Toyota Tops Sales in the US, Ford Comes Close
14 Dec 2009, 10:25 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Japanese automaker Toyota is still the biggest selling brand in the United States, but Ford is coming so close that what will happen in 2010 is anybody’s guess. According to Compete Inc, a com...
Honda Tops Residual Value Awards in the US
10 Dec 2009, 13:29 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Honda had a satisfying end of the year, as it topped the 2009 ALG Residual Value Awards in the United States. The Accord won the Best Midsize Car category, the Jazz (Fit in the US) model was named t...
EPA Takes Action Against Pollution
8 Dec 2009, 08:03 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / The United States Environmental Protection Agency officially announced that greenhouse gases are very dangerous pollutants. This might sound stupid, as this conclusion has been common knowledge for ...
VW Phaeton Returns to the States
18 Aug 2009, 08:53 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Volkswagen is one of the brands which are targeting a larger market share in the United States and hopes the new midsize car to be produced in Tennessee will help it achieve this goal. But the most ...
Ford Focus RS in the United States? Impossible
27 May 2009, 09:42 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Despite rumors hinting that the United States might get the Ford Focus RS after all, Jost Capito, in charge of Ford's performance road cars in Europe, revealed that the American company doesn&#...
US Prepares to Send GM into Bankruptcy
22 May 2009, 09:45 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / What was only a rumors is slowly becoming reality as a new report, backed by sources close to the matter, is now hinting that the United States government is getting ready to push General Motors int...
Confirmed: Mitsubishi Brings i MiEV in the US
10 Apr 2009, 10:14 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Mitsubishi finally confirmed that it will introduce a small electric car in various markets around the world, including the United States, as soon as 2010. Dubbed i MiEV, the model will be powered b...
Golf VI, GTI Make Debut in the US
9 Apr 2009, 09:20 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The sixth-generation Volkswagen Golf and the GTI flavor have just made their official United States debut at the 2009 New York International Auto Show. Both models are projected to go on sale in the...
Ford Starts Fiesta Movement in the United States
8 Apr 2009, 09:52 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Ford has already selected the 100 agents to take part in Fiesta Movement, so the company is now ready to debut the campaign in the United States, the automaker announced today in a press statement. ...
Ford Focus RS Making Its Way to the US
6 Apr 2009, 14:15 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Although we all know that launching high-performance hatchback models in the United States is an absolutely waste of money and time, but it may seem like the economic downturn changed a bit the way ...
Chrysler to Continue "Normal" Operations for 30 More Days
31 Mar 2009, 10:09 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The American soap-opera involving Chrysler and General Motors continues, this time with a statement from Chrysler LLC Chairman and CEO, Bob Nardelli. Just as expected, the whole statement is actuall...
The Auto Sector Must Make Sacrifices, Says White House Administration
31 Mar 2009, 09:18 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Following President's Obama efforts to help the automotive industry and ailing automakers get back on track, White House spokeswoman Nancy Pelosi issued a statement, emphasizing that she fully ...
China on Track to Become World's Largest Car Manufacturer
31 Mar 2009, 07:25 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Keeping the same production output during these troubled times is a more than difficult task but even so, China is still aiming to become the world's largest automaker by the end of this year. ...
Tata Nano May Come to the US After All
25 Mar 2009, 16:03 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / With Tata Nano officially launched this week, rumors are already surrounding the markets that may receive the world's cheapest car in the next months. While the Indian car manufacturer already ...
Mitsubishi Closes US Design Studio, 60 Employees Out of Work
9 Mar 2009, 08:29 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / And the economic downturn continues. Today's recession news concern Mitsubishi and its design studio in the United States, with the Japanese automaker announcing it will close the facility as p...
The Bright Side of the Financial Dowturn: Less Traffic Congestion
26 Feb 2009, 13:44 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / Hardly could we have imagined that the gloomy financial downturn has a bright side as well but, apparently, it does as it puts the brakes on traffic congestion. According to New York Times Blogs,...
2010 Ford Fiesta Ready for American Trial
20 Feb 2009, 15:48 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Just after the economic recession brought Americans closer to European car models and forced them to adopt market strategies used by overseas automakers, the United States is again pushed beyond the...
US to Approve $1 Trillion to Boost Consumer Credit
11 Feb 2009, 15:23 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Since the global credit crunch together with all its allies, and count here the global recession as a whole plus the continuously collapsing new car demand, brought the world's largest automake...
US Willing to Give Even More Money to Struggling Automakers
10 Feb 2009, 11:07 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The United States government is willing to provide even more financial support to struggling domestic automakers, including General Motors and Chrysler, a White House official said yesterday. Howeve...
Chinese Cars to Conquer the US via Mexico
10 Feb 2009, 09:25 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Chinese cars are far from being popular around the world and this happens especially due to a large amount of criticism shown by so-called global auto experts. But just like the Japanese manufacture...