Technology from Axed Jaguar C-X75 to Trickle Down into Other Models
23 Dec 2012, 11:51 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / If you were thinking that the death of the Jaguar C-X75 supercar was for nothing, you’d be wrong, according to autoexpress.co.uk. The Coventry automaker has announced that while the actual C-X...
When Will We Grow Up?
23 Dec 2012, 11:36 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Throughout human history, one trend has become very clear, and its existence is irrefutable: human technologic progress is not linear. We stagnate for a while, then, as if out of nowhere, somebody &...
Surprised? Suzuki to Import 2,500 Vehicles to Meet Increased US Demand
21 Dec 2012, 17:16 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Despite filing for bankruptcy in the US last month, Suzuki’s Stateside car sales went up by 22%, in November, when they sold 2,224 units. December will make no exception, as big incentives, ex...
Geely Interested in Acquiring Black Cab Manufacturer Manganese Bronze
21 Dec 2012, 14:11 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / It seems that Geely is still keen to acquire ailing European automakers, and after catching a rather big Volvo-shaped fish, they are now looking for smaller ones, like the builder of the famous blac...
Renault Gains Exclusive Rights to Build Cars in Algeria from 2014 to 2017
21 Dec 2012, 12:19 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Renault has just announced that it has signed an exclusivity agreement with the Algerian government, to be the only automaker to make cars in the country, between 2014 and 2017, at an all-new plant....
Alfa Romeo to Introduce Nine New Models by 2016
20 Dec 2012, 16:48 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Alfa Romeo currently makes just two models, and these are the Giulietta and the MiTo. However, if a report from autoedizione.com is correct, then they will be launching a total of nine models, by th...
PSA and GM Scrap Plans for Large Sedan - Will Work on Small Petrol Engines
20 Dec 2012, 12:58 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The initial plan, when GM and PSA got together and decided to collaborate, was to jointly-develop the next Citroen C5 and a replacement for the Opel Insignia, which would ultimately end up being bui...
GM Idles Lake Orion to Cut Sonic and Verado Inventories
20 Dec 2012, 10:18 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / A couple of days ago, we learned that General Motors has a 164 day supply of the new Chevy Malibu and is idling the Fairfax plant in Kansas to get rid of some o this excess. Now, the same can be sai...
Volvo Trucks Deliveries Down 17% in November
20 Dec 2012, 09:15 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While selling 9,446 vehicles in one month may seem like an impressive feat for Volvo Trucks, it isn`t and it represents a 17% drop in sales and deliveries, compared to the same month of 2011. Oddly ...
GM to Buy Back $5.5-Billion in Shares from US Treasury
19 Dec 2012, 14:41 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / General Motors has just revealed that it will be buying back some 200 million shares from the US Treasury Department. The shares themselves are GM’s very own, and will be bought back at $27.50...
FPV Factory Closes its Doors - Will Live on As Ford-Owned Performance Brand
19 Dec 2012, 09:57 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Ford Performance Vehicles (FPV) of Australia has a long history of hand-building special high performance versions of the local market Ford Sedans. However, its run as an independent manufacturer ha...
GM Dismisses El Camino and Nomad Trademark Filings
18 Dec 2012, 17:12 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / We recently reported GM’s recent trademark filings, for the El Camino and Nomad nametags, and we assumed they were planning on actually making cars to bear them. However, General Motors has no...
Volvo Expects No Increase in Sales Next Year
18 Dec 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Volvo sold 450,000 cars in 2011, and this year they don`t expect to sell any more than 400,000 - 410,000 units. Now, for 2013, they have announced that they are expecting no real increase in sales, ...
Chevrolet Idles Malibu Production Due to High Inventory
18 Dec 2012, 13:38 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Right off the bat, the brand new Chevrolet Malibu is creating lots of problems for General Motors. The car was designed as a global product that can also appeal to Europeans, Asians or Australians, ...
Infiniti's New Naming Strategy: Q for Sedans, QX for Crossovers
18 Dec 2012, 10:45 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Let’s just say right off the bat that we think this is a really bad idea, one of the worst naming strategies we’ve ever seen. Infiniti would have been far better off giving every car a r...
Opel CEO Says Talks Between GM and PSA Are Going Well
17 Dec 2012, 11:05 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The PSA Peugeot-Citroen group has been in talks with GM for several months now, trying to find some sort of solution for poor sales in Europe. It was said that the two automakers would first build t...
Fiat Committed to Buying Remaining 41.5% of Chrysler
17 Dec 2012, 10:21 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / After seeing that Chrysler is actually profitable, and so much so that it is dragging Fiat along for the ride, Sergio Marchionne is now convinced that buying the remaining 41.5% of the Chrysler Grou...
European Car Sales Reach Dreaded 19-Year Low
17 Dec 2012, 08:34 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / We had heard about the dreaded 19-year low which was expected to hit the European car sales sector in 2012, and since all the industry news we have recently posted about the Old Continent have been ...
Downsizing - How to Keep Performance at Low Displacement
16 Dec 2012, 15:10 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / This year has seen an explosion in the number of turbocharged small displacement petrol engines available under the bonnets of new cars. Ford, Fiat, the Volkswagen Group brands, some of the GM brand...
GM Announces 2013 as Year of the Truck!
14 Dec 2012, 11:17 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While GM may have concentrated on small and fuel-efficient cars in 2012, with offerings like the Chevy Volt, the Chevy Spark EV and a whole slew of other green-orriented models, they have announced ...