Genk Protest Ends - Ford Resumes Production
24 Jan 2013, 08:54 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The situation at Ford's plant in Genk, Belgium, where production had been stopped due to workers blocking and cutting the supply of parts, as well as disrupting the plant in other ways. Up unti...
Nissan Pondered Closing Down Infiniti
24 Jan 2013, 08:28 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While Infiniti, Nissan's premium Lexus-rivaling brand, has been on the market for the last 24 years, they have struggled right from the start, with cars not nearly up to the standard of their G...
Renault Denies French Plant Closing Rumors
23 Jan 2013, 13:12 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / With everything that`s been going on in the European automotive industry recently, especially in France, it was only natural that tension would start to build within Renault, as it has been doing wi...
Euro NCAP Says BMW 3-Series Is the Safest Large Family Car
23 Jan 2013, 13:03 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Nowadays, having a five-star safety rating doesn't put you ahead of the competition. This is especially true in the premium segment, where ten airbags are not uncommon. We already knew that ...
SRT Viper Not Coming to Europe
23 Jan 2013, 12:08 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Chrysler has announced that it has no plans whatsoever to sell its all-new SRT Viper in Europe. They argue that the reason behind this is their exclusive concentration on the US market, despite the ...
Europe - 35% of Buyers Are Willing to Spend More on Green Tech Despite Recession
22 Jan 2013, 14:03 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / A recent poll, conducted and sponsored by Ford, found out something particularly interesting about the European car buyer. Apparently, some 35% of Europeans would be willing to spend more on a new c...
GM May Close Opel's Bochum Plant By the End of 2014, Not 2016
22 Jan 2013, 13:34 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The situation over at GM's European arm, Opel, seems to be really bleak. The American giant is now pressuring Opel to speed up the application of cost-cutting measures, and this may bring about...
Spyshots: Renault Test Mule for Compact SUV
21 Jan 2013, 16:07 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The current Renault Koleos is still going strong, but its facelifted old Korean bones are getting tired, and soon it will have to be put out to pasture. Although it might not look like it, this i...
All-Electric Volkswagen eUp! to Cost under €25,000 in Germany
21 Jan 2013, 15:28 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / One of the two main drawbacks of buying a current generation all-electric vehicle if the very high acquisition cost, which you do recuperate if you use the car regularly for a number of years, but i...
Audi, Volkswagen, BMW and MINI Record Worst Engine Failure Rates
21 Jan 2013, 14:36 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / There are many who buy German simply because they think they are buying a well-engineered and high quality product, yet it seems that 'they don`t make them like they used to', according to...
Timo Glock Leaves Marussia F1 Team in 2013
21 Jan 2013, 13:16 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Marussia Formula One team has just announced that one of its drivers, German racer Timo Glock, will be leaving the outfit, and will not be taking part in any of their 2013 testing sessions or an...
Williams F1 Executive Director Toto Wolff Leaves for Mercedes
21 Jan 2013, 12:41 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The British-based Williams F1 team has just announced that its executive director, Toto Wolff, will be leaving the outfit, to take up a similar position with Mercedes-Benz. There, he will replace a ...
EV Sales in Europe Increase Fivefold by 2020
21 Jan 2013, 10:44 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Europe is still reluctant to accept the EV as the feasible alternative to the conventional gasoline-, diesel-and LPG-powered vehicles. They have not really had too many options to choose from, anywa...
Death of the Classic Sedan
20 Jan 2013, 17:01 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The sedan or saloon, depending on which side of ‘the pond’ you may find yourself, is the classic shape of car people associate with the image of an automobile. If you ask a child to draw...
Ford Production in Genk Still Stopped Due to Protests
20 Jan 2013, 12:14 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Ford has already announced that it will be closing down its Genk plant, in Belgium, the historic home of all big Europe-bound Fords, like the Sierra, Scorpio and Mondeo, and moving production to Spa...
50 Vehicle Pileup on Swedish Bridge Injures 18, Claims 3 Lives
18 Jan 2013, 12:20 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / A massive pileup recently occurred on a bridge in frozen Sweden, which involved no fewer than fifty cars and trucks. The large scale crash took place in the town of Skane, which is located around 80...
2013 Toyota Verso Commercial: My Dad My Hero
17 Jan 2013, 17:07 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The unveiled their 2013 Verso MPV last year at the Paris Motor Show. It is a heavily modified version of the existing model sold in Europe. The changes are both cosmetic and technical in nature, and...
PSA - Aulnay Workers Protest Layoffs and Stop Production
17 Jan 2013, 10:42 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Ever since PSA announced it would be closing down the Aulnay plant, in France, there has been an air of unrest floating around the factory ever since. There have been many strikes at the plant since...
13-Year-Old Boy Drives Dad’s Mercedes from Italy to Poland, Almost
17 Jan 2013, 09:55 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Sometimes, it takes the uncluttered thinking of a child to set things straight, and while from the outside it may not seem that way - whatever internal conflicts may have arisen, they are quickly pu...
Opel to Add 1.6-Liter Diesel to Engine Lineup
16 Jan 2013, 10:04 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Opel and Vauxhall’s 1.7-liter CDTI diesel engine has been around in one form or another for a very long time, and while there`s nothing really wrong with it, aside from a slight lack of refine...