Rolls Royce RR4 Officially Baptized Ghost
21 Apr 2009, 10:32 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The newest addition to the Rolls Royce range now has a name, other than the in-house code used for its development. The RR4 will be marketed from now on as the Ghost. The name, less impressive than ...
Proton Exora, the First Malaysian MPV Now Available
16 Apr 2009, 13:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Malaysia, a country with a virtually inexistent automotive industry (from the international point of view), has taken today its first real step into the market, with the release of the country'...
GM, Chrysler Rescue Plans Come on Monday
29 Mar 2009, 08:14 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The White House confirmed president Barack Obama's announcement regarding the measures the administration will take to help GM and Chrysler on Monday, Autonews reported. A White House spokes...
Obama: The Automotive Industry Must Be Preserved
27 Mar 2009, 13:12 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / President Barack Obama has announced that his administration will present the new aid package for GM and Chrysler over the following days, but warned that the two manufacturers will have to make &qu...
China Is Restructuring the Automotive Industry
23 Mar 2009, 12:08 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As we reported several times over the last few weeks, rumors about Chinese companies taking interest into the acquisition of foreign automotive brands such as Volvo, together with the growing econom...
US Gives $5 Billion to Auto Suppliers
19 Mar 2009, 17:19 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The other side of the coin most seem to have neglected in the automotive industry drama is the story of the auto parts suppliers. The Obama administration has taken note of this fact and will provid...
Chinese Car Manufacturers: 100 and Counting
9 Mar 2009, 11:38 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Rumors that surfaced in the last few weeks of the Chinese automotive players taking lot of interest into the acquisition of some European brands, such as Volvo or Saab, put the Chinese auto industry...
Daimler Puts the Accent on Design
6 Mar 2009, 16:10 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Even if times are tough and things don't seem to be back on track just yet, there are some in the automotive industry that still think ahead. Despite the fact that sales reports are discouragin...
2009 Focus Rallye Sport: The Last of Its Kind?
3 Mar 2009, 09:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The financial turmoil keeps on making taking its toll on the automotive industry. Automakers sacrifice jobs, plants, subsidiaries and car models, in a so far futile attempt to gain the benevolence o...
February Sales Down in Spain and France
2 Mar 2009, 17:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The approaching spring seems to have little impact on the frozen new car sales the market is stuck with from some time now. Since an end to the economic crisis is yet to be foreseen, news of continu...
Daimler Opens Cascadia Production Plant in Mexico
2 Mar 2009, 08:03 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Daimler Trucks North America opened on Friday a new manufacturing plant in Saltillo, northern Mexico. The facility is expected to create 1,400 direct jobs and 200 indirect ones as well as generate s...
US Automotive Aid Displeases France
27 Feb 2009, 15:49 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As the economic crisis rages on, there is not a single car manufacturer on the planet that can escape its grip. We have all seen ever decreasing sales reports, massive job cuts and plant closures. M...
Nissan Cuts Jobs in Spain
26 Feb 2009, 13:25 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Spanish automotive market, one of the most crisis-damaged market in Europe is to receive yet another blow to both its prestige and its hopes for better times. Nissan has reached an agreement wit...
Volvo Buyer Expected in April
25 Feb 2009, 14:48 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Ford's intention of selling Volvo has stirred a lot of interest in automotive industry... Wait, it didn't... It did, but rumors surrounding the future owner of the company are so blurry n...
Stronger Yen Sends Nissan Running
23 Feb 2009, 16:25 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Nissan Motor has decided to move some of its vehicle production from Japan to Mexico as soon as possible as a result of unfavorable currency exchange rates. The steep appreciation of the yen has had...
Saab Will Get Aid if It Finds a New Owner
23 Feb 2009, 15:07 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Swedish government is considering offering support to the struggling Saab manufacturer provided that the company finds an investor to back up the loan, Reuters reports. With GM backing away slow...
CO2-Fuel Converter Powered by Sunlight Shows Potential
19 Feb 2009, 14:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The automakers' efforts to come up with an all electric engine for the masses are admirable, but obviously not enough. Although low CO2 emission engines are being developed all over the world i...
European Car Market Shows No Sign of Recovery
17 Feb 2009, 17:25 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Year-on-year sales reports show that Europe's automotive industry followed the trend set by the US crisis driven market and sinked by 26 percent last month. Although not as battered as its Amer...
GM Will Get $4 Billion Aid...
17 Feb 2009, 15:05 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / ...or at least this is what a White House aide said today, as reported by Reuters. The news, or should we say pat on the back, comes only hours away from the deadline set for the company to present ...
Bangle to Open Own Design Studio
13 Feb 2009, 17:19 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / All automotive fans know by now that BMW lost its chief designer at the beginning of the month. For some, the news came as a relief, for others as a low blow. But both sides must have wondered what ...