Is Bertone Going Bankrupt?
23 Dec 2013, 15:59 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Famed Italian coachbuilder Bertone is reportedly close to filing for bankruptcy after asking for court administration earlier this month. The news comes via Italian paper La Republicca, who says ...
Toyota Kirloskar Appointing New Managing Director
20 Dec 2013, 15:23 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Indian subsidiary Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) just announced the appointment of Naomi Ishii as the new Managing Director of the company. Naomi has been around with Toyota Motor Corporation for o...
Jaguar Land Rover North America Appoints New President
20 Dec 2013, 13:35 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Joe Eberhardt has been appointed as the new president of Jaguar Land Rover North America. The 50-year-old German exec joins the British company after previous stints with Chrysler, DaimlerChrysler U...
Toyota Appointing New Communications Leadership
20 Dec 2013, 08:51 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Toyota US recently announced executive appointments with the regional corporate communications group, marking another big step in building a more unified and integrated function. “Toyota is...
Toyota Creating Total-Market Marketing Model
18 Dec 2013, 14:22 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / In a changing marketplace, the multicultural customer is the new mainstream, and according to US Census data, 88 percent of all future population growth will be from multicultural consumers by 2030....
GM to Cut North American Logistics Costs by $1 Billion
18 Dec 2013, 13:31 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / General Motors executives are reportedly looking to cut $1 billion from material and logistics costs in North America by 2016. According to The Detroit News, GM plans to do so by adding more loca...
McLaren to Replace Windscreen Wipers with Jet Fighter-like System
17 Dec 2013, 13:08 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Remember McLaren’s recent windscreen wiper recall for the 12C? Well, the Brits are now working to make the wipers go away. Frank Stephenson, the man leading McLaren's design offensive, re...
How Toyota Saves Millions of Gallons of Water Each Year
17 Dec 2013, 10:24 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / You know how much Toyota care about the environment, trying to protect it in more ways than just offering us green cars. And one of its biggest achievements is that its plants can save 61 million ga...
Toyota Express Service Opening in India
17 Dec 2013, 09:18 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Toyota Kirloskar Motor recently launched the Toyota Express Service (TFS) at Galaxy Toyota, Rama Road in New Delhi, which will offer high quality services to the company’s customers. &ldquo...
How Rolls-Royce Builds Its Cars: Factory Visit
16 Dec 2013, 11:23 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Rolls-Royce’s cars are all about keeping that otherworldly luxurious experience simple, but when it comes to producing these vehicles, things become a bit more complicated. It would probably t...
Ford to Launch 23 New Models Next Year
13 Dec 2013, 15:45 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Ford Motor Co. has announced plans to introduce 23 new models next year around the world (including Lincoln-badged vehicles), 16 of which will be launched in North America. “Next year, we a...
NHTSA Boss David Strickland Steps Down
13 Dec 2013, 13:39 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / David Strickland, the main man behind the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), America’s top auto safety regulator, is expected to leave the agency within the next two month...
Volkswagen North America Boss Resigns
13 Dec 2013, 13:03 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Jonathan Browning has been replaced as CEO of Volkswagen Group of America, the German automaker revealed today, adding that Michael Horn has been named as the company’s new US chief. Volksw...
Ford to Add 11,000 Jobs in US, Asia Next Year
13 Dec 2013, 12:45 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Ford Motor Co. will hire 11,000 employees in the United States and Asia in 2014. About 6,000 new jobs will be added in China, where the Blue Oval company will be opening its Changan Assembly Plant N...
Porsche Showcases Macan Production in Leipzig
13 Dec 2013, 10:43 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Now that the Macan is out, Porsche is keen to keep the crossover under the spotlights, with the latest effort of this kind coming in the form of the adjacent video. The clip showcases the production...
Australia Wanting Toyota Not to Leave
13 Dec 2013, 10:29 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Holden’s decision to stop producing vehicles in Australia made Toyota state that this would place “unprecedented pressure on the local supplier network and our ability to build cars in A...
General Motors Selling PSA Peugeot Citroen Stake
13 Dec 2013, 10:05 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / General Motors is selling its entire seven percent stake of almost 25 million shares in PSA Peugeot Citroen through a private placement to institutional investors, the Detroit-based company announce...
Toyota Indiana Building its Own Forest
13 Dec 2013, 09:32 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / As you may already know, Toyota is also concerned about the environment and finding solutions for a cleaner, healthier life. That’s why there is a 160-acre forrest near Toyota’s plant in...
Toyota Targeting To Sell Around 10,000 Fuel Cell Vehicles Per Year
12 Dec 2013, 16:28 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Along with the unveiling of the FCV concept fuel cell vehicle at this year’s Tokyo Motor Show, Toyota promised to put out a production model for it in 2015, hoping to cut down the fuel cell co...
Why America Needs Diesel, Audi's Take
12 Dec 2013, 08:08 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Back in the late 90s, Europe saw diesel engines grow more and more popular, with the introduction of common-rail injection helping oil burners move from commercial to passenger vehicles. Nowadays, s...