banner The latest auto news, reviews, prices, product and vehicle releases. Auto News 5

Stay connected Subscribe to our RSS feed

Do not miss the latest Auto News !

Jun
24th

JAPAN: Mitsubishi plant adding July production

Stay connected Subscribe to our RSS feed
Mitsubishi Motors is reported to be planning to run one its Japanese plants for more days in July than was initially planned due to better than forecast sales. Full story...
Jun
24th

Uncle Sam fuels Detroit sales with big vehicle buy

Stay connected Subscribe to our RSS feed
Amid its demand to Detroit to promote fuel-efficient vehicles, the U.S. government is spending $287 million to purchase more than 17,000 cars and trucks from Detroit's three automakers -- among them two types of pickups and a minivan. Full story...
Jun
24th

UK: Toyota wins funding for hybrid trial

Stay connected Subscribe to our RSS feed
Toyota and EDF Energy have been awarded UK government funding to support a trial of up to 20 plug in hybrid vehicles (PHVs). Full story...
Jun
24th

Porsche Panamera carries on the Zuffenhausen tradition:

Stay connected Subscribe to our RSS feed
After four years of development, countless scoop photos and a grandiose unveiling atop a skyscraper in China, we finally have the key to the 2010 Porsche Panamera in hand. Full story...
Jun
24th

Daihatsu passes BMW, Audi to reach top of key German poll

Stay connected Subscribe to our RSS feed
Toyota Motor Corp. small-car subsidiary Daihatsu passed BMW and Audi on its way to top honors in customer satisfaction among German car owners, according to a J.D. Power and Associates study published Wednesday. Full story...
Jun
24th

Daihatsu passes reach top of key German poll

Stay connected Subscribe to our RSS feed
Toyota Motor Corp. small-car subsidiary Daihatsu passed BMW and Audi on its way to top honors in customer satisfaction among German car owners, according to a J.D. Power and Associates study published Wednesday. Full story...
Jun
24th

US: First three automakers get government EV loans

Stay connected Subscribe to our RSS feed
Ford, Nissan Motor and US electric vehicle start-up Tesla Motors have been granted low-cost US government loans to develop and build all-electric cars. Full story...
Jun
24th

RUSSIA: AvtoVAZ mulls halving workers’ hours

Stay connected Subscribe to our RSS feed
Russia's largest carmaker, AvtoVAZ, may halve its work week to 20 hours from next September until February, significantly reducing the wages of its employees, a company representative told business daily Vedomosti, citing AvtoVAZ president Boris Alyoshin. Full story...
Jun
24th

COMMENT: Ghosn’s range anxiety gamble

Stay connected Subscribe to our RSS feed
This looks like a week in which electric cars are going to be very much in the news - in part due to government initiatives on both sides of the Atlantic. And there are plenty of announcements being made by the OEMs to coincide with that. Nissan's yesterday about manufacturing electric plug-in vehicles - not hybrids - in the US is particularly intriguing. Full story...
Jun
24th

RUSSIA: GAZ Group to lay off 7,000 workers

Stay connected Subscribe to our RSS feed
GAZ Group plans to lay off around 7,000 employees at its Nizhny Novgorod region factory in July-August, Gennady Suvorov, the region's deputy governor for social policy, told Prime-Tass. Full story...
Jun
24th

ARGENTINA: Renault plans new model, plant upgrade

Stay connected Subscribe to our RSS feed
Renault plans to spend 500m pesos (US$128m) between 2009 and 2011 to modernise its Argentine plant and launch production of a new vehicle, the company said. Full story...
Jun
24th

Ford UK raises car prices by four percent

Stay connected Subscribe to our RSS feed
Ford Motor Company in Britain will raise car prices by an average 4 percent on July 1, it said on Wednesday, blaming sterling's 20 percent fall against the euro since 2007. Full story...
Jun
24th

UK: Ford vehicles set for London EV trial

Stay connected Subscribe to our RSS feed
Ford battery electric vehicle demonstrators are included in a British project that is part of the UK government's ultra-low carbon vehicle fleet announced this week. Full story...
Jun
24th

GERMANY: Schaeffler continues Conti merger talks

Stay connected Subscribe to our RSS feed
Schaeffler Group has denied German media reports that it is trying to stall merger talks with its much larger affiliate Continental. Full story...
Jun
24th

Mercedes M-Class

Stay connected Subscribe to our RSS feed
First spy shots of Mercedes' all-new BMW X5 rival


Full story...
Jun
24th

Group 1’s dealership acquisitions slow to a trickle

Stay connected Subscribe to our RSS feed
Group 1 Automotive Inc.'s revenue growth via acquisitions has fallen to a fraction of 2006 levels, and the Hyundai franchise rights acquired this year will be the dealership group's only addition in 2009. Full story...
Jun
24th

GM will do ‘heavy lifting’ toward plug-in goal

Stay connected Subscribe to our RSS feed
General Motors Corp will do the "heavy lifting" to help meet the ambitious goal set by President Barack Obama of having one million plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles on U.S. roads by 2015, a GM executive said on Tuesday. Full story...
Jun
24th

UK announces electric car trial

Stay connected Subscribe to our RSS feed
The UK government announced a £25 million ($40 million) project on Tuesday to run trials of electric vehicles that will help the country reduce carbon emissions from car transport. Full story...
Jun
24th

Judge rejects GM investors’ bid for ‘official’ status

Stay connected Subscribe to our RSS feed
A U.S. bankruptcy judge has denied a request from a small group of General Motors bondholders to become an "official committee" in the bankruptcy case. Full story...
Jun
24th

GM to finish 20% reduction in white-collar jobs by October

Stay connected Subscribe to our RSS feed
General Motors plans to complete a 20 percent cut in its white-collar work force by October. Full story...
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.
Hosted by CifTech Hosting.