Seventeen cars of a 48-car CSX train hauling Ford Motor Co. vehicles derailed Thursday outside Louisville, Ky. No injuries were reported. At most, seven of the derailed cars contained Ford vehicles, company spokeswoman Marcey Evans said.
General Motors today reported that its June sales grew 11 percent thanks in part to a recovery in demand for its full-sized pickups.
Global public relations firm Hill and Knowlton Inc. named former GM executive Chris Preuss an executive vice president today. In the newly created position, Preuss, 45, will join parent company WPP Group's automotive team in suburban Detroit.
Nissan Division sales rose 17 percent in June as a mix of new and bread-and-butter products picked up steam.
General Motors and Ford Motor Co., aided by a rise in pickup demand and new models such as the Chevrolet Cruze and Ford Focus small cars, posted higher U.S. sales in June.
Automakers, aided by a rise in pickup demand and new models such as the Chevrolet Cruze, Fiat 500 and Ford Focus small cars, posted higher U.S. sales in June.
With sales for the first six months up 22 percent, Volkswagen of America forecasts 2011 sales will break 300,000 units -- a level the brand last reached in 2003. VW sold 256,830 vehicles last year. In 2003, VW sold 302,686 units.
Sales of Volkswagen vehicles soared 35 percent last month, giving the brand a 22 percent gain for the first half of the year and prompting predictions of the highest annual total in nearly a decade.
New V8-engined supercar will be reborn at the Los Angeles motor show in November, on sale in 2012.
No one is going to confuse a Toyota Prius hybrid with a sports car. But the Japanese automaker has released a styling and suspension package developed by Toyota Racing Development that gives the Toyota Prius a sportier look.
Ford in Britain has named Mark Ovenden as its new managing director following the retirement of Nigel Sharp.
We've seen plastic in cars, steel, extruded aluminum, carbon fiber and plenty of other materials. But a Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport in porcelain--that's a new one.
After three months in the AutoWeek long-term fleet, the 2011
Porsche's next generation 911, codenamed 991 will launch later this year. We hitch a lift in the prototype, to get a feel for what's to come.
Guangqi Fiat will not produce Chrysler vehicles in China, the Beijing Youth Daily reported. "[We] are currently not considering domestic manufacture of Chrysler vehicles, [and] likewise there has been no change to our production capacity," a spokesman for the joint venture said.
Toyota says it is concentrating on a relatively small base of suppliers to control costs in Euorpe rather than widening its relationships with many component makers.
Opel chairman Nick Reilly has said General Motors was "very satisfied" with progress at Opel, but stopped short of commenting on whether the European unit had been put up for sale.
U.S. auto sales increased 7 percent in June as a rebound from May's decline was tempered by sharp declines at earthquake-hampered Honda and Toyota.
Toyota Motor will continue to slash costs in a bid to swing back to an operating profit on a parent-only basis, the Nikkei business daily has reported.
Mazda said the Russian government had accepted its request to build a plant in the country and the automaker is now considering whether it should run the facility by itself or with a partner.
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