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APRIL 29, 2025

Toyota will deploy hydrogen fuel cell heavy-duty trucks to support its parts center. A new hydrogen fueling station will be built with Air Liquide and Iwatani in California. The Gen 3 hydrogen powertrain promises 2x durability and improved fuel efficiency by 1.2x. Hydrogen fuel cell-powered cars have not taken off the way Toyota would have liked, but that doesn’t mean the automotive juggernaut doesn’t see a future in the technology.

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Best Selling Cars Blog

APRIL 29, 2025

The Skoda Fabia is the most popular vehicle in Serbia in March. Based on data shared with us by our Central European partner CE Auto , the Serbian new car market edges down -5.3% year-on-year in March to3,042 units. This leads to a Q1 volume off -6% to 6,960. The Skoda Fabia (+39.4%) surges from outside the February Top 10 directly into pole position and advances to #3 year-to-date, a ranking it also held over the Full Year 2024.

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Autocar

APRIL 28, 2025

Design boss Gordon Wagener says striking new concept shows how MPV will become first-class limousine The next-generation Mercedes-Benz V-Class will gain an ultra-luxurious range-topper badged VLS, which will provide the same level of luxury as the S-Class limousine in a much more spacious cabin. As previewed by the radical new Vision V-Class concept at the Shanghai motor show , this new top-class MPV will be designed to provide luxury car buyers with a true penthouse-style third space, according

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Carscoops

APRIL 27, 2025

The Corvette Stingray Homage concept was created by designer Maitreya Dhanak. Dhanak works as visualization designer for Mercedes-Benz in Mumbai, India. His free-time project envisions the Stingray as a V8-powered GT with retro looks. The Corvette has earned its place as one of the most iconic sports cars to ever come out of the States, inspiring countless designers worldwide.

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Best Selling Cars Blog

APRIL 29, 2025

The Renault Clio is the best-selling vehicle in Bulgaria in March. Thanks to CE Auto and after one year of absence, Bulgaria is back on BSCB with a Top 10 models. 4,674 new cars found a buyer in March and 12,825 over Q1. The Renault Clio is a distant leader this month with 7.2% share, ahead of the Toyota Corolla at 4.7% – the leader year-to-date.

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Autocar

APRIL 29, 2025

Renowned German outfit, now part of BMW Group and with its own designer, is poised for new era BMW will reveal the future of the Alpina next year, as it officially takes ownership of the 60-year-old performance brand and installs a dedicated designer, previously of Polestar , at the helm. Munich announced it had acquired Buchloe-based Alpina from its founders, the Bovensiepen family, in 2022, but the firm will continue to operate at arms length through 2025, having recently launched the B8 GT su

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Carscoops

APRIL 29, 2025

The new Nissan N7 is offered with 58 kWh and 73 kWh battery packs. The electric sedan has a driving range between 510 km and 635 km. Flagship models pump out 268 hp through a single electric motor. Just when it seemed like Nissan might spend the next decade quietly refining CVTs and adding fake engine noise to its hybrids, it dropped a surprise. Last week, Nissan proved to the world it can make a compelling electric sedan, unveiling the N7 at the Shanghai Auto Show.

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Best Selling Cars Blog

APRIL 29, 2025

The BYD Seagull holds 10.9% of the Albanian market over Q1. Thanks to CE Auto , today we can share with you exclusive data for Albania. This is the first time we publish any official data for this country which will be a monthly update from now on. 421 new cars found a buyer in March and 1,301 over Q1. There are many surprises in the models ranking for the month.

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Autocar

APRIL 27, 2025

Commerical director Chris Willoughby shows us around the Cosworth factory. The company faded from popular view for a while but is now back at the forefront, designing soul-stirring engines Features such as this so often open with a somewhat clichd remark about the incongruousness of the drab surroundings from which the renowned company under the spotlight operates.

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CarExpert

MAY 1, 2025

The hardcore Volkswagen Golf GTI Clubsport has been forbidden fruit for Australian hot hatch buyers in the iconic hot hatch nameplate’s eighth generation, but that could be about to change according to Volkswagen Australia’s product boss. Speaking with CarExpert at the local launch of the new Mk8.5 Golf range this week including the new, more powerful ‘regular’ Golf GTI general manager for product at Volkswagen Australia, Arjun Nidigallu, said the German brand is active

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Carscoops

APRIL 29, 2025

The electric version of the Isuzu D-Max delivers 188 hp from dual electric motors. Powered by a 66.9 kWh battery, the electric truck claims 163 miles of WLTP range. Pre-orders for the D-Max EV begin in late 2025, with deliveries starting March 2026. Isuzu is stepping into the electric pickup game with a familiar face and a new heart. The company has officially unveiled the production version of its fully electric D-Max pickup, which is set to hit European roads in 2026.

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Best Selling Cars Blog

APRIL 30, 2025

The Toyota Land Cruiser pickup is equal #1 in Jordan. The Jordanian new vehicle market edges up 2.7% year-on-year over Q1 to 8,865 registrations. Toyota (+5.4%) keeps the lead of the brands charts with 32.6% share, whereas Kia (-21.3%) dives down to 22% of the market vs. 28.

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Autocar

MAY 1, 2025

Preview videos posted by Lotus celebrate 60 years since the Scotsman's famed 1965 campaign Lotus is priming a new version of its Emira sports car inspired by legendary racing driver Jim Clark. A video posted to the brands social media reels off a number of the Scotsmans victories from his 1965 campaign: the Formula 1 World Championship, the Indy 500 and the Tasman Series, as well as the French Formula 2 and British Formula 2 titles.

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CarExpert

APRIL 30, 2025

An updated Mazda CX-5 may be just months away, ahead of an all-new model next year, but there’s a lot to like about the mid-size SUV you can currently buy even if it dates back to 2016. Set to arrive in June , the updated CX-5 range will bring a revised model lineup, with the main change being the addition of a front-wheel drive version of the mid-spec Touring to replace the all-wheel drive Maxx Sport.

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Carscoops

APRIL 29, 2025

GM is recalling 597,630 trucks and SUVs equipped with potentially defective 6.2-liter V8 engines. Impacted models include the Cadillac Escalade, Chevrolet Silverado 1500, and GMC Sierra 1500. The engines may have internal debris or an out of spec crankshaft, which can lead to failure. General Motors is recalling hundreds of thousands of trucks and SUVs equipped with its 6.2-liter V8 engine.

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Best Selling Cars Blog

MAY 1, 2025

GWM is the third best-selling brand in Ecuador in March, helped by the Poer pickup. The Ecuadorian new car market collapses -32.9% year-on-year in March to just 9,055 units, keeping in mind March 2024 was artificially boosted by pulled forward sales before the introduction of a new 15% tax. The Q1 volume stands at 25,632, off -19.8% year-on-year and the weakest Q1 result since 2020 (24,830).

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Autocar

APRIL 29, 2025

New DBX is one of the most powerful pure-ICE SUVs on the market Aston Martin has launched a faster and lighter flagship S variant of the DBX SUV , cranking the power to 717bhp to make it the most powerful non-electrified SUV on the market. Although the British company has used the S badge for a range of high-performance specials, starting with the Vanquish S in 2004, this is the first time it has been applied to its best-selling SUV.

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Call Revu

MAY 1, 2025

by CallRevu One could argue that data is the most stable of all thingsits rooted in facts, in quantitative analysis, that makes it nearly irrefutable when properly gathered and, onwards, analyzed. In this vein, data is a critical anchor in brand strategy for automotive dealerships, helping teams create action plans based on more than gut instinct. These action plans can help drive consistency, consumer trust, and resilience in a volatile environment that feels decidedly uncertain due to factors

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Carscoops

MAY 2, 2025

Tesla sales dropped 80.7 percent in Sweden and over 50 percent in France, Denmark. Its European sales declined for a fourth straight month, raising serious market concerns. Model Y’s refresh failed to stop the EV maker’s April slump across key European nations. Tesla’s sales slump in Europe isn’t letting up, and now it’s starting to look like more than just a temporary dip from the Model Y changeover.

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Best Selling Cars Blog

MAY 1, 2025

The Dacia Duster breaks into the Icelandic Top 10 for its first month of sales. 1,447 new cars hit Icelandic roads in April, a shy 6.2% improvement. Year-to-date it’s 3,704 vehicles that left dealerships, a 34.8% surge on devastated year-ago volumes. Kia (+83.7%) is back to #1 for the second time this year after last January with a gargantuan 22.6% share, cementing its YTD lead at 18.3% of the market, Toyota (+134.4%) comes second ahead of Dacia (-35.2%) and Hyundai (-45.6%) both falling s

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Autocar

MAY 2, 2025

Now is finally the time to pull the trigger on the first generation of BMW Mini R50. Y-reg. Preferably with a plate ending in OBL. Eh? To decode, the R50 is the codename of the original BMW Mini, co-developed with Rover. Y-reg is a car from 2001. And if its registration number ends with OBL, then it was very likely owned by BMW and used as a demonstrator, a press car or a promotional vehicle.

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CarExpert

APRIL 28, 2025

Renault Australia has confirmed the first 500 examples of the wild new 5 Turbo 3E electric hot hatch sold out within the first 48 hours, and that it’s therefore about to open orders for the next 500 examples. Orders for the second allocation opened at 5:00pm AEST today (April 28). Renault will produce just 1980 examples in total of the 5 Turbo 3E globally, commemorating the launch year of the original 5 Turbo.

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Carscoops

APRIL 26, 2025

A camouflaged prototype of the new Alfa Romeo Stelvio was also spotted ahead of its debut. The SUV appears to have a sportier stance, split LED headlights and three-spoke alloy wheels. The Stelvio will ride on the STLA Large platform, and will be available in EV and hybrid forms. Update: Alfa Romeo’s design department is not exactly known for playing it safe, and judging by these latest images, they have no plans to start now.

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Best Selling Cars Blog

APRIL 28, 2025

After looking at the notable foreigners at the Shanghai Auto Show, it’s now time for the domestic brands. We’ll look at the 3 most impressive Chinese carmakers in a separate post. What would have been previously considered as secondary brands are now commanding the biggest footprint in the Show. For example, Zeekr had a larger stand than parent company Geely, and Hongqi played with the big boys such as BYD in terms of showroom surface.

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Autocar

APRIL 26, 2025

In the 1990s, national champions from abroad and ex-F1 racers would compete in the BTCC New rules formulated by the BTCC for 1991 took the racing series to new heights and attracted global attention The British motorsport landscape had never seen anything likethe boom time ofthe British TouringCar Championship through the 1990s. International drivers and manufacturer-backed programmes flocked to the UK tobattle it out for what had become the most prestigious tin-top series on the planet.

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CarExpert

APRIL 28, 2025

An electric Cadillac SUV? In Australia? That’s big news, and quite the breath of fresh air in a market that’s been bursting with a sea of new imports from China in recent years. Cadillac is a name most Australians have heard of, but local knowledge of the US luxury auto brand generally stops there unless you’re the news editor for CarExpert , of course.

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Carscoops

APRIL 28, 2025

BMW has launched the M2 Racing, it’s entry-level racecar for the 2026 season. The new racer is fitted with a 2.0-liter four-cylinder powertrain generating 308 hp. It features an upgraded chassis that sports a KW suspension and a roll cage. BMW M Motorsport has launched a new entry-level racecar for private customer teams, which is based on the latest generation of the M2.

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Best Selling Cars Blog

APRIL 30, 2025

The Toyota Land Cruiser Pickup ranks #3 in Oman over Q1. The Omani new vehicle market is very dynamic in this start of the year with Q1 volumes up 23% year-on-year to 18,483. Market leader Toyota (+8%) however trails the market and sees its share drop from 52.7% to a still overbearing 46.3%.

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Autocar

MAY 1, 2025

Top-level performance Panameras pack in versatile PHEV V8 powertrains and innovative suspension technology to broaden their appeal Porsches top-of-the-line Panamera has landed in the UK in its latest, third-generation or 976 form.Lording it over a pair of other V8-powered hot Panameras (leaving the V6 and V6 PHEV models, with which we deal in our regular Panamera review, to one side), the Porsche Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid becomes quite the potent proposition in all sorts of ways: technically, as

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AutoSuccessOnline

APRIL 29, 2025

Online reviews have become a necessity in the automotive industry. From displaying the trust the community has for you to boosting search engine rankings, having a strong online reputation should be at the forefront of every business owners mind. But there is one problem: Reviews only tell you what customers think after theyve made up their mind. By the time that one-star rant hits your Google profile, the damage is done and its permanent.

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Carscoops

MAY 1, 2025

Lucid’s Gravity SUV costs $1,380 per month to lease versus $1,070 for the Air sedan. Gravity Grand Touring’s $96,640 MSRP is $15,760 lower than Air Grand Touring’s. Rebate offers are twice as big on the sedan, bringing the lease cost below the SUV’s. When anyone is evaluating two vehicles, the MSRP is always one of the major metrics considered alongside horsepower, zero to 60 mph (100 kmh) times, fuel economy and, now with EVs, range figures.

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Best Selling Cars Blog

APRIL 29, 2025

Hyundai Tucson sales are up 51.5% year-on-year in March. According to our local partner CE Auto , new car sales in Bosnia & Herzegovina have a bad month in March at -18.4% year-on-year to 848 units, sending the Q1 tally off -11.1% to 2,445. The Skoda Octavia (-6.8%) remains the runaway leader with 8.1% share vs. 5.9% for the Hyundai Tucson, surging at +51.5%.

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Autocar

MAY 2, 2025

Latest 911 restomod is a fresh take on the wide-bodied, naturally aspirated Carrera from the 1980s Porsche 911 restomod specialist Singer has revealed a new take on the long-running sports car inspired by the wide-bodied, naturally aspirated Carrera model from the 1980s. Although conceived as the ultimate version of the naturally aspirated G-Series 911 (built from 1973 to 1989), it's actually based on the later 964 generation(1989 to 1994).

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CarExpert

MAY 2, 2025

It’s federal election day in Australia, and while there are a plethora of questions around what the next government could bring, we’re particularly concerned about those related to cars. Specifically, we’re interested in financial incentives for buyers of electric vehicles (EVs) and plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs), which have been offered for a while now, to encourage the adoption of more low- and zero-emissions by Australians.

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Carscoops

MAY 1, 2025

Jeep is almost ready to introduce the new generation of the Compass in Europe, but photos of the SUV have leaked online ahead of its imminent debut. The new SUV adopts a boxier stance than its predecessor with fresh styling cues and jumps into a new platform offering a choice among hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and fully electric powertrains. The photos, which seem to have originated from Brazilian website Quatrorodas , show the Compass in different configurations.

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Best Selling Cars Blog

APRIL 30, 2025

The Jetour T2 climbs to 4th position over Q1 in Kuwait. The Kuwaiti new vehicle market is up 5.5% year-on-year over Q1 to 35,394 units. As is the case in most countries in the region, Toyota (+12.3%) dominates head and shoulders with 28.9% share. Nissan (+0.

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