Former auto dealer and vintage car enthusiast Martin Swig -- thought to be the inventor of the modern auto mall -- died July 3 of a stroke at age 78 in his Sausalito, Calif., home.
Supplier CTS said its automotive unit picked up three new production programs that could generate total revenue of $25 million. Two are for its electronic throttle control accelerator pedal modules, and one is for its pedal position sensors.
Mazda considers southeast Asia the world's new engine of growth and will almost triple sales in Indonesia by 2015.
Johnson Electric has announced a door lock motor product line for the automotive industry.
The Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand delivered 2.79m cars in the first half of this year, up 10.2% year on year. June sales rose 13.7% to 498,600.
More than 40 classic touring cars from the 1970s to the 1990s will contest the Fujifilm Classic Touring Car Trophy double-header races at the Silverstone Classic in England, July 20-22.
EDITOR WES RAYNAL: Ugh. That sums up my impression of my first drive in the 2012 Toyota Prius V. It's bigger in nearly all dimensions to be quite a bit roomier than the regular Prius, and the materials inside are an improvement.
Protean Electric Inc., a suburban Detroit maker of in-wheel electric motors, said today that it has received an $84 million investment to open its first plant and begin producing the motors in China even though it has no customers.
Tata Motors is turning to China to buy parts unavailable in India as it seeks to offer vehicles with automatic transmission at home, chairman Ratan Tata has said.
Swedish, Chinese and Japanese engineers are to be recruited for Saab from this autumn in an initial wave of staffing by the automaker's new owners, who insist no government funding has been requested.
Market conditions have slowed the Treasury's progress in selling stakes in General Motors and Ally Financial, its one-time consumer financing arm, but the Obama administration should develop a solid plan for doing so, a government watchdog told a...
Hyundai Motor has been sued for allegedly misleading consumers sensitive to high gas prices that its popular 2011 and 2012 Elantra model is more fuel efficient than it actually is.
Canadian tooling supplier Omega Tool Corp. thought it was just showing off its capabilities in a promotional video. Unfortunately for Omega and the
Chrysler Group's first TV commercial for the
New vehicle sales in Indonesia rose 44.9% year on year to a monthly high of 101,639 units in June, according to wholesale data released by the Indonesian automotive association (Gaikindo).
Though it was once the country's largest-selling 'premium sedan', the Civic is the latest victim of Honda's troubled car operations in India and the carmaker has canned the launch of the latest generation.
China is no longer the eye-popping growth story for General Motors, but robust sales in Russia and other emerging markets quickly filled the gap during the first half of this year, a senior company executive told Reuters.
Saab's new owners expect to ink the closing deal of its takeover once a final payment has been made to the bankruptcy receivers in Gothenburg "during the summer."
Russian automaker Avtotor reportedly is joining with Magna to establish a manufacturing complex that includes a cluster of plants that will make cars and components in the Kaliningrad region, the centre of Russian vehicle production.
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