General Motors' Vauxhall unit has released first official images of the updated Astra hatchbacks and Sports Tourer (wagon) it shares with Opel, along with the latest addition to the GTC (three-door) range, the 195PS BiTurbo diesel.
Federal safety regulators have intensified a probe into possible driver-side door fires in some 2006 and 2007 model-year Chevrolet Trailblazer sport utility vehicles.
Ford UK has delivered a robust response to today's (15 June) news of Unite union's two-day strike next week concerning final pension arrangements and pay structure.
Analysts at research firm Frost & Sullivan (F&S) have highlighted a trend towards falling car ownership in congested urban areas that is forcing vehicle makers to seize growing opportunities in the emerging car sharing sector.
Greeted with that rarest of occurrences in my life--a road-trip opportunity promising good weather and a companion who, unlike my usual riders, didn't require a child safety seat--I found myself facing a true first-world problem: What to drive?
Resolutions - of a sort - were on the news agenda this week in respect of Bochum, GM's planned but unconfirmed closing of, and Saab, under new ownership at last. So do bright, sunlit uplands beckon?
Toyota Motor president Akio Toyoda Friday told the annual shareholders meeting the automaker would keep production Japanese production at 3m units a year even despite the strong yen and harsh competition in emerging markets, saying the automaker's derived its competitive edge from operations in Japan.
Japan's major carmakers believe passenger vehicle production will reach an all-time high this fiscal year, boosted by output in emerging markets.
Doctors performed successful open-heart surgery on the 7-year-old boy who starred as a mini-Darth Vader in Volkswagen's popular Super Bowl commercial, according to the Los Angeles hospital where he was treated.
Schaeffler has expanded its consortium of eight banks for the EUR8bn (US$10.1bn) refinancing package agreed in January, 2012 to eleven banks.
Freescale Semiconductor has unveiled what it says is the first intelligent, multi-purpose, dual-side extreme switch with protection against the 24V environment found in trucks, buses and special engines
European new-car sales in May continued to reflect weak consumer confidence in the crisis-hit region, dropping 8.4 percent to 1.15 million vehicles, with PSA, Renault, Opel and Ford the carmakers hit hardest by the downturn.
China BAK Battery says it will supply high-power batteries to Brilliance Auto Group, delivering a sample order of five lithium-ion units next month for testing.
ContiTech Vibration Control is to acquire the moulded brake components business from Freudenberg Sealing Technologies, Weinheim.
It's hard to believe that it's been 15 years since the original Porsche Boxster bowed, but as Ferry himself was fond of saying, and#8220;Die Zeit vergeht, wenn man Spaß!and#8221; (and#8220;Time flies when you're having fun!and#8221;)
Ford UK's Unite union employees are to strike for two days from 18 June in protest at what they claim is the automaker's plan to close a final salary scheme to new starters - a move the automaker strenuously refutes.
Eaton Corporation today has signed a distributor agreement with the Cosworth Group in the UK, to supply TVS supercharger (Twin Vortices Series) and other roots-type Superchargers to the European automotive market.
Saab's main blue collar union has broadly welcomed the automaker's purchase by Chinese/Japanese/Swedish consortium, National Eclectic Vehicle Sweden (NEVS), although it will almost certainly be the labour body's white collar colleagues who are hired first.
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
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