The 24th-annual EyesOn Design car show will honor Volkswagen Group design chief Walter de'Silva with a Lifetime Design Achievement Award, the organizers said.
Improving overseas shipments boosted five South Korean carmakers' sales in February, according to industry data.
Driver assistance systems use a combination of warnings and some degree of active intervention to help steer the driver away from trouble. In this interview, Matthew Beecham talked with Wilfried Mehr about the ways in which Continental has been pushing back the technical boundaries in the driver assistance arena.
The TV images from Wisconsin are compelling. Crowds of outraged workers chant at Republican lawmakers seeking to restrict their collective bargaining rights.
Daimler has said it expects first quarter vehicle sales to grow significantly after it sold 16.6% more cars in the first two months of 2011 than a year earlier.
The Volkswagen Bulli concept, a retro design evolution of the original VW Bus, was the star of the company's preshow media preview.
Tyre and brakes specialist Continental expects natural rubber prices, bid up by speculators to fresh record highs, to wipe out nearly US$1bn in profits this year if it cannot offset the hit.
Honda is recalling 36,656 of its 2006- and 2007-model-year Civic hybrids to replace the DC-to-DC convertor.
EXECUTIVE EDITOR--AUTOWEEK.COM BOB GRITZINGER: It's nice to fill a car from below half a tank and have the pump stop at less than 10 gallons--especially as fuel costs creep steadily upward.
EXECUTIVE EDITOR--AUTOWEEK.COM BOB GRITZINGER: It's nice to fill a car from below half a tank and have the pump stop at less than 10 gallons--especially as fuel costs creep steadily upward.
GM has shortened shifts at many of its North American plants, and Mazda delayed production today due to parts shortages caused by a fire at a Magna International interior trim plant in Michigan.
General Motors says it still has some way to go in maintaining its recent positive performance that saw four successive quarters of growth.
Renault's Dacia brand will begin selling low-cost cars online to defend its leadership of Europe's surging budget-vehicle market against rival PSA, which is considering an online-only European sales model for vehicles it plans to build with China...
An Ontario court has granted class action status to a lawsuit by over 200 former Canadian GM dealers terminated in connection with the auomaker's 2009 bailout by the governments of Canada and Ontario.
Kia's new Picanto, unveiled at Geneva and on sale in late spring, will boast one of the most fuel efficient engines on the market, putting low emissions in reach of all motorists not just those who can afford hybrids, according to Joachim Hahn, head of powertrain engineering design and testing at Hyundai and Kia's European technical centre in Germany.
Just what is the value of having one of your cars thrashed round a circuit every week by a bunch of celebrities?
Amongst all the glitz and glamour of the Geneva show and exotic machinery on display, it was arguably the South Korean companies who had the most interesting, and arguably most important models on display.
Continental, Europe's second-largest tiremaker, reported fourth-quarter profit and revenue that beat analysts' estimates and predicted rising sales in Asia will offset additional costs from rubber's surge.