AMG to Handle Development of All Mercedes-Benz V12
28 Aug 2012, 08:27 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Mercedes-Benz has been offering V12 variants of its most luxurious cars for years, yet all engines were made in-house, and only AMG-branded offerings got the AMG-made engines. Now, however, accordin...
Ford Building Sixth Plant in China
27 Aug 2012, 15:45 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Ford Motor Co. will be building their sixth plant in China, in an effort to boost their production capacity and presence on the PRC market. They will be investing some $600- / €480- million and...
Jaguar Land Rover Debuts 24-Hour Production at Halewood Plant
14 Aug 2012, 13:24 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Jaguar Land Rover today announced that, for the first time in the 50-year history of its Halewood plant, its 4,500 people workforce will work around the clock in order to meet the high global demand...
Outsource This - Rebadge That!
28 Jul 2012, 06:02 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Automobiles gave the men and women who made them, from designers and engineers, right down to the guy who fits the windscreen wipers, a genuine sense of pride. Designing, engineering and building mo...
Vauxhall Preparing Future Jobs: Preview for Young Students
11 Jun 2012, 13:40 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Vauxhall, which has been ranked as Britain’s 4th Top Employer (and top automotive employer) is prepared to open its doors for around 700 young students for this year’s edition of the See...
The future is bright, the future is... Orange
31 Mar 2012, 21:59 UTC · By: Charles Darveight / 2044 AD. Nürburgring. Sunny with a hint of smog, but hey, this is a technologically developed society, so that’s rather normal. A bored pelican goes about his morning exercise routine on ...
Mercedes-Benz USA Fired CEO Ernst Lieb Due to Expenses
20 Oct 2011, 15:50 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / When Mercedes-Benz USA fired its head of operations, Ernst Lieb, earlier this week, without giving any reason, the Internet started boiling with speculation. However, it seems that now we have a rea...
Toyota Still Number One: Interbrand
5 Oct 2011, 14:01 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / A recent global brand value report released by Interbrand shows that Toyota has kept its number one automotive brand position, with the Japanese carmaker ranking 11 in the overall statistics, which ...
Jimmy Choo vs. M5. Louboutin vs. AMG. Catwalk cars.
27 Jan 2011, 15:17 UTC · By: Charles Darveight / Not long ago, I went along with a friend to visit a veritable modern temple, a museum of famous shoe designers. Ok, I must admit it was actually a Dubai mall during the sales season, but you can ima...
Japan Car Production Drops
29 Dec 2010, 14:06 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Even if Japanese manufacturer Toyota is already planning ahead and announced a target of 8 million cars in 2012, this doesn't mean that the Japanese automotive industry is feeling great. The nu...
UK's Component Industry Could Disapear by 2016
26 Nov 2010, 14:35 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / Members of the Welsh Automotive Forum (WAF) were cautioned that UK's automotive component industry reached a critical moment and could vanish by the middle of the decade unless immediate action...
UK Car Production Grows by 44 Percent in April
20 May 2010, 12:55 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / The British auto industry is continuing to record an increase in production compared to the previous year. In April 2010, car production went up 44% compared to April 2009, with total production rea...
Dacia Duster Could Be Badged as a Nissan
19 May 2010, 08:10 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / The new Dacia Duster SUV could be marketed as a Nissan, according to a Renault insider quoted by Autocar. The car is mainly sold with the Dacia logo, but on certain markets it will wear the Renau...
Nissan Plans to Lower Cost of Leaf's Battery Pack
17 May 2010, 09:12 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / Nissan is trying to cut the cost of the battery pack that equips its Leaf electric vehicle in order to make the car more competitive when it goes on sale this year. Nissan aims to bring down the ...
Audi A1 Orders Could Top 50,000 Units in 2010
11 May 2010, 06:42 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / Orders for the A1 subcompact car could exceed the 50,000 units of planned production this year, according to Audi. The A1 is directed first of all at young people, an attractive target group since i...
Hyundai May Shift Santa Fe Production to Kia U.S. Plant
8 May 2010, 09:38 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / Hyundai Motor Company is having difficulties meeting demand for its U.S.-built vehicles and may hand over production of its Santa Fe SUV to sister company Kia Motor Corporation, according to the Aut...
BMW Won’t Extend Its Cooperation with PSA, Magazine Says
7 May 2010, 13:44 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / BMW AG is not planning to extend its joint projects with PSA Peugeot Citroen beyond the current engine partnership, according to a report from Germany’s Auto Motor und Sport magazine, quoted b...
Chinese Automaker Jianghuai Plans to Build a Plant in Slovakia
5 May 2010, 10:53 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / Chinese automaker Jianghuai Automobile Company is negotiating with the Slovak government on a possible plant investment, the country’s economy ministry announced on Tuesday. According to t...
Germany, Italy New-Car Sales Decline
4 May 2010, 11:50 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / Germany's new-car market decreased for a fifth consecutive month, recording a 32 percent year-on-year decline in April as the government incentives for new-car buyers were stopped. Registration...
French Car Market Slows Down in April Due to Incentives Cut
3 May 2010, 14:14 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / A cut in the government incentives in France slowed down growth in April, while Spanish car sales rose, with scrapping schemes continuing to fuel demand. However, the French increase in van sales, w...