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Kia appoints Oliver Samson and Seungmo Lim as heads of Global Design Centres in Europe, China | Autocar Professional

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Kia Corporation has announced the appointment of new senior chief designers Oliver Samson and Seungmo Lim as respective heads of its Europe and China Design Centers, effective April 1. I’ve always admired Kia for its talented and forward-thinking global design team,” said Samson.

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Euro Big 5 auto markets up 8.6% in April, SUVs continue to dominate; shift in segment shares

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Led by strong growth in Spain and Italy, new car registrations in Europe’s Big 5 markets grew by 8.6% million, April produced further gains across the top five European markets with SUVs driving higher volume and counting for 24.4% The appeal of SUVs continues to gain further momentum at the expense of more traditional models.

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Tesla Model 3 Europe’s best-selling pure EV in February in its first full month on the market

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This was due to an 8% increase in registrations in Germany, which helped to offset double-digit falls in Italy, France, Spain and the UK. SUVs, vans and sports cars were the only segments to grow during the month, as compact and midsize cars, and MPVs recorded large drops.

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JATO: electrified vehicles 13% of new car reg in Europe in January 2020; electrified vehicles only growth-driver

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Among the big markets, electrified vehicles counted for almost 19% in France, 14% in the UK, 12% in Spain, 10% in Germany and 8% in Italy. Meanwhile, despite a slight decrease in total registrations SUVs did manage to increase market share due to the drop in overall vehicle sales in January. SUVs continue to gain traction.

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JATO: US demand for pickups remains strong despite price increases

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million), and Italy (17 million). This is such a strong performance, that if the F-150 were its own brand, it would have been the 9 th best-seller, slotting between Kia and Subaru (5.4 In comparison, over the same period, the best-selling body type—SUV—saw an increase of just 16.4%. million), Canada (17.8

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Europe January 2021

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And the surprises do not ended there, as the Kia Niro EV won the last place of the podium, although the 3,123 units weren't enough to beat the #2 Renault Zoe, that lost the leadership race by a mere 23 units, while the VW ID.3, reached the 4th place last month. 3, said to be the favorite candidate to win the 2021 title, was only 5th.

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Lamborghini aims to reduce emissions 40% per car by 2030 en route to electric Urus successor

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To do so, Lamborghini says it will reel back emissions throughout its entire value chain, from vehicle production to supply chain and logistics, all the way through the whole life cycle of each of its new vehicles off the line in Italy. Looking ahead to the rest of the decade, it appears we will finally see some electric Lamborghini models.