Former Chrysler chairman and CEO Lee Iacocca, saying 'America is in deep trouble,' is endorsing Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney.
Valeo presented a number of major innovations at the Paris Motor Show recently. Ian Henry spoke with Patrick Sega, Transversal Projects Director for Group R&D at Valeo about some of these innovations. Here, we report on Valeo's new BiLED full LED headlamps which had their European launch in Paris.
Major Belgian trade union, ABVV Metaal, says Ford is creating a climate of "fear" ahead of tomorrow's (24 October) crunch meeting at the automaker's Genk site with the labour body bracing itself for a major restructuring announcement.
The 2012 Ford C-Max Energi plug-in hybrid will cost as little as $28,495 in California after $5,250 in tax credits available for buyers.
Ford is adding three wild pickup trucks to its SEMA lineup.
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23 Oct, 2012
The average price of car insurance dropped during the third quarter of 2012, according to the AA
The guy's been racing professionally since 1987. He's won at LeMans four times. He's used to success, but this week he's an instructor at
Autoliv trimmed its profit and sales forecasts after a bigger-than-expected drop in third quarter earnings that showed the impact of Europe's weak car market and a slowdown in China.
Autoliv has unveiled third quarter operating profit of US$197m, despite organic sales growth of 2% instead of an expected 4%.
Gentex, which makes rear-view mirrors that reduce glare, posted a lower quarterly profit and said orders were slowing because of economic uncertainty in Europe, its biggest market.
Californian Bruce Meyer is really into collecting cars, particularly hot rods.
Faurecia has posted third quarter consolidated sales of EUR4.08bn (US$5.3bn) up 7.9% compared to the same period last year, while product sales rose 3.2% to EUR3.2bn, like-for-like.
The first 600-hp SEMA concept of 2012 is here and it comes from Hyundai.
Fiat-Chrysler's Jeep - the automotive brand at the centre of the first joint vehicle manufacturing venture between western and Chinese automakers - will soon once again be made in China, a media report said.
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24 Oct, 2012
Our industry insider explains why hi-tech cars are making it harder than ever for garages to diagnose faults
Daimler will add a third shift at its Rastatt plant in Germany from next week to meet demand for its new Mercedes-Benz A-Class compact hatchback after receiving orders for 70,000 cars since June.
Glimpses--of a clay model, wheels, body panels--is what we get for the first teaser video of the redesigned 2014 Chevrolet Corvette.
Getrag - which supplies dual clutch automated transmissions to Ford - and Dongfeng Motor Group today have signed an agreement to establish a 50/50 joint venture in China. Dongfeng Getrag Transmission will develop and produce transmissions for Dongfeng's passenger cars and light commercial vehicles.
Honda's Brazilian unit, which assembled some models including the Fit [Jazz] locally, will invest BRL100m (US$19.3m) in its automobile R&D division in the next two years to strengthen facilities and equipment. A new facility will be built before the end of 2013, and the number of R&D workers will be increased into the hundreds.
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