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Retail Asia03/02/2021

Automobiles and smartphones accounted for 19 percent of private conglomerate Vingroup’s revenues in the last quarter of 2020. This marked a 40 percent year-on-year increase to VND6.9 trillion ($299.45 million). The largest private conglomerate in Vietnam sold 31,500 cars last year, with its VinFast sedan and SUV models among the bestsellers in their respective segments. […]

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Retail Asia14/01/2021

The wait is nearly over as American electric carmaker Tesla is all set to set-up operations in India and zeroed down on Karnataka, as its preferred state to set-up its headquarters. The electric auto giant has registered its Indian subsidiary under the name ‘Tesla India Motors and Energy Private Ltd’, which was incorporated in Bengaluru […]

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Retail Asia22/12/2020

Maserati has announced the opening of a new market in Asia Pacific as the brand enters Cambodia. Maserati is represented in Cambodia by HGB Group. The showroom is situated in Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh. The facility includes a showroom of 610 sqm displaying the Maserati product line-up and a workshop of 1.760 sqm equipped with […]

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Retail Asia26/08/2020

Southeast Asian online used car trading platform Carsome has launched its new Carsome Experience Centre in Kuala Lumpur. The move signals the opening of the firm’s B2C segment, introducing a highly digitized and transparent car-purchasing process, aimed at addressing consumer distrust when buying second-hand cars. The firm works to enhance trust and assurance throughout the […]

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Retail Asia23/07/2020

Volvo Cars said it expects its business to recover in the second half of the year after reporting on Tuesday an operating loss for the first six months as coronavirus lockdowns strained supply chains and forced plant closures. The Swedish-based carmaker also said that its planned merger with Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd had been temporarily […]

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Retail Asia16/01/2020

Sales of luxury cars in Vietnam surged in 2019 with the rich showing greater preference for premium vehicles in a fast-growing economy. Mercedes-Benz sold the highest number of luxury cars at 6,800 units, up 8 percent from 2018. The imported crossover SUV Mercedes-Benz GLC 300, priced at VND2.56 billion ($110,600), was the best-seller, accounting for […]

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Retail Asia18/10/2019

The performance brand Volkswagen R represents the sportiest models in the Volkswagen portfolio and since 2002 the R models have been at home on race tracks throughout the world. The company’s portfolio of R performance cars consists of the Golf R in four generations, the Passat R36, the Touareg R50, the Scirocco R and the Golf R […]

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Retail Asia26/06/2019

Volvo Cars are one of the pioneers in the development of safer modern cars and the Swedish carmaker is now coming up with something innovative to take the safety quotient one step ahead. Volvo is partnering with POC for a series of world’s first crash test of bike helmets against cars in a bid to protect […]

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Retail Asia04/06/2019

Honda has confirmed its western England car factory, which employs 3,500 people, will close in 2021. The Japanese carmaker announced Monday that the Swindon plant will shut in two years, “at the end of the current model’s production life cycle.” Honda makes its popular Civic model at the factory, 70 miles (115 kms) west of London. Reports […]

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Retail Asia28/05/2019

Tata Motors has announced initiating a special emergency service support for Tata vehicle owners who were affected by the untimely Fani cyclone in Odisha. The carmaker is offering free towing service to all Tata Motors vehicles that might have been damaged as a result of the unprecedented rains and strong winds in the state. Tata […]

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Retail Asia22/05/2019

Maruti Suzuki’s move to phase-out all diesel models within a year has certainly raised eyebrows. Tata Motors also in the past has said that it will only convert its 1.5-litre and above displacement diesel engines to BS6 and the low displacement diesel engines won’t make it beyond the timeline. There were several speculations about other carmakers as […]

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Retail Asia20/05/2019

When it comes to raising the blood pressure, for parents, the weekly shop is right up there with getting the kids to bed and meal times. And while toddler meltdowns and trips to the sweet aisle are trying, few moments can be more worrying than seeing your child career off at high speed on a […]

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Retail Asia17/05/2019

The tiny, two-person Smart cars once pitched as the next big thing in urban mobility will be discontinued in the United States and Canada at the end of the current model year, German automaker Daimler AG said on Monday. Smart cars, with their unique styling and ability to fit in half a parking space, found an […]

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Retail Asia06/03/2019

Karma Automotive is prepping three vehicles — a concept car developed with Italian design house Pininfarina, the next-generation Revero electric car and the Karma Vision concept – that it hopes will propel the brand in a new direction. They will debut next month at the Shanghai auto show. “Taken together, Karma’s Shanghai Big Three represents […]

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Retail Asia22/02/2019

Prosecutors raided the main office of Hyundai Motor and its smaller affiliate Kia Motors on Wednesday as part of a probe into allegations that the company tried to conceal defects in some of its vehicle lineups. The Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office sent its investigators to search the quality division at the headquarters of the […]

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Retail Asia22/02/2019

Rolls-Royce announced Wednesday it will follow Korea’s voluntary lemon law for automakers, making it the first foreign luxury brand to accept the newly introduced regulation. Korea’s revised automobile management law, enacted last month, forces complying automakers to replace or refund recently purchased vehicles that repeatedly exhibit problems, similar to lemon laws in the United States. […]

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Retail Asia21/02/2019

VinFast, Vietnam’s first indigenous car manufacturer, plans to test its first vehicle for safety parameters in Europe on March 6. According to company executives, the vehicle will be tested for international standards to ensure its highest safety. This announcement came after VinFast’s Hai Phong factory successfully manufactured the first body shell of the Lux A2.0, […]

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Retail Asia20/02/2019

Hyundai Motor is considering releasing a range of bottled water inspired by its hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle Nexo, the company confirmed Monday. The automaker is hoping to use the Nexo-branded water to market its Nexo sport-utility vehicle (SUV) as pure and eco-friendly, like water. The unusual approach of using water to promote the car’s eco-friendly aspect […]

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Retail Asia20/02/2019

The chief of Hyundai Motor’s financial affiliates outlined the units’ digital strategy and future vision at IBM’s largest annual conference that ran through Friday in San Francisco. Chung Tae-yong, who heads Hyundai Card, Hyundai Capital and Hyundai Commercial, said that finely-tuning customization will take center stage in Hyundai’s approach to serving financial services’ clients. “The existing […]

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Retail Asia19/02/2019

Hyundai Motor Executive Vice Chairman Chung Eui-sun laid out a plan to develop 44 electric vehicle models (EVs) and sell 1.67 million of the cars by 2025 during his New Year’s message held at the beginning of this year. The goal was a dramatic increase on the 38 models he planned to have by 2025 […]

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