Despite the rising costs, higher loan interests and slow economic growth, Indonesia’s automotive industry is expected to experience a decent growth in 2014, largely due to the LCGC programme that continues to drive the industry by opening up the low-to-medium income market.
The Datsun brand faded into memory in 1981 after selling 20 million cars. Now, it’s back, baby! (Read also Datsun Returns). Rising from the ashes first in India, the Datsun made its much anticipated comeback with the launch of the Datsun GO in March this year. In the short time since, the model has reportedly garnered sales of 5000 units in the Indian market. In April 2014, Nissan achieved a 328% year-on-year improvement that is equivalent to 5031 vehicles, of which 2071 units were the Datsun GO.
Guest contributor, LILY, goes on a flight of fancy and implores others, especially automotive engineers, to join in.
Guest writer, Lily, fantasises of an inter-industry merger that could drastically reduce car prices and fuel consumption.
Infotainment and communication technologies are proliferating the car industry. As connected cars become a given, instead of just an added feature, the safety of using such features while driving comes into question. In a recent survey conducted by the National Safety Council in the US, 80% of drivers believe that using hands-free devices are safer than handheld ones; 53% believe that hands-free devices integrated into the vehicle must be safe to use. In this case, the majority is quite likely…WRONG!
Automology’s guest writer, MAC, was watching the Shanghai F1 race from his favourite armchair (at home), when he notice something unusual…
For those of you paying attention during the Shanghai Formula One race over the last weekend, you may have noticed something a little different on one of the cars. The Renault logo was prominently displayed in Chinese characters on the Lotus cars (Renault supplies the engines to Lotus). So we must assume that Renault was hoping that F1 would give the French automaker a much needed boost ahead of the opening of its joint venture plant in Wuhan by 2016.