GM Increases Stake in Daewoo
23 Oct 2009, 13:19 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American manufacturer's GM stake in South Korean carmaker Daewoo increased from 51 to 70.1 percent as a result of the $412 million rights offer to which GM was the only subscriber. As a result,...
Magna Could Close Spanish Opel Plant...
23 Oct 2009, 13:16 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / ...in case labor unions are rejecting the last proposal issued by the Canadian - Austrian partsmaker. Spain's industry minister Miguel Sebastian said according to Reuters that Magna might shut ...
FOTA Welcomes Jean Todt as New President of the FIA
23 Oct 2009, 13:14 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The Formula One Teams Association (FOTA) promptly responded to the voting of the International Automobile Federation (FIA) earlier today, saluting the election of Jean Todt as the new president of t...
2010 Dodge Ram Heavy Duty Details and Photos Released
23 Oct 2009, 13:41 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Maybe the economical crisis struck the American auto industry the hardest, or maybe not. Either way, Americans still love their huge, US built, HEMI engined trucks. And Dodge Ram is one of their liv...
Good Bye, Land Rover Defender
23 Oct 2009, 12:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The world of off-roaders will get smaller and sadder in 2013, the year by when the Land Rover Defender will be discontinued. The main reason behind its demise is, as Land Rover told GoAuto News, the...
Nissan Fairlady Z Awarded Most Fun Car in Japan
23 Oct 2009, 12:54 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Japanese manufacturer Nissan announced today that its Fairlady Z model has won the Most Fun Award at the Car of the Year Japan 2009-2010, duriing a special exhibition which celebrated the event&rsqu...
GM to Reconsider Magna Opel Bid on November 3
23 Oct 2009, 12:48 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / General Motors' board will re-study the upgraded Magna takeover proposal on November 3 as part of the company's monthly meeting. Furthermore, the board will analyze Minister zu Guttenberg&...
Daimler Busses Sells 1,045 Mercedes Chassis to Chile
23 Oct 2009, 12:44 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Daimler Buses today announced that it delivered 1,045 Mercedes-Benz to Santiago de Chile, with the vehicles supposed to be used by the Transsantiago public transport system. Approximately 3,800 of t...
Rhys Millen Racing RM460 Genesis Coupe Previewed
23 Oct 2009, 12:25 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The 2009 SEMA Show is approaching fast and most automakers and aftermarket performance companies have started to preview their latest contraptions in the field. This is also the case of the Rhys Mil...
Jean Todt - New President of the FIA!
23 Oct 2009, 12:08 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Jean Todt has become the new president of the International Automobile Federation (FIA) following the Friday elections in Paris. According to the reporters present in the French capital, Max Mosley&...
New 1.2 TSI Engine Available on Polo, Golf and Golf Plus
23 Oct 2009, 12:21 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / In the new world order, caused by low budgets, ecology and fuel consumption, downsizing is everything. Yet the cars don’t really appear to be shrinking, but actually getting bigger with every ...
Lorenzo Still In Pain after Australia Crash
23 Oct 2009, 10:40 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Although wrapping up the first practice session of the Malaysian Grand Prix on Friday morning, Spanish rider Jorge Lorenzo revealed he is still in quite a lot of pain following his crash in the Aust...
Ford Seeks Fusion Owners for Fusion 41 Program
23 Oct 2009, 10:46 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / After the positive results showed by the Fiesta Movement, American manufacturer Ford announced it is planning a new consumer program to promote the 2010 Ford Fusion and Fusion Hybrid. Owners of thes...
Loeb Takes Early Lead in Rally GB
23 Oct 2009, 10:14 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Sebastien Loeb has set off his title-defending effort in Great Britain with a great few runs on Friday, as the Frenchman leads the WRC field after SS3 by a comfortable 8.9-second lead over title riv...
Tata Nano Is On Fire
23 Oct 2009, 10:22 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / And we are not talking about sales figures and orders...The cheapest car in the world is facing its first possible major problem less than six months since its launch. According to a report by just-...
Honda Not Frustrated with Missing Out on F1 Titles
23 Oct 2009, 09:51 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Honda put a huge amount of money into building a competitive Formula One car, yet they never got to enjoy the huge success recorded by their former F1 operations in 2009. Ross Brawn managed to desig...
Zero Motorcycle Starts Asian Expansion
23 Oct 2009, 10:12 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / After it announced European expansion in June this year, Zero Motorcycles announced that it is ready to further expand into the Asian market, by signing a partnership with AMPLE as the brand’s...
Honda EV-N Concept Car Video
23 Oct 2009, 10:03 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / “This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.” That’s what Armstrong said when he stepped off the Eagle’s footpad and into history as the first man to set fo...
Avtotor to Assemble Opel Models in Russia
23 Oct 2009, 09:47 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Opel's models will still enter production in Russian plants one way or another. While some sources hinted that as part of the Magna - Sberbank takeover Opel is likely to move a part of its prod...
Suzuki Grand Vitara Gets Extended Accessories Range in the UK
23 Oct 2009, 09:22 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The British division of Suzuki announced the accessories range for the Grand Vitara three- and five-door models now includes a new Rear Camera Display (RCD) mirror system, as well as a hidden wired ...