Spain

Scrappage program helps to boost Spain car sales 15%

Aug. 1, 2013 13:01 CET

Spanish car sales increased 15 percent in July, boosted by a government scrappage scheme for the purchase of new vehicles.... Read More »

Spain will extend car scrappage scheme

July 19, 2013 15:39 CET

The Spanish government will extend a scrappage scheme that subsidizes purchases of new cars. The subsidies have tempered the fall in sales in the recession-hit country... Read More »

GM will add Mokka production in Spain

July 10, 2013 15:20 CET

General Motors will transfer some production of the Opel/Vauxhall Mokka to Spain from Korea in a move that will help GM's struggling European operations.... Read More »

Sales declines slowed in Italy, Spain and France in June

July 2, 2013 10:00 CET

The decline in Italian, Spanish and French car sales slowed in June, raising hopes that the bottom of the slump in the crisis-hit European market could be close. The region's car market is nearing a two-decade low after five continuous years of contraction.... Read More »

GM mulls moving Opel Mokka production to Spain from Korea, report says

June 11, 2013 09:03 CET

General Motors is considering moving part of the current production of the Opel Mokka to Spain from Korea, a German newspaper reported, citing sources within the U.S. carmaker. Opel said earlier this year that it plans to build the next-generation Mokka in Europe and not in Korea.... Read More »