Not exact matches
«After years of claiming the OPEL business was critical to the company's
global platform strategy in
small cars and diesel engines (while suffering billions on losses), the company surprised the
market with its decision to completely exit,» wrote Jonas.
With an SUV - shaped profile, plastic cladding around the wheel arches and bumpers, low ride height it's appearance is very much a crossover between a
small estate and a SUV — like the Mercedes GLA — and designed with the
global market in its mind, could be revealed in teaser form, or debut as a concept
car in the next Motor Show's, like LA Auto Show (November) or Detroit (January 2016).
In fact, the C - segment is so big that except Toyota, everyone
global car maker is here to pluck a
small pie of the
market.
«We're evolving our successful One Ford strategy to find new ways to create a sporty - looking
small car our customers will love,» says Ford President of
Global Markets Jim Farley.
According to the Dongfeng - Honda, the new model was designed as a
global car with a mass - production future and so will likely appear on the international stage as a
smaller alternative to the Honda Odyssey minivan in certain
markets.
In fact, because
small cars are now the fastest growing segment within the
global luxury
car market, led by sedan - favouring countries like North America and China, Audi expects the new sedan to account for more than half of all sales of the A3, which already generates over 20 per cent of its revenue.
Mitsubishi will show a concept for a new
small car that will be built in Thailand starting in March 2012 for export to
global markets.
Jorg Prigl, the man in charge of
small cars for Mercedes - Benz told us the CLA is a completely new idea, «something fresh for the
market, a
global expansion to our profile.
So it's keenly aware that
global growth in vehicle sales comes from
markets that buy
smaller and different kinds of
cars.