Ford has two finalists for car, truck of the year awards
Ford Motor Co. placed two candidates on the short list of finalists for the 2009 North American Car and Truck of the Year awards.
Read moreFord Motor Co. placed two candidates on the short list of finalists for the 2009 North American Car and Truck of the Year awards.
Read moreFord Motor Co.’s Flex and F-150 pickup were among six finalists for the 2009 North American Car and Truck of the Year awards. The other cars were the diesel-powered Volkswagen Jetta TDI and Hyundai’s Genesis luxury sedan.
Read moreThe short list for the 2009 North American Car and Truck of the Year awards is in, and diesels and Ford are looking good so far.
Read moreWherever you are in the world, if they make cars locally there’s a fair bet that there’s a government bailout package in the air.
Read moreThe Turkish operations of Fiat and Renault have followed Ford Otosan by halting production for about three weeks, citing falling demand.
Read moreCar output in Thailand is projected to fall by 20% next year by the Federation of Thai Industry (FTI).
Read moreSpanish vehicle output fell 39% year on year in November, trade group ANFAC said on Thursday, noting this was the fourth consecutive month of falling production.
Read moreI’ve always been a huge fan of the Lotus 7 replicas, and it’s great to finally have one of the best examples in the office. Caterhams have a huge cult following and a blast in this R400 shows why. Once you squeeze into the tight seat and try to fit your shoes into the pedal box (racing shoes are your only option), the car is actually quite comfortable. The ultra-light weight helps give the R400 amazing ride quality even over rough Michigan roads. The clutch is very aggressive and the engine likes revs when you are pulling away from a dead stop. The combination of a very high power-to-weight ratio and short gearing gives the R400 incredible acceleration. Caterham quotes a 0-to-60-mph time of 3.8 seconds and that doesn’t seem overly optimistic. The unboosted brakes work well, but you have to be careful trying to fit your feet on both the clutch and the brake pedal at the same time. The steering is quick and accurate but not nervous.
Photo Gallery: Caterham Superlight R400 – Kit Car, Sports Car, Race Car – Automobile Magazine
Chrysler advertising agency BBDO may suffer more job losses as parent company Omnicom Group prepares to lay off nearly 5 percent of its global work force of 70,000, according to executives close to the situation.
Read moreChrysler LLC advertising agency BBDO North America said today it is eliminating 189 positions, about 6 percent of its work force.
Read morePresident George W Bush will not allow a “disorderly collapse” of the US automakers, a White House spokeswoman said on Thursday.
Read moreNew vehicle sales in Japan in 2009 are likely to fall 4.9% year-on-year to 4.86m units, according to the Japanese automakers’ trade association JAMA.
Read moreNew registrations of commercial vehicles in Europe dropped by a record 30.8% to 169,901 units, automakers group ACEA said on Thursday.
Read moreFord’s Turkish operation it to suspend production for over three weeks after domestic and export demand slumped.
Read moreFord of Britain said on Thursday it had sold 11,500 new Fiestas in the 77 days since the redesigned model went on sale on 1 October – with more than 9,000 going to retail customers. The retail sales rate so far is 80 per cent – a substantial increase on the more usual 60%.
Read moreTransmission technoogy company Antonov says that it has secured additional customers in China and that it has received ‘strong government support’ for its already announced six-speed automatic transmission plant in Chong Qing.
Read moreGermany’s Porsche Automobil Holding expects its car sales to decline in the fiscal year 2008/09 as the global economic crisis hurts demand around the world.
Read moreBattery and materials companies are teaming with the Argonne National Laboratory to develop manufacturing capability for advanced auto batteries in the United States.
Read moreAs part of just-auto’s annual review of steering systems, Matthew Beecham talked with Salvatore Oliveri, chief technology officer for tedrive Group, in September. tedrive designs and makes driveshafts, differentials and steering systems. Since then, however, the company has been declared bankrupt yet the management stresses that the company will continue to trade while in receivership.
Read moreGeneral Motors is denying that talks about possibly merging with Chrysler have restarted.
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