While Daniel Ricciardo is getting ready to replace Narain Karthikeyan for the rest of the season at Hispania Racing Team, Javier Villa has refused to deny speculation linking him with a race seat at the team.
Around the office, and for as long as CUVs have been on the car scene, a debate has been raging on in the attempt to determine what makes a given vehicle fit into one of these categories and not the other.
The Japan earthquake in March left many U.S. dealers scrambling for cars, yet the Toyota Camry and the Honda Accord continue to top the chart in car sales after six months.
Following a Twitter campaign, Ford Motor has pulled its advertising from the U.K.'s best-selling newspaper, Rupert Murdoch's News of the World, over allegations the paper hacked into the voicemail of a missing schoolgirl.
GM issued recalls to fix a faulty part on police versions of 2007-08 Chevrolet Impalas but ignored more than 400,000 U.S. civilian buyers, according to a lawsuit filed last week.
AutoNation Inc. said today that its new-vehicle sales increased 3 percent last month to 16,564 compared with June 2010, below the overall U.S. sales gain. Total U.S. auto sales increased 7 percent in June.
The Jetsons' futuristic vision of a flying car is one step closer to becoming a reality.
Automakers including Chrysler, GM and Toyota criticized an Environmental Protection Agency plan to allow gasoline containing up to 15 percent ethanol to be used in cars and trucks in the U.S., saying it may void warranties.
Also in today's episode: Infiniti plans a new small car, Saab says three new models are on tap and the Williams Formula One team renews a partnership with Renault.
Metropolitan Lincoln in suburban Detroit has closed down after more than 50 years in business, citing Ford Motor Co.'s move to discontinue the Mercury brand last year. The dealership, in Garden City, Mich., originally was Stu Evans Lincoln Mercury.
Hawtai Motor Group, which tried and failed to agree a deal with Saab earlier this year, will soon start CKD (completely knocked down) kit assembly in Russia, building the first batch of Hyundai-designed 120 Santa Fe vehicles.
Sweden's National Debt Office (SNDO) has today (5 July) written to the government concerning Saab's plans to sell and lease back its property.
Hyundai Kia Automotive Group sales in China rose 9.1% year on year to 86,299 units in June, sources told China Industry Daily News.
Continental is to spend over EUR6m (US$8.6m) expanding its Russian factoryy in Kaluga to produce engine control units as well as components for use in fuel supply and injection systems.
Workers at three GM plants in South Korea have walked out on strike seeking higher wages and performance-based bonuses.
Toyota Motor Corporation is planning to acquire a 50% share in a local truck and bus assembly plant in Kenya.
The Canadian government in Ottawa and the Ontario province government are contributing C$141.6m to a major C$545m capital investment to improve productivity at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada's two plants in Ontario.
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