EXECUTIVE WES RAYNAL: I’m always amazed that a car nearly three feet shorter than a Chevy Suburban can weigh almost as much. That said, I’ve always liked Land Rovers, and I still like the LR3. I like its quirky Britishness.
General Motors is assuring dealers that it has no plans to cut additional brands -- stressing that its Hummer nameplate is the only one being reviewed for a possible sale.
Canadian Auto Workers President Basil "Buzz" Eldon Hargrove, known as a hard-line union leader, announced his retirement Tuesday. Union leaders quickly endorsed as his successor a former Chrysler Canada assembly worker from Windsor who vows to fight against two-tier wages and concessions that American auto workers already have accepted.
Automakers face a tougher battery of crash tests under a long-awaited overhaul of the federal government's 30-year-old crash test rating system but won a 14-month reprieve before the new ratings take effect, giving them time to improve upcoming models.
When U.S. auto sales slumped last month to their lowest levels in more than a decade, Toyota suffered as much as anyone else.
Canadian Auto Workers President Basil "Buzz" Eldon Hargrove, known as a hard-line union leader, announced his retirement Tuesday. Union leaders quickly endorsed as his successor a former Chrysler Canada assembly worker from Windsor who vows to fight against two-tier wages and concessions that American auto workers already have accepted.
Although truck sales are well of the mark this year in the U.S., Toyota has announced that it will be boosting its Mexican output of Tacoma pickup trucks. Toyota lone Mexican plant “ located in Tijuana “ will increase Tacoma production to about 50,000 units this year, up from 32,249 in 2007.
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BMW announced earlier today that it will be working with Fiat and Alfa Romeo on future small car platforms and engines, but it looks as though that partnership will also spread to the retail side of the car business.
Alfa Romeo is planning to make a return to the U.S. in 2010, but had no real <...>
With auto sales on the decline in the U.S. market, automakers such as Ford and General Motors are relying more and more on their foreign operations to keep things afloat. Luckily for Ford and GM, cars still sell like hot cakes in China “ the worlds number two auto market “ and both car <...>
General Motors Chevrolet Volt range-extending hybrid has been getting some extra publicity lately, but the front-drive hatch wont be getting any more range, according to GM sources. The Volt was originally slated to come equipped with a 12-gallon fuel tank, but GM has decided to go with a smaller unit for production.
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BMW’s newest 7-series should hit dealerships later this year, but more eco-conscious buyers will only have to wait until 2009 for the hybrid version of the big sedan, a new report finds. Moreover, the 7-series hybrid will be one of the first such models to use lithium-ion batteries.
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NASCAR has issued penalties, fines and suspensions to Dale Earnhardt Inc.'s No. 1 Chevrolet team that competes in the Sprint Cup Series, as a result of rules infractions found last week at Daytona International Speedway. Driver Martin Truex Jr.'
WASHINGTON -- Attention car shoppers: the government is upgrading its crash test program to offer better information about vehicle safety.
It’s not too hard to imagine what a convertible version of Maserati’s GranTurismo might look like, but since the fixed-roof version is so nice too look like, our illustrators figured you might like to ogle the drop-top, too.
The Spyder model will arrive in showrooms in March 2009, a company insider said <...>
Some rumors just never seem to die, and it looks as though Volvos impending sale falls directly under that heading. The latest report speculates that Chinas Chery auto group is interested in placing a bid for Fords Volvo brand.
The Swedish automaker has been at the center of several recent sale rumors, with possible suitors <...>
While we’ve known of Hyundai’s plans to build a hybrid version of its Elantra sedan for quite some time, new specifics emerged today. Along with being the first mass-produced hybrid to run on liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), the car will also be unique in its use of lithium polymer batteries.
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While its difficult to find the silver lining in $4 a gallon gasoline, high gas prices actually do have an upside. From single inventors to large companies, everyone is now scrambling to find ways to improve fuel economy “ something that will benefit all of us in a few years.
One such company in Frances <...>
Honda has announced that it will be unveiling a new concept at this months London Motor Show. Dubbed the OSM “ which stands for Open Study Model “ the concept is a light-weight, two seat drop top designed with maximum efficiency in mind.
Although the OSM looks like an S2000 replacement at first glance, Honda <...>
The latest automotive collaboration will involve BMW working with Alfa Romeo and Fiat on developing components and systems as well as a common platform for BMW’s third-generation Mini Cooper, Alfa Romeo’s Mi.To and Fiat’s Grande Punto. All cars are scheduled for release early on in the ’10s, according to suppliers for both brands.
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Tatas upcoming Nano microcar is being touted as the worlds most inexpensive passenger car, but rising steel prices are threatening the Nanos bargain-basement $2,500 price tag. With steel prices shooting up 30 percent in the last quarter alone, Tata is now asking some suppliers to help absorb added costs in order to retain the <...>
First, GM moves up the official unveiling of its Chevrolet Volt plug-in electric vehicle to September from October, and now reports have the car making its debut a full year ahead of schedule, at least in North America. This, despite General Motors’ own concerns regarding meeting the original deadline.
The Autocar report says the Volt <...>