Ferdinand Porsche’s Nazi Affiliation Prevents Street Renaming
5 Oct 2012, 13:54 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Porsche have chosen Atlanta, Georgia as the city where they will be building their American headquarters. They plan to invest some $100-million, to createa a state of the art building complex, which...
Germany Gives Up On Promise of One Million EVs by 2020
5 Oct 2012, 08:00 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Germany is easily Europe’s leading nation when it comes to green technology, yet not even they can keep their ambitious promises in the field. The plan was to get as many as 1 million EVs on G...
Artega Acquired by Paragon AG, Production Killed
5 Oct 2012, 08:12 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Back in July, we reported that German sports car producer Artega filed for insolvency and it is now time to get back on the topic, unfortunately with even worse news - Artega has been bought by Para...
September US Car Sales Get 13% Boost On Way to 15-Million Units
4 Oct 2012, 09:25 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While growth on other markets has stagnated or gone back down, in the US, car sales are going strong. Autonews states that car sales have jumped up by 13%, when compared to the same month of 2011, e...
Atlantic Getting Closer to Production - Fisker Raises $100-Million
3 Oct 2012, 12:11 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The fate of the Fisker Atlantic (which is getting a 2.0-liter turbocharged engine, sourced from BMW) seems to be steadily improving, as the automaker has secured an additional $100-million of the $1...
Toyota Defends Title of Most Valuable Automotive Brand
2 Oct 2012, 16:05 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Toyota has managed to defend its title of the Most Valuable Automotive Brand, as shown in the recently published Best Global Brands 2012 by Interbrand. For 2012, Toyota’s brand valuation jumpe...
2013 SRT Viper to Only Reach 100 Chrysler Dealers
24 Sep 2012, 14:31 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The 2013 SRT Viper is almost ready to hit Chrysler dealerships across the US, but not all dealers will have the chance to see their floors accommodate the supercar. The new Viper, which comes wi...
Former Nissan Designer Will Head SAIC European Design Center
21 Sep 2012, 12:00 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. (SAIC) has just named former Nissan designer, Martin Uhlarik, as the head of its European design center, based in Longbridge, UK, at the old MG factory, now owned ...
China Readying New Standards for EVs for 2014
18 Sep 2012, 14:30 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Since EVs have additional safety concerns, as opposed to regular cars, the Chinese Automotive Engineering Research Institute is hard at work for new national standards for such vehicles. At the mome...
Chinese Government Imposes Stricter Quality Control Laws for Car Exports
18 Sep 2012, 13:43 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / When Chinese cars first made an appearance outside the PRC, all of them, without exception, were criticized for their poor build quality and appalling safety. While things may have moved on consider...
Porsche to Produce 75,000 Macan SUVs per Year
10 Sep 2012, 13:43 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Porsche is preparing to give us its Macan compact SUV, with the vehicle expected to arrive next year and it seems that the carmaker is getting more and more positive expectations for the vehicle. ...
Rolls Royce Opening New Showrooms in Japan
6 Sep 2012, 11:56 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Rolls Royce recently announced that it is expanding its operations in Japan, with the company planning to get closer to its customers in the country. To be more specific, The automaker will open a n...
McLaren Automotive Making International Motor Show Debut in Paris
5 Sep 2012, 16:26 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / McLaren Automotive is set to enter a new chapter in its life at the upcoming Paris Motor Show, where the British supercar producer will make its international motor show debut. The company will u...
New Saab Owner Can’t Use Griffin Logo
4 Sep 2012, 17:31 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Saab has recently been purchased by a company called NEVS (National Electric Vehicle Sweden AB), but while the latter has acquired the rights to most of the troubled carmaker’s assets, it won&...
Rolls Royce Announces Expansion Plans in Thailand
3 Sep 2012, 15:23 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Rolls Royce recently opened its first showroom at Rama 3 in Bangkok and now the company wants to build on that, announcing plans to introduce a special new boutique in Central Bangkok, with the loca...
Lexus CT 200h MoveOn Navigation from TomTom
31 Aug 2012, 12:08 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Earlier today we wrote about BMW integrating TomTom satnav on certain models (the ones that don’t come with OEM navigation) and now it’s time to mention TomTom once again, but this time ...
Gumpert Files for Insolvency, Promises Comeback
31 Aug 2012, 08:33 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / We could start this article by inviting you to search for the “Fine Day for Science” episode of the Dexter’s Laboratory cartoon series, but that would be a tad complicated, so we&r...
Car Depreciation Based on Color Top Released
30 Aug 2012, 15:56 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / A car’s depreciation rate is obviously heavily influenced by the brand and even the model, but the color also plays and important role here, as shown by a recent study published by Daily Mail....
Continental PureContact Tire Launched
30 Aug 2012, 11:49 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Continental Tire the Americas has launched a new all-season replacement tire, the PureContact, with the company bragging that this comes with multiple assets. The company tells us that its new PureC...
Ferrari Expects Record 2012 Sales
29 Aug 2012, 12:00 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Ferrari chairman Luca Cordero di Montezemolo has recently said that the Prancing Horse is currently following the schedule that will see it post record sales for this year. Thus, the Italian superca...