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According to a noted automotive engineer, Ford Escape Hybrids used as Taxis in New York City are unsafe. A report by C. Bruce Gambardella says that collisions and rollovers involving 2008 Ford Escape Hybrid Taxis often end with driver hospitalization and a total loss of the vehicle. Read more ...

Chrysler, once an icon of American automotive might that has moved from market dominance to federal bailout to foreign control over the past eight decades, faces a defining fork in the road. Read more ...

Chrysler, once an icon of American automotive might that has moved from market dominance to federal bailout to foreign control over the past eight decades, faces a defining fork in the road. Read more ...

Nissan is voluntarily recalling 204,361 2007-2008 model year Altima, Altima coupe, 350Z, Murano, Rogue and Infiniti G35 sedan, G37 coupe and EX35 passenger vehicles equipped with Continental Automotive Systems' occupant classification system (OCS) control units because a possible component fault may result in the passenger airbag not being triggered in a crash. Read more ...

German finance minister Peer Steinbrück has said he would "not be prepared to offer support for the automotive industry or promise any tax concessions." Read more ...

Lear Corporation, supplier of automotive seating systems, electrical distribution systems and electronics products, has announced cost reductions which it hopes will improve its operating profit by US$150m over the next year. Read more ...

The German automotive industry has called for support from its government in the light of growing economic uncertainty. Read more ...

Following intensive restructuring during the 1990s, opportunities for further consolidation in the light vehicle braking system segment have largely dried up. Today, three companies - Continental, Bosch and TRW- account for half of the global market for automotive foundation brakes. Matthew Beecham talks to braking system executives about recent technical advances. Read more ...

Dura Automotive Systems Inc., which emerged from bankruptcy earlier in 2008, said late yesterday it was restructuring into four business units after winning some $1 billion in new contracts since late June. Read more ...

Europe's heavy truck market (over 16 tonnes GVW) is forecast to decline by 20.7% to 255,800 units in 2009 according to forecasts produced by research firm Automotive World. Read more ...

A new BASF plant for the manufacture of automotive spring aids made of Cellasto for approximately five million vehicles per year is to be built in Shanghai by early 2010. Read more ...

Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata accepted an Automotive News Europe Eurostar award. Other Eurostar winners included Ford of Europe CEO John Fleming, Robert Bosch Automotive Chairman Bernd Bohr and BMW's head of group purchasing, Herbert Diess. Read more ...

Brilliance Jinbei Automotive is ready to fight to remain a low-price leader in Europe. "We have to have a lower price. That is clearly our advantage," said Hans-Ulrich Sachs, managing director of HSO Motors Europe, Brilliance's importer for Europe. Read more ...

Ford of Europe will build the replacement to its Fusion small minivan in Craiova, Romania, a person familiar with the matter told Automotive News Europe here last week. Read more ...

Which clean powertrains will emerge as winners? Learn the answers at the first Automotive News Green Car Conference and Exhibition on Nov. 13 in suburban Detroit. Read more ...

Automotive stocks followed the market in posting initial losses, but a late market rally resulted in mixed showings for auto stocks. Read more ...

Russia is the one automotive market defying gravity, they said. It's riding high on the wave of a domestic economy feeling the fruits of an energy and raw materials based boom. Real incomes are soaring and automakers have claimed, until recently, that they cannot buid enough cars to meet demand. Read more ...

Philippine new vehicle sales rose 4.3% year on year in September to 10,937 units, up from 10,485 units a year earlier, according to data released by the Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines (CAMPI). Read more ...

The decline continued for automotive stocks Wednesday. Eleven of the 12 car manufacturer stocks tracked by Automotive News Europe and PricewaterhouseCoopers hit 12-month lows by the end of trading Wednesday. Read more ...

FIAT has reached the lowest CO2 emission value in 2007 . Jato (a world leader in the automotive business) has confirmed that FIAT has overthrown larger brands in the emission department .

FIAT  scored a value of 137,3 g/km compared to the other brands : Peugeot (141.9 g/km), Citroen (142.2 g/km), Renault (146.4 g/km), Toyota (141.9 g/km), Ford (149.1 g/km), Opel (152.9 g/km), Volkswagen (161.7 g/km), BMW (176.7g/km) and Mercedes (188.4 g/km)

As we can all tell from this report , the small Fiat cars are pretty green . Also the executives of this company said that they are still working on getting the emissions even lower , the Eco Drive system developed with Microsoft will be the key to make the green greener