TRW Automotive to Produce Airbag Inflators in China
19 Mar 2010, 15:44 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Following a recent partnership with Xi'an Dong Fang Group, TRW Asia Pacific will set up an airbag inflator and seat belt pretensioner manufacturing facility in Xi'an, Shanxi Province, Chin...
FIA Allows Renault to Work on F1 Engine
19 Mar 2010, 15:50 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Renault and Red Bull Racing have just received some great news prior to the start of the Australian Grand Prix two weekends from now. According to British publication Autosport, it seems the French ...
Toyota Asks to Meet US Officials Regarding Recalls
19 Mar 2010, 15:44 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Toyota seems to be followed by bad luck at every step. According to Reuters, the Japanese car manufacturer said it wanted to meet U.S. officials to discuss an early-stage investigation of the stalli...
Daimler Keeps Its Stake in EADS
19 Mar 2010, 15:44 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Following a meeting at Germany’s Federal Chancellery on March 16, German group Daimler and a consortium of investors decided for the carmaker to continue to maintain its 22.5 percent voting ri...
Motorland Aragon Replaces Balatonring in the 2010 MotoGP Calendar
19 Mar 2010, 15:24 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Hungary will not host a race in the 2010 MotoGP Championship, as it has emerged that the Balatonring circuit has been replaced by Motorland Aragon circuit for the 14th round of the championship. ...
Mopar and Rich Evans to Customize a Dodge Challenger
19 Mar 2010, 15:40 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The automobile parts and service arm of Chrysler Group, Mopar, will team up with custom-car builder Rich Evans to customize a Dodge Challenger for the 2010 Specialty Equipment Market Association (SE...
First Lotus Evora Hits the States
19 Mar 2010, 15:08 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / North America met its first Lotus Evora this week, after the car was brought into the US by Lotus of Austin, to be handed over to its new owner, Austin-area resident Bruce Rice. The event was of sig...
Historic Motorsport Proves Popular in the UK
19 Mar 2010, 15:05 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / It seems that British nostalgic motorsport enthusiasts are becoming more active, as this year’s Race Retro, held at Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire, registered an on-site audience of 27,000 peop...
Survey Predicts 25% Car Sales Increase in March
19 Mar 2010, 15:00 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / A JD Power survey has some good news for car dealers. Apparently new-vehicle buyers are returning to dealer showrooms in March, lured by incentives, after the news about recall and bad weather kept ...
2010 Nissan GT Academy Winners Make Racing Debut
19 Mar 2010, 15:01 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The two winners of this year’s GT Academy, Italian Luca Lorenzini and Frenchman Jordan Tresson, raced for real for the first time at Snetterton the past weekend. They were racing on road tire...
Four Tire Pit Stops for NASCAR All-Star Race
19 Mar 2010, 14:43 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / An interesting decision made by the NASCAR governing body will send the May 22 All-Star race more into the pit crews' hands than in those of the drivers. The decision was made precisely for thi...
Aston Barclay Shows Division of the UK’s Used Car Market
19 Mar 2010, 14:39 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Having trouble selling your convertible? The answer is simple: just wait for the summer. At least that’s what Aston Barclay auction house said after closing UK’s first convertible sale o...
Ford Tests Focus WRC's Engine on Fiesta WRC
19 Mar 2010, 14:12 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / As Citroen has already started preparations with their DS3 WRC model for the 2011 season of the World Rally Championship, Ford proceeded to making another step into developing the car that they hope...
High-Speed Trains, Steam 2.0
22 Mar 2010, 08:35 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Railways are the first means of public transportation and ever since the first train left the station, authorities around the world, together with companies and transportation departments, have stri...
Vauxhall is the UK's Fleet Manufacturer of the Year
19 Mar 2010, 14:11 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Vauxhall has been named the UK’s Fleet Manufacturer of the Year, during 2010 Fleet News Awards, held earlier this week at the Grosvernor House Hotel in London. The award, the most prestigio...
Hells Angels Gun Down German Policeman
19 Mar 2010, 13:52 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A German police officer was critically wounded this week after a Hells Angels member shot him during a house search in Germany. The incident happened during a raid related to prostitution in Anhause...
Fernando Alonso Gets a Maserati GranCabrio
19 Mar 2010, 13:47 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Fernando Alonso got used to extremely fast machines, as the two-time Formula One World Champion, now an official driver of Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro, has just shown in Fiorano his brand new Maserati...
Ducati Revs Up for the 2010 Isle of Man TT
19 Mar 2010, 13:51 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / After revealing that a KTM superbike will race for the first time this year and confirmed presence of BMW at the event, Isle of Man TT revealed that Ducati will also be back at the event in 2010. Ri...
Mazda 6 Gets "Best Estate Car" Award
19 Mar 2010, 13:28 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Mazda 6 has just been named “Best Estate Car” at the 2010 Fleet News Awards. This does not come as a surprise, especially after used car experts CAP Monitor said a while ago that Mazda6 ...
Dongfeng Became Chinese CV Market Leader In February
19 Mar 2010, 13:26 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The Chinese vehicle producer Dongfeng announced that it sold almost 40,000 commercial vehicles last month, thus becoming the Chinese CV market leader. Dongfeng Auto managed to sell 39,900 units l...