Not too long ago it looked like model-year 2009 would be the last for the Chrysler PT Cruiser. It is the only Chrysler vehicle still based on the Neon platform, and the only one still using the Neon's old 2.4-litre engine.
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Formula one teams will have a say in the selection of judges used for appeal hearings, the governing FIA has announced.
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The Milwaukee Mile, which first opened for racing in 1903, pre-dating the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, has no major racing dates for 2010.
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It looks like Danica's NASCAR Nationwide debut will come at Auto Club Speedway in California rather than at Daytona where she will make her stock car debut in an ARCA car.
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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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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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At the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Volvo Car Corporation will present a battery-electric Volvo C30 with a range of 150 km. The show car represents the first step toward building a test fleet of at least 50 electric Volvo C30s that will be on the road in 2011.
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The Toyota Highlander is the very portrait of the quiet SUV: sober look, lacklustre engine, efficient yet impersonal steering. In short, despite its undeniable road-going capabilities, it's easily lost in the sea of SUVs out there and doesn't push the envelop on any level.
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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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French team Oreca has been chosen by Peugeot Sport to run a fourth, semi-works Peugeot 908 in 2010 Le Mans 24 hours, but also in Le Mans Series championship.
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At the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Volvo Car Corporation will present a battery-electric Volvo C30 with a range of 150 km. The show car represents the first step toward building a test fleet of at least 50 electric Volvo C30s that will be on the road in 2011.
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Ferrari will have a more fuel-efficient engine in 2010, Spain's Diario AS has suggested.
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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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President Barack Obama signed legislation that would give rejected General Motors Co. and Chrysler Group dealers access to neutral arbitration if they want to be reinstated, kicking off a six-and-a-half months arbitration process.
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The top-ranking strategic planning, product planning and public relations executives within Toyota's U.S. operations will retire within the next two months.
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BMW will flip the switch on the second phase of its heavily cloaked Project i city-car initiative at the Detroit auto show with the unveiling of a plug-in electric version of the 1-series coupe.
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U.S. dealership closures this year will be the worst on record going back to at least the 1950s, spurred by the shutdowns at General Motors Co. and Chrysler Group, consulting firm Urban Science said Wednesday. Through October, 1,467 U.S.
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U.S. dealership closures this year will be the worst on record going back to at least the 1950s, spurred by the shutdowns at General Motors Co. and Chrysler Group, consulting firm Urban Science said Wednesday. Through October, 1,467 U.S.
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U.S. sales of medium- and heavy-duty trucks fell for the 34th straight month in November. But the drop was the smallest yet this year. Class 4 through 8 truck sales fell 16 percent in November from a year earlier to 18,738.
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