California to Apply New Fuel Standards as Soon as Approved
9 Feb 2009, 11:32 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The Environmental Protection Agency will set a public hearing to consider state-by-state fuel standards on March 5, with California aiming to apply the new restrictions immediately in case the state...
US Appoints Firms as Auto Restructuring Advisers
6 Feb 2009, 13:14 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The United States government has just made another step towards the restructuring process of the Detroit (it's actually Detroit 2 now since Ford is not anymore involved): it hired two law firms...
Chrysler Implores Dealers to Place Orders
6 Feb 2009, 10:15 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / In a desperate move to meet the February target of 78,000 vehicles, Chrysler is extending the last day for dealers to place new cars orders to Monday, The Detroit News wrote today quoting vice chair...
US to Get Audi's Premium Subcompact in Five to Six Years
5 Feb 2009, 14:17 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The current market conditions and the collapsing sales in the United States make the launch of Audi's premium subcompacts almost impossible, Audi of America President Johan de Nysschen said in ...
Nissan, Infiniti Lose Ground in North America
4 Feb 2009, 14:07 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / January represented a very disappointing month for several automakers when it comes to their sales, especially in North America, often referred to as the most recession-damaged market in the whole w...
Honda Sales Still Collapsing Despite Successful Models
4 Feb 2009, 11:32 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Japanese automaker Honda today announced the January 2009 American sales, unveiling a decline of 30.7 percent compared to the same month of 2008. But more importantly, Honda officials admitted the a...
Honda Rolled Out Its 20 Millionth Car in North America
4 Feb 2009, 08:49 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The Japanese automaker Honda today announced it has reached a new milestone in North America as the company rolled out the 20 millionth automobile last month. Honda arrived in North America in 1982,...
Mercedes to Test the US Market with Natural-Gas Vehicle
3 Feb 2009, 09:40 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Launching a natural-gas powered vehicle during recession times sounds like a pretty good idea but Mercedes says it must test the market first and then decide whether to proceed to mass-production or...
US Automakers Ally Against State-by-State Regulations
2 Feb 2009, 08:20 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / American automakers are now joining forces for a major campaign against state-by-state regulations and struggle to convince the Washington authorities that a unique national standard would be useful...
Reactions to Obama's Call to Review Emission Rules
27 Jan 2009, 13:12 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / As you probably heard, United States President Barack Obama yesterday asked the Environmental Protection Agency to review the greenhouse gas emission rules for vehicles and decide whether the states...
GM to Fire 2,000 Workers, UAW Says It's Devastating
27 Jan 2009, 11:34 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / General Motors has just confirmed that it plans to cut approximately 2,000 jobs at two plants, adding that the company also intends to idle several plants in the United States. Basically, the Americ...
Ford Runs Out of US Dealerships Cash
26 Jan 2009, 08:30 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Despite the fact that it repeatedly said the company does not need financial support from the United States government, Ford is clearly experiencing the same economical problems as the other two str...
GM Receives Second $5.4 Billion Installment
23 Jan 2009, 09:33 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / General Motors has received the second payment of its $13.4 billion loan approved by the United States government last December, officials of the American automaker confirmed today. GM yesterday sai...
Fiat 500 to Arrive in the US by 2010
22 Jan 2009, 16:14 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / First signs of the Fiat – Chrysler will appear early in the United States market as the two automakers plan to bring the popular Fiat 500 model in Chrysler's backyard. Obviously, this wou...
Chrysler, Fiat Confirm Global Strategic Alliance
20 Jan 2009, 14:43 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Recent reports claiming that Chrysler and Fiat may sign a strategic partnership proved to be true as the two companies have just announced they are forming a global strategic alliance. Under the ter...
Fiat, Chrysler Start Alliance Negotiations
20 Jan 2009, 10:50 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Struggling American automaker Chrysler is now in negotiations with Italian company Fiat to form an alliance that could help the US-based firm revamp the production line according to the initial plan...
2010 Ford Focus to Reach 40 MPG
20 Jan 2009, 08:44 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Giving the current market conditions (economic recession, high petrol prices and all similar stuff) there's no wonder that automakers turn their eyes to small-displacement models, particularly ...
Volkswagen to Bring Polo in the US
19 Jan 2009, 15:59 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / There's no wonder that Americans are more interested then ever in small-displacement vehicles given the high petrol prices and the massive economic downturn the US market experienced. In this c...
Obama and EPA to Consider State-by-State Emission Regulations
15 Jan 2009, 08:46 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / As if the financial plunge they currently experience wasn't enough, American automakers may face a new problem that could create market chaos and increase overall costs, as they explain: Presid...