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It is considering adding an SUV to its lineup

Rolls-Royce sold 3,630 cars in 2013, the highest in its history, and its fourth consecutive year of record sales. It opened 15 new dealers worldwide in 2013 and now has 120 worldwide. “I stated at the beginning of last year that I wished...

Mercedes-Benz Cars sold over 1.56 million in 2013

Mercedes-Benz Cars sold 1,562,472 cars in 2013, up 9.7% from 2012. The Mercedes-Benz brand alone set a new sales record of 1,461,680 cars, up 10.7%, and Smart sold 100,792, down 2.8%. “We look back on the best year of the Mercedes-Benz b...

It had set the 1.5 million goal to be reached in 2015

Audi sold 1,575,500 cars in 2013, up 8.3% from the previous year, and it had its best sales in its history in over 40 markets, including the UK. “We set an important milestone for Audi in the past year: We achieved our intermediate strat...

The Macan is predicted to sell 50,000 cars a year

Porsche sales reached record levels in 2013 with 162,145 sales, up 15%. It is the first time that Porsche has ever sold over 162,000 cars in a calendar year. “We are looking ahead to the coming months with optimism and are anticipating n...

Mulally says that he has not plan to leave Ford

Ford CEO Alan Mulally denies that he will take the CEO position at Microsoft, despite months of speculation that he would take the soon-to-be-open job. "I would like to end the Microsoft speculation because I have no other plans to do any...

All of its models had sales gains

Bentley posted its best sales in the brand’s 95-year history in 2013 with 10,120 cars sold, up 19% from the previous year. Bentley now sells its cars in 54 countries worldwide in 193 dealers. “We continue to win new customers and w...

It leads the category for the first time in nine years

Mercedes-Benz is the top premium automaker in the US for the first time since 1999. Mercedes sold 312,534 cars in the 2013 calendar year in the US, up 14% from the previous year. Its nearest competitor was BMW with 309,280 sales, up 9.9% from the ...

The Italian government and unions worry that it could affect jobs

Fiat is considering moving its group headquarters to the United States and listing its shares there following its purchase of Chrysler. The move would likely come in 2015 after Fiat officially completes its merger with Chrysler and organizes the n...

Fiat will likely build some Chrysler models in Italy

One day after the announcement that Fiat had bought the rest of the shares of Chrysler, the Italian automaker is already reaping the rewards. Fiat’s stock on the Italian exchange grew 16.4% on the day of the announcement, the highest since A...

It may also struggle in Japan because of higher sales tax

Toyota briefly held the position as the world’s largest automaker before the global economic recession and tsunami in Southeast Asia caused a significant drop in sales. While it has mostly rebounded since then, Toyota is still struggling in ...