Chevrolet has confirmed an open secret - return of an Australian-made V8 powered, rear-wheel-drive performance sedan to the US lineup, the Holden Commodore-based Chevrolet SS. It will also be Chevrolet's next NASCAR Sprint Cup racecar and will debut in its race configuration at the 2013 Daytona 500.
It's back. Big, bad and with four doors, rear-wheel-drive performance will return to the Chevrolet sedan lineup in 2013, simply called the SS.
Auto audio and navigator specialist Alpine Electronics said net income declined by 24.2% to JPY4.57bn (US$56.9m) for the fiscal year ended 31 March 2012.
Akebono Brake has reported a net loss of JPY3.2bn (US$39.8m) for the fiscal year 2011, compared to net profit of JPY5.3bn. Pre-tax income amounted to JPY300m.
The managing director of Titan Industries, Bhaskar Bhat, may succeed Prakash Telang as managing director of Tata Motors, after Telang retires in June, an Indian media report said.
Ford will lead the industry in introducing new or refreshed vehicles in the US at the fastest rate for model years 2013 to the end of 2016, according to a Bank of America Merrill Lynch report.
Gentex is supplying auto-dimming mirrors in conjunction with a camera-based driver-assist system for the 2013 Ford Explorer.
For collectors of World War II-era Volkswagens, one major date is marked on calendarsand#8212;the annual Kübel Korps USA Reunion.
Renault will adopt the cost-cutting measures of its alliance partner Nissan and standardise more components, industry sources told the Daily Yomiuri newspaper in Japan.
GAZ Group intends to launch full scale production of Skoda and Volkswagen vehicles in December and expects to assemble 60,000 units in 2013.
General Motors will start a second shift at its Lansing plant in Michigan from July, adding 600 workers to assemble the new Cadillac ATS sedan.
Russia's second-largest vehicle maker, GAZ, recorded a fourfold rise in net profit in 2011 to 8.5 billion rubles ($274.87 million) and expects to achieve similar financial results in 2012, the company said in a statement on Thursday.
As the financial crisis in Europe swirls, we bring you exclusive extracts from LMC Automotive's suite of quarterly European national market sales reports and forecasts. The reports cover forecasts for car and light commercial vehicle sales by make and model over the next seven years. This first extract from the quarterly series is France.
The UK's Forum of Private Business has welcomed Thursday's announcement that General Motors Europe's Vauxhall plant at Ellesmere Port will build the next generation Astra.
Unique automotive artwork, depicting the Volt in UV paint, revealed in London
Skoda says it will significantly increase the capacities for the manufacture of the automatic dual-clutch transmission DQ200 in its plant in Vrchlabí, which is set to begin in mid-2013.
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