Car and Van News

Record sales growth for Rolls-Royce cannot last – because its factory will run out of space.

According to the brand’s head, the luxury car maker will not be able to continue growing once capacity is reached at its factory in Goodwood, England.

The €4 billion investment in electric vehicles by the Renault-Nissan Alliance will start to pay off with the launch of the low-cost Renault ZOE.

According to the group’s CEO, Carlos Ghosn, the two brands now have the cars they need to propel electric growth.

New Chinese brand Qoros is making its debut at the Geneva Motor Show, promising cars made in China but with distinctly European roots and styling.

Qoros is a joint venture between China’s Chery Automobile and Israel Corporation, an industrial investment company founded in 1968 to attract foreign investors to help develop Israel.

Kia is like sister brand Hyundai stating it does not expect to maintain its recent phenomenal growth through 2013.

However current indications suggest that UK buyers are still very much attracted to the Korean brand.

Ford’s all-new Mondeo is on display in the Geneva show halls, but it will be at least 18 months before it reaches showrooms.

According to Ford bosses the delay, putting the car’s launch back by around a year, has been caused by the need to sort out Ford’s loss-making European operation.

Nissan’s second-generation LEAF electric car unveiled in Geneva is significantly improved over its predecessor, with a better range and the ability to halve charging times.

It also boasts a series of small but significant changes based on feedback from early customers.

Kia will reveal its pro_cee’d GT and cee’d GT at the Geneva Motor Show in March.

The hot hatch versions of the three and five-door cee’d will be the fastest production models offered by the Korean brand.