Association on Jan. 7, BMW had the largest number of cars newly registered, with 40,174…
- What Cheap Gas Means To Millennials For Housing, Car Sales And The Economy – Via Google News: The American Automobile Association predicts U.S. consumers could save as much as $75 billion on gas this year. In this image, the price sign…
- 2014 marked high point for car sales – Via Google News: ?The market went to nothing in ’09 during the bankruptcies of the automobile companies and the pent up demand has been tremendous,? Velazquez…
- Automobile, consumer durables retailers close 2014 on a high note – Via Google News: CHENNAI: Call it the Christmas effect. December saw retail sales peak as cars, two wheelers, white goods and durables flew off the shelves just days…
- Obama Previews Economic Proposals – Yahoo:
- Cars drive to the fore at annual CES tech confab – Via Google News: Another big theme was the tablet-ization of the automobile. With so many of us trained by our smartphones and tablets to tap and pinch our screens,…