Tax cuts, pandemic lift imported car sales in Korea

Imported car sales in South Korea are on track to post a record high this year, benefiting from consumption tax cuts aimed at stimulating personal s...

MBK buys $228 mn stake in China’s No. 1 car rental firm

MBK Partners has now become the second-largest shareholder in both of China’s two biggest rental car companies after purchasing a 20.86% stake...

Korean govt urged to hike diesel tax, ban fossil fuel cars by 2035

South Korea should raise its tax on diesel to match the price of gasoline and phase out internal combustion engine cars by 2035 to tackle air pollutio...

S-Oil says at least 20 more years to go for oil-powered cars

The penetration of electric and hydrogen-powered vehicles into the transportation industry will unlikely become a major threat to refiners over the ne...

Hyundai’s five-year journey to build a luxury car brand

At Hyundai Motor Co.'s brand launch event held on Nov. 4, 2015, someone made an unexpected appearance on the stage, surprising the crowd. It was curre...

Hyundai Motor unveils sustainable fashion collection from recycled car materials

Hyundai Motor Co. displayed fashion items made of discarded materials from the automotive manufacturing and scrapping process on Oct. 8, calling it a ...

Korea’s car-sharing platform becomes 12th unicorn following $42.5 mn injection

South Korea’s leading car-sharing platform Socar Inc. has become the country's 12th unicorn valued at around 1.1 trillion won after re...

Hanon Systems eyes top spot in world’s car thermal management system market

Hanon Systems Corp., a South Korean auto parts maker, said on Wednesday it aims to become the world’s top supplier of automotive thermal and ene...

Hyundai Motor, LG to unveil jointly developed future car interior concept next month

Hyundai Motor Co. and LG Electronics Inc. have jointly developed the interior concept of a future car, further consolidating their cooperation in self...

Hyundai, Santander to acquire German car rental firm for $170 mn

Spain’s Banco Santander and Hyundai Capital Services Inc. have decided to buy a controlling stake in Sixt Leasing SE, a unit of German car renta...

Hanwha Group units underwrite $240 mn debt on US car park operator

Hanwha Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. and two other financial arms of South Korea’s Hanwha Group have underwritten $240 million of a 30-year deb...

Hana Fin to buy stake in French car park company from Ardian

Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. has agreed to buy a 15% stake in France’s leading car park operator Indigo Group from Ardian through a co-investmen...

KKR makes pre-IPO investment in Korean car parts makers in $940 mn deal

Private equity firm KKR & Co. has signed an agreement to buy a stake in a South Korean automotive parts maker and acquire a copper foil unit to be...

LG Electronics collaborates with German Playmobil for figurines

LG Electronics Inc. unveiled its collaboration with the famous German toy brand Playmobil on Thursday, creating home appliance figurines. South Korean...