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Defend Technical Control STK: Defend Insurance Group expanded partner network for sale of MOT test insurance in Czechia (contract duration 2 years, for passenger vehicles up to 3.5 tonnes up to 10 years/200,000 km, claims benefit limit CZK 50,000/EUR 1,900) with used car shops such as Mama Car Prague, Autocentrum Dan a syn České Budějovice, Autocentral Pilsen, Trotina Auto Hradec Králové
March 12, 2021 | 11:19am CETflashread more
CAAM: New vehicle sales in China up by 29.5% in January (passenger cars +26.8%, commercial vehicles +43.1%)
March 12, 2021 | 11:08am CETflashread more
Coronavirus: Porsche Inter Auto (Volkswagen, Audi, SEAT, Škoda, Porsche, Bentley, Lamborghini, VW Commercial Vehicles dealer in Prague, Pilsen, Brno, Olomouc, Hradec Králové, České Budějovice, Ostrava, Opava) to introduce corporate lockdown in Czechia, completely closes headquarters and branches for week (March 15-20) leaving employees (almost 1,000 people) obligatorily at home
March 11, 2021 | 03:47pm CETflashread more
Sales of new light vehicles in USA fell in January (LMC Automotive: -3.1%; Cox Automotive: -3.7%; J.D. Power: -4.9%)
March 11, 2021 | 03:19pm CETflashread more
CAAM: New vehicle sales in China to grow by 4% to 26.3 million in 2021 (2020: 25.31 million units)
March 11, 2021 | 03:10pm CETflashread more
ACEA: New car sales in EU to grow by 10% in 2021 (to 10.93 million units, 2020: 9.94 million registrations)
March 10, 2021 | 04:36pm CETflashread more
Carent Bohemia (former Ford dealer in Prague, Czechia) is in insolvency
March 9, 2021 | 04:53pm CETflashread more
Audi Sport: Audi introduced two levels of licenses for sale of sports cars. 13 dealers certified in Czechia, of which four Audi Sport High-Performance (R8+RS) and nine Audi Sport Performance (RS; Autocentrum Barth Hradec Králové, Auto Palace Karlovy Vary, Louda Auto Pardubice, Porsche České Budějovice, Porsche Pilsen, Porsche Prague-Prosek, Porsche Prague-Smíchov, ROS Brno, Samohýl Motor Olomouc)
March 9, 2021 | 04:45pm CETflashread more
Schambeck Automotive (service provider for BMW, Rolls-Royce, Knaus Tabbert, Mann+Hummel, Edscha, Zollner) opened branch in Gotha, Germany; 7th in Europe (Germany: Oberschneiding, Döbeln; Czechia: Pilsen, Most, Strakonice; Slovakia: Bratislava). Juliane Lucas became Branch Manager
March 9, 2021 | 04:39pm CETflashread more
ČSÚ: Car prices in Czechia up by 0.6% m/m in January, by 8.2% y/y
March 9, 2021 | 04:33pm CETflashread moreBrno Industry 4.0 2021: South Moravian Industry Cluster 4.0, Brno Regional Chamber of Commerce to hold 5th conference on production digitalization, smart technologies for industry with matchmaking (B2B) meetings virtually on March 16-17. Representatives of Beneš a Lát, Siemens, Minerva to speak at event, 272 people not only from automotive companies from Czechia, Slovakia, Poland, Italy, other not only European countries confirmed participation so far
March 8, 2021 | 11:55am CETflashread more
Audi Sport: Audi delivered over 100 RS, R8 sports cars to customers in Czechia in 2020
March 8, 2021 | 11:49am CETflashread more
VDA: Car production in Germany down by 23% y/y in January, export by 19%
March 8, 2021 | 11:32am CETflashread more
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