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Jan 11, 2019, 2:48 AM

Volkswagen Sells 6.24 Million Vehicles In 2018 Establishing A New Delivery Record

2018 has been the most successful year in Volkswagen's history as the German auto giant has announced record breaking sales of 6.24 million units growing at 0.2 per cent compared to the previous year. The growth was primarily driven by the SUVs which recorded an impressive growth of 38 per cent in 2018. In the same period, passenger cars segment witnessed a nominal growth of 0.2 per cent. The share of SUVs in the overall sales has increased to 19.2 per cent in 2018 from 13.9 per cent a year ago.

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  car&bike Team | Jan 10, 2019

  Porsche Clocks New Delivery Record In 2018

  Porsche has set a new delivery record in 2018 selling 256,255 units globally growing at 4 per cent as compared to the previous year. Out of the models, Porsche Panamera recorded the highest sales at 38,443 units growing at 38 per cent. Even the iconic 911 clocked a double-digit growth of 10 per cent selling 35,573 units in the calendar year 2018. The Macan has also been the bestseller with 86,031 vehicles, just ahead of the Cayenne with 71,458 deliveries in 2018.

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  car&bike Team | Jan 10, 2019

  Audi India Sales Drop 18 per cent In 2018

  While the luxury car market in India is booming, not all luxury automakers seem to have it easy. While Mercedes-Benz and BMW have had a great run in 2018 in India, their arch-rival Audi has been hit by low sales volumes. Audi India sales dropped a significant 18 per cent in 2018 as compared to the previous year. Audi India's total sales figures in 2018 stood at 6,463 units as compared to 7,.876 units the year before. This was mainly due to the fact that Audi India has just one major launch in the whole year, the midsize luxury SUV Q5 as compared to the other automakers that brought in updates and refreshes across the board.

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  IANS | Jan 10, 2019

  Tesla To Retire Lowest-Priced Versions Of Its Model S, X Vehicles

  San Francisco, Jan 10 (IANS) Tesla will stop selling the lowest-range versions of its Model S sedans and Model X SUVs from Monday, the electric car maker's CEO Elon Musk said. "Starting on Monday, Tesla will no longer be taking orders for the 75 kWh version of the Model S & X," Musk revealed in a tweet on Wednesday, while asking people interested in buying those vehicles to place their orders latest by Sunday. Higher-end versions of the S and X, equipped with a 100 kWh battery, will still be made and sold by Tesla, but at a higher price, CNBC reported, adding that Tesla did not respond to inquires as to why the S and X offerings were pared back.

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  car&bike Team | Jan 10, 2019

  New 2020 Mercedes-Benz CLA Unveiled

  The Mercedes-Benz CLA might have been the entry level sedan/4-door coupe in the Mercedes-Benz lineup but it has been one of the prettiest cars on sale from the 3-pointed star. And now, Mercedes-Benz has unveiled the second generation Mercedes-Benz CLA at the CES or Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The new CLA is larger than the outgoing model and surprisingly, even better looking too! Mercedes-Benz has retained its swooping body shape with the new car while the overall design language is very very similar to the larger and more premium Mercedes-Benz CLS 4-door coupe. The CLA will join the A-Class sedan in the lineup and will be priced slightly higher than the latter too.

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  car&bike Team | Jan 10, 2019

  Maruti Suzuki Announces Price Hike Of Select Models

  India's largest carmaker- Maruti Suzuki has announced to increase the prices of select models by up to Rs. 10,000. The new prices will be effective from January 10, 2019 (today). The decision comes due to the impact of rising commodity prices and foreign exchange rates. The cyclical price revision happens at the start of every year and has become a norm in the auto industry. Recently, some of the major carmakers such as Hyundai, Tata Motors, Ford, Honda, Renault, Nissan, Toyota and BMW have also made price hike announcements citing similar reasons.

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  Reuters | Jan 10, 2019

  Volkswagen Ford Alliance To Go Deeper, Details To Be Revealed Next Week

  Volkswagen AG and Ford Motor Co will unveil a deeper alliance next week that goes beyond cooperating in commercial vehicles in a move meant to save the automakers billions of dollars as they develop new technologies, two people familiar with the plan said on Wednesday. The Volkswagen Ford Alliance has been exploring closer cooperation as trade frictions force carmakers to rethink where they build vehicles for Europe, the United States and China, and as software companies prepare to launch their own self-driving cars.

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  car&bike Team | Jan 10, 2019

  New Hyundai Grand i10 Spotted Testing In India

  A prototype model of the new-gen Hyundai Grand i10 has been spotted testing in India. While the heavily camouflaged test mule does resemble the outgoing model, we see a bunch of heavy pseudo cladding and the car also appears to be an early prototype is likely to be a lot different.

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  car&bike Team | Jan 10, 2019

  Mahindra XUV300 Bookings Open; Launch By Mid-February 2019

  Mahindra has officially opened the bookings for its upcoming subcompact SUV - XUV300. The SUV is slated to be launched in India by mid-February 2019, and the company claims that the new baby XUV will compete with SUVs that are priced in the Rs. 8 lakh to Rs. 12 lakh range.

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