This year’s Moscow Auto Show saw the unveiling of the latest sedan from Renault, the Latitude. Renault plans to sell this car in over 50 markets across the globe, which includes a number of Western European markets. Renault has seen some tough times in the midsize car segment and with the Latitude it hopes to regain its position at the top of this market. Renault’s share of the midsize car segment has gone down significantly and this was mainly because of the massive failure of the Passat-size Laguna. It has not even been able to hit the 50% mark in terms of sales.
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Klaus Maier is perhaps the most fortunate regional president of the Mercedes Benz group. We might as well think that he is more efficient than lucky, as in the last one and a half year he has given an astoundingly large number of sales. Extending his expertise in the regional market, Mercedes Benz has launched the C-class Estate in China recently. This car comes in two models, C200 CGI and the C300; and the two models have been priced 430,000 Yuan and 548,000 Yuan respectively. 
The Tokyo Motor Show that officially begun from October 24 is making the headlines with some of the major automakers making a few announcements and unveiling at the largest auto event of the East. Carmakers like Suzuki, Honda and Mitsubishi have shown what is in store from them already. Suzuki has three concept cars lined up which include the Alto which is a mini, a hybrid of the Swift and the latest version of the SX4-FCV, which was launched in 2008. The Swift has a battery range of 12 miles and gets its power from the 660cc engine. The SX4-FCV has the 80kW GM fuel cell stack which would soon hit the production factory. 
