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America's United Auto Workers' (UAW) Reuther Caucus has recommended current secretary-treasurer, Dennis Williams, as its next president to replace incumbent, Bob King, who is retiring after being on the board for 25 years.

Kia Motors has announced that an all-electric version of the Kia Soul will go on sale across the world in 2014.

The EcoTrek Ford F-350 was built to travel around the world, not just as an off-road showpiece.

We finally found our way back home from SEMA, drained the sand out of the camera and came across a few more cool cars. Davey G. Johnson already

Good morning. Here's some stuff from SEMA that fell through the cracks. It's a big show.

Through a mystifying series of events, we have driven one of the rarest cars in America. This is the only car of its kind here. To put it in perspective, there are three times as many

AGC is to spend about US$60m on a laminated automotive glass factory in Mexico which is scheduled to start operations at the beginning of 2016.

Europe's leading independent dealer groups have turned their focus to selling more used cars and making more money from aftersales to survive the region's new-car sales slump.

Japan's automakers will go futuristic and local at the Tokyo auto show, combining the far-out concept cars the show has been famous for alongside the Japan-only 660cc minicars -- some of which are delightfully sporty -- that represent a third of the...

President Akio Toyoda says Toyota is finally ready to go on the offensive again after being hobbled in recent years by the global financial meltdown, vehicle recalls and Japan's earthquake.

With help from Faurecia, the new C4 Picasso is the first Citroen model that meets Euro 6 emission standards for diesel cars.

Dongfeng is being very cautious about a proposal to buy a stake in its joint-venture partner, PSA -- and rightly so. PSA would like to have Dongfeng's money, but won't be so happy to share technology.

Chevrolet's latest "That's American Ingenuity" spot touting the Sonic's integration of Apple's Siri voice-activated software is the newest auto brand video to go viral.

BMW has uploaded a video of the all-new 2014 MINI Cooper to tease fans before its debut on November 18th -- which also happens to be the birthday of Sir Alec Issigonis, who designed the original Mini.

The 2014 MINI Cooper will be unveiled at separate events in Oxford, London, Los Angeles, Tokyo, and Shanghai.

The legendary Corvette has just received the hybrid treatment. However, instead of Chevrolet, it's replacement parts specialist Quanta that did all the work.

Codenamed ''QHP770,'' this hybrid Corvette produces 773 horsepower and goes from 0-60 mph (96 km/h) in 3.3 seconds, according to Quanta.

Using a Corvette Z06 equipped with a 505-horsepower, 7.0L V8 engine, the company incorporated a pair of electric motors rated at 100 kW (134 horsepower) apiece, as well as an 11.3 kWh lithium-ion battery pack.

The Corvette QHP770 was unveiled last week at the 2013 SEMA Show to gauge public interest in a hybrid conversion kit and/or a production version.

Stay tuned...

Source: Green Car Reports

The outgoing Subaru Tribeca will be replaced with a new seven-passenger crossover, although there could be a fairly long hiatus between the two.

"I've received very strong requests from U.S. dealers for a multipassenger, seven-seat vehicle, and we are planning to introduce it to the U.S. market," said Yasuyuki Yoshinaga, president of Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. (which owns Subaru), to Automotive News.

Tribeca 2014. (Photo: Subaru)

No release date has been set. However, Subaru has confirmed this new vehicle won't be ready at the time the Tribeca bows out in early 2014. 

Rumour has it that Subaru may use the Japanese-spec Exiga as a basis.

Exiga 2012. (Photo: Subaru)

From GMM

Fellow Finn Mika Salo has nominated Heikki Kovalainen as the ideal replacement at Lotus for his surgery-bound countryman Kimi Raikkonen.

The conventional wisdom is that Lotus will simply promote its reserve driver, 2012 GP2 champion Davide Valsecchi, into Raikkonen's seat for the remaining two grands prix of the season.

Italian Valsecchi, however, is a rookie, but Enstone based Lotus is locked in a lucrative and - given its financial problems - crucial battle for points and prize money in the constructors' world championship's upper places.

"I have thought about this for a while," former F1 driver Mika Salo told the Finnish broadcaster MTV3, "and I think getting Heikki would be a smart idea."

Heikki Kovalainen. (Photo: WRi2)

The highly-rated Kovalainen is desperate to break back into F1 after losing his Caterham seat at the end of last season.

He is also better prepared than Valsecchi, given his appearance for Caterham on several Friday mornings in 2013.

"Valsecchi will hardly be able to do anything on a completely new track to him," Salo said, "but Heikki has raced in Austin.

"Caterham also has a Renault engine. Heikki has been waiting for something like this, and if I was a team boss, I would take him rather than Valsecchi. That's nothing against Valsecchi, but simply about Lotus needing to score points," added Salo.

Arguably the neater solution for Lotus would be to use the Raikkonen situation to put together its permanent 2014 driver lineup ahead of time.

Nico Hulkenberg is in the running for the seat next year, and he might be able to pull out of his Sauber contract, after the Swiss team was late in paying him earlier this year.

A Sauber spokesperson told Speed Week: "Nico will do the last two races for us, just as he did the other 17."

Hulkenberg's manager Werner Heinz would not comment specifically on the Raikkonen situation, but DPA news agency quotes him as saying: "We are still in talks with several teams, including Lotus."

The other known candidate to replace Raikkonen next year is the strongly PDVSA-backed Pastor Maldonado, who will not be racing for Williams in 2014.

"There are four possible candidates," Lotus team owner Gerard Lopez told the German newspaper Die Welt. "These include Nico Hulkenberg and Pastor Maldonado, and I won't say anything about the other two."

Undoubtedly, if Lotus' 'Quantum' investment deal finally collapses, Maldonado's Venezuelan backing will surely make him the favourite for the 2014 drive.

But Gerard Lopez insists that it is wrong to write off the 28-year-old as a mere 'pay-driver'.

"Don't forget," he said, "Maldonado has won a grand prix. He doesn't have to hide anything.

"We would not put someone in our car who has just got their driver's licence, no matter their means," Gerard Lopez added.

From GMM

The Nurburgring has moved one step closer to a saviour, as a potential buyer for the fabled German circuit emerged.

The well-connected Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper (FAZ) said the automobile club ADAC (Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club) has submitted a non-binding offer.

ADAC, usually linked only to Germany's other F1 host Hockenheim, stepped in this year amid the Nurburgring's financial troubles to host the 2013 race.

The FAZ newspaper estimated the value of the venue, including the fabled Nordschleife loop, at EUR 100 million.

"With the non-binding offer," confirmed ADAC spokesman Lars Soutschka, "we hope to gain access to the numbers and then we will decide how to proceed."

Aerial view of the Nurburgring.

From GMM

Williams has admitted Rob Smedley could be the next big name to join the beleaguered British team.

As it announced that Felipe Massa is joining the team from Ferrari for 2014, deputy team boss Claire Williams said "a number of announcements" will also shortly follow.

We reported in September that Massa's well-known race engineer Rob Smedley - who has shared a close, almost fatherly relationship with the Brazilian driver - is linked with a move to Williams.

It is believed 39-year-old Briton Smedley has since signed a contract.

Rob Smedley. (Photo: Ferrari)

When asked about that speculation, Claire Williams told the BBC: "We have some great talent in Williams but we need to make sure we have all the talent we need to perform right at the top.

"So I'm hoping that before the end of the season or maybe slightly after we'll be making some more announcements in a similar vein to this one (Massa)."

It has been rumoured that, if Smedley does switch from Ferrari, he would not necessarily remain Massa's race engineer, but may take on a greater role of responsibility.

"If Rob Smedley was to join our team," Williams said, "it has to be on his terms, and he has to be given a role he wants to do and that may or may not be Felipe's race engineer.

"Felipe is grown-up enough to join a team without bringing his race engineer with him," she added.

Citing a lack of sponsorship X-Games super-star, Travis Pastrana, is ending his NASCAR career after next Saturday's Nationwide Series race at Miami Homestead Speedway.

The 30-year old motocross gold medalist announced, on his Facebook page that he can not find the funding to continue racing with Roush Fenway Racing next year. Travis Pastrana also distinguished himself in rallying.

Racing 41 times in NASCAR's top junior series Pastrana managed only four top-ten finishes with a career best of ninth at Richmond International Raceway in April. He won one pole, at the 2.66 mile Talladega Super Speedway in May. But he always didn't finish six races, out the 32 events he ran this year.

Travis Pastrana. (Photo: NASCAR)

After thanking his team and fans Pastrana said “It's tough to step back now and prove the critics were right, but unfortunately my results were not good enough to get the sponsors I needed to appropriately fund next season.

"My wife Lyn-z has been more then supportive of my foray into NASCAR, often times being my biggest source of encouragement and support. But as my wife had to take a step back from being a professional skater to let me chase my goals in racing, I too need to take a step back and look at my situation as a father and husband. The NASCAR schedule is grueling and takes enormous sacrifices from those you love to make work. With a lack of funding next year, now is my opportunity to sit back and offer support as she chases her goals.”