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 !

May
28th

Chinese bid for Opel still in running, minister says

Stay connected Subscribe to our RSS feed
A bid for Opel by China's Beijing Automotive Industry Corp. (BAIC) could still be in the running if the company comes up with a more detailed offer, German Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck said. Full story...
May
28th

Former Honda exec Colliver joins ABN board

Stay connected Subscribe to our RSS feed
Retired American Honda executive Dick Colliver has joined the board of the Automotive Broadcasting Network, a dealer services startup based in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. Colliver, 69, was executive vice president of American Honda Motor Co. Full story...
May
28th

Aid for chipmaker Infineon may be decided by July

Stay connected Subscribe to our RSS feed
The German government will probably decide by the end of June on whether Infineon, Europe's biggest automotive chip supplier, can count on federal loan guarantees to refinance debt, a source familiar with the plans said. Full story...
May
27th

2009 Sneak Preview: New and Future Chevrolet Cars

Stay connected Subscribe to our RSS feed
2009 Sneak Preview: New and Future Chevrolet Cars
New and Future Chevrolet Cars - 2009 Sneak Preview - Automobile Magazine
The Equinox has been languishing on the market due to its second-rate interior and ancient engines. But the Equinox's wallflower phase will end this summer, when a vastly improved-and less expensive-cute-ute hits the dance floor.

Just like you, we always want to know what's coming next from Detroit, Tokyo, Stuttgart, Munich, Los Angeles, and all the other places where automotive engineers and designers dream and scheme on our behalf. Car companies, of course, are loath to share information on new products lest their competitors try to copy them--or you decide not to buy the cars they already have on dealer lots. Car companies, though, are simply groups of people, and some of them have a hard time keeping secrets. So, we poke, we prod, we cajole, and we uncover information that becomes the basis for our annual Sneak Preview issue. As always, some of our information is educated guesswork based on hints, insinuations, hunches. Make no mistake, though, these cars are on their way, even though details may change. Ladies and gentlemen: our list of 136 cars coming over the next few years...


Photo Gallery: New and Future Chevrolet Cars - 2009 Sneak Preview - Automobile Magazine


Full story...
May
27th

2009 Sneak Preview: New and Future Cadillac Cars

Stay connected Subscribe to our RSS feed
2009 Sneak Preview: New and Future Cadillac Cars
New and Future Cadillac Cars - 2009 Sneak Preview - Automobile Magazine
The station wagon is the first spin-off from the CTS, Cadillac's best-selling car. A second variant, the CTS coupe, has been delayed until summer 2010.

Just like you, we always want to know what's coming next from Detroit, Tokyo, Stuttgart, Munich, Los Angeles, and all the other places where automotive engineers and designers dream and scheme on our behalf. Car companies, of course, are loath to share information on new products lest their competitors try to copy them--or you decide not to buy the cars they already have on dealer lots. Car companies, though, are simply groups of people, and some of them have a hard time keeping secrets. So, we poke, we prod, we cajole, and we uncover information that becomes the basis for our annual Sneak Preview issue. As always, some of our information is educated guesswork based on hints, insinuations, hunches. Make no mistake, though, these cars are on their way, even though details may change. Ladies and gentlemen: our list of 136 cars coming over the next few years...


Photo Gallery: New and Future Cadillac Cars - 2009 Sneak Preview - Automobile Magazine


Full story...
May
27th

Chinese bid for Opel came too late, minister says

Stay connected Subscribe to our RSS feed
A bid for carmaker Opel by China's Beijing Automotive Industry Corp. (BAIC) came too late for the government to assess it in depth, German Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck said on Wednesday. Full story...
May
27th

GERMANY: Chinese Opel buy strategically sensible

Stay connected Subscribe to our RSS feed
An acquisition of Opel by Beijing Automotive Industry Corp (BAIC), the fourth interested party that did not make it before the deadline for the official bids, would be strategically sensible, experts have said. Full story...
May
27th

eTV: a window to the future

Stay connected Subscribe to our RSS feed
Blainville, Quebec - It's a well known fact that the greenhouse gasses (GHG) produced by vehicles have become enemy number one of the Minister of the Environment, Jim Prentice. In fact, on April 1st he announced the adoption of new regulations that will "be very effective in helping transform our automotive sector and making it greener." Full story...
May
27th

Developers of the lithium-ion battery for the automobile receive award

Stay connected Subscribe to our RSS feed
The "Professor Ferdinand Porsche Award" of 50,000 Euro is one of the world's most coveted awards for research in the field of automobile technology and was awarded today by the Technical University of Vienna to Dipl. Eng. Michael Keller from Temic Automotive Electric Motors GmbH, Berlin, and Prof. Herbert Kohler from Daimler AG, Stuttgart. Full story...
May
26th

2009 Sneak Preview: New and Future Acura Cars

Stay connected Subscribe to our RSS feed
2009 Sneak Preview: New and Future Acura Cars
New and Future Acura Cars - 2009 Sneak Preview - Automobile Magazine
It's plastic surgery time at Acura. Except unlike most nose jobs, the company's two crossovers will be getting a more pronounced schnoz.

Just like you, we always want to know what's coming next from Detroit, Tokyo, Stuttgart, Munich, Los Angeles, and all the other places where automotive engineers and designers dream and scheme on our behalf. Car companies, of course, are loath to share information on new products lest their competitors try to copy them--or you decide not to buy the cars they already have on dealer lots. Car companies, though, are simply groups of people, and some of them have a hard time keeping secrets. So, we poke, we prod, we cajole, and we uncover information that becomes the basis for our annual Sneak Preview issue. As always, some of our information is educated guesswork based on hints, insinuations, hunches. Make no mistake, though, these cars are on their way, even though details may change. Ladies and gentlemen: our list of 136 cars coming over the next few years...


Photo Gallery: New and Future Acura Cars - 2009 Sneak Preview - Automobile Magazine


Full story...
May
26th

2009 Sneak Preview: New and Future Aston Martin Cars

Stay connected Subscribe to our RSS feed
2009 Sneak Preview: New and Future Aston Martin Cars
New and Future Aston Martin Cars - 2009 Sneak Preview - Automobile Magazine
For 2010, Aston's hard-core, 007-approved DBS coupe gets in touch with its hard-core, 007-approved feminine side.

Just like you, we always want to know what's coming next from Detroit, Tokyo, Stuttgart, Munich, Los Angeles, and all the other places where automotive engineers and designers dream and scheme on our behalf. Car companies, of course, are loath to share information on new products lest their competitors try to copy them--or you decide not to buy the cars they already have on dealer lots. Car companies, though, are simply groups of people, and some of them have a hard time keeping secrets. So, we poke, we prod, we cajole, and we uncover information that becomes the basis for our annual Sneak Preview issue. As always, some of our information is educated guesswork based on hints, insinuations, hunches. Make no mistake, though, these cars are on their way, even though details may change. Ladies and gentlemen: our list of 136 cars coming over the next few years...


Photo Gallery: New and Future Aston Martin Cars - 2009 Sneak Preview - Automobile Magazine


Full story...
May
26th

2009 Sneak Preview: New and Future Audi Cars

Stay connected Subscribe to our RSS feed
2009 Sneak Preview: New and Future Audi Cars
New and Future Audi Cars - 2009 Sneak Preview - Automobile Magazine
Audi is apparently following the Porsche 911 strategy: many variants of one wondrous theme.

Just like you, we always want to know what's coming next from Detroit, Tokyo, Stuttgart, Munich, Los Angeles, and all the other places where automotive engineers and designers dream and scheme on our behalf. Car companies, of course, are loath to share information on new products lest their competitors try to copy them--or you decide not to buy the cars they already have on dealer lots. Car companies, though, are simply groups of people, and some of them have a hard time keeping secrets. So, we poke, we prod, we cajole, and we uncover information that becomes the basis for our annual Sneak Preview issue. As always, some of our information is educated guesswork based on hints, insinuations, hunches. Make no mistake, though, these cars are on their way, even though details may change. Ladies and gentlemen: our list of 136 cars coming over the next few years...


Photo Gallery: New and Future Audi Cars - 2009 Sneak Preview - Automobile Magazine


Full story...
May
26th

US: Honda tops in supplier survey

Stay connected Subscribe to our RSS feed
The turmoil in the automotive industry was reflected in the results of this year's Planning Perspectives annual study of the automakers' supplier working relations, with the most significant shift in the suppliers' ratings of the auto manufacturers since the study was launched eight years ago. Full story...
May
26th

MALAYSIA: Sales drop 18.2% in April

Stay connected Subscribe to our RSS feed
New vehicle sales in Malaysia fell by 18.2% in April to 41,135 units compared with 50,279 a year earlier, according to data released by the Malaysian Automotive Association. Full story...
May
25th

Auto Supplier Study Shows Honda #1, Toyota Slipping to #2, Ford Gaining on Nissan, and Chrysler Still Last in ‘Working Relations’

Stay connected Subscribe to our RSS feed
DETROIT,-- The turmoil in the automotive industry is reflected in the results of this year's annual study of the automakers' supplier working relations, with the most significant shift in the suppliers' ratings of the auto manufacturers since the study was launched eight years ago. The annual North American OEM - Tier 1 Supplier Working Relations Study tracks the supplier relations of the top 3 US and top 3 Japanese automakers. Full story...
May
22nd

US: ‘Rejected’ dealers may not all close – Chrysler

Stay connected Subscribe to our RSS feed
"The [US] automotive industry cannot support the number of dealers currently in the marketplace. From 1990 until 2007, the industry averaged roughly 16m new vehicles sold each year. In 2009, new vehicles sold are expected to be 10.5m units," Chrysler sales and marketing chief Steven Landry said, as the company provided more detail of its thoughts over the 'rejection' of some 789 dealers. Full story...
May
22nd

POLAND: Brussels finishes off mothballed parts producer

Stay connected Subscribe to our RSS feed
It looks as though Buczek Automotive's fate is sealed. Full story...
May
22nd

Fiat’s offer for Opel has two versions: With and without GM’s Latin American operations

Stay connected Subscribe to our RSS feed
Fiat S.p.A. submitted two versions of its offer for General Motors units Opel and Vauxhall, one with and one without a bid for GM's Latin American operations, people familiar with the matter told Automotive News Europe today. Full story...
May
21st

CANADA: Automakers heading for combined C$2.1bn loss

Stay connected Subscribe to our RSS feed
Canadian automotive producers are estimated to be heading for a combined loss of C$2.1 billion (US$1.8 bn) in 2009, according to figures out today. Full story...
May
21st

Fiat’s offer for Opel has two versions: With and without GM’s Latin American operations

Stay connected Subscribe to our RSS feed
Fiat S.p.A. submitted two versions of its offer for General Motors units Opel and Vauxhall, one with and one without a bid for GM's Latin American operations, people familiar with the matter told Automotive News Europe today. Full story...
Hosted by CifTech Hosting.