Toyota iQ-ould do Better than smart...
25 Feb 2009, 20:48 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / ... or can it? The newly-launched Toyota iQ has filled its creators with a lot of expectations, since technically, this is the first Japanese kei-car specifically designed for the Europe market. Fir...
Maserati GranTurismo S Gets Automatic Gearbox
24 Feb 2009, 17:18 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The 2009 Geneva Motor Show is a special event for all manufacturers. More than an opportunity to show off new vehicles, the show presents the attendants with the chance to state their place in the f...
Mitsubishi Smiles Again, Increases Production for One Month
24 Feb 2009, 16:22 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / After slashing workforce all around the world, cutting production at most facilities, canceling some future projects and postponing expansion into new regions of the world, Mitsubishi finally smiles...
Swedish Government Ready to Give Volvo Guarantee Loan
24 Feb 2009, 16:18 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / After the stormy financial crisis struck the Swedish automaker and Ford threatened it was searching for someone to buy it, Volvo is finally seeing a ray of hope. According to Autonews, Sweden...
Lancia Delta, Musa and Ypsilon Tweaked for the 2009 Geneva Motor Show
24 Feb 2009, 15:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Lancia will show up at the 2009 Geneva Motor Show with the same good old range of vehicles we are all used to, even if some new features were added here and there. The stars of the Italian's ma...
Renault's Revoz Creates New Jobs, Sees Increasing Demand
24 Feb 2009, 15:42 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / While most automakers around the world struggle to reduce costs and slash workforce at most production facilities, Slovenian car manufacturer Revoz today confirmed that it plans to hire about 150 ne...
GM Europe Employees to Protest Against Restructuring Plans
24 Feb 2009, 15:30 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / Seeing that they are on the verge of losing their jobs, employees of General Motors' European brands have decided to protest against the car maker's plans of cutting costs. According to...
2010 Ford Transit Connect: 22 MPG in City Driving
24 Feb 2009, 15:15 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Even though the American automaker Ford praised the 2010 Transit Connect every once in a while since it officially unveiled it, this didn't stop the company from applauding some particular feat...
Volvo Extends DRIVe Range to V70, S80, XC60 and XC70 Models
24 Feb 2009, 15:13 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / 2009 Geneva Motor Show will witness no less than seven Volvo models that received the DRIVe badge, the manufacturer's low CO2 emission class vehicles. All of them are also equipped with a conve...
McLaren Title Sponsor Vodafone Cuts 500 Jobs
24 Feb 2009, 15:10 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / McLaren Mercedes' title sponsor Vodafone has announced the layoffs of about 500 jobs, following the economic downturn that affected the company's profits in recent months. As reported by G...
Banned from Driving, Shia LaBeouf Travels by Cab
24 Feb 2009, 15:08 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / When your driving license is suspended for at least one year, you have exactly four possibilities of transportation: walk, ride the bike, use public transportation or for the more wealthy ones, take...
Self-Inflating Tire Snatches Tire Technology of the Year Award
24 Feb 2009, 14:43 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The Self Inflating Tire, also known as SIT, a technology designed by Coda Development has just won the Tire Technology of the Year award at the Tire Technology Awards for Innovation and Excellence 2...
Tony Teixeira to Start Own Team in F1?
24 Feb 2009, 14:14 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Max Mosley's purpose of having at least 12 teams on the Formula 1 grid in 2010 might not be so hard to achieve. According to the latest report from British magazine Autosport website, is seems ...
Aston Martin Steps in Croatia, Opens Dealership in Zagreb
24 Feb 2009, 14:09 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Despite the current difficult market conditions, luxury car manufacturer Aston Market aims to expand its coverage by opening a couple of new dealerships in unexplored sides of the world. The company...
Takanobu Ito Appointed as Honda CEO, Still Director for R&D
24 Feb 2009, 14:08 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / With the global recession striking companies all over the world, many people are given the sack with no bright perspectives for a future employment, while others are more privileged and succee...
BMW to Help Drivers with AI-Like ILENA System
24 Feb 2009, 14:42 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Years of research were put into developing systems that would allow drivers to better their driving skills with the aid of the car itself. But now, as the moment in which such systems draws ever clo...
BBC Reveal Details on F1 Coverage for 2009
24 Feb 2009, 12:02 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The waiting period is over! The BBC have finally unveiled their media coverage for Formula 1 throughout the upcoming season. According to a press release from the BBC, they will broadcast all free p...
KTM Showcased Their E-Bike at Geneva
24 Feb 2009, 14:59 UTC · By: Andrei Toma / A next generation of motorcycles using alternative energy was presented by FIM at an exhibition held between 19 until 22 February at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Geneva. The Austrian KTM presented t...
Cops Solve the Mystery of Ireland's Most Reckless Motorist
24 Feb 2009, 14:33 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / A misunderstanding and an error of the system may give birth to huge confusions for cops. This seems to be the case of an assumed reckless motorist who got over 50 speeding tickets and parking fines...
Tesla Model S Teased Again
24 Feb 2009, 13:55 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Teasers, teasers and again teasers. While we're not sure that car enthusiasts around the world enjoy these teasers rolled out ahead of the 2009 Geneva Auto Show, automakers surely do. Car manuf...