banner The latest auto news, reviews, prices, product and vehicle releases. Auto News 5

Stay connected Subscribe to our RSS feed

Do not miss the latest Auto News !

Oct
27th

A gallopin’ Galpin

Stay connected Subscribe to our RSS feed
Galpin Auto Sports President Beau Boeckmann indulged his taste for showmanship recently when he unveiled his latest custom job, the Scythe. Read more ...
Oct
27th

BMW seeks joint vehicle electronics effort

Stay connected Subscribe to our RSS feed
BMW AG is asking automakers to work together to make vehicle electronics more innovative. Read more ...
Oct
27th

GM Europe hit hard by slump

Stay connected Subscribe to our RSS feed
General Motors Europe will have more temporary plant shutdowns this year and next year because of likely poor financial results and collapsing sales of its key Opel brand. Read more ...
Oct
27th

From Ingolstadt to Beijing

Stay connected Subscribe to our RSS feed
Audi has decided it needs to stop running its Chinese operations from headquarters in Ingolstadt. Read more ...
Oct
27th

Chrysler dealers under GM? States would rule

Stay connected Subscribe to our RSS feed
If General Motors acquires Chrysler LLC, state franchise laws would impose tight limits on GM's ability to kill brands or dump large numbers of dealers. Read more ...
Oct
27th

Runkle: Give tiny suppliers a chance

Stay connected Subscribe to our RSS feed
Automakers and large suppliers may be chasing off new technology by dealing too roughly with small upstart parts makers, Don Runkle says. Read more ...
Oct
27th

Serra wants to buy two Heard stores in Vegas

Stay connected Subscribe to our RSS feed
Michigan dealership group Serra Automotive Inc. has entered bids to buy Bill Heard Enterprises Inc.'s two Chevrolet dealerships in Las Vegas. But the bids are just that -- bids. Read more ...
Oct
27th

Audi builds new assembly line to hit 200,000 China sales goal

Stay connected Subscribe to our RSS feed
Audi is building a €120 million assembly line in China to help boost sales in its biggest market after Germany. The move is part of Audi's plan to double its sales in China to 200,000 by 2015. Read more ...
Oct
27th

GM and Chrysler mull job-sparing deal for U.S. aid

Stay connected Subscribe to our RSS feed
General Motors and Chrysler LLC's owners are discussing a merger that would keep some of Chrysler's operations intact and save jobs with the aim of securing U.S. Read more ...
Oct
27th

Ford, GM execs join panels looking at eco-friendly options

Stay connected Subscribe to our RSS feed
In their quest to improve fuel efficiency, automakers are leaving no stone unturned. Read more ...
Oct
27th

Conti CEO: Tough times ahead

Stay connected Subscribe to our RSS feed
Continental CEO Karl-Thomas Neumann said that supplier consolidation will accelerate in the current industry crisis. Neumann said that this year, between 200 and 300 suppliers will be bought or disappear. Read more ...
Oct
27th

VW goal: 80% N.A. content for Tenn. plant

Stay connected Subscribe to our RSS feed
Volkswagen AG wants more than 80 percent of the content of vehicles produced at its planned Tennessee factory to come from North America and plans a supplier park at the site to reach that goal. Read more ...
Oct
27th

F1: Valentino Rossi test likely to happen – Ferrari

Stay connected Subscribe to our RSS feed
Scuderia Ferrari's team boss has confirmed that plans will move ahead for Valentino Rossi to return to the wheel of a formula one car. Read more ...
Oct
27th

F1: Canada can win back Formula 1 race – Philippe Gurdjian

Stay connected Subscribe to our RSS feed
Canada and Montreal have a good chance of recapturing its spot on the formula one calendar, according to Philippe Gurdjian. Read more ...
Oct
27th

F1: Toyota consider leaving Formula 1 for Le Mans

Stay connected Subscribe to our RSS feed
Clear signs are emerging that giant Japanese car maker Toyota could be contemplating its future on the formula one grid. Read more ...
Oct
27th

NASCAR: Edwards wins in Atlanta but Johnson still leads

Stay connected Subscribe to our RSS feed
Carl Edwards (Ford No 99) was very fast this weekend winning the Nationwide race in Memphis on Saturday afternoon and the Pep Boys Auto 500 Sprint Cup race at the Atlanta Motor Speedway on Sunday afternoon. Read more ...
Oct
27th

A foretaste of the Tesla S sedan

Stay connected Subscribe to our RSS feed
Tesla Motors is putting the finishing touches on a new electric model. The company's founder and current president, Elon Musk, gave a preview of their next product. The S sedan will feature a driving range of 360 kilometres on a single battery charge. Read more ...
Oct
27th

F1: Standard engine plans still on track – FIA

Stay connected Subscribe to our RSS feed
Formula 1's governing body, the FIA has contradicted suggestions that plans for a standard engine formula have been put on the back burner. Read more ...
Oct
27th

2008 BMW M3 Sedan Review

Stay connected Subscribe to our RSS feed
Remember the 1973 movie The Exorcist, in which a delightful young girl played by Linda Blair is possessed by the devil and only an exorcism will save her? Well in many ways the M3 is the automotive equivalent to that movie. In BMW's version, a sweet beautifully refined 3-Series sedan is bitten by the devil and infused with unearthly power and performance, less the evil that Linda harbored. Read more ...
Oct
27th

Georgian College Auto Show 2008: Another Success!

Stay connected Subscribe to our RSS feed
Each September for the past 23 years in Barrie, Ontario, students at Georgian College's Canadian Automotive Institute (CAI) host North America's largest outdoor Auto Show. The recent 2008 installment was yet another success. Our reporter Justin Pritchard talked to Jesstine Dombrosky, this year's show co-ordinator, about the challenges and rewards that make up the hectic early weeks of class for CAI students. Read more ...
Hosted by CifTech Hosting.