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Choose a page number: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 Automotive RSS FeedsLondon transport - Soviet style - News that London's roads will be partially closed during the Olympics in order that athletes and officials can get to the Games on time will leave residents distinctly underwhelmed. It's not as if it's a breeze swanning around the nation's capital at the best of times but a full 2.5% of roads will be dedicated to the grandiose-sounding 'Olympic Route Network,' in a bid to ease the path of those attending the east London jamboree. This is nothing new of course. Back in the day, Soviet dignatories would glide through Moscow in their Zil limos in dedicated central lanes, while the ever-equal comrades - if they had cars at all - slummed it in whatever road was left. But hang about. There's been non-stop trumpeting about how green the London Olympics are going to be, sustainable this and environmental that. There's even a so-called British 'bullet train' - which to anyone who has meandered about the UK's rail network will come as a somewhat startling concept -...Feed Source: www.just-auto.com EV battery technologies and the standardisation challenge - For all the talk of stimulating demand for electric vehicles many of the challenges ahead remain on the supply-side and tackling high costs, especially early on when the vehicles hit the market with high purchase prices.
Some of you may recall that we covered the EV Battery Tech event that took place in London earlier this year. It confirmed that the technologies are inherently relatively expensive, that there are no easy answers to the development of the batteries themselves and also that much of the future potential for cost cutting lies in the manufacturing process, scaleability and achieving higher volumes.
In particular, there's the need to automate the manufacturing process and make progress with standardising battery cells. In many ways, this could be the key issue for the industry. The commoditisation of the powertrai... Treasure Zest? - You may have noticed there's been quite a trade mission from the UK in the past few days to India.
The new British prime minister - fresh from establishing his country as the 'junior partner' to the US in Washington - that should play well among the shires of England - has hotfooted it with an extraordinary collection of British top industry brass to India.
Cameron's got a shiny British Airways 747 for his jaunt - with 60-plus top industrialists there should just be enough bizzo seats to go round - although why the British PM - as in his French and German counterparts - hasn't got his own aircraft is a mystery.
The former colonial master is now very much the pupil as India starts to flex its muscles and nowhere was this better illustrated than with British Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne's visit to Tata Industries headquarters in Mumbai.
Tata is now the UK's largest manufacturer through its purchase of British manufacturing luminaries suc... It ain't half hot in er, Moscow - I tend to look at the Moscow temperatures on a daily basis (I know) with a sort of grim fascination as they frequently challenge the lower end of the mercury scale.
And having endured almost unspeakable cold there several times myself - once having spent some time in a Russian hospital with my dodgy knee - I can vouch for its bone-chilling ability to freeze just about anything.
So it was with some incredulity that I have been watching the thermometer rise and rise these past few weeks.
And now comes news that GAZ Group has had to curtail production as the temperature is simply too high.
A quick call to Russia confirms the heatwave. "It's very, very hot, it's 39 degrees Celsius," an almost breathless Russian woman tells me.
There are even reports of cars spontaneously bursting into flames in Moscow after short circuiting in the unprecedented heat.
Russians are used to defrosting cars and trucks in some of the most hostile conditions on earth... Doolally to Mulally - We were reminded late last week that Ford Motor Company is still on a roll, its latest financial results confirming that it is one of the industry's better performers.
Running a car company to turn a profit is no mean feat. There are obviously plenty of plates that have to be kept spinning, but at the heart of the business is the requirement to make cars that people want to buy from a brand that has a good reputation.
If your product is marked out as relatively good, people will pay a little more for it. If the product is merely acceptable - let's say it meets minimum market requirements but is nothing special – it becomes a commodity proposition. You are then in to incentives territory to move the metal on price and the brand suffers over time from the message that the manufacturer offers big discounts to secure sales; it's a modus operandi rather than a selectively employed tool and the brand is devalued as a consequence.
Turning things around is n... Time critical shipments and supply-chain - I had a very interesting lunch with 'Evolution Time Critical' MD Brad Brennan earlier today. His business is all about providing a premium transportation service on components that can mean the difference between an automotive production line working or being idle. The parts need to be transported somewhere quick and by whatever modal means are appropriate and available. Helicopters are sometimes involved.
There were a few jokes about the mysterious man in the Cadbury's Milk Tray chocolate box ads of yesteryear. As you can probably imagine, Brad Brennan had a few good stories (his clients' names not divulged of course). It's quite a network he has built up, by the sounds of it, with local knowledge and contacts the key to being able to quickly put together a plan, or options, for a stressed out customer. He certainly seemed like a chap who enjoys the challenge. He must be getting that with some of the BRICs
But, I asked, what about the jobs that simpl... What's in a name part 2 - What's in a name part 2.
I've speaking quite a bit today (22 July) to Iran Khodro (IKCO) and a very helpful bunch they were too.
And it looks like - despite Iran's current difficulties and the the constant threat of sanctions - as if its car business is making strenuous efforts to look to its near - and not so near - neighbours for export potential.
A new family of Runna models is also being evaluated with the IKCO board meeting imminently to discuss its transition from small scale to mass production.
Its name of course has an immediate application in English, so I asked whether it meant anything in the local lingo.
The reply came: It means: "Something that can run on wheels" in Farsi.
Can't argue with that.... No change: global economy still facing uncertainties - US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke has made some remarks that have scared the markets a little bit, but what he has said isn't all that surprising.
He has told the US Senate Banking Committee that record low interest rates would still be needed to support economic recovery, that the outlook for the US economy is 'unusually uncertain' and that the Fed is prepared to step in with 'further policy actions' to boost the US economy if needed.
It is hardly a surprise. The world economy is still very much in recovery phase and facing imbalances – chiefly in the form of an unprecedented debt hangover and its real-world recessionary consequences. It will take years to put right.
The economic bounce-back – such as it has been - from the depths plummed in 2009 was hugely assisted by fiscal stimulus packages across the world, record low interest rates and an inventory effect (notably strong in the auto industry where the swings in activity have been m... Only way is Up! - What's in a name?
Well, Volkswagen's new city car is to be known as Up! - and that's their exclamation mark not mine.
A VW spokesman told me today (20 July) the name "seemed to fit the vehicle" as it was "optimistic," which I suppose is right but does it fit?
When I worked in France, there was a ditty by Jazz & The Plastic Population that was number one for about a year that went "The only way is up," and I now can't get it out of my head after having successfully removed it all those years ago.
Up! is better than Down! I suppose, but really, are there just too many car names that don't relate to consumers?
Does it matter? My first car was a Triumph Dolomite, a name that seemed to be perfect for the vehicle - a combination of supreme confidence and er, some Italian mountains.
Cortina, Granada - what was it with mountain ranges that were all the rage back then - but they were solid and yet exotic names.
I'm not picking on... No, Cynthia, all Jettas will be the same length... - It looks a bit like Volkswagen's redesigned, US focused, Mexican built Jetta, recently launched in some style in the Big Apple, is getting confused in some media minds with the upcoming, larger car - designed specifically for, and to be sold only in North America - that the automaker will soon start building in its brand new Chattanooga (choo-choo!), Tennessee plant.
Yesterday, Bloomberg News reported that the US version of the Jetta would be longer than the versions sold in Europe and elsewhere; today VW's German press operation set the record straight in a press release covering the US media launch event: "The new model is 182.7 inches long in the US version and 4.64 metres long in the European version, 57.1 inches (1.45 metres) tall a... Outriders await their comeback - Having battled through a power failure of most of east London on Monday morning - it had to be a Monday - my mood not helped by commuters draped in Spanish flags (in east London?) after their World Cup win - I finally weaselled my way into Essex - my first ever visit - and Ford's Dunton R&D plant.
The occasion was to celebrate the handing over of some rather large cheques from the UK government and the European Investment Bank (EIB) to Ford for more efficient engine research among other laudable aims.
A collection of Ford's top brass - including Ford of Britain chairman Joe Greenwell, the Minister of State for Business Mark Prisk and EIB vice president Simon Brooks - assembled for the signing ceremony that saw the loan and guarantee formalised.
The lights were barely working however so Joe manfully went through his speech - a lone voice in the gloom - punctuated by the flash of a graph on the screen.
Clarity was restored for Prisk, who, it has to be s... Wider sale plans for new Ford US truck - The next-generation US/Canada Ford Ranger truck will be sold outside North America.
So says UK consumer magazine Auto Express which has got hold of some 'spy' pictures of the redesign on hot weather test. Built on Ford's T6 platform and due out next year, the new model will be sold elsewhere as part of the blue oval's new global strategy which has already seen the European Fiesta and, soon, the Focus migrate Stateside.
The new truck has a sleeker front end and chunkier rear wheel arches courtesy of the new chassis, which makes it longer and wider than the outgoing model, and will have a new range of I4 engines including 2.2 and 3.2-litre Duratorq TDCi common-rail diesels, and 2.0-litre EcoBoost and 2.5-litre Duratec petrol engines. Six-speed manual and automatic transmissions will be available with all e... VW lengthens runway to avoid China trip fuel stops -
How to improve access to your long-established Chinese unit from Germany? If you're Volkswagen, spend EUR 4.5m lengthening the runway at your private airport in Braunschweig so the corporate Airbus A319 can load enough fuel to avoid the mid-trip refuelling stop until recently required.
Fuel = weight, y'see, and the takeoff weight determines how much runway you need before getting airborne.
China is the most important market for Volkswagen with 1.4m sold cars in 2009 and 75% more growth seen by 2018.
There's a parallel between many VW cars and Airbus' A320, on which the shorter A319 is based - both are completed at plants in Germany and China.
The carmaker owns 35.6% of airport company Braunschweig-Wolfsburg, according to local media reports.
... The 'Get Carter' car park... - Are you familiar with the film 'Get Carter' which was made in 1971, starred Michael Caine and was set in the north-east of England? If yes, you may recall a scene that takes place in a concrete multi-storey car park in which Caine's character chucks the bloke who used to be in Coronation Street over the side.
It's a decent film that captures the spirit of the time; the times were a changin' and the concrete architecture springing up all over Britain was a big part of it. The 'brutalist' multi-storey car park in Get Carter symbolised the rapid changes to the built environment, attitudes of the times (there was a predilection for knocking old buildings down) and the new primacy of the automobile, even. Well, it turned out that people didn't much care for all the concrete or the blocks of flats that replaced so-called 'slums', but that's a long story
Suffice to say, big concrete multi-storey car parks are often considered a necessary evil in this country... Thoughts on Peugeots - The Peugeot RCZ 'Audi TT lookalike' does look very good in the flesh. It was pretty prominent at the Peugeot dealership I visited in London earlier this week (to hear about the 'Mu' mobility initiative). As part of the presentations we heard all about the new design direction (typified by the SR1 concept and '5 by Peugeot'), the new Lion emblem and the diesel-electric hybrids that are coming. It's all pretty stirring stuff if you're an enthusiast for a brand that maybe slightly lost its way after the drivers' cars of yesteryear. The RCZ coupe certainly seems to be off to a strong start in the UK market – Peugeot says orders for the first five weeks are already exceeding over half the 2010 production allocation.
One model that I find particularly intriguing is the electric city BB1. The car is billed as reinventing the automobile for urban use – from the ground up. It certainly looks striking. The final production version will be interesting to see in terms of how ... Tesla's big challenge - Tesla Motors' IPO may have been successful but the company is losing money hand over fist. As my colleague Graeme Roberts notes, a financial train wreck is a distinct possibility if the Model S is not successful. And some bigger industry players are sure to be watching in the wings, acquisitive antennae firmly tuned in.
A boutique electric roadster is one thing – and, let's be fair, it is a big achievement; the company must have learned a lot about manufacturing, dealing with suppliers and so on, in a very short space of time (Martin Eberhard's less than happy departure suggests that cost/time pressures inside the company have been considerable). But a higher volume 4-door luxury sedan (not contracted out to Lotus for assembly) is something else and will stretch resources and capabilities even further.
The Model S will be built on a flexible platform ... Cheer up! - A few colleagues here in England have been a bit down lately. It would seem that the disappointing performance of the national football team at the World Cup is more than a little bit responsible. I do of course sympathise. I am English, after all. But at least we can enjoy the rest of the tournament in angst-free mode. And the weather has been good lately.
And - if looking for sports solace - we did beat the Australians at cricket at the weekend.
Still looking for sunshine? Try this story in the Daily Telegraph for size. Though, arguably, it is not really all that funny that a drunk trader on a laptop can cause quite so much havoc. Something to reflect on next time you fill the tank with black gold.How a broker spent $520m in a drunken stupor and moved the glob... Crossed cables - I have to say my opinion of new business secretary Vince Cable's fulsome praise of the UK car industry was tempered somewhat when I got back to the office today to find he'd made some pretty tough comments prior to Toyota's new Auris hybrid event.
Perhaps not wishing to rain on Toyota's parade, Cable seemed to imply that state aid to the auto industry would be harder to come by in the future now that the UK sector seemed to be returning to more robust health.
It was frankly, by far the more interesting angle but I don't suppose he's reached his elevated position without knowing what to say to whom and at the right time.
Maybe he was being polite out of deference to his hosts but he certainly didn't mention any of the tougher measures at the Auris ceremony.
Politicians eh?... ASEAN attracts investment - Ford said last week that it would invest in a new Thailand plant with around 150K annual capacity; manufacture of the Ford Focus is being planned from 2012. Ford's latest investment move illustrates that emerging markets opportunities aren't just about the big markets of the BRICs.
Indeed, the ASEAN region of south-east Asia is continuing to show very positive auto industry growth prospects.
Indonesia's car market is still going strong after a surge in the first quarter. New vehicle sales in Indonesia rose by 69% in May. Our man in Jakarta (Tony Pugliese) tells me that interest rates are low and consumer confidence is relatively high. If they can maintain economic and political stability in Indonesia (and the signs have been good lately), that country's population of 250m can support a very much larger automotive market.
And despite the political unrest in Thailand that was in the news recently, the market there was up by 53% in May. Ford's announcement of a new... Bring me sunshine - Well, thanks to French air traffic controllers working to rule yesterday (24 June), I managed to see a lot more of Bilbao's airport than I was bargaining for - a further three hours in fact.
The ANE Congress over, I made my way back to the airport - replete with stunning, modernist architecture that echoes the city's extraordinary collection of new buildings highlighted of course by the mass of bent steel that is the Guggenheim Museum.
The taxi driver - who clearly thought he had a thwarted Formula 1 career - decided to play - in order - The Eagles, Smokey Robinson and Grandmaster Flash in a riot of '80s memories and deposited me in a record-breaking hotel-to-airport time.
And thanks to French ATC I had a bit of time to mull the Congress itself and an extremely useful get-together of the great and the good it was - and if Spyker and now Saab CEO Victor Muller finds himself not in the car business he'd certainly make a decent stand-up.
It constantly amaze... Soon, used electric car batteries to generate cheap household power - Owners of electric cars might soon be able to use their old car battery to run their household electricity, according to a leading Japanese automaker.... Obama cites progress; Chrysler to add jobs - Chrysler's decision to hire 900 more people next year in Sterling Heights nearly upstaged President Barack Obama's whirlwind visit celebrating progress made in the year since Chrysler's and General Mo ... Overheard during the visit - Teri Quigley, plant manager, General Motors' Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Plant "This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. We got laid off for a while last summer during the bankruptcy, but now we've go ... 'I had confidence in you' - Still, President Barack Obama celebrated the modest momentum that has led to the industry recapturing 16% of the 334,000 jobs that disappeared in the two years leading up to the bankruptcies of GM and ... BorgWarner, American Axle increase 2Q sales and profits - The strong postings Friday by Detroit-based American Axle & Manufacturing and Auburn Hills-based BorgWarner continue a broader trend toward improved profits among parts suppliers this past quarter. On ... Obama heralds success of auto bailout - President Obama, accompanied by Assembly Manager Teri Quigley, gets behind the wheel of a new Chevy Volt on Friday during his tour of a GM plant in Michigan.... Local hero leads after dramatic Day 1 in Finland - By Alan Baldwin Ford's Jari-Matti Latvala led his home Rally of Finland on Friday after team mate and early pace-setter Mikko Hirvonen crashed out on the fourth stage. Hirvonen, the... Chrysler spares Sterling Heights plant from closure, adds 900 jobs - Chrysler Group LLC said Friday it will keep its Sterling Heights Assembly Plant operating and add 900 jobs -- a sign of the company's continued turnaround. Chrysler made the surprise announcement Frid ... Obama touts Detroit autoworkers - Detroit -- President Barack Obama offered a fiery defense Friday of the $85 billion domestic auto bailout, praising the dramatic revitalization of the industry and taunting critics. At appearances at ... Honda U.S. production tops Japan - Honda Motor Co. marked a milestone during the April-June quarter, building more vehicles in the United States than in Japan. Honda assembled 236,819 vehicles in the United States and 236,559 in Japan ... Why a $30,500 Ford Mustang beats $150,000 European sports cars - I have a $150,000 sports car in my parking garage, a handcrafted machine produced overseas in limited numbers. Next to it, I have a U.S.-made Ford Mustang GT, armadas of which will be sold for as litt ... General Motors To Boost Chevrolet Volt Production By 50% To 45K Units In 2012 - Update - (RTTNews) - Automaker General Motors Co. announced Friday that it will increase U.S. production capacity of Chevrolet Volt by 50% in 2012, citing strong public interest in the Chevrolet Volt, the new ... Obama visits auto plants, hailing federal rescue - President Obama declared the federal rescue of domestic automakers a success Friday, delivering a message to "naysayers" who have criticized a robust government role. "A lot of folks were skeptical ... Cars.com Reviews the 2011 Chevy Cruze - Forget the Chevy Cobalt. The poor excuse for an American compact car has been filed in the auto industry’s trash bin of history. In its place is the all-new Chevy Cruze that senior editor Joe Wiesen ... Will U.S. Auto Industry Manage to Survive Recession - On a day that President Obama touted his administration's efforts to save the U.S. auto industry, Judy Woodruff assesses the state of the industry with Micheline Maynard, senior editor of Changing Gea ... Obama sells auto bailout as good news - President Barack Obama said Friday that the recent turnaround for U.S. automakers vindicated his unpopular decision to bailout the industry.With Americans facing a still-limping economy and potentiall ... Chrysler, GM Tout Production Gains - July 30 (Bloomberg) -- Chrysler Group LLC and General Motors Co. announced plans to boost production and add jobs as U.S. President Barack Obama visited the Detroit area today to promote the governmen ... Luxury Imported Cars Taking Korean Market by Storm - Luxury imported cars costing 100 million won (84,000 U.S. dollars) or more each are seeing brisk sales in the Korean market. All 300 units of the latest model of the luxury Porsche SUV Cayenne allotte ... Auto glass shop owner accused of billing scheme - THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SEATTLE -- The owner of two Burien auto glass companies has been charged with first-degree theft for an insurance billing scheme believed to have cost insurers more than $1.5 m ... We get a charge out of driving Nissan Leaf - car to San Francisco, letting us get our first drive in the car. As the lead vehicle in what could be a new generation of electric cars, Nissan has done a lot of things right. The car feels very easy ... Honda profit jumps to record $3.2 billion; Mazda loss narrows - Tokyo — Honda's quarterly profit ballooned to a record $3.2 billion while Mazda reduced its losses, rounding out a tale of recovery among Japanese automakers.... Toyota Recalls 412K U.S. Cars for Steering Fix - (AP) Updated at 4:41 p.m. ET Toyota is recalling nearly half a million cars, most of them large sedans sold in the U.S., for problems that can cause the steering wheel to lock up. It's the latest i ... Honda raises FY 2010 profit forecast, posts record quarterly profit - TOKYO — Honda Motor Co. raised on Friday its forecast for group net profit to 455 billion yen for the current business year ending next March as cost-cutting measures and brisk sales in Asia he ... Obama Hails 2009 Auto Bailout as Success - President Barack Obama waves as he is introduced before delivering remarks during his visit to the Jefferson North Chrysler Plant in Detroit, Friday, July 30, 2010, where the Jeep Grand Cherokee is as ... Two charged with thefts from cars in St. Elizabeth Ann Seton church parking lot - Two St. Charles County men are accused of breaking into cars in the parking lot of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church in St. Charles. Jerome L. LaCroix, 20, of the 100 block of North Carnegie ... Nissan donates $150,000 to Universal Technical Institute Foundation - Nissan Automotive Technical Training (NATT) program. The scholarship also includes a short-term internship at a Nissan or Infiniti dealership."Nissan is very excited about the success of the scholar ... Afghans set fire to US embassy cars after deadly accident - Summary - accident left a civilian dead, officials and witnesses said.A military vehicle from a NATO convoy collided with an Afghan civilian's car in the centre of Kabul close to the... Detroit auto bailout was unpopular, but it worked - Obama visited Michigan Friday, responding to critics who say the government shouldn't have spent taxpayer money to rescue the Detroit auto industry.... Honda posts record profit, Mazda reduces loss - TOKYO: Honda’s quarterly profit ballooned to a record $3.2 billion while Mazda reduced its losses, rounding out a tale of recovery among Japanese automakers.... Detroit auto bailout was unpopular, but it worked - Obama visited Michigan Friday, responding to critics who say the government shouldn't have spent taxpayer money to rescue the Detroit auto industry.... Slashing lease prices could be a risky move for Toyota - Toyota Motor Corp. , the deal could be a financial disaster. To keep customers coming to its showrooms amid a series of large and embarrassing recalls, Toyota has been offering some of its best lea ... Toyota recalls 412,000 cars in U.S., 16,000 here - Toyota is recalling 412,000 cars, mostly the Avalon model, in the U.S., and another 16,420 vehicles in Japan for steering problems, the automaker said Thursday.... UAW complains idled GM plant turned down jobs - Spring Hill, Tenn. -- United Auto Workers leaders in Tennessee say the manager of General Motors' Spring Hill plant that laid off thousands of workers last year has turned down 50 new GM jobs. In a co ... Jobs, Auto Sales Data; More 2Q Results - Auto makers and major retailers will release July sales figures Tuesday and Thursday, respectively. Three Dow Jones Industrial Average components and a fith of the companies in the Standard & Po ... Study finds EV emissions can be higher than those of petrol cars - Last Updated: July 30. 2010 6:49PM UAE / July 30. 2010 2:49PM GMT Countries with dirty energy supplies will not benefit from electric cars, startling new research from BMW and the Technical University ... Mixed fortunes for BP Ford Abu Dhabi - Last Updated: July 30. 2010 9:58PM UAE / July 30. 2010 5:58PM GMT It was a mixed day at Rally Finland for the BP Ford Abu Dhabi team yesterday as Jari-Matti Latvala led the event, but both Mikko Hirvo ... Introductions bring good news for Jeep and Ford - Ford Fiesta sub-compact."The launch of the Jeep Grand Cherokee and the new Ford Fiesta are important for their manufacturers, and it's positive news for them that these cars are generating so much i ... Is Auto Recovery Here To Stay - Copyright © 2010 National Public Radio®. For personal, noncommercial use only. See Terms of Use. For other uses, prior permission required. DON GONYEA, host: Micheline Maynard joins us now. S ... Trucks & Other Vehicles, Information & Delivery Services - Forbes.com welcomes reader comments Permission to post reader comments is assumed and we reserve the right to refrain from posting or remove any comments that are deemed inappropriate. Find out more ... Obama's speech at GM plant in Hamtramck - Here is the unedited text of his speech, provided by the White House.THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody! (Applause.) Hello, Detroit! (Applause.) Thank you. Thank you. Listen, before I just make a few sho ... Toyota supplier resumes plans for $200M Mississippi plant - Auto Parts Manufacturing Mississippi Inc. ’s plant will provide auto bodies for the Toyota vehicle assembly plant from its 516,700-square-foot facility located 10 miles north of Tupelo, accordin ... Renault returns to profit in Q2 on higher car sales in all regions - PARIS -- Renault SA said Friday it returned to profit in the second quarter, beating market forecasts, as higher car sales in all regions helped reverse massive losses a year earlier.... Volt Advertising Likely to Go After Nissan's Leaf - Register on our Web Site to subscribe to free e-mails, participate in polls, Opinion and keep connected to the source of Advertising news.... BP, Ford Abu Dhabi up against elements as drama unfolds at Rally finland - Jul 30, 2010 - 09:02 - Jyvaskyla, Finland. 30 July 2010 (WAM) - Emirati motor sport ace, Sheikh Khalid Al Qassimi, had a scorching start to the blisteringly hot 60th Neste Oil Rally Finland in Jyvasky ... Mitsubishi UFJ 1Q Net Profit Doubles On Year To Y166.35 Billion - (8306.TO) said Friday its net profit in the April-June quarter more than doubled from a year earlier thanks to strong gains from bond-trading and lower credit costs.... How Ford and GM Turned a Corner - What took so long? The 2011 Ford Fiesta. Behold the Ford Fiesta. The newest addition to Ford's fleet is cute and perky, with solid handling and gas mileage that will make greeniacs grin. Japanese au ... Obama sells good news story of government's auto bailout in Michigan - DETROIT - President Barack Obama on Friday heralded the recent turnaround for U.S. automakers, arguing that thousands of jobs and increased production vindicate his unpopular decision to bailout the ... New location, name planned for welcome reception at ASRW - The third annual Automotive Service and Repair Week (ASRW) will hold an official Welcome Reception on Monday, Oct. 10, from 5:45 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Previously held near the show floor, this year's recep ... Los Angeles Auto Show to Debut 20-Plus New Cars - The organizers of this year's Los Angeles Auto Show, one of the major international automobile exhibitions to be held in November on the U.S. western coast, said on Thursday that the premiere event ... 'You have proved the naysayers wrong' - 1:35 p.m. | GM CEO Ed Whitacre and North American president Mark Reuss are chatting with workers who are gathered in an open area where Obama will speak shortly. Obama is still touring the plant. Tran ... BorgWarner stock rises on Q2 earnings - Auburn Hills-based BorgWarner raised its guidance for profits in 2010 and beat analyst estimates for its second quarter, sending its stock up 4.4% on Friday.... Jaguar goes head to head with BMW in Cowes - Jaguar goes head to head with BMW, the Extreme 40 screamers stage the second in their European tour, an international line-up of Open 60s will contest a round the Isle of Wight sprint, and nearly 90 ... Red Bulls charge into Hungary practice - ON THE CHARGE: Sebastian Vettel was fastest in both sessions on the first day of practice for the 2010 Hungarian GP but, more significantly, he was also half a second quicker than the next driver on t ... Mini Countryman Cooper S 'All 4' - By Ray Massey For Mini fans who need more space, this is the solution - and you can expect to see it in South Africa in November 2010. The first Mini to offer all-wheel drive has four doors, four o ... Local hero crashes out as Citroen leads in Finland - EARLY LEADERS: Petter Solberg (Citroen) on his way to winning the first stage of the 2010 Rally Finland. The size of the crowd on the bank behind him gives you some idea of how popular rallying is in ... Maruti to launch 5 CNG cars in a day next month - In an unprecedented move to defend market share, the country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) will launch five cars in CNG version in a single day in the second week of next month. The co ... US Automotive Sector: Sector Report - Research and Markets: Google in LBS: Location-Based Advertising Patent Provides a Patent Analysis Including a Detailed Assessment of the Two Independent Claims... Honda, Renault face waning demand after good quarter - Honda Motor Co and Renault joined their rivals in reporting strong results for the quarter to the end of June, as the auto industry faces growing concerns over slowing demand in the United States, Chi ... NSF International's AAPCP certifies first collision safety parts - Diamond Standard Parts LLC's front steel bumpers, which are manufactured by Reflexxion Automotive and Production Bumper Stamping, Inc. (PBSI), have become the first automotive aftermarket parts to be ... 3rd Annual Barrett-Jackson Las Vegas Collector Car Auction to Deliver Ultimate Automotive Experience - Annual Barrett-Jackson Las Vegas Collector Car Event scheduled for Sept. 23-25, 2010 SPEED will broadcast nearly 22 hours of live, high-definition TV coverage Hundreds of collector cars set to cross t ... Shareholders Reports on Oshkosh and Wabash National -- Overview of the Trucks & Other Vehicles Industry - www.rothmanresearch.com to get access to these free reports and more. The trucking industry is growing concerned over a new proposed bill that would place greater emphasis on non-highway freight move ... Barack Obama to sell auto bailout good news in Michigan - Barack Obama will stop at three auto plants over the next several days, visiting General Motors and Chrysler factories in Michigan on Friday and a Ford facility in Chicago next Wednesday.... Volkswagen Polo Review & Road Test - When the pricing was published for the new Volkswagen Polo, we blinked a few times and re-read the numbers. Typically, a car with such quality would be a lot more expensive than its Japanese or Korean ... Afghans riot near U.S. Embassy, burn SUVs - A crowd of Afghan protesters destroy an SUV during clashes with police following Friday prayers in Kabul. Scores of Afghans rioted outside the U.S. Embassy after a Western vehicle crashed into a civil ... A ride in a Mille Miglia legend, recreated by BMW - By Minesh Bhagaloo On April 28, 1940, five BMW racing cars made history when they crossed the finish line of the first Gran Premio Brescia delle Mille Miglia, taking first, third, fifth and sixth over ... Copyright © 2010, TopLooker.com. All Rights Reserved. |
