Mitsubishi has pinpointed the cause of the lithium ion battery glitch that forced it to halt production of the Outlander plug-in hybrid crossover and most i electric cars.
Autoweek editors discuss the question of whether horsepower equates to luxury. Horsepower is a definite desire for some, but does it count as an extravagance?
General Motors says its Chevrolet Spark EV will get the equivalent of 119 mpg in combined city and highway driving, the best efficiency of any U.S. car sold to retail buyers.
Motorcycle fatalities rose by 9 percent in 2012, totaling more than 5,000 deaths, according to data released Wednesday by the
Toyota Motor Corp. outsold all automakers for a fifth straight quarter as the yen's depreciation sharpens the Japanese company's edge over General Motors and Volkswagen AG.
Fiat may select New York as the primary exchange for its stock after a planned merger with Chrysler Group, sources said. The move would be highly political and symbolic for debt-ridden Italy as it struggles to emerge from a cycle of recessions.
Renault said first-quarter revenue fell 11.8 percent on a 4.7 percent decline in global deliveries but the company reiterated its goal of achieving a positive automotive operating margin for the full year.
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General Motors says its Chevrolet Spark EV will get the equivalent of 119 mpg in combined city and highway driving, the best efficiency of any car sold to retail buyers in the United States.
Japan's major carmakers' combined domestic output in fiscal 2012 rose 2.9% over the previous year to 9,055,373 units, passing 9m for the first time in four years.
The UK car market may be showing volume growth, but it is also a very, very competitive market, according to Ford of Britain's managing director Mark Ovenden.
Daimler said it is planning to build a factory in Romania to assemble transmissions for Mercedes-Benz vehicles.
Lithia Motors is prepared to sacrifice new and used per vehicle profit margin if it means more market share, its CEO said today.
Here's a heavy-duty project for someone with a love of streamlined Czechoslovakian sheetmetal and who also happens to be going through a temporary fit of insanity:
ZF Friedrichshafen has posted full-year 2012 sales of EUR17.4bn (US$22.6bn), although operating profit fell 19% to EUR687m.
Jaguar released its short film and#8220;Desireand#8221; today on YouTube. The British manufacturer is the Presenting Partner of the second
US transportation secretary Ray LaHood has released distraction guidelines that encourage automobile manufacturers to limit the distraction risk connected to electronic devices built into their vehicles, such as communications, entertainment and navigation devices.
New York City is auctioning off 535 vehicles abandoned after Hurricane Sandy. More than 100 of those vehicles were sold on Tuesday; the rest will be auctioned May 2 and May 7 at David Maltz and Co.
Dongfeng Motors aims to export 100,000 vehicles in 2013. The company's exports rose 32.26% year on year to 84,800 vehicles in 2012, of which most were commercial vehicles.
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