• Ford sales spike in China

    • February 9, 2016
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: Industry News
    Ford has reported record sales in China for the first month of 2016, with sales jumping 36% compared to January 2015. It sold 130,832 vehicles last month, with strong sales in Escorts, Mondeos and Ford’s sport utility fleet driving the increase. Changan Ford Automobile, Ford’s passenger car joint venture, also achieved records figures with 111,856 [...]
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  • India: all change for ARAI

    • February 8, 2016
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: Industry News
    The Times of India reports that the Pune based Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) intends to foray into other business sectors once all the centres under the centrally-funded National Automotive Testing and R&D Infrastructure Project (NATRiP) become fully operational. A total of seven centres will be set up across the country under NATRiP. Some [...]
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  • Sun shines on IBIS Middle East

    • February 5, 2016
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: IBIS News
    Nearly 200 delegates from around the region attended the third IBIS Middle East in Dubai on Wednesday, when industry leaders delivered a vast range of presentations touching on key topics such as technology, telematics, skills shortages and the move towards standardisation in the collision repair sector. Supported by headline partners AkzoNobel and Audatex, and partners [...]
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  • Global influencers join IBIS agenda

    • February 4, 2016
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: IBIS News
    The line-up for the IBIS Global Summit 2016 is almost complete with some major global names joining the list of impressive speakers. US based, Bradley Mewes – a self-confessed business geek and corporate finance expert – will provide an update on the latest consolidation moves within the collision repair market. One of the hottest topics [...]
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  • Majority comfortable with driverless cars

    • February 3, 2016
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: Industry News
    A survey from LeasePlan has revealed that the UK public (78%) are the fourth most comfortable with being a passenger in driverless cars behind Denmark (83%), the Netherlands (83%) and Germany (81%). Sixteen per cent of UK respondents were completely fine with being a passenger and 62% said they would feel nervous but still try [...]
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