Turkey Wants to Become World’s 10th Economy through Automotive Production
19 Nov 2012, 09:57 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Turkey is a great example of how a country can base its economy, or most of it, on automotive manufacturing - cars, parts, as well as the associated services. The country has largely been immune to ...
Jaguar-Land Rover and Chery to Invest $1.75-Billion in New China Plant
19 Nov 2012, 09:44 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Jaguar-Land Rover and Chery Automobile Co. have announced that they will be investing a total of $1.75-billion / €1.7-billion in their new plant, which will be built somewhere in eastern China....
European Car Market Continues Decline in October
19 Nov 2012, 09:17 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While the rate of decline may have slightly improved in October, the European car market still went down further, last month, with all of the major automakers suffering double-digit declines. In the...
Flagship Alfa Romeo to Come After Maserati Starts Making Money
16 Nov 2012, 15:15 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While even the Giula, the replacement for the 159, still seems to be a distant dream in the future for Alfa Romeo, a flaghsip car, the equivalent of the old 166 is not even on the drawing board yet....
Fiat to Counter Poor European Sales by Selling More Cars Elsewhere
16 Nov 2012, 14:50 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The European credit crisis has affected all the automakers on the Old Continent, who have had to supplement poor sales on home ground, with stronger sales in other markets, such as the US, Asia and ...
Fisker to Build Technical Center in South Michigan
16 Nov 2012, 13:59 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Fisker Automotive has just announced today that they will be building a new technical center, somewhere in the Midwest, with south Michigan being the most likely area for its construction. The new f...
Tata Motors Denies PSA Connection
15 Nov 2012, 16:12 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / We reported yesterday, that after PSA’s talks with GM had ground to a halt, due to the unstable economic climate of Europe, as a rumor, that they had begun talking with Tata Motors, in view of...
UK Car Output Up 6.5% in October
15 Nov 2012, 14:54 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Despite the fact that most of Europe is facing a prolonged economic crisis, car production in the UK has risen all throughout the year, as well as in October. According to the Society of Motor Manuf...
EU Now Requiring Tire Manufacturers to Grade Traction from A to G
15 Nov 2012, 13:09 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / As of November, the European Union has made it a requirement for tire manufacturers to now label their tires according to the traction they provide on wet roads, as well as their effect on a car&rsq...
Elon Musk Confident Obama Win is Good for EVs
14 Nov 2012, 16:54 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Obama administration is well known for its support of plug-in vehicles, including EVs, so his reelection as president of the United States will make Tesla CEO, Elon Musk, sleep much more soundly...
GM Deal in the Doldrums - PSA in Talks with Tata Motors
14 Nov 2012, 16:17 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / With the announcement that more advanced talks between GM and the PSA group would be ceasing for the next two years, due to the uncertain economic climate of Europe, we thought the French giant woul...
New Joint Venture Planning a Number of EVs for Europe, US and China
13 Nov 2012, 10:44 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Two companies have announced their intention to create multiple-use electric vehicles - KLD Energy Technologies, which usually develops high-performance electric motor technology, and Cenntro Group ...
Ferdinand Piech Will Stay at VW Until 2016 to Guide Furhter Expansion
13 Nov 2012, 09:44 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Ferdinand Piech has been at the head of the VW group for the last 18 years, and despite having reached the age of 75 himself, he does not plan to retire any time soon. In fact, he sees more room for...
Mercedes-Benz to Recall 1,525 Cars in China
12 Nov 2012, 13:22 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While Mercedes-Benz used to be well-known for over-engineering their cars, and making them ‘last forever’, the quality and durability of their products took a dive in the mid 1990s, and ...
Aston Martin for Sale?
10 Nov 2012, 10:42 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Aston Martin’s main shareholder, Investment Dar Co., has reportedly began looking for potential buyers, as it wants to pass on the famed British brand. The story comes courtesy of Bloomberg, w...
Ford US Plants Currently Working at 114% Capacity
9 Nov 2012, 14:40 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While Ford’s situation in Europe is bordering on desperate, in America, they are working over capacity to keep up with the demand. They announced today that all of their American plants are wo...
All-Electric Opel Adam EV Axed
9 Nov 2012, 10:45 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The idea of a posh all-electric city car, with decent range is truly an idea which needs more looking into. Smart have done it with the new ED, and Citroen is also pondering the idea - they showed o...
Angry Ford Workers Protest Job Cuts in Germany
8 Nov 2012, 16:45 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Ford’s announcement that they would be closing down the Genk factory, in Belgium, which would lead to the loss of some 4,300 jobs did not go unnoticed. Angry workers gathered outside Ford&rsqu...
Western European Car Sales Fall Again in October
8 Nov 2012, 10:52 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / West European cars sales are still falling, and by the end of the year, no more than 11.47-million units will have been sold - a long way off the 2009 record, of 13.66-million, the last year of grow...
Honda Opens New Indiana Plant
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Alexandru Stan / Contrary to the financial collapse-triggered tendencies that have pushed the majority of auto producers to employment cutbacks and temporary production halts, Honda trumpets the opening of a new pla...