Well that’s another year gone that most of us will probably never forget. But there has been at least one positive. A positive lift in new vehicle sales in Australia, according to December 2021 VFACTS figures released today. The year ended with 1,049,831 sales overall, which is a jump of […]
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VFACTS: Top 10 best-selling cars in Australia during 2021
What were the top 10 best-selling cars in Australia during 2021? Thanks to the new vehicle registration figures handed out by the FCAI today, in the form of December 2021 VFACTS, the answers are now confirmed. We will be putting together our usual big report soon covering more market segments. […]
Albert Biermann retires, remains technical advisor for Hyundai Motor Group
The former head of BMW’s M Division turned hugely influential engineer behind some of the best modern day creations from Hyundai, Kia and Genesis has announced he will retire after an automotive career spanning three decades. The man in question, Albert Biermann, is one of the giants of the automotive […]
Kia global sales up 7.6% in first 11 months of 2021, 13.3% drop in November
Kia has managed to record positive global sales figures so far this year, despite of a disastrous month of November that saw global figures drop by more than 13 per cent in the wake of production halts and shortages of key components. Across the first 11 months of this year, […]
Volvo global sales up 8.8% through November 2021
Volvo Cars is displaying some clear signs of resilience in the face of wide-scale production slowdowns and semiconductor shortages after reporting an 8.8 per cent sales increase for the first 11 months of 2021. So far, Volvo has produced and delivered 634,257 cars for the first 11 months of 2021, […]
Australian vehicle sales for November 2021 (VFACTS)
It’s almost the end of the year, and thanks to the November 2021 VFACTS new vehicle registrations figures, released this week, we can start to piece together what models will be the best-sellers of the year. Aussie consumers snapped up 80,639 new vehicles during November. That’s down 15.3 per cent […]
UK car production plummets 41% in October 2021, worst since 1956
Numbers from the UK signal the passing of a dire month of October, as the country’s total vehicle production numbers plummet by 41.4 per cent, spelling the worst October for vehicle production since 1956 amid production slowdowns and severe semiconductor shortages. The data comes from the Society of Motor Manufacturers […]
Ford ditches plan to co-develop new electric vehicles with Rivian
Automotive giant Ford has confirmed it is ditching a previously-announced plan to jointly develop a series of new electric vehicles with Rivian, which has sent the start-up’s share price plummeting. Back in 2019, Ford announced it would invest US$500 million into Rivian while confirming plans the two companies were going […]