FAW-Toyota, Toyota's joint venture with China's FAW Group Corp, said it will maintain its sales target of 420,000 vehicles for 2008 despite bad first-half sales, Shanghai Securities News reported today, citing sources.

Nissan Motor Co.,Ltd., today announced its production, sales and export results for July 2008.

Dongfeng Motor said Wednesday that the terminal sales of its third-generation light truck has surpassed 10,000 units since the models were launched onto the market three months ago, and the sales are seeing a month-on-month increase, reported China Business News today.

Tianjin Qingyuan Electric Vehicle Co., Ltd. has started to export 456 electric vehicles to the United States in the first stage, the Xinhua news agency reported.

Great Wall Motor said the diesel edition of Great Wall Hover gained sales increase by 32% year on year in July, a reversal from the straight drop in the first half as diesel supply shortage gradually eased up, xinhua.net reported today.

Mazda will lower its annual sales target in China to roughly 60,000 units from the previous goal of 120,000 units set earlier this year, announced Changan Ford Mazda Automobile Co in the company’s mid-year business conference with 95 domestic Mazda dealers on August 27, reported 21st Century Business Herald today.

Shanghai, August 26 (Gasgoo.com) British luxury carmaker Bentley is expected to sell 500 cars in China this year thanks to its rising sales growth in this market, Beijing Morning news reported today, citing Zheng Biao, general manager of Bentley China.

Shanghai, August 26 (Gasgoo.com) Youngman Automobile Group Co. has announced that Wang Shunsheng will be appointed as the new general manager of Youngman Automobile Sales Co. in a conference with national dealers held in Hangzhou on August 12.

U.S. automakers are expected to report big declines in August domestic sales despite stepped-up incentives, reports the Wall Street Journal citing a report by J.D. Power & Associates

The BMW Group increased its automobile sales once again in May. 133,496 BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce vehicles were delivered to customers (prev.yr.: 128,434) in the month under review. This represents a gain of 3.9%. For the year to May, sales climbed 6.7% to reach a total of 618,731 vehicles (prev.yr.: 579,745).

Ford was the UK market leader in total vehicle sales in the month of May and for the first five months of this year, according to figures from the Society of Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. announced production, sales and export figures for April 2008.
Production Nissan’s global production in April increased 23.9% year-on-year to 296,760 units, marking an all-time record for the month of April.