Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. (FHI), the manufacturer of Subaru automobiles, today released footage covering an advanced research and development project carried out at the Nürburgring's racetrack in Germany, using a 2011MY Subaru WRX STI 4-door (sedan) test vehicle.
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Jenson Button has played down claims that McLaren's risky gamble with its fuel loads was the reason for the near-disaster during the Turkish grand prix.
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KERS should only return to the F1 grid next year if every car is fitted with the energy-recovery technology.
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At just eleven years of age, Lance Stroll, young driver of karting, joins the Ferrari Driver Academy .
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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - The 2010 model year just got even more exclusive for the Dodge Viper. The Dodge brand is unveiling three new unique 2010 Viper SRT10 vehicles as part of its "Dealer Exclusive Program."
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Finnish driver Valtteri Bottas (ART Grand Prix) has successfully defended his title in the RTL GP Masters of Formula 3.
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The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has launched a three-month pilot project to broadcast estimated wait times for crossing the Canada-United States land border.
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Red Bull staged a pit stop competition on Wednesday morning downtown Montreal so the medias could get their hands dirty in changing the tires of a Formula 1 car!
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A Senate panel will vote tomorrow on a broad vehicle safety bill that has been modified to satisfy the auto industry and more closely track the House legislation crafted after Toyota's safety recalls.
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Supplier Engineered Plastic Components Inc. has acquired the assets of plastics parts maker Innatech LLC through a sale in U.S. Bankruptcy Court. Innatech's operations will close, and the work will be folded into its EPC's existing eight plants.
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In News Brake: Panoz channels the spirit of Le Mans with the new Abruzzi, Viper has special speed demons for dealers, and we test-drive the 2010 Audi A4T . . . But Wait, There's More!
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General Motors Co. said it is recalling 1.5 million vehicles with heated washer-fluid systems following engine fires that occurred even after a 2008 fix on many of the same cars for similar problems.
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Ford Motor Co. hopes to wrap talks by year end with the dealers for the Mercury brand it is shutting to focus on its mass-market Ford and luxury Lincoln brands, CEO Alan Mulally said today.
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Daimler said on Tuesday its Juiz de Fora plant in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais would next year start making the Mercedes-Benz Actros heavy and Accelo light trucks for Latin America.
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EDITOR WES RAYNAL: This was not nearly the eye-popping, holy-crap experience I thought it would be. The car certainly is a looker, but driving it is sort of underwhelming. Maybe my expectations were too high.
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Moody's Investors Service today revised its outlook for U.S. automotive parts suppliers to positive from stable, citing growing demand for vehicle parts as sales rise in a recovering economy. Moody's revised upward its U.S.
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News that Germany's economic steering committee is to meet tomorrow (9 June) to discuss - again - Opel's request for EUR1.3bn (US$1.6bn) in loan guarantees - has not exactly generated great hope the deal will be approved.
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Changan Automobile is establishing Changan UK Research and Development Centre in Nottingham, creating up to 200 new jobs over the next three years.
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PSA Peugeot Citroen has begun syndication of a EUR1.8bn (US$2.4bn) refinancing loan, the lead banks said.
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The high-tech Audi R8 E-tron is being tested on public roads to start a development program that Ingolstadt insiders say will have the all-electric, four-wheel-drive supercar on sale in North America by the end of 2012.
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