Critter control isn't an essential item on the CV of anyone applying for a job at Hyundai America Technical Centre's Inc's (HATCI) California proving ground in the Mojave Desert but it doesn't hurt to know what you're doing. For a start, facility manager Matt Seare has no problem catching snakes and carries the essential kit in the SUV in which he prowls the 4,300-acre facililty.
It's now more than seven years since the Audi R8 went on sale, but the car's development by quattro GmbH is continuing right to the end of production.
Just a few weeks after the debut of the Mercedes-Benz MLC in concept form, prototypes were spotted testing in Colorado earlier this month.
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14 Jul, 2014
Volkswagen's new seven-seater midsize SUV to be built at the Chattanooga plant in Tennessee from 2016, as part of a £530million investment
Given the buzz created by the recent sale of barn-stored Aston Martin DBS twins a couple months ago, and on the heels of
SENIOR MOTORSPORTS EDITOR MAC MORRISON: Yeah and#8230; I don't exactly get the 2014 Volkswagen Beetle GSR, but not because I wouldn't smile and welcome a modern Super Beetle.
Volkswagen Group America said its Passat plant in Chattanooga will add production of a seven-seat SUV at a cost of US$900m (EUR643m), adding 2,000 additional jobs. About US$600m (EUR432m) will be spent in Tennessee. A local R&D centre is also planned.
Is the S63 AMG Coupe not enough for you? Here's your ride.
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15 Jul, 2014
The lightweight Jaguar XE is set to be a class leader, with its clever chassis revealed today
Volkswagen will assemble a new family-hauling crossover at its plant in Chattanooga and invest $900 million to expand the factory in a push to double U.S. sales of VW-brand vehicles by 2018.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has opened an investigation into around 500,000 older model Ford sedans for issues with the steering, reported Autoguide.com.
Production of the new Datsun on-DO, a family sedan said to have been designed and engineered specifically for Russia, has started at the AvotoVAZ plant in Togliatti in partnership with the Renault Nissan Alliance.
Toyota and Ford are suspending production at South African plants as a two-week strike in the manufacturing industry disrupted the supply of components.
Chrysler Group has recalled an estimated 895,000 SUVs to reroute wiring for vanity mirror lights.
Federal prosecutors are developing a criminal fraud case hinged on whether GM made misleading statements about a deadly ignition switch flaw, and are examining activity dating back a decade, before GM's 2009 bankruptcy, according to multiple sources...
Maruti Suzuki has started to claw back market share in the passenger car segment on the back of its strategy of focusing on first time buyers and rural markets.
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14 Jul, 2014
Skoda has confirmed the second-gen Octavia Scout will start from £25,315 when it arrives here in the UK this autumn
German automakers are strengthening their respective used car businesses in South Korea as demand for their luxury brands continues to soar and as the number of cars in circulation increases.
How we reconcile the tasks of driving a vehicle with the desire of drivers to stay connected looks set to be at the heart of the evolving vehicle in the future. How much information does the driver really want and how far do we go before we hit problems with 'distraction'? Cat Dow considers some of the latest research which questions assumptions on drivers' social media demands.
Exports of used vehicles from South Korea fell by 18.4% to 103,928 units in the first five months of 2014, from 127,355 units a year earlier, according to the Korea International Trade Association data.
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