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Feb
4th

Car sales skid in January; Mini, VW and Volvo biggest losers: Despite polar vortex, luxury cars (and Jeeps) still hot

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U.S. light-vehicle sales, dampened by lower fleet shipments and severe winter weather across large chunks of the country, fell 3 percent in January. Among the biggest automakers,
Feb
4th

2013 Mercedes GL350 Bluetec: Long-term test update: Six months in, our diesel Benz SUV has us lovestruck

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When you were a kid, your parents said many things they were kind enough to repeat with metronomic frequency. Their hope was that this would foster learning by osmosis. It mostly worked. In fact, much of the wisdom might even remain today.
Feb
4th

US: Aisan Industry pleads guilty on price fixing

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A supplier to Nissan in the US has agreed to plead guilty to conspiring to fix prices on automotive parts.
Feb
4th

UK: Car manufacturers forecast further UK car market growth

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UK car manufacturers and distributors are forecasting another year of growth for the UK car market.
Feb
4th

Nissan will boost Micra production at French Renault plant, report says

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Nissan plans to increase planned production of its Micra hatchback at a Renault factory in France after 2016, a report said.
Feb
4th

Asbury Auto profit rises 18% in Q4

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Rising volume, higher revenues and double-digit gross profit gains in all areas of the business lifted Asbury Automotive Group's net income 18 percent during the fourth quarter to $26.9 million.
Feb
4th

UK: Europe’s increasing R&D role for Honda

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Honda's new European developed and UK-built Civic Tourer, on sale from mid-February, is expected to herald a new era of greater European input into Honda's vehicles, including the next generation Civic, due in 2017.
Feb
4th

US: NHTSA to enable V2V connectivity

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The US Department of Transportation's (DOT) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has announced that it will begin taking steps to enable vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication technology for light vehicles.
Feb
4th

Lexus RX450h range gets new trim level

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Lexus
News 4 Feb, 2014

Lexus RX450h range is now available in new Advance trim level

Feb
4th

FRANCE: Renault could build more Micras at Flins

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Renault has said that it could build more Micras in France than originally planned, but that any increased output would be linked to a productivity agreement with unions to maintain competitiveness.
Feb
4th

Subaru parent says quarterly net income surges to $776 million

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Net income at Fuji Heavy Industries, the parent of Subaru, climbed sixfold to $776.
Feb
4th

GERMANY: European research project aims for autonomous car ‘breakthroughs’

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A European research project called AdaptIVe (Automated Driving Applications & Technologies for Intelligent Vehicles) has been launched at the MobileLifeCampus in Wolfsburg, Germany. The project has been formed from a consortium of 29 partners and aims to achieve "breakthrough advances" that will lead to more efficient and safe automated driving.
Feb
4th

Peugeot will unveil coupe concept at Beijing auto show

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Peugeot will unveil a sports car concept at the Beijing auto show. The concept is a further development of the Onyx supercar prototype unveiled at the 2012 Paris show.
Feb
4th

New Honda Civic Tourer ad campaign

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Honda Civic Tourer 2014
News 4 Feb, 2014

New Honda Civic Tourer ad celebrates spacious interior of new estate car

Feb
4th

CHINA: Magna and Chongquing Trim Company form JV

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Magna International Inc., through its Magna Exteriors operating unit, and Chongquing Guangneng Rongneng Trim Co., Ltd., have announced the formation of a 50/50 joint-venture partnership for the assembly of front-end modules (FEMs).
Feb
4th

Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe Waterspeed Collection previewed

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News 5 Feb, 2014

Rolls-Royce reveals sketch of a new Waterspeed Collection Phantom Drophead edition, limited to only 35 models

Feb
4th

German car sales rise 7% in January, boosted by discounts

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New-car sales in Germany rose 7 percent in January as Europe's biggest market joined France, Italy and Spain in reporting higher year-on-year registrations.
Feb
4th

PSA investor group criticizes terms of planned capital hike

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French minority shareholders' group ADAM has written to PSA to criticize the terms of a planned capital hike that will see Dongfeng and the French state take big stakes in the carmaker.
Feb
4th

This was the first Volkswagen in California…ever: Marshall Roath shares his tale of making car history in a split-window Beetle

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Last week, we ran a story detailing Volkswagen's first foray into America.
Feb
4th

One Lap of the Web: Diesels, Deadmau5, Excalibur and Excelsior! : Automotive goodness from all corners of the Internet

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-- It's the 50th anniversary of Excalibur, the company with fine craftsmen who keep the neoclassical motoring dream alive, or in some vaguely zombielike semblance thereof.
With the current economy the last thing you need is for your vehicle to break down. Whether your driving a reliable car or a busted up van, insurance you can rely on is a must.
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