Microsoft CFO Joins GM as Vice Chairman, CFO
22 Dec 2009, 07:51 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The executive appointments within American manufacturer GM continued yesterday with the announcement that Chris Liddell, CFO for Microsoft Corp since May 2005, has been named vice chairman and chief...
Rare 1956 Jaguar D-Type To Be Auctioned
21 Dec 2009, 16:07 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Gooding & Company announced that it will be hosting a two-day auction in Scottsdale, Arizona, on January 22-23, with the highlight of the first day being the sale of the previously-announced 19...
NAIAS Announces Electric Avenue Attendees
21 Dec 2009, 16:04 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The 2010 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) is among the first auto events to recognize the importance electric vehicles will have in the near future and already announced the set up of ...
Rally Finland to Start with City Superspecial
21 Dec 2009, 16:11 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / The Finish Rally will debut next year with a city-based superspecial stage. The results of this stage will help determine the running order for the first day. The WRC round based in Jyvaskyla wil...
Richard Hammond Buys Two Cars for His 40th Birthday
21 Dec 2009, 16:05 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Richard Hammond, one of Top Gear's hosts, recently celebrated his 40th birthday and decided it was the perfect moment to buy himself two exclusive supercars. He therefore bought himself a class...
Fiat To Buy Majority Stake in Zastava Automobili
21 Dec 2009, 15:37 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After establishing a 1 billion euro joint venture in 2008, Italian carmaker Fiat announced it has come to an agreement with the Serbian government for the purchase of a majority stake in local manuf...
Ford Starts Producing Flexfuel Engine in Brazil
21 Dec 2009, 15:32 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / After a $300 million investment in its facility in Brazil, Ford finally started the production of a new engine called Sigma. The new powerplant has an aluminium block, cylinder head and struct...
2010 Chevy Equinox, Urban Truck of the Year
21 Dec 2009, 15:30 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As the extremely challenging 2009 comes to its long awaited end, manufacturers all over the world are more than to advertise what their latest models managed to achieve in not only in terms of sales...
Lotus Official Ashamed of Petronas for Mercedes Deal
21 Dec 2009, 14:46 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / With one of the major players on the oil market worldwide joining Mercedes Grand Prix for the 2010 season of Formula One, its quite easy to assume that the Brackley based team will not suffer from a...
Ford SYNC to Incorporate In-Car WiFi System
21 Dec 2009, 15:16 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / American manufacturer Ford announced today that its second generation SYNC will incorporate Wi-Fi system, powered by customer’s USB mobile broadband modem, when it will be launched next y...
Spyker Shares Explode after New Saab Offer
21 Dec 2009, 14:11 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Following both the announcement made by GM that it is pulling the plug on Swedish Saab and Spyker's now relentless attempts to take over, the latter's shares soared on Monday in Amsterdam....
Ford GT90 Concept Car to Be Auctioned
21 Dec 2009, 14:38 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / If you’re the kind of guy who wants a one-of-a-kind supercar, then you just got lucky as Ford decided to auction its GT90 concept in Arizona, USA. The event is scheduled to take place in Janua...
401 HP Mcchip-Dkr Tuned Ford Focus RS
21 Dec 2009, 14:12 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / German tuning company Mcchip-Dkr has released the most extreme power upgrade for the Ford Focus RS. The 5 cylinder, 2.5 liter turbo which started life as a 300 Hp, 440 Nm-producing unit, now offers ...
New Design Directors Appointed at Peugeot and Citroen
21 Dec 2009, 14:12 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The PSA Peugeot Citroen Group announced today it has appointed two new design directors for both Peugeot and Citroen, effective January 4, 2010. Gilles Vidal and Thierry Metroz, the new design direc...
Lexus LF-A Goes to Australia
21 Dec 2009, 14:09 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Lexus LF-A, the limited edition Japanese supercar, comes to Australia. Unfortunately, only 5 of the 500 cars will hit Australian land, though Lexus has applied for 10 cars. “The fact that A...
Ford's Fiesta Crazy Year
21 Dec 2009, 13:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Following a very troubled 2009, there are very few manufacturers (and fewer models) out there who can say they are pleased with how the numbers look. On the other hand, there is one manufacturer and...
Volvo Trucks Updates Dynafleet
21 Dec 2009, 13:20 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Volvo's system for transport information Dynafleet has been upgraded, now incorporating the Tachograph Download function which ensures that all information from the digital tachograph is automa...
SEAT Presents New UK Ad Campaign
21 Dec 2009, 13:06 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / SEAT decided to take a new approach and started an aggressive advert campaign which runs from December 19 on the Internet, on TV and across printed media. The new ads show the famous Cupid ...
Harley-Davidson Parade In Bangalore
21 Dec 2009, 11:58 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Recently, riders and locals in Bangalore enjoyed first-hand experience of Harley-Davidson motorcycles, as a group of passionate Harley-Davidson riders led by HD’s India Managing Director Anoop...
Vettel Loses German "Sportsman of 2009" Award
21 Dec 2009, 11:56 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Sebastian Vettel failed to win the Germany's “Sportlern des Jahres 2009” award this year (Sportsman of the Year 2009), as he only came second in the voting process last weekend. The...