Luton workers' "competitive performance" played a large part in GM awarding the Vivaro contract to the British plant today.
Demands by automakers for more braking performance with minimal cost or weight penalties continue to drive manufacturers like TRW to come up with new ideas. Although advances in friction materials and caliper designs have helped improve braking performance, the main improvements in braking in recent years have come from electronic control, firstly ABS (anti-locking braking system), then ESP (electronic stability programme) and now brake-by-wire. In this interview, Matthew Beecham talked with TRW's engineers about such braking system developments.
Also in today's show: Lamborghini sells out the Aventador LP700-4 for more than a year, General Motors cars "held hostage," lawsuit claims, and the Toyota Prius wagon is delayed in Japan.
The remaining 16 contestants in the U.S. GT Academy will head to Englandand#8217;s Silverstone circuit for a weeklong book camp in June, Sony Computer Entertainment America and Nissan North America said Wednesday.
German carmakers and suppliers are looking at cutting production due to bottlenecks resulting from Japan's earthquake and tsunami.
Most Japanese automakers have extended their vehicle production stoppages into a third week after the devastating earthquake and subsequent tsunami that hit north-eastern Japan on 11 March. The delay in resumption of component supplies is also affecting the global supply chain, hitting non-Japanese automakers' production schedules, IHS Global Insight automotive analyst Paul Newton wrote in a research note on Thursday (24 March).
US March new vehicle retail sales showed showing in the first three weeks of the month, continuing a trend of monthly double-digit year-over-year increases, according to JD Power and Associates, using real-time transaction data from about 8,900 retail dealerships throughout the country.
The global automotive industry needs to brace for worsening supply-chain disruption according to IHS Automotive.
Firm confirms that next-gen Vivaro van will be built in Luton, safeguarding 1,000 jobs.
Production disruptions at automakers outside Japan could become more widespread by the third week of April as parts shortages caused by the 9.
Continental says it has developed a new display and control concept that has made its way into the first pre-development projects with vehicle manufacturers.
The key UK auto workers' union has welcomed today's (24 March) decision by Opel/Vauxhall and Renault to build the next generation of Vivaro vans at its Luton plant.
Delphi introduces new integrated seat based HVAC system
Opel/Vauxhall and Renault have announced the production locations for the next generation of the Opel/Vauxhall Vivaro and Renault Trafic models that secures the immediate future of the Luton, England plant. Production is scheduled to start in 2013.
Unions and the Italian government have met in Rome to flesh out the future of Fiat's Termini Imerese plant in Sicily.
Italian Ministers have stepped into the row surrounding Fiat's decision to freeze its EUR500m (US$710m) investment into the Grugliasco plant in Turin.
Japanese automakers limped toward recovery today, with Toyota announcing plans to resume limited production of hybrid vehicles and Nissan opening its assembly plants.
Japanese automakers limped toward recovery today, with Toyota announcing plans to resume limited production of hybrid vehicles and Nissan opening its assembly plants.
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