F1: Former PM doubted Lotus would get car running
Malaysia’s former prime minister on Monday said he agreed to launch Lotus’ Norfolk headquarters because he initially did not believe the team would get up and running in 2010.
Read moreMalaysia’s former prime minister on Monday said he agreed to launch Lotus’ Norfolk headquarters because he initially did not believe the team would get up and running in 2010.
Read moreSweden’s ministry of industry has welcomed news of Saab’s final sale to Dutch carmaker Spyker in a deal that should secure around 3,000 jobs at the Trollhattan plant.
Read moreA US congressional committee has sharply criticised Toyota for misleading the public on the sufficiency of the recent recalls in preventing problems of sudden acceleration while, at home in Japan, transport minister Seiji Maehara also questioned if the Toyota had provided enough information to the government on safety issues, which have so far led to the recall of over 8m vehicles worldwide.
Read moreGerman Economy Minister Rainer Bruederle on Tuesday backed demands for a greater contribution from GM for the overhaul of Opel.
Read moreMINI has chosen the 2010 Geneva International Motor Show to launch an all-new, world-first in-car entertainment solution: MINI Connected. Through intelligent connectivity between the driver, his MINI and the outside world, MINI Connected offers new options for further enhancing the hallmark driving fun associated with the brand. Some of these new possibilities will be presented in Geneva.
Read moreWill luxury buyers accept a sleek-looking Mercedes-Benz sedan with minivan-like doors?
Read moreWill luxury buyers accept a sleek-looking Mercedes-Benz sedan with minivan-like doors?
Read moreWill luxury buyers accept a sleek-looking Mercedes-Benz sedan with minivan-like doors?
Read moreAudi will debut its small A1 hatchback at the Geneva motor show in March, but has released details about the Mini competitor prior to its public debut.inline_mediumwraptextright32338941/features/news/1002_2010_audi_a11002_02_z+2010_audi_a1+front_three_quarter_view.jpgTrue
Photo Gallery: 2010 Audi A1 – 2010 Geneva Auto Show Coverage, New Car Reviews, Concept Cars – Automobile Magazine
Although it was originally a segment-buster when it first arrived in the U.S., the Mazda 5 isnât playing by itself any longer. Kiaâs Rondo now serves as a competitor, as will the forthcoming Ford Grand C-Max and the Chevrolet Orlando. Itâs timely, then, that Mazda is overhauling its mini-minivan for the 2011 model year.inline_mediumwraptextright28162123/features/news/1002_2011_mazda_mazda51002_01_z+2011_mazda_mazda5+front_three_quarter_view.jpgTrue
Photo Gallery: 2011 Mazda Mazda5 – 2010 Geneva Auto Show Coverage, New Car Reviews, Concept Cars – Automobile Magazine
A day after photos began leaking onto the Internet, Mini officially released information on its new Countryman — its first foray into the crossover field.inline_mediumwraptextright32348103/features/news/1002_2011_mini_countryman1002_01_z+2011_mini_countryman+front_three_quarter_view.jpgTrue
Photo Gallery: 2011 Mini Countryman – 2010 Geneva Auto Show Coverage, New Car Reviews, Concept Cars – Automobile Magazine
Further financial details have emerged from Italy concerning proposals to save the threatened Fiat group Lancis Ypsilon assembly plant at Termini Imerese in Sicily. According to a spokesman for union conglomerate Fiom-Cgil, Sicilian authorities and the Italian government have put forward a possible rescue package totalling EUR450m (US$610m) although nothing has been definitively decided.
Read moreThe provinsional administrator of car assembler IzhAvto believes the company’s creditors should introduce an external management team at the bankrupt Russian group. It has also been recommended that IzhAvto not be sold off piecemeal.
Read moreGermany is irritated by the European Commission’s latest comments on state aid for Opel, deputy German Economy Minister Jochen Homann said.
Read moreFord will debut production versions of the new C-Max and Grand C-Max minivans at the Geneva auto show on March 2.
Read moreFord will debut production versions of the new C-Max and Grand C-Max compact minivans at the Geneva auto show on March 2. The automaker also will discuss its global C-car strategy and introduce an additional Focus model.
Read moreThis week I am driving a Metallic White 2010 Mazda5 GT. I have always described it as kind of a mini-minivan. It has sliding side doors, a higher roof profile and a third row of seats. It first hit the market back in 2006 and since people that own them, love them, very little has changed on it.
Read moreNobody loved the early “modern” sports cars from Zuffenhausen, Germany. The first 911, the 901-series, was a thoroughly reengineered 356, which itself was a Volkswagen Beetle on steroids. Then came the turtle-slow 912, the neither-fish-nor-fowl 911T, the E with its capricious fuel injection, the Targa with the zippered plastic rear window that went blind after two summers, and the awful semiautomatic Sportomatics. The serious part of the 911 saga began in 1967 with the lean and quick 160-hp 911S. From day one, base-model 911s were never that special, the exception being the 1981-1989 cars and the particularly desirable, last-of-the-air-cooled 993-series. What made the ultimate metamorphosis of Ferdinand Porsche’s Volkswagen such an icon over time were the sharper-edged variants. Charismatic suffixes like Turbo, SC, Clubsport, GT, RS, Carrera, Touring, and Speedster invariably make the hearts of 911 aficionados beat faster. Extra adrenaline is freed by such specials as the wide-body Turbo-look versions, the slant-nose cars that were available between 1983 and 1994, and the often substantially more potent factory high-performance kits (generally not available in the States) dubbed WLS, for Werks-Leistungs-Steigerung (Factory-Power-Increase).inline_mediumwraptextright32187153/features/news/1003_ten_favorite_porsche_911s1003_12_z+porsche_911+emblem.jpgTrue
Photo Gallery: Ten Favorite Porsche 911s – Techtonics, Engine, Price – Automobile Magazine
Fisker will display the aluminium space frame underpinning its upcoming Karma premium plug-in hybrid electric vehicle at the Geneva show next month. It claims the frame “incorporates new levels of rigidity and strength that will give the [car] first world-class ride and handling characteristics”.
Read moreAfter two years of trying (with BMW/Mini and also with Peugeot/Citroën), Daimler chairman Dieter Zetsche and his engineering chief Thomas Weber have finally struck a deal with Renault-Nissan to develop the next generation of Smart microcars by late 2014. The partners will market distinctly different derivatives under the Renault-Nissan and Smart nameplates.inline_mediumwraptextright32091867/features/news/1003_smart_renault_nissan1003_06_z+smart_forTwo+front_three_quarter_view.jpgTrue