Patience Runs Low on Toyota's Acceleration Issue
21 May 2010, 15:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Despite all the talk about fixing quality issues and getting to the bottom of the unintended acceleration which caused the biggest recall in Toyota's history, little has been actually done to s...
US Preps 2017 Fuel and Emissions Standard
21 May 2010, 14:42 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / With the ink on the newly approved fuel consumption and emission standards still wet, President Barack Obama has reportedly asked the government to begin preparing fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas...
Head of Mercedes-Benz Powertrain Retires
21 May 2010, 14:28 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / German carmaker Mercedes-Benz announced today the end of a 32 career within the company of Volker Stauch, head of Powertrain Operations Mercedes-Benz Cars and head of the Unterturkheim plant. Th...
car2go for Public Use in Austin, Texas
21 May 2010, 14:42 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Car sharing company car2go is on a roll this days in Austin, Texas. After yesterday the company announced it will sponsor Eco Series and revealed it has received the EPA Clean Air Excellence Award, ...
Rossi Tops First Practice Session in French GP
21 May 2010, 14:13 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Valentino Rossi made a clear statement that he wants to get back into winning form in the MotoGP championship this weekend, by setting the fastest time of the first practice session of the French Gr...
Opel, Employees Reach Agreement
21 May 2010, 14:06 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After almost a year of uncertainty and struggle, German carmaker Opel announced today it has reached a tentative agreement with employee representatives for the approval of the so called Plan for th...
TechArt Puts Its Mark on the New Porsche Cayenne
21 May 2010, 14:09 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / German aftermarket specialist TechArt has unveiled the first of several new upgrades for the second generation of the Porsche Cayenne. The tuner’s specialists have focused on the SUV’s l...
Mitsubishi i-MiEV Begins Sales in Hong Kong
21 May 2010, 13:48 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Mitsubishi's new-generation i-MiEV electric vehicle has begun retailing to individuals in Hong Kong this week after several vehicles were delivered to the government of the Hong Kong Special Ad...
Raikkonen Confirms Entry in Rally Lanterna
21 May 2010, 13:11 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Kimi Raikkonen has spent quite some time outside WRC action in recent weeks, as his programme in the championship this season did not include the Rally New Zealand outing a few weekends ago. Consequ...
Vauxhall Releases Corsa Black & White Limited Edition
21 May 2010, 13:03 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / Vauxhall has released the new Black & White Limited Edition for the Corsa supermini in the UK. The special trim includes glacier white paintjob, a contrasting sapphire black roof and 17-inch twi...
Ferrari Boss Believes New Teams Belong to GP2
21 May 2010, 12:33 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Ferrari's chairman Luca di Montezemolo once again reiterated his belief that all of this year's new-coming F1 teams don't deserve the privilege to compete side by side with the oldest...
Moody's Ups Ford's Debt Rating
21 May 2010, 12:33 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Taking into account the projected earnings and financial performance of American manufacturer Ford, rating agency Moody's Investors Service increased the carmaker's ratings. Moody's b...
Mercedes GP Scored Quickest Pit Stops in 2010
21 May 2010, 10:55 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / With the refueling ban introduced in the Formula One championship as of this season, it was pretty obvious that pit stop times will drop dramatically for 2010. However, even if some teams had announ...
Volkswagen Official Denies Polo R Plans
21 May 2010, 10:57 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / A Volkswagen official said that the company is unlikely to build an R version of the Polo supermini, since it would interfere with the future Audi S1, already in development. “I would say t...
Williams Wants Renault Engine Deal for 2011
21 May 2010, 10:21 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The great success recorded by Renault in this year's championship – with Red Bull Racing clearly dominating the pack and Renault F1 scoring some consistently strong performances in the se...
Subaru Introduced a New Website for the UK
21 May 2010, 10:07 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Subaru has made another step in the online environment, as the company’s UK division has a new website, which is the first car manufacturer in Britain to offer video content compatible with iP...
One-off Corvette Z06 Celebrates Factory Team's 50th Le Mans Anniversary
21 May 2010, 10:05 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / Chevrolet will build a special 2011 Corvette Z06 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Corvette’s first appearance at Le Mans 24 Hours race. The one-off Corvette has the number plaque VIN 0001 ...
Toyota Quality Officers Fly to Japan
21 May 2010, 10:13 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As announced at the end of April, when Toyota's newly formed North American Quality Advisory Panel became complete, the seven members of the quality supervisory body will go to Japan to continu...
Kia Vehicles Reach the 2010 FIFA World Cup
21 May 2010, 09:24 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Kia Motors, the Official Automotive Partner of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa, has recently offered the tournament organizers a fleet of over 200 vehicles at a handover ceremony held at the So...
EPA Awards car2go for Air Quality Improvement Efforts
21 May 2010, 10:17 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Daimler’s car sharing program car2go was recently honored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with the 2010 EPA Clean Air Excellence Award in the category of Transportation Effic...