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Apr
25th

US: Delphi Q1 operating profit rises

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Delphi Automotive has reported first quarter 2014 operating income up 12% to US$483m on revenue up 6% to $4.3bn.
Apr
25th

GM reshapes executive incentive pay to target profits, market share, quality

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GM is reshaping executive incentive packages based on earnings, global market share and quality. GM began making the changes after the U.S.
Apr
25th

Honda taps Asimo for edge in driverless-car race

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Asimo, Honda's kid-sized robot, is the product of three decades of work in image processing, voice recognition and artificial intelligence -- essentially, the pursuit of judgment by a machine.
Apr
25th

PSA shareholders back Dongfeng tie-up

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Shareholders of PSA/Peugeot-Citroen approved a rescue deal that makes Chinese carmaker Dongfeng and the French state core shareholders of the struggling automaker.
Apr
25th

Chrysler shifts IT contract to IBM

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Fiat has taken another step toward fully integrating its wholly owned subsidiary Chrysler Group by merging its global information technology platforms under one IBM banner.
Apr
25th

Film Friday: Auburn Speedster tackles the Bonneville Salt Flats: Ab Jenkins pilots streamlined stunners to staggering speeds

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Inspired by a recent trip to the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum in Auburn, Ind. (more to come on that soon!), we're diving into the historical film archives for some A-C-D goodness.
Apr
25th

Watch the ‘Mad Max’ video game trailer: Demolish all comers in the open-world environment

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and#8220;Mad Max: Fury Roadand#8221; comes out in 2015 with Tom Hardy (Bane, "The Dark Knight Rises") playing Max Rockatansky in the wasteland that used to be the Australian outback.
Apr
25th

Project Car Hell, Straight Eight, Two Doors Edition: ’47 Buick or ’53 Packard?: Flathead or pushrod, your choice!

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Welcome back to another session in the Hell Garage, where you choose between a pair of projects that match coolness with torment.
Apr
25th

EPA finds automakers ‘off to good start’ on cutting emissions

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Automakers beat government goals for the first year of President Barack Obama's new fuel economy standards, with only Jaguar Land Rover lacking enough EPA-issued credits to cover its obligations through the 2012 model year, according to an analysis...
Apr
25th

US: One-off costs hit Ford first quarter results

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Ford's first quarter 2014 pre-tax profit fell US$765m year on year to $1.4bn while net income of $989m was down $622m including pre-tax special charges of $122m, mostly for restructuring in Europe.
Apr
25th

US [updated 16:30GMT]: One-off costs hit Ford first quarter results

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Ford's first quarter 2014 pre-tax profit fell US$765m year on year to $1.4bn while net income of $989m was down $622m including pre-tax special charges of $122m, mostly for restructuring in Europe.
Apr
25th

Nissan tests self-cleaning paint: Nano-coating said to repel water, dirt, frost and snow from automotive finishes

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Well that took long enough. Nanotechnology is here, and Nissan is reportedly using it in the paint on its little
Apr
25th

2014 Dodge Charger SXT review notes: The big American sedan gets along fine with a V6

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ASSOCIATE EDITOR JAKE LINGEMAN: My problem with this 2014 Dodge Charger SXT isn't the look. I actually think the car has looked great these last few years.
Apr
25th

Marchionne’s Fiat-Chrysler seen as success story by Italy’s economy minister

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The restructuring of the Fiat-Chrysler group by Sergio Marchionne should be seen as a success story rather than a case of offshoring operations, Italian Economy Minister Pier Carlo Padoan told an Italian newspaper.
Apr
25th

Lear’s first-quarter profits rise 12%; 2014 outlook raised

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Lear reported a 12 percent rise in first-quarter profits, driven by an increase in global vehicle production, and raised its full-year sales outlook.
Apr
25th

THE WEEK THAT WAS: Economies on the up?

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Are post financial crash economies finally on the up? Financial results (first quarter for many; full fiscal year for Japan and India) have started rolling in and the ink is mainly black.
Apr
25th

Autoliv sees slower growth in Q2 after strong first-quarter earnings

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Swedish supplier Autoliv sees slower sales growth and a flat operating margin in the second quarter after brisk vehicle production lifted the company's first-quarter earnings above expectations.
Apr
25th

Honda forecasts sharp slowdown in profit growth

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Honda forecast nearly a 4 percent rise in net profit for the year ending March 31, a sharp slowdown from the previous year, as foreign exchange rates stabilize after a steep decline in the yen boosted earnings.
Apr
25th

SWEDEN: FKG sees supplier hope in Iran as relations improve

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Scandinavian supplier body, FKG, says it sees "waves on the water" in terms of improving relations between Iran and the West that could garner real opportunities for suppliers.
Apr
25th

JAPAN: Denso full year operating income up 44%

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Denso's consolidated net sales for the fiscal year ending 31 March 2014, totalled JPY4.1trillion (US$39.8bn), a 14.4% increase from the fiscal year ending 31 March 2013. The company's consolidated operating income totalled was JPY377.7bn, a 44% increase.
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