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 ...
PSA Reveals All-New EMP2 Modular Platform
23 Jan 2013, 08:31 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / PSA Peugeot-Citroen has just released a video showcasing their all-new modular platform, called the EMP2, which stands for Efficient Modular Platform 2. The French group are planning to use it on a ...
Audi Looking for Sales of 20,000 Vehicles in the Middle East by 2020
22 Jan 2013, 12:44 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The relentless expansion of the German trio of premium automakers just keeps on going. This time it`s Audi, who have announced that they plan to sell at least 20,000 vehicles in the Middle East, by ...
Renault Creates Joint Venture With China's Dongfeng for 150,000 Cars Per Year
22 Jan 2013, 12:12 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Renault is not as present as some other mainstream manufacturers, on the Chinese market, yet they plan to change that, and the first order of business is the creation of a joint-venture, with a loca...
UK Government to Take 'Hands Off' Approach to EV Popularisation
22 Jan 2013, 09:44 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The United Kingdom has been slow to react to the widespread introduction of all-electric vehicles, and despite being highly-developed state, where people can afford to buy more expensive green cars,...
NHTSA Considering Small Overlap and Angled Crash Tests
22 Jan 2013, 08:42 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is considering the addition of one or two new types of crash test to the test procedure they put all new cars through, in order for them to gauge i...
Bentley SUV Very Close to Getting Green Light for Production
21 Jan 2013, 14:13 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Bentley wants to make an SUV, and they undoubtedly want to follow along the same lines as the hugely-successful Cayenne, which is now Porsche's main money maker. However, they have not been com...
Williams to Miss First F1 Test Session of 2013
21 Jan 2013, 11:54 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / All Formula 1 teams want to finish development of their new car, for the 2013 season, as quickly as possible, so as to be able to participate in the first test session of the year, which is set to t...
Mandatory Reversing Cameras Will Make Sales of Automotive LCDs to Double by 2016
21 Jan 2013, 09:17 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / LCD screens demand has been steadily rising over the last few years, as more and more cars are coming equipped with clever satnav and infotainment systems, as well s digital gauge clusters and speci...
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...
Honda Announces 777,000-Strong Recall in North America
20 Jan 2013, 11:59 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Honda has just announced the recall of some 777,000 vehicles, on the North American market. Of the total number, 748,000 are in the US, while the remaining 29,000 are in Canada. The affected vehi...
Alfa Romeo Roadster Confirmed for 2015 - Will Be Made in Japan
18 Jan 2013, 13:51 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / We already had information that Mazda would be helping Alfa Romeo create a great rear-wheel driven roadster, as the two automakers entered a mutually-beneficial partnership, last year, in May. Now, ...
Proton Wants to Make 500,000 Cars Per Year by 2018
17 Jan 2013, 14:57 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Malaysian automaker Proton, a brand owned by the same people who are in control at Lotus, DRB Hicom, has announced that it wants to more than triple their current annual output of 150,000 car...
GM Ponders Facebook Return With a Twist
17 Jan 2013, 14:38 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / You may remember that General Motors decided to not use Facebook any more, in any official form or shape, as they considered it not worthy of their time - they have not run any ads on the webs...
Renault to Cut 7,500 Jobs in France by 2016
17 Jan 2013, 11:39 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Renault has recently announced that it too will be joining the club of European automakers desperate to make ends meet, in these times of economic turmoil. Following the model set by PSA and Opel, R...
Marchionne Displeased by Not Meeting Demand With Jeep Production
17 Jan 2013, 11:19 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Sergio Marchionne, the CEO of the Fiat-Chrysler group, which also owns Jeep, has announced at the 2013 North American International Auto Show that he is not pleased at all by the fact that they were...
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...
Ford Says EPA May Change the Way it Tests Hybrid Economy
16 Jan 2013, 12:28 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The story of how Ford’s two new hybrids, the Fusion and C-max, fell way short of the official Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) claimed fuel economy figure, is now very popular. The Fusion...
Bob Lutz Changes Opinion on Small Cars With EV Tech
16 Jan 2013, 11:39 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Bob Lutz was really against the concept of a commercial electric car, especially one made by GM, yet his views changed, and he was instrumental in bringing about the idea for the creation of the Vol...