As Ford Motor and General Motors consider selling their Swedish brands, Volvo's long-term future seems brighter than Saab's.
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The problems of General Motors and Ford Motor in the US have created an uncertain future for the carmakers' European operations. GM is talking to potential investors who could take partial ownership in its Saab brand.
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Automotive News Europe is taking its 2009 Congress to Brussels. Separately, the newspaper is also staging a one-day event later in the year in St. Petersburg, Russia. The annual ANE Congress will take place in Brussels June 30 to July 1, 2009.
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Jean-Christophe Quemard is worried. The PSA/Peugeot-Citroen purchasing director keeps a list of struggling partsmakers. There are 45 companies on that list. That is twice as many as last year. Quemard has good reason to be concerned.
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Auto executives expect that hundreds of partsmakers will close and thousands of supplier jobs will be lost in the coming months. This will happen as a result of massive cuts in auto production and a tightening credit market.
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Highly flexible urban car-rental programs -- sometimes called car-sharing -- exist in various cities around Europe. Now Daimler is piloting its own version in Germany.
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The economic crisis will trigger a big cut in the number of global automakers, Fiat group CEO Sergio Marchionne said.
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Honda's new Prius fighter in production form will be unveiled at the Detroit Auto Show next January. The Japanese company expects to globally sell 200,000 of them each year, and half of them will find homes in North America.
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A heightened sense of pessimism has enveloped the world of formula one following Honda's decision to withdraw.
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The group behind the abandoned project to stage a formula one race at Disneyland Paris has urged the French prime minister to save the country's grand prix.
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British formula one team Williams has rubbished reports it could be in danger of joining Honda in walking away from the sport.
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MotoGP world champion Valentino Rossi gained three more places during Sunday's third and final day and finished 12th in the Wales Rally GB in twelfth position.
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New rumours about the possibility of a future formula one grand prix in Bulgaria have emerged.
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The group behind the abandoned project to stage a formula one race at Disneyland Paris has urged the French prime minister to save the country's grand prix.
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Honda's new Prius fighter in production form will be unveiled at the Detroit Auto Show next January. The Japanese company expects to globally sell 200,000 of them each year, and half of them will find homes in North America.
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A heightened sense of pessimism has enveloped the world of formula one following Honda's decision to withdraw.
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Max Mosley, the president of F1's governing body, has sided with the teams in a new push to prise more revenue from the sport's owners.
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The 2009 Kia Borrego could certainly be described as an automotive anachronism. While it just arrived on the market, this vehicle belongs in a previous era. What I mean is that Kia could not have picked a worse time to introduce a full-size SUV.
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A key lawmaker who backs emergency loans for the Detroit 3 said today that the resignation of Rick Wagoner as General Motors CEO may be a condition for Congress to provide aid.
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A key lawmaker who backs emergency loans for the Detroit 3 said today that the resignation of Rick Wagoner as General Motors CEO may be a condition for Congress to provide aid.
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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