Sergio Marchionne, who runs both Fiat and Chrysler, has a rock star appeal you don't see anywhere else in the global car industry these days. Maybe it's because so much is riding on Marchionne.
Global automakers may lose production of 600,000 vehicles by the end of the month as the earthquake in Japan halts assembly lines and work at suppliers including the German maker of a key paint pigment.
Lost auto and truck output in the two weeks since an earthquake and tsunami struck northeast Japan tops a third of a million vehicles, and it could be months, rather than weeks, before the country's automakers get back on track.
The destruction wrought by the tsunami that slammed Japan two weeks ago has given rise to graveyards for machinery pulled from the wreckage.
China's Dongfeng Motor Group is in advanced talks to buy a stake of about 30 percent in German auto supplier Getrag to gain access to transmission technology, sources said.
Sergio Marchionne performed a near-miracle in turning around the fortunes of Italy's flagship industrial company, Fiat. Now business leaders and economists hope he can do the same for the country's hidebound and ailing economy.
Global automakers may lose production of 600,000 vehicles by the end of the month as the earthquake in Japan halts assembly lines and work at suppliers including the maker of a paint pigment.
Noticing the success of its Fiesta customization options, Ford will be giving consumers an even broader choice in 2012 with three new packages designed to spruce up the inside or outside of the little runabout.
Jari-Matti Latvala will take a lead of 11.5 seconds into day two of Vodafone Rally de Portugal following six action packed stages on the gravel roads of the Algarve on Friday.
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Sebastian Vettel on Saturday kicked off his title defence with a dominant run to pole position in Melbourne.
Juan Pablo Montoya usually has an answer for any question. Only, after winning the pole for Sunday's Auto Club 400, at 184.653mph, he was a bit stumped.
Ross Brawn has left the executive board of the Mercedes GP team, according to a report in the Cologne newspaper Express.
Chile native Martin Scuncio captured the pole position of the first Star Mazda Championship's 2011 season race, in St.Petersburg, Florida.
Red Bull is using an innovative super-compact KERS system this year, according to the latest paddock rumour. Martin Whitmarsh admitted he was baffled after it emerged the team had not used the KERS in qualifying.
At least two of the four engine manufacturers in formula one are not backing Bernie Ecclestone's push to repeal the new rules for 2013.
If you regularly spend time on auto-related websites and your significant other is tired of hearing you talk about cars all the time, the new iSupercar Sounds app for iPhone will no doubt interest you.
Merck KGaA, the sole producer of a paint pigment for automakers such as Ford and Chrysler, cannot operate its Japanese factory because it is too close to a nuclear reactor crippled by the earthquake and tsunami.
Cooper Tires is the fourth-largest tire manufacturer in North America, with just more than 13 percent of the replacement-tire market in the United States. But nobody goes around chanting, "We're No. 4!" So Cooper is working on a bigger market share.
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