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Hyundai and its affiliate Kia sold an impressive number of 146,400 cars in the Chinese market last month, accounting for a combined 9.2 percent of the market. The CEO of Hyundai Motor America, Dave Zuchowski, has plenty of changes and challenges to deal with in order to reach a similar success on the U.S. market.In April the two automakers sold in China a total of 1.6 million cars. They took up over 9 percent of the Chinese market for the first time this year. Their combined market share continued to grow from 6.1 percent in January to 7.7 percent in February...
Reid Bigland, FCA Canada CEO and head of FCA’s U.S. sales, was named Tuesday to steer global sales of luxury brands Maserati and Alfa Romeo. Bigland was chosen to build up the Alfa and Maserati brands worldwide because of his extraordinary record of growing sales in the U.S. and Canada over the last seven years. Bigland’s influence at FCA’s U.S. headquarters has grown along with his responsibilities. Pitting Maserati and Alfa against such luxury heavyweights as BMW and Mercedes will test Bigland’s sales prowess. After a 20-year absenc...
Audi is one of the brands that benefits from the strong SUV demand among car buyers. Audi's global vehicle sales rose 7.5 percent to 164,350 last month, boosted by gains in Europe, the U.S. and China and especially by a higher demand for its SUVs. Audi's sales boss, Dietmar Voggenreiter, declared that the company continued to increase sales in all of the core regions, which reflects the sound balance of the business. SUV sales last month jumped 17 percent to 52,150, accounting for nearly a third of overall brand deliveries. Sales of the latest Q7 model were up...
If you're a high-school or college student you can't afford one of those luxury brands of cars you might want, and still a car stays a daily need for everyone. Here are some hints on what is a perfect car for a student. This list includes nine cars that college graduates might consider, it includes a Fiat 500X with a starting price of around $21.000, Honda Civic $19.400, Kia Soul $16.700, Scion iA $16.500 and Subaru Crosstrek $22.500. All of these prices are below $33.865 which is an average vehicle transaction price in April, the price is up 2% since April last year.&n...
More and more automarketers recognize that the role of sports in a brand's advertizing campaign is not to be neglected. Experts point to the fact that sports are the last kind of programming people watch live on TV. There’s not another platform with more fans that are more engaging around a common goal and subject, so that many of the automakers are taking sports as one of the platforms that helps them get the word out. Among the brands that have invested solid money in into sports marketing the main are: Honda and Hyundai that aired Supe...
