Volvo Boss Confirms Nine New Models by 2015
16 Jan 2013, 11:15 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The new CEO of Volvo, Hakan Samuelsson, has confirmed that the Swedish automaker will be updating and/or replacing eight of the nine models currently in the range, within the next 12 months. The inf...
General Motors Announces Creation of New Jobs and Additional Shifts
16 Jan 2013, 09:22 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While the European automotive industry is experiencing the worst period in the last 30 years, in the US things are very different. Following an announcement made by Ford, regarding the addition of n...
Ford CEO Calls Recalls ‘Great Lessons Learned’
16 Jan 2013, 07:57 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Recalls have been a bit too frequent in 2012, and while it may not be immediately-obvious, automakers’ image and sales will suffer in the mid to long term. Ford was no exception when it comes ...
VW Not Threatened by Europe Overcapacity - Will Keep Plants Open
15 Jan 2013, 13:23 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Volkswagen, one of the European automakers least-affected by the economic downturn the Old Continent is facing, has announced that it will not be closing down any of its factories, despite the fact ...
GM CEO Dan Akerson is ‘Proud’ of the New Corvette C7
15 Jan 2013, 12:41 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / And why wouldn`t he be - it is not only an excellent modern interpretation of the classic ‘Vette recipe, with great styling, a substantially better interior than its predecessor, a high-tech e...
GM Plans Further Expansion in China
15 Jan 2013, 12:22 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / China is the best bet, in the current economic climate of the world, for automakers looking to keep their massive sales figures on the rise, when common sense dictates they should be going down. Des...
Marchionne Says Fiat and Chrysler Will Merge in the Future
15 Jan 2013, 12:07 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Fiat is slowly buying more and more of the Chrysler group’s shares, and will, eventually end up owning the whole company, if things progress in the same fashion. The merger has already been pr...
Rolls-Royce Announces Revealing of ‘Stunning’ New Vehicle in Two Weeks
15 Jan 2013, 11:14 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While sales of Rolls-Royce models have gone well, in 2012, the prestigious UK manufacturer has now announced that it wants to build on last year’s figures, with the addition of a new model, wh...
US-Made Nissan Leaf as Cheap as $18,800!
15 Jan 2013, 10:23 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Nissan announced, even before starting preparation for US production of the Leaf EV, that they would also be offering a cheaper entry-level variant, which would be significantly cheaper. Well, now i...
Aston Martin May Still Get AMG V12 Engine and Technology
15 Jan 2013, 09:48 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Rumors have been flying about that Aston Martin may enter a technical partnership with Mercedes-Benz in-house tuners and engine builders AMG. Up until now, it had just been speculated and suggested,...
Land Rover to Add 800 UK Jobs
14 Jan 2013, 11:55 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Jaguar-Land Rover group as just announced that it will be adding some 800 new jobs, at their manufacturing plant, in Solihull, Birmingham, in the UK. Strangely, this is the exact number of jobs ...
VW Budget Brand to Get Green Light in 2013 - Will Focus on India and China
14 Jan 2013, 10:24 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / All automakers now want a piece of the Dacia recipe, and more than one manufacturer has announced a ‘budget sub-brand’. One of these manufacturers is Volkswagen, which has just announced...
Turbocharged V6 Formula 1 Engines to Retain Trademark Sound
14 Jan 2013, 08:43 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Noise, emissions and fuel efficiency constraints have forced Formula 1 officials to change engine rules, and force all teams to use turbocharged V6 engines, instead of the naturally-aspirated V8 uni...
Land Rover Mulls Sub-Evoque Crossover
13 Jan 2013, 12:19 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Land Rover is really looking to expand the appeal of their range of vehicles, with a new, smaller and cheaper offering, which would bring in buyers which are very different to those who would have b...
Skoda Registers 6.8% Sales Increase in 2012
12 Jan 2013, 09:48 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Skoda’s sales figure for 2012 almost hit the one million mark, but in the end stopped at 939,200 units sold. It represents a 6.8% increase over 2012 and the surpassing of their old record, of ...
Pagani Huayra Not Street Legal in the US Yet
11 Jan 2013, 15:54 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The National American Highway Traffic Safety Administration, or the NHTSA, has strange ways of dealing with its requests, and they seem to have ignored one altogether - the one for the Pagani Huayra...
Lotus Plans to Increase Sales Five Times by 2015
11 Jan 2013, 14:09 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Lotus, like all well-known but small sports car manufacturers nowadays, wants to become more mainstream, more widely-known and, of course, sell more of its cars. Now, with the ambitious Malaysian co...
Ford to Hire 2,200 New Workers in US
11 Jan 2013, 11:03 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While the situation of the European branch of Ford is dramatic, their American operation is doing very well, and we even reported that they are working over the maximum capacity. This is why Ford ha...
Kia Plans to Match 2012 Record Output at Slovakian Plant
10 Jan 2013, 16:33 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Last year was great for Kia’s Slovakian production location, where the Korean carmaker builds the Cee’d, Venga and Sportage SUV. They managed to make a very impressive 292,000 units thro...
Honda Spices European Civic Up With 'Aero Package'
10 Jan 2013, 15:34 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The current Honda Civic, which we tested a while back, is the kind of car which looks great from some angles, while from others it just looks awkward and disproportionate. Honda are probably aware o...