VW tightens belt after global sales drop
Though Volkswagen is tightening its belt and reassessing the validity of some projects in the wake of a drastic sales drop triggered by COVID-19, development of the all-electric ID3 won’t be affected.
First look at Hyundai N-line sedan
Hyundai has revealed the first images of its all-new i30 Sedan N-Line. In other markets the model is known as the Elantra sedan.
Tiguan hits the 6 million mark
Production of Volkswagen’s Tiguan compact SUV has broken the six million mark and the car was the company’s biggest seller globally in 2019. VW built 910,926 Tiguans in 2019 and the model is sold in 80% of the countries on earth.
VW to restart production from next week
Volkswagen will resume building cars at its Slovakian factories next Monday. Factories in Germany, Portugal, Spain, Russia and the USA will restart from the following week. Production will resume progressively in South Africa, Argentina, Brazil and Mexico.
Making masks not so easy
Is switching from making cars to making face masks to help the fight against the spread of COVID-19 easy? No says Toyota’s president, Akio Toyoda, whose company is using some of its idle industrial capacity to make COVID-fighting equipment.
Mazda hits the dot with new SUVs
Mazda’s about-to-be-released CX-30 compact crossover SUV has been recognised in the Red Dot: Product Design 2020 Awards. Also picking up a gong was its EV counterpart, the MX-30, Mazda’s first all-electric production car.
Ferrari postpones production restart
Ferrari has postponed reopening its factories until May 3, on advice from the Italian government. It had planned to restart production this week. All work that employees can do from home will continue, and Ferrari will keep paying workers who can’t do that.
View Citroen history during the lockdown
Citroen is expanding its online virtual museum, Citroen Origins, with archive footage from France’s national audio visual institute to keep fans entertained during the COVID-19 lockdown. Viewers can access the footage through the vintage records section of the Citroen Origins website.
Boulevard cruisers to tarmac tearaways
US luxury carmaker Cadillac says its V-Series sub-brand will expand to include ultra-performance Blackwing variants.
Toyoda makes call to action for Japan’s auto industry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQnC1jlF4OA Toyota chief executive and Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA) chairman Akio Toyoda has a three-point plan to keep his country’s automotive industry working during the COVID-19 pandemic and prepared for a full return to production.