Headlines for Wednesday, February 6, 2013

UK car sales buck Europe downturn with 11.5% rise in January

New-car registrations in the UK rose 11.5 percent to 143,643 in January as the market continued to buck the downward trend in other key European markets. Read More »

Pininfarina honors former CEO with Geneva concept

Pininfarina has created a concept car named Sergio to pay tribute to the company's longtime CEO Sergio Pininfarina. The car will be unveiled at next month's Geneva auto show. Read More »

BMW quits industry group testing safety of new refrigerant

BMW stepped down from its role in an automotive industry research program investigating the safety of a potential new air conditioning refrigerant, disagreeing with the test methods employed. Read More »

Audi sales rise 16% in January on robust China, Europe growth

Audi's global sales rose 16.3 percent to 111,750 in January, boosted by strong growth in China and Europe, the carmaker said on Wednesday. Read More »

VW's Piech says automaker may add a 13th brand

Volkswagen Chairman Ferdinand Piech indicated that the automaker plans to add at least one brand to the current lineup as part of a strategy to claim the industry's top spot by 2018. Read More »

U.S., China boost Mercedes' January sales

Global sales at Mercedes-Benz Cars unit rose 8.1 percent to 102,180 in January as the United States and China helped lift demand. Read More »

Germans A-OK in the USA

German automakers expect to partially offset Europe's sales slump with another year of double-digit volume gains in the hot U.S. market. “We expect to grow by about 10 percent this year,” Mercedes-Benz USA CEO Steve Cannon told Automotive News Europe Read More »

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