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China / Industry
China's Chery has shipped the first batch of vehicles to Argentina from its joint venture with Oferol of Uruguay and Argentina's Socma. Chery has a majority stake in Chery-Socma Uruguay, which began producing vehicles at the Uruguayan plant in 2007 with a staff of 130 people. The plant has an annual production capacity of 25,000 units, although a network of dealers has yet to...
2008-05-16China / Companies
Japan's Toyota has announced that growing demand for its vehicles in China has led to the expansion of one of the plants owned by the company's joint venture with First Automotive...
2008-05-15India / Companies
Indian motorcycle manufacturer Bajaj Auto and the Renault-Nissan alliance have formalised a joint venture to produce a budget small car to rival Tata's Nano. Bajaj will own a 50%...
2008-05-13Company Spotlight
The growth of the premium car segment in many markets of the Asia Pacific region has provided an avenue for growth for manufacturers such as DaimlerChrysler and its Mercedes brand....
2007-03-08Despite being based in Japan, Nissan's sales in the rest of the region are relatively low, particularly compared with a region such as North America, which is much more removed, geographically...
2006-12-01Indonesia
Toyota Astra Motor (TAM) continues to lead the Indonesian vehicle market with a market share of 34.3% in 2005. This surpassed TAM's full-year target of 32%. Despite its fall in sales...
2006-07-06Australia
In 2005, GM Holden sold 174,464 units to retain its second place in the market with a 17.7% share. This was a 2% decline from sales for 2004.
2006-06-08Singapore
New registrations in 2006 of 149,083 units show a continuation of the trend towards slower growth, falling from 10% in 2005 to 2.77%. As a result, we have lowered our forecast for...
2007-04-12Pakistan
In the first eight months of FY06/07 (July 2006-February 2007), car sales totalled 101,664 units, while truck sales amounted to 2,820 units and bus sales 562 units. As a result,...
2007-04-12Vietnam
Data from the Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers Association (VAMA) shows that new vehicle sales by 12 foreign joint ventures in the first 10 months of 2006 were 14.5% lower y-o-y...
2007-01-12Japan
Full-year sales for calendar year 2005 showed a relative return to health for the Japanese market, with domestic sales up by 0.54%. This was in line with our forecast for constrained...
2007-01-12China
China's Chery has shipped the first batch of vehicles to Argentina from its joint venture with Oferol of Uruguay and Argentina's Socma. Chery has a majority stake in Chery-Socma Uruguay,...
2008-05-16China
Japan's Toyota has announced that growing demand for its vehicles in China has led to the expansion of one of the plants owned by the company's joint venture with First Automotive...
2008-05-15India
Indian motorcycle manufacturer Bajaj Auto and the Renault-Nissan alliance have formalised a joint venture to produce a budget small car to rival Tata's Nano. Bajaj will own a 50%...
2008-05-13China
Italian carmaker Fiat is planning its Chinese strategy after ending its partnership with domestic carmaker Nanjing Automobile Group and in doing so, losing its production facilities....
2008-05-09
