Reports and Studies

It also won the Economy Car of the Year award

The Ford Fiesta 1.0 EcoBoost won the 2013 Women's World Car of the Year with the Mazda CX5 and Range Rover in second and third respectively.  "Women pack powerful purchasing power, representing a huge market opportunity. The fact...

German and Asian automakers lead ranking

Market research company Millward Brown has released its annual BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands survey. Apple was ranked as the most valuable brand in the world for the third consecutive year with an estimated value of $185.1 billion, up...

Suggest a 120km/h limit on Autobahns and 80km/h limit of country roads

Debate about whether there should be an autobahn-wide speed limit in Germany has been going on for years, but the topic is flaring up again as a topic in the upcoming German election. The SPD, the country's largest opposition party, and the Gr...

California leads in number of hybrids

The Diesel Technology Forum has released its study of diesel and hybrid car sales between 2010 and 2012, and it found that while car sales in the US are up 2.75% in that time, diesel vehicle sales are up 24.34%, and hybrid sales are up 33.58%. Gas...

Best sales month of the year so far

There is a little good news and a lot of bad news for March sales according to the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) sales. Sales hit a record high for the year so far of 1,307,107 units in March, but that is 10.2% lower th...

Ford claimed three spots in the top ten

The R.L. Polk & Co. has completed its annual survey of the top selling automotive nameplates. For 2012, Ford led the list and scored not only the bestselling car world wide, the Focus, but also had the most cars on the list.  There is...

Report indexes the 59 worst major cities in the US for traffic congestion

Navigation company Tomtom has been allowing owners of its GPS units to opt into sharing their driving data since 2011 and published its first congestion index in the first quarter of 2012. It just released its survey for all of 2012 and found that...

Performance, green and design awards also handed out.

The seventh generation Volkswagen Golf has won the World Car of the Year 2013 award.  "We at Volkswagen are all delighted that the Golf has been named ‘World Car of the Year’.  To win this award again shows that the ...

Awards include World Car, World Performance Car, World Green Car and World Car Design awards

The finalists for the World Car of the Year awards have been announced. The award winners will be announced at the New York International Auto Show on March 28. The awards consist of the World Car of the Year, World Performance Car, World Gre...

It has more than double the points than the second place car

The Volkswagen Golf has been voted the 2013 Car of the Year with 414 points from the award's voters. It had more than double the points of the Toyota GT-86 and Subaru BRZ in second place with 202 points. The Volvo V40 came in third with 189 po...