General Motors and its joint ventures sold 184,498 vehicles in in February, setting a new record for the month. Shanghai GM had all-time February domestic sales of 78,207 vehicles, with year-on-year growth of 34.4%, says the US-based car maker said. Buick sales rose 45.9% on an annual basis to 40,250 units. Several Buick products had record February sales, including the New Regal and new LaCROSSE upper-medium sedans and Excelle passenger car family.

Chevrolet sales in rose 5.7% on an annual basis to 42,358 units in February. The Cruze lower-medium sedan, Chevrolet’s …

Chevrolet Volt, the award-winning electric car with extended-range capability, will be offered for a price of Euro 41,950 (including VAT) in Germany. Chevrolet has announced it at the Geneva Motor Show 2011. Apart from offering all safety features, Chevrolet Volt brings more cheers for the customers with an unprecedented standard eight-year/160,000 km warranty as US customers on the Voltec powertrain and the advanced lithium-ion battery. It is the automotive industry’s longest, most comprehensive battery warranty for an electric vehicle. The car maker says that Volt may carry similar price tag, …

Land Rover has made the maiden presentation of Range_e, a model that is equipped with an advanced plug-in hybrid diesel-electric powertrain, at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show, acknowledging the car maker’s resolve to roll out fuel efficient and low-emission vehicles in the world market.

Suzuki Motor Corporation will be exhibiting a new concept car named the SWIFT S-CONCEPT at the 81st Geneva International Motor Show, which is scheduled to take place from March 3 to 13. The SWIFT S-CONCEPT is based on the new Swift, which Suzuki began marketing in Europe in the autumn of 2010.

A “more sporty and exciting” design theme is reflected by a look in which sportiness has been added to the Swift’s stylish design. In line with Suzuki’s brand philosophy of delivering excitement, the overall development concept was to create …

Jaguar will launch its most potent series production car ever, the all-new XKR-S, at the Geneva motorshow on March 1. The XKR-S produces 550PS and 680Nm of torque, enough power to offer a top speed of 186mph (300km/h). Its performance credentials speak for themselves: 0-60mph takes 4.2 seconds, with 0-100mph dismissed in just 8.6 seconds.

Toyota Motor unveiled two more Prius models at the 2011 North American International Auto Show. The current third-generation Prius and Prius Plug-in Hybrid Vehicle (PHV), the new Prius v midsize hybrid-electric vehicle and the Prius c Concept vehicle joined the iconic hybrid brand, broadening the appeal of Prius to all ages and lifestyles.

The Honda All-New 2012 Civic Si Coupe and Civic Concept sedan are making world debuts at the North American International Auto Show, providing the first official glimpse at the styling direction of the all-new, ninth-generation 2012 model set to go on sale this spring, the company announced.

General Motors Corp’s (GM) all-new 2012 Buick Verano compact luxury sedan, the brand’s third new model in the past two years and first in the compact luxury segment to be launched at the North American International Auto Show.

Since the launch of the first-generation in 1999, Toyota Motors unveiled its redesigned compact hatchback ‘Vitz’ at a press preview in Tokyo on Wednesday by Toyota president Akio Toyoda. The new Vitz, which will retail at $12,700 (Rs 5.7 lakh) in Japan.

Honda is planning to launch its newly developed compact car, BRIO, for Asian markets in India and Thailand in 2011. Honda conducted the world premiere of a prototype of BRIO at the Thailand International Motor Expo.
Honda is developing BRIO prototype as a commuter vehicle which is easy-to-use even in urban areas and adopts an easy-to-handle compact body (length 3,610mm x width 1,680mm x height 1,475 mm), says the company.  Honda ensures enough cabin space achieved by highly efficient packaging in the hatchback BRIO. With this vehicle, Honda thoroughly pursued the …