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Jun
30th

Happy 58th birthday, Chevrolet Corvette:

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Fifty-eight years ago, on June 30, 1953, the first production Chevrolet Corvette rolled off the temporary assembly line in Flint, Mich.
Jun
30th

Happy 58th birthday, Chevorlet Corvette:

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Fifty-eight years ago, on June 30, 1953, the first production Chevrolet Corvette rolled off the temporary assembly line in Flint, Mich.
Jun
30th

RUSSIA: GM-AvtoVAZ ups 2011 output plans

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GM-AvtoVAZ, the joint venture between General Motors and Russian carmaker AvtoVAZ, plans to increase its output to 58,000 vehicles in 2011 from the 52,000 cars initially planned because of growing demand, Jeffrey Glover, the joint venture's managing director, said.
Jun
30th

Choose Focus EV’s ‘engine’ note

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Jet-turbine whine or the thrum of a traditional engine? Help Ford pick the low-speed noise the Focus Electric will make.


Jun
30th

AN CONGRESS: GAZ Group CEO outlines OEM opportunities, domestic challenges

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Foreign OEMs should view Russia not as a difficult market but rather a "different" environment that presents significant opportunities with up to US$5bn estimated to be spent by overseas manufacturers in the next two years.
Jun
30th

CHINA: China vehicle market ‘over 30m by 2020’

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Research firm IHS Automotive forecasts that the Chinese vehicle market will surpass a staggering 30m vehicles a year by 2020.
Jun
30th

MEXICO: Hyundai i10 becomes 2012 Dodge i10

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Chrysler Group has launched an additional new model in Mexico, the Dodge i10. Like that market's other two exclusive small cars, the Atos by Dodge and Dodge Attitude, the new small car is built by Hyundai Motor India (HMIL).
Jun
30th

EU: Commercial vehicle market up 25% in May

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Figures released by ACEA show that the commercial vehicle market in the EU is expanding strongly this year.
Jun
30th

AUSTRALIA: Holden threatens to yank Cruze

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General Motors' Australian unit Holden will lose its Cruze small car programme unless the federal government pledges millions to secure the next generation model within a year, the company has said, according to local media reports.
Jun
30th

Russia’s GAZ group may expand alliances with GM, VW

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Russia's GAZ group will not return to selling own-brand cars and may instead expand its production partnerships with VW and GM, Bo Andersson, GAZ president said.
Jun
30th

Analysts: Sales rebound slowed by missing inventory

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Auto sales in the United States are expected to rebound in June after a slowdown in May, a recovery limited by shortages of vehicles from Toyota and Honda that led some would-be consumers to put off buying.
Jun
30th

US: Rapid rise in start-stop fitment forecast

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More than half the new cars built worldwide by 2016 will have start-stop technology, three times as many as today, according to Johnson Controls.
Jun
30th

RUSSIA: Gaz books RUB2.1bn net profit

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Russia's largest carmaker, Gaz Group owned by billionaire Oleg Deripaska, earned RUB2.1bn (US$74.34m) in net profit in 2010, company president Bo Andersson said.
Jun
30th

Chinese glass supplier Fuyao to build $200 million plant in Russia

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Fuyao, China's largest automotive glass maker, says it will build a plant in central Russia's Kaluzhskaya Oblast region to supply automakers in Russia.
Jun
30th

JAPAN: Mazda plants back to normal, projects 2011/12 fiscal results

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Mazda Motor Corporation assembly plants in Japan are back to normal operational levels, including overtime and holiday shifts, the company said as it predicted it would be able to achieve a domestic production volume of 900,000 units during the current fiscal year ending 31 March, 2012.
Jun
30th

RUSSIA: Renault and Nissan ‘close to AvtoVAZ deal’

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Renault and alliance partner Nissan could take control of AvtoVAZ, Russia's largest car company and the maker of Ladas, as soon as next month, according to media reports.
Jun
30th

BRAZIL: Shell and BP invest in ethanol

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As expected, the degree of interest from producers, suppliers, experts and the government itself was evident throughout the recent Ethanol Summit 2011 in São Paulo, Brazil.
Jun
30th

2011 BMW 550i xDrive sedan: Great on snow and ice — an AutoWeek Long-Term Update:

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Our BMW 550i xDrive arrived in Detroit just in time to ferry us through one of the snowiest winters southern Michigan has recorded in a century.
Jun
30th

2011 BMW 550i xDrive sedan AutoWeek Long-Term Update: Solid in the Slick:

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Our BMW 550i xDrive arrived in Detroit just in time to ferry us through one of the snowiest winters southern Michigan has recorded in a century.
Jun
30th

2011 BMW 550i xDrive sedan is solid in the slick, an AutoWeek Long-Term Update:

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Our BMW 550i xDrive arrived in Detroit just in time to ferry us through one of the snowiest winters southern Michigan has recorded in a century.
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