Kia and Hyundai Offer Incentives to Fired Employees
3 Aug 2009, 11:12 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Kia and Hyundai are trying a different approach in South Korea, a country which now faces gloomy predictions when it comes to new car sales in the upcoming months. The government recently shut down ...
Dealers Set Up Auto Stimulus Plan
3 Aug 2009, 10:23 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Seeing their sales sky rocketing and then in threat of smashing back down, several large automotive retailers in the US thought of their very own version of the Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS), T...
Electric Nissan Qazana in the Works
3 Aug 2009, 10:30 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Nissan is currently working on an electric version of the Qazana, with first rumors indicating that it could arrive in dealerships sometime around 2013. Additionally, the Japanese manufacturer is al...
Mercedes-Benz Digital Photography Exhibit
3 Aug 2009, 10:00 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / One of the greatest photographers of the 20th century, Zoltan Glass was commissioned by Daimler-Benz AGz in the 1920s and 1930s to take many photographs of Mercedes-Benz vehicles. He even documente...
Opel Suitors Asked to Improve Bids
3 Aug 2009, 09:56 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / It happens again and it will most likely happen in the future as well. Opel's suitors, now counting only two of them, are asked one more time to improve their bids in case they really want to b...
BMW Megacity Vehicle, Powered by SB LiMotive
3 Aug 2009, 09:14 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / German manufacturer BMW announced today it will partner with SB LiMotive, for the latter to provide battery cells for the future project Megacity Vehicle. BMW thus enters the race opened by Daimler&...
Bruce Rossmeyer, Harley-Davidson Dealer, Killed in Motorcycle Accident
3 Aug 2009, 09:14 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Owner of 15 Harley-Davidson dealerships, including the enormous Destination Daytona, Bruce Rossmeyer was killed in a road crash on July 30, while riding from a Harley Davidson / Buell dealers meetin...
GM in China, Best July Ever
3 Aug 2009, 09:12 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Things are going well in China, one of the largest markets for many automakers out there who got lured into this country thanks to a continuous grow in demand. Despite the global economic recession,...
Chrysler Financial Will Not Renew Financing Conduit
3 Aug 2009, 08:36 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Chrysler Financial announced today it has sufficient funds to continue as an independent finance company on the auto retail market. Chrysler Financial says it is not going after the multibillion fun...
Ford to Cut Spanish Workforce by 600
3 Aug 2009, 08:35 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Ford, the only US giant who survived without government funding in the domestic market, wants to reduce workforce in Spain by around 600 employees. The company has already informed unions of its pla...
Peugeot Is Sending Two 908 to Petit Le Mans
3 Aug 2009, 08:34 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / {img1 align-left}The 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans champion, Peugeot, recently confirmed that it will be sending two of its diesel-powered Peugeot 908 closed-top prototypes to compete in the Petit Le Man...
Toyota Adds New Staff to Cope with US High Demand
3 Aug 2009, 08:31 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Mission accomplished for the US scrapping scheme as it not only improved car and truck sales, but also convinced automakers to hire new staff in order to cope with high demand across the country. Su...
Ford to Post First Monthly Rise in Two Years
3 Aug 2009, 07:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American manufacturer Ford is reportedly going to post its US sales for July and it is said to register the first rise in vehicles sold in almost two years and the first increase for any of the larg...
New Limited Edition from Citroen: C3 Picasso
3 Aug 2009, 07:48 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Celebrating 90 years since the Company was founded, Citroen has launched a new television advertising campaign, created by Euro RSCG Paris, which shows off many of the models produced by Citroen. ...
Honda Recall Grows to 440,000 Accord, Civic, Acura
3 Aug 2009, 07:27 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As we reported last week, Japanese manufacturer Honda has discovered a potentially life-threatening fault in some of its vehicles. Due to the faulty airbags manufactured by Takata Corp, Honda alread...
Lightweight Aluminum on All Future Jaguars
3 Aug 2009, 07:30 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / All cars produced by Jaguar Land Rover will make use of lightweight aluminum bodies, Ratan Tata, chairman of the parent company Tata Motors revealed a few days ago. This way, the future models will ...
US to Support CARS Until Senate Acts
3 Aug 2009, 07:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The fears dealers have raised regarding the lack of funds for the Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS) to run successfully have been addressed on Sunday by US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, who ...
Honda Ceases Gold Wing Production in U.S.
3 Aug 2009, 07:25 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / After more than a year since it announced that it is planning to discontinue motorcycle production at the U.S. plant, Honda of America recently confirmed that the Marysville Motorcycle Plant, Ohio, ...
Mazda Applauds Cash for Clunkers Results
3 Aug 2009, 07:00 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / There's no doubt the Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS) established by the US government and rolled out last Monday brought at least surprising results. At least from our point of view, the con...
Opel, RHJ or Bankruptcy
3 Aug 2009, 06:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The battle for Opel is far from over and, up until now, the only foreseeable casualty is the German car manufacturer itself. The disagreements between the German government and still Opel's own...