General Motors put its powertrain plant in Strasbourg, France, up for sale for a second time in four years. The plant makes automatic gearboxes for GM brands and BMW.
Audi outsold premium car sales leader BMW for the first time in more than a year in April as high demand in China, Germany and the United States boosted the brand's vehicle sales.
Mitsubishi's independent Brazilian importer is to revamp its factory and begin car production.
Toyota Motor Corporation ended the fiscal year to 31 March, 2012 with revenue and profits down compared with fiscal 2010/11, but forecast a substantial rise for the current fiscal year.
Meritor has named Joe Plomin vice president, global brakes, commercial truck, effective 1 June, heading the company's Americas and European brake business.
GM has begun road testing prototype Cadillacs capable of semi-autonomous driving. GM calls the system 'Super Cruise'. just-auto spoke with Dr Nady Boules, director of GM's Electrical and Control Integration Research Lab. He outlined how GM sees the pathway, timeframe and costs in moving through semi- to fully autonomous driving.
Special-edition Aston Martin DBS Ultimate will be limited to just 100 units and is priced at £186,000
Jaguar is invoking its iconic E-type roadster to challenge Porsche and Mercedes with the F-Type two-seat sports car.
Jaguar is invoking its iconic E-Type roadster to challenge Porsche and Mercedes with the F-Type two-seat sports car.
Toyota forecasts profit will more than double to a five-year high as it shakes off last year's natural disasters and introduces new models to regain market share.
Toyota predicts surging North American sales will deliver its highest profit in five years, as the carmaker rapidly rebounds from last year's natural disasters. North American sales are seen climbing 25 percent to 2.
The IG Metall union and Germany's industrial employers failed to agree in a fourth round of talks over a pay and hiring dispute that has disrupted carmakers including Opel, Daimler, Audi and Porsche.
GM is taking a page from Apple's Genius Bar tech-support program as its Cadillac brand rolls out a new infotainment system.
Opel/Vauxhall's decision to name its new minicar Adam has not been well received. Critics called the name 'silly' but the car's quality, not its name, likely will decide whether it becomes a successful rival to the Mini and Fiat 500, as Opel hopes.
Porsche's aim to double annual car sales and VW Group's planned takeover of the sports car brand will be in focus when Porsche CEO Matthias Mueller speaks at the upcoming Automotive News Europe Congress.
Former Ferrari Formula 1 driver Jean Alesi will make a return to competition later this month as he will compete in his first Indy 500.
Despite his vast experience, it was confirmed that Alesi will be participating in all Rookie on-track and off-track activities on Thursday, May 10, and all other days leading up to the Indy 500.
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| Photo: Courtesy of FP Journe |
Alesi has been confirmed to drive with Fan Force United Team for this year's upcoming Indy 500. He is considered a rookie for this race.
The Frenchman has been training hard for the 500 for months. The 47-year-old has vast experience in a breadth of other series, and is taking on this wonderful new challenge with commitment and respect.
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He has included his friends and old rivals in his training program, having started with a cycling tour of Sicily with Alain Prost. Alesi and Michael Schumacher have since raced each other on a circuit, and the FFSA have arranged sessions for him at Le Mans.
Alesi has also spent hours familiarising himself with the specific characteristics of the Lotus Dallara in a simulator and cannot wait for his first on-track test.
Former Formula 1, IndyCar, GP2 and Formula 3 driver Antonio Pizzonia will taste endurance racing for the first time of his career, this weekend at the American Le Mans Monterey, at Laguna Seca.
The 31-year-old Brazilian who raced for Williams and Jaguar in F1 will share with Martin Plowman and David Heinemeier Hansson the wheel of the No. 37 Conquest Endurance/Morgan/Nissan LMP2 prototype throughout the six-hour event.
"I'm really looking forward to working with Conquest Endurance this weekend," Pizzonia said. "It will be my first experience with this car and also with this type of racing but I have experience in many categories, which will be helpful in this situation."
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| Prototype LMP2 Morgan-Nissan. (Photo: Conquest Racing) |
Team owner Eric Bachelart, whose team is coming off a second-place finish at the Long Beach Grand Prix, had kind words for his new driver: "We are very happy to welcome Antonio (Pizzonia) to the Conquest Endurance team," Bachelard said.
"He has a great amount of experience in many different types of race cars and he will be a strong addition to our team, I have no doubt that between him, Martin (Plowman) and David (Heinemeier Hansson) we'll have one of the strongest driver lineups out there and can challenge for a top result."
Source: ALMS.com
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