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Car sales in Slovakia fell by 40.6% in June, by 32.9% in H1

July 12, 2010 | 01:37am CEToriginal
The decline is caused by a high comparative base of the last year, affected by the scrap bonus. Light commercial vehicles and individual brands...
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Sales of new cars up to 3.5 tons rose by 14.5% in Czech Rep in June, by 3% in H1

July 9, 2010 | 05:04am CEToriginal
June was marked by the end of the depreciation exceptions. Results in other categories, comparison with the years 2004-2009, the outlook for 2010...
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Carmakers in Czech Rep want government to support sales of green cars

June 24, 2010 | 03:53am CEToriginal
They suggest, first, subsidies for the purchase of new cars, or restriction of entry to city centres for non-ecological cars. The SAP already sent a proposal to the MPO...
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Fleming (Ford of Europe): Cause of aggressive price cuts in cars on market is excess production capacity

June 24, 2010 | 02:58am CEToriginal
Capacity in Europe, of which 35% are unused, must be reduced, according to Fleming. Car sales in Europe should stagnate in Europe in 2010, according to Ford…
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CKP: Nonpayers of damage liability paid CZK 100 million to guarantee fund since 2010

June 24, 2010 | 02:48am CEToriginal
That is more than for the full year 2009, when CKP collected CZK 65 million. Sanctions have had a positive impact on reducing the number of uninsured vehicles and uninsured damages...
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Senators in Czech Rep want to reduce obligations of carmakers regarding processing of car wrecks

June 22, 2010 | 01:32am CEToriginal
Carmakers would not have to provide some internal information to wreck processors. More suggestions...
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SDA: Cars of grey, red, blue, black and white colour sold in Czech Rep most often

June 16, 2010 | 01:20am CEToriginal
When choosing a new car, silver, brown and green are also popular. Regarding light commercial vehicles, the predominant colour is…
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Sales of passenger cars in Europe fell by 9.3% in May, rising slightly without Germany

June 16, 2010 | 12:55am CEToriginal
Sales have been recording an annual increase of 1.9% for the first five months. Outlook of the PSA head Philippe Varin for the full year 2010...
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SDA: Greenest cars in Czech Rep sold by Smart, Fiat, Toyota, Mini and Chevrolet

June 15, 2010 | 03:50am CEToriginal
Skoda, Kia, Ford, Hyundai, Opel, Peugeot and Seat are still above average CO2 emissions of 151 g/km. For light commercial vehicles...
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Car Importers Association began to publish statistics on sales by CO2 emissions and body colour

June 14, 2010 | 02:34am CEToriginal
The statistics are available for passenger cars and light commercial vehicles. Customer preferences in the Czech Republic are divided into 14 categories of colours...
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Vehicles for Sustainable Mobility: New technology platform for future of automotive industry in Czech Rep

June 14, 2010 | 02:05am CEToriginal
The project was developed by the SAP, CzechInvest approved it in the spring and assigned a subsidy. Timetable, objectives, vision, possible outcomes...
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Financing of cars under 3.5 t in Czech Rep down by 5.5% in Q1, up by 4.8% for new cars only

June 11, 2010 | 01:02am CEToriginal
The company Credium did better than the whole market when its growth reached 5.7%, or 13.6%. Share of credit financing and new cooperation with Isuzu...
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BRNO: SAP: Production of motor vehicles in Czech Rep to grow by 3.3% in 2010

June 9, 2010 | 04:13am CEToriginal
Expected trend of production in individual segments: passenger cars, light commercial vehicles, trucks, buses, motorcycles, trailers...
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Pace of decline in car sales in Slovakia slowed down in May

June 9, 2010 | 03:37am CEToriginal
Demand fell by more than 40% in May, the reason has still been the high comparative base influenced by scrap bonus. Individual brands, outlook...
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Automotive Industry Association acquired accreditation for AutoAdapt program at second attempt

June 9, 2010 | 12:20am CEToriginal
However, subsidies for this project aimed at enhancing the adaptability of workers in the automobile industry were reduced by 25% to...
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BRNO: Profits of Czech automobile industry decreased by 59% in 2009

June 8, 2010 | 01:59am CEToriginal
The average value added per worker, however, increased by 30.4%. Additional information resulting from the competition of Enterprise of 2009...
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BRNO: Jahn (SAP): Production of motor vehicles in Czech Rep to exceed limit of 1 million in 2010

June 8, 2010 | 12:30am CEToriginal
Detailed results of the Czech automotive industry in 2009, SAP requirements for the new government...
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Sales of cars up to 3.5 tons rose by 11.5% in Czech Rep in May, by 0.4% for five months

June 4, 2010 | 01:18am CEToriginal
Individual results of the categories of passenger cars, light commercial vehicles, trucks and buses...
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Czech Rep moved among world's car makers from 19th at 13th place in 2009

June 2, 2010 | 01:34am CEToriginal
Development of production in separate emerging markets and developed countries and regions, potential and investments in CEE, production moving from Western to Eastern Europe...
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Nehodova sluzba accused Czech insurance companies of overcharging damage liability

May 27, 2010 | 04:34am CEToriginal
Those are allegedly higher than in Germany but lower than in Austria. The difference between the selected insurance companies and benefits paid...
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Erika Duchanova from UniCredit Leasing became new chairwoman of CLFA media committee

May 27, 2010 | 04:17am CEToriginal
Duchanova has been a member of the media committee for several years. She has replaced Bela Jaskova in office, who…
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Demand for green cars in Czech Rep still low, CNG not enforced strongly

May 26, 2010 | 02:50am CEToriginal
The Car Importers Association (SDA) is thus preparing a support system for green cars. Sales of individual models in 2009...
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Car financing in Czech Rep fell by 6.7% in Q1, Toyota Financial Services and Arval being movers of the year

May 21, 2010 | 03:18am CEToriginal
There were also other companies growing, namely SkoFIN, UniCredit Leasing, Credium and ALD Automotive. Changes in the Top 10 ranking, changes in the volume of financing, the reasons...
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Car sales in Europe down by 7.4% in April, first time in 10 months

May 17, 2010 | 11:38pm CEToriginal
The reason is the influence of scrap bonus and continuing difficult economic conditions. For the first four months, however, sales rose by 4.8%...
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Single contest for title Car of the Year to be back in Czech Rep again as of 2012

May 14, 2010 | 01:20am CEToriginal
The system of elections of the Auto roku should be consistent in the Czech Republic with the current system of the poll organized by the KMN, which is based on the Car of the Year...
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