Honda will give each of its global regions a toolbox of component sets from which to develop products that best suit their individual markets, CEO Takanobu Ito said.
Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche is likely to win a third term running the German luxury carmaker. Zetsche, 58, who became CEO in 2006 and whose current term expires in 2013, is likely to be appointed again and is ready to stay on, sources said.
Rolls-Royce sees record sales this year and is optimistic on growth in 2012, its CEO says. Deliveries of the ultra-luxury brand grew 171 percent to 2,711 cars last year, compared with the year before.
GM and Chrysler continued talks Thursday with the UAW on a new wage and benefit pact -- with no indication from either side that an agreement was near.
Rolls-Royce sees record sales this year and is optimistic on growth in 2012, its CEO says. Deliveries of the ultra-luxury brand grew 171 percent to 2,711 cars last year, compared with the year before.
Car crashes are the leading cause of death for kids ages three to 14, and a study released by New Safe Kids USA on Sept. 15--pegged to draw attention to National Child Passenger Safety Week, which starts on Sept.
Even if the Frankfurt Auto Show has only just begun, information about the upcoming Detroit event is emerging. Volkswagen sources have revealed that their employer is planning to introduce a hybrid version of the Jetta in the motor city and to sell it later the same year.
Russia's Yo Auto Group (represented by an inarticulate symbol much like he-who-used-to-be-Prince) presented three hybrid vehicles: Yo-Concept, Yo-Crossover, and Yo-Van. A joint venture between Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov's Onexim investment group and truck maker Yarovit, Yo Auto's eventual goal is to produce hybrid cars costing less than US $10,000.
Ford's presence at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show can be summed up with these two letters: ST. After unveiling a juiced-up Focus, the Blue Oval strikes back with the Fiesta ST concept, a sporty, sinewy model inspired from the WRC contender.
Electric power trains show enormous potential in high-performance cars. Croatian automaker Rimac Automobili demonstrated the best this technology has to offer, displaying the world's first electric supercar, the Concept_One, at the Frankfurt show.
Convinced there's a future for hydrogen as a main power source for the cars of tomorrow, Mercedes-Benz has skipped ahead two generations to present us with the magnificent F125! concept.
Being front and centre at the Ferrari press conference was probably very much like being mobbed by a bunch of drunken British football yobbos. Pushed, pummelled, shoved, having experienced several varieties of body odour and even a Russian "journalist" attempting to climb over my back... I nonetheless managed to have an unobscured view of the sheet coming off the 458 Spider for its first public view.
A week after testing the Ducati 848EVO at the Calabogie Motorsports Park, with stifling heat almost reaching the mid-30s, I was invited to the 2012 Yamaha marine product launch event on a brisk September day where the temperature dropped to 14 degrees.
Jensen MotorSport conducted a two-day race car test for talented young Canadian kart racer Bryson Schutte on the road course at Autodrome St-Eustache near Montreal, Quebec on September 13th and 14th.
This feature is an important part of the safety accessories included with most modern cars. FastCo's Director of Product Development explains what they do to keep you on the straight and narrow.
On the occasion of the worldwide preview of the new Gallardo LP 570-4 Super Trofeo Stradale at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show, the president and CEO of Automobili Lamborghini, Stephan Winkelmann, announced that the Sesto Elemento will go into production.
IndyCar's Sunoco Rookie of the Year contender, Canadian James Hinchcliffe used the Playstation 3 game Gran Turismo to get his first look at Twin Ring Motegi's road course.
With only two races to be held on the 2011 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series calendar, no less than five drivers still have their sight set on becoming the series' Rookie of the Year.
Jaime Alguersuari has this week admitted he has no idea if he will be kept by Toro Rosso for the 2012 season.
After their project for a new IndyCar has failed, the engineers of DeltaWing modified their prototype to turn it into a sportscar and race at Le Mans next season.
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