Update: Click here to watch video of the Buick LaCrosse: http://miad.autoweek.com/vidcast/2010_buick_lacrosse.m4v
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Manchester United footballer Christiano Ronaldo walks away from high speed crash in his Ferrari 599.
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Car sales in the Czech Republic rose 4.7% in 2008 according to the local association of car importers
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Unlike British local authorities, whose plans to tax high-CO2 car drivers by charging them more for registering vehicles and parking them are facing a growing backlash, the city of Tokyo plans to exempt taxes on next-generation 'green' vehicles such as electric cars and plug-in hybrids once they go on sale.
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A London borough, Richmond, plans to boost parking prices by about 25% for higher CO2 emitting vehicles.
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Nissan Motor will participate in ITS-Safety 2010, a large-scale test of future automotive intelligent transportation systems, with four advanced safety prototype vehicles.
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Tofas, a joint venture between Fiat and local firm Koc, has said it has laid off 657 workers amid poor demand for cars.
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General Motors on Wednesday launched a nationwide test program that gives 90 million credit union members access to the company's Credit Union Member Discount Program with participating GM dealers.
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Ford Motor Co. and Microsoft Corp. are adding navigation and information features to their Sync system in an effort to stay ahead of rivals' telematics offerings.
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Nissan Europe, which has just axed 1,200 jobs at its UK plant, said earlier that sales last month fell 25.6% year on year to 36,646 units though market share improved to 2.7% from 2.5%.
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Honda Motor has said its China vehicle sales rose 11.7% in 2008 to 473,297 units.
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Toyota, Honda and Ford rank as the best brands in consumers' minds, an annual Consumer Reports survey found.
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Toyota Motor Sales USA this year will launch new telematics systems with some features similar to those pioneered by General Motors' OnStar.
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Schaeffler is poised to take effective control of Continental this week when it collects the bulk of shares tendered after its EUR11.3bn bid.
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Weve seen photos of a mysterious GT-R lapping Germany's Nürburgring for months with different body work and rims, and we now can confirm that the car is the more performance-focused SpecV version of Nissan's supercar.
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Chery Automobile has posted a decline in annual sales in 2008, reversing the previous growth trend.
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Nissan Motor Manufacturing (UK) on Thursday said it would cut 1,200 of the 5,000 staff from its plant in northeast England "to protect the long term viability of its manufacturing operations in Sunderland".
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