
- Top-line 20Z grade even sportier; fuel economy gauge added as standard equipment on most model grades -
HIROSHIMA, Japan—Mazda Motor Corporation has announced upgrades to its Premacy (known as the Mazda5 in overseas markets) compact minivan in Japan. Popular due to its sporty styling and driving performance, the freshened Premacy goes on sale today at all Mazda, Mazda Anfini and Mazda Autozam dealerships nationwide. Manufacturer’s suggested retail prices (including sales tax) for front-wheel drive (FWD) models range from 1,820,000 to 2,195,000 yen.
Since its debut in 1999, the Mazda Premacy compact minivan has earned plaudits for its efficient seven-seat packaging, outstanding driving performance and sporty styling. Ten years later, the Premacy is currently sold in over 60 countries and has become Mazda’s best-selling minivan*1, with total global sales surpassing 710,000… Read the rest of this entry

SHANGHAI (AP) — General Motors Corp. said Wednesday that sales in China jumped 38 percent in the first half of this year, helped by strong demand for minivans and other small vehicles.
Strong growth in China and other emerging markets is crucial for GM’s recovery as it works to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. While GM has slashed jobs and closed factories in the U.S., it is still expanding in China.
GM sold more than 100,000 vehicles a month in China in January-June for a total of 814,442, a record for any half-year, the company said in a statement. That compares with sales of 1,094,561 GM vehicles in China for all of 2008.
The increase in sales was helped by stimulus policies, such as subsidies for replacement vehicles, and by strong growth in inland cities that have lagged behind China’s wealthier coastal areas.
China’s total passenger car… Read the rest of this entry

Unbelieving that Nissan will set up for 1.0 Litre entry model just only 870,000 – 890,000 Yen compare to Pino Model 660 cc begin at 860,000 Yen.
Nissan could be cut pricing on them because They move to produce at Thailand by A-platform Project and then may be discontinue Pino Sales.
The next March model to be cheapest price of Non-Mini segment.

James Bond screeches around hairpin bends in them with a beautiful woman at his side, while they are the car of choice for European royalty in which to parade themselves around the Continent’s more opulent capitals.
Now, at last, the opportunity to pop out to the supermarket behind the wheel of an Aston Martin will be opened to the more conventional motorist.
The Aston Martin Cygnet — a new “luxury commuter concept” car, according to its marketeers — is to be built on the base of Toyota’s existing iQ city car and is likely to be available for less than 20,000.
“Small is beautiful these days,” Ulrich Bez, Aston Martin’s chief executive, said yesterday. “We have to move on from the preconceived ideas regarding what Aston Martin is about.”
What the company has been about is high-end performance cars that sell for upwards of 100,000. Even its wristwatches… Read the rest of this entry

NEW CITRON C3 – VISIODRIVE
Beautiful, young, intelligent. The new C3 by Citron. Coming out in November 2009, the new Citron C3 has a strong ambition: to replace a bestseller that has sold more than 2 million units. “This is a major renewal for the Marque and gives us the wherewithal to achieve our target of increasing market share even more, among both individual and corporate customers,” says Frdric Banzet, Managing Director of Citron.
The winning formula: take the best of the C3 and make it even better. The new C3 is packed with seductive
features: tauter styling, high-class trim, intelligent architecture creating exceptional interior space in what is still one of the most compact vehicles on the market, and superior on-board comfort and road handling, both in the city
and on the open road. With the most advanced features in the segment, the new Citron… Read the rest of this entry