Aston Martin released pictures of its Cygnet microcar based on the Toyota iQ. The Cygnet is designed to be a new luxury commuter concept car.
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Geely, a preferred bidder for Ford Motor Co.'s Volvo unit, has signed up Johnson Controls as its global auto parts supplier. The companies will also cooperate in the clean energy sector, Geely said.
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The head of Japan's auto-making lobby said today he feared that the U.S. market would remain weak and would not reach total sales of 11 million vehicles next year. U.S.
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The top officials from the UAW unanimously endorsed Bob King as a successor to President Ron Gettelfinger, who has led the union through a tumultuous decade marked by declining membership, historic concessions and automaker bankruptcies.
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Chrysler Group will build its first Fiat-derived four-cylinder engine for North America at a Michigan factory. CEO Sergio Marchionne disclosed the plans today for Fiat's 1.4-liter and#8220;fully integrated robotized engine,and#8221; or FIRE.
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Tata Motors and Mahindra and Mahindra have shown interest in taking over Fiat's factory in Termini Imerese, Italy, a newspaper said, Fiat has said the plant wil halt Lancia Ypsilon production by 2011 to be replaced by some other output which has not...
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Italy's market for new cars could sink 16 percent to 1.8 million units in 2010 if the government scraps trade-in incentives, the country's foreign carmakers' association Unrae said.
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Volkswagen is tying the salaries of its top managers to customer and employee satisfaction.
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Volkswagen is tying the salaries of its top managers to customer and employee satisfaction.
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Opel will launch an electric vehicle, a small SUV, a minicar and hybrid models within five years to freshen its product line, CEO Nick Reilly said. Sales of an electric car should start within the next three years.
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Tata Motors and Mahindra and Mahindra have shown interest in taking over Fiat's factory in Termini Imerese, Italy, a newspaper said, Fiat has said the plant wil halt Lancia Ypsilon production by 2011 to be replaced by some other output which has not...
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Geely, a preferred bidder for Ford Motor Co.'s Volvo unit, has signed up Johnson Controls as its global auto parts supplier. The companies will also cooperate in the clean energy sector, Geely said.
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Chrysler Group will build its first Fiat-derived four-cylinder engine for the North American market at a factory in Dundee, Michigan. Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne will formally disclose U.S. manufacturing plans Thursday for Fiat's 1.
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The head of Japan's automaking lobby said today he feared that the U.S. market would remain weak and would not reach total sales of 11 million vehicles next year. U.S.
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Heikki Kovalainen looks set to contest next month's Arctic Lapland Rally in his native Finland.
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Ferrari will have a more fuel-efficient engine in 2010, Spain's Diario AS has suggested.
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Seven-time World Champion Michael Schumacher may take part in a test prior to making his decision to return to formula one with Mercedes GP in 2010.
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Concept study of a purely electrically powered model based on the BMW 1 Series Coupé. The BMW Concept ActiveE represents a consistent continuation of the research and development activities of the BMW Group relating to electromobility as part of project i. A concept which realizes CO2-free mobility in BMW style is presented.
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Japanese driver Kamui Kobayashi has been signed on as a BMW Sauber F1 Team driver as of season 2010.
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DETROIT - Today GMC unveiled the 2011 Acadia Denali in Detroit. The first Denali was launched in 1999 on the Yukon brand and helped define the luxury SUV segment. With nearly half of all Yukon sales being Denali models, expanding the Denali line to include the Acadia was a logical extension. Acadia Denali will provide GMC customers with all the amenities the Denali is known for in a fuel-efficient crossover.
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