News
12 Jan, 2015
Jaguar Land Rover has announced 1,300 new jobs at its Solihull plant in the West Midlands, primarily to build the new F-Pace 4x4
In automotive terms, 2014 surely will not be missed after the Brazilian domestic market's 7.1% sales downturn. Combined with the 2013 0.9% slump, this means that, at 3.498m units, Brazilians bought some 8% less cars, LCV and HCV, last year than in the record 2012.
Continental is targeting a 5 percent revenue gain in 2015 after car-market growth in the U.S. and China helped sales rise 4 percent last year to hit a fifth consecutive record high.
Gusting winds in Southampton Water are continuing to hamper attempts to salvage the Hoegh Osaka car ship, leading one tug involved to crash into the vessel's side this weekend.
News
12 Jan, 2015
Striking Honda NSX hybrid supercar wows Detroit Motor Show - here are full details and specs
Volkswagen has hit a sales milestone four years earlier than planned after group deliveries rose 4 percent to 10.14 million last year. Growth was boosted by demand in China.
The new Chevrolet Volt range extender hybrid, unveiled today at the Detroit show, will be able to go further in electric vehicle mode, up to 50 miles claims the carmaker, while also offering greater efficiency and stronger acceleration.
The new Chevrolet Volt range extender hybrid, unveiled today at the Detroit show, will be able to go further in electric vehicle mode, up to 50 miles claims the carmaker, while also offering greater efficiency and stronger acceleration.
Alfa Romeo is finalizing the development of its first SUV as the revival of the sporty brand takes shape.
GM Europe's Opel/Vauxhall Cascada convertible is set to become a 2016 Buick.
GM Europe's Opel/Vauxhall Cascada convertible is set to become a 2016 Buick.
Continuing just-auto's series of interviews with global automotive component manufacturers, Matthew Beecham spoke to Swamy Kotagiri, executive vice president and chief technology officer of Magna International about the company's capabilities, including seats, convertible roof design and the use of new processes and materials in vehicle manufacture.
Tata Motors' luxury vehicle unit Jaguar Land Rover said it would add diesel power options to most of its US range, beginning with the 2016 Range Rover and Sport luxury SUVs next autumn.
Tata Motors' luxury vehicle unit Jaguar Land Rover said it would add diesel power options to most of its US range, beginning with the 2016 Range Rover and Sport luxury SUVs next autumn.
Mercedes-Benz basically invented the automobile. And judging from its new prototype for a self-driving luxury car, it may be an old-guard company like Mercedes -- not a newcomer like Google Inc. -- that reinvents the automobile for the next century.
For a mechanical engineer who once worked on 1,000-hp race boats and Dale Earnhardt Sr.'s roaring NASCAR engines, Pam Fletcher is pretty stoked about a car that starts with barely a whisper.
Automakers sold more cars and trucks to U.S. buyers in the last two months than in any other November and December in history. Now entering its sixth consecutive year of growth, the market could top 17 million units for the first time since 2001.
Dealertrack Technologies has decided to stop selling dealer management systems to dealers in Canada, forcing its current 130 dealer customers to find alternative vendors.
It used to be that whenever a customer called AutoNation Honda Roseville, the call reverberated around the dealership for anyone to answer, regardless of their specialty.
The second-generation Chevrolet Volt will go about 50 miles on an electric charge, up from 38 on today's model, as General Motors looks to broaden the plug-in hybrid's appeal beyond environmentalists and tech geeks.