Ford is to take an US$800m pre-tax hit in results for the fourth quarter of 2014 due to the currency woes in Venezuela.
News
23 Jan, 2015
Average quote for car insurance is now £594, with further price increases to come
Independent of obligations imposed by the industrial policy, all automakers building cars in Brazil (or about to) intend to increase their local content percentage. This is due to spiralling logistic costs, direct and indirect tax rises on imports and, especially, because there is a clear tendency towards a dollar to real valuation in this and in the years to come.
General Motors is cutting production of its Chevrolet Sonic and Buick Verano small cars amid higher-than-normal inventories, a sign that low gasoline prices could be weakening the sales outlook for small cars.
Honda will end sales of the Accord midsize sedan in Europe after the car failed to make headway against German rivals.
So the saga of the Osaka is finally over - at least the seaborne element of it anyway - but perhaps now the real drama begins back at port in Southampton.
George Gibson Jr., a former chief engineer for Dodge, died Wednesday in Rochester, Minn. He was 92.
Just back from what was my first ever Honda launch event to bring you news of the 2015 CR-V update for Europe, majoring, of course on a new diesel engine and ZF's new(ish) nine-speed automatic.
European Union antitrust authorities will decide by Feb. 26 whether to approve German supplier ZF Friedrichshafen's $13.5 billion bid for U.S. rival TRW Automotive.
Ford said it will take a one-time pretax charge of $800 million in its fourth quarter results because the inability to exchange US dollars for Venezuelan bolivars has restricted operations in the South American country.
MW Group has announced that from From 1 March 2015, Sebastian Mackensen will take on responsibility for the MINI brand.
Johnson Controls has reported upbeat results for its fiscal first quarter (to December 31) with automotive profitability up 26%, despite a downturn in automotive revenues blamed on exchange rates.
When you already have a vehicle that is a major success (outselling all car models in the US in December) and one of the most popular models in its segment pretty much worldwide, there's not too much point in altering the recipe too much.
Opinion
23 Jan, 2015
Electric vehicles and charging points just aren’t up to the job, says columnist Mike Rutherford
News
23 Jan, 2015
McLaren will unveil a more powerful and production-ready 650S at the Geneva show, set to rival the Ferrari 458 Speciale
Ram's newest advertising blitz features singer Miranda Lambert and her song, 'Roots and Wings,' written exclusively for the campaign. The campaign includes television, print, digital, social media and long form video elements.
Kumho Tyre plans to shift and combine both its Nanjing plants in China to an economic development zone in Pukou following a government regulation in 2011 which requires all the factories in the city to be moved to the outskirts.
General Motors has told dealers to halt sales of 6,281 units of its 2015 Buick Enclave, GMC Acadia and Chevrolet Traverse SUVS equipped with Goodyear tyres pending a recall. Of these, 5,830 are in the US.
Volkswagen and BMW have teamed up to set up around 100 EV charging stations along the west and east coasts of the US.
The SMMT has announced that UK car production in 2014 totalled 1,528,148 units - a 1.2% increase on the previous year and the best year since 2007.