Rising demand for new cars boosts January sales

Sales of new cars hit their highest monthly total since 2008, with nearly 7500 registrations as the supply from Japan and Thailand continued to recover.

Sales of imported cars surge 21%

Sales of new imported vehicles, including those built abroad by Japanese firms, soared 20.8 percent in January to 17,937 units, thanks to fuel-efficient models, an industry body said Monday. Compared with the previous January, sales of foreign-brand cars, trucks and buses surged 28.9 percent to 13,093 units, while those of Japanese-brand vehicles rose 3.3 percent to 4,844 units, the Japan ...

Neil Winton: New energy supplies may rock orthodox auto beliefs

New discoveries of natural gas threaten to overturn many assumptions about energy supplies and may also bring big changes in the way cars are powered.

Steep seasonal drop hits Brazil auto industry

SAO PAULO, Feb 6 (Reuters) A seasonal slump in Brazil's automotive output was especially strong in January as sales of imported cars surged, heightening tensions over trade talks with Mexico.

Island Auto Sales Creep Up

Sales of new cars in the islands is picking up, and some in the industry expect 2012 to be an even busier year at the car lot.