Volkswagen UK managing director and Australian native Andrew Savvas has raised more than £15,000 to help fight the bushfires in the country. He has had a kangaroo tattooed onto each ankle. Savvas said: “I have chosen to support WWF Australia, helping provide emergency funds to care for our injured wildlife, and when the fires clear, [...]

Peter Hope has been appointed marketing director of Vauxhall Motors. He replaces Patrick Fourniol, who has been promoted to worldwide marketing director, Opel-Vauxhall. Stephen Norman, managing director, Vauxhall Motors, said: “I am delighted to welcome Peter to his new role. He has played an invaluable part in the development of the British brand since 1903 [...]

Kia Motors has achieved annual sales of more than half a million cars in Europe for the first time. This is according to new data released by the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA). Kia’s total annual sales of 502,845 units in Europe represents a sales increase of 1.7 per cent, and the brand’s 11th consecutive [...]

Despite shrinking overall markets, the Volkswagen Group grew its worldwide deliveries by 1.3 per cent to 10,974,600 vehicles in 2019. Market shares were expanded in all regions, in some cases significantly. Volume growth was achieved in Europe (+3.9 per cent) and South America (+3.2 per cent) while there were slight falls in North America (-0.5 [...]

Volvo Cars is working with a leading Chinese telecom provider to develop 5G and vehicle-to-everything (V2X) technology. It has agreed with China Unicom to work together in researching, developing and testing new automotive applications in areas such as safety, sustainability, customer convenience and autonomous driving. Henrik Green, chief technology officer at Volvo Cars, said: “Volvo [...]