Fiat eco:Drive, Apple Awards Green Champion
19 Nov 2009, 18:04 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / With all the fuss created around green technologies employed in the automotive industry, each and any recognition given to a manufacturer for its efforts can do nothing less than help it promote its...
Mazda i-stop System Wins 2009 RJC Award
19 Nov 2009, 10:13 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / It seems like the Japanese editors were quite impressed by Mazda’s i-stop, as the system received the 2009 Automotive Researchers’ and Journalists’ Conference of Japan (RJC) Techno...
Volvo's Ulf Nordstrom, Intrapreneur of the Year in Sweden
17 Nov 2009, 07:40 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Recruitment agency Talentia awarded Ulf Nordstrom, technical project manager at Volvo Cars, with the "Intrapreneur of the Year" award. Nordstrom is, in fact, the man behind the the DRIVe m...
Aston Martin Test Center at Nurburgring Wins Design Award
16 Nov 2009, 14:20 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Aston Martin’s testing facility at Nurburgring, Germany, has been awarded with the Bund Deutscher Architekten (BDA) Architekturpreis Rheinland-Pfalz 2009 design award for the unique developme...
Mexico City Metrobus Gets Roy Family Award
13 Nov 2009, 12:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Being in charge with moving people from place to place in one of the most crowded cities in the world is no easy feat, considering the environment at the same time in one of those cities is almost i...
Hyundai Genesis Coupe Gets Popular Mechanics Award
10 Nov 2009, 11:10 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / The new Hyundai Genesis Coupe won the Popular Mechanics “Fun to drive” award. It seems that the editors were impressed with Hyundai’s new rear wheel drive sports car. This is not a...
SLS AMG Gets Golden Steering Wheel Award
9 Nov 2009, 15:55 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / According to more than a quarter million readers that never drove any of the eleven sports car that were in the finals, Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG is the world’s best sports car. Almost a third of ...
Audi Gets Another Golden Steering Wheel Award
6 Nov 2009, 14:18 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Germany’s Bild am Sontag newspaper awarded the Golden Steering Wheel award to Audi’s A5 Sportback in the “Best Midsize Car” section. This is the 18th time Audi won such a pri...
Porsche Panamera, Best New Car of the Year
5 Nov 2009, 13:32 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The newest addition to the Porsche range, the Panamera, has already begun collecting awards from various organizations, as it rushes onto the market. The latest feat of the Panamera is the Best New ...
Chrysler Employee Awarded for Career Achievement
3 Nov 2009, 13:16 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The Women of Color Career Achievement in Industry Award has been given to Chrysler Group’s Chief Engineer, Electrified Propulsion Product Development, Jayanthi Iyengar, this weekend. Iyengar r...
VW Awards Its Apprentices
29 Oct 2009, 14:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / German carmaker Volkswagen presented today the 2009 Best Apprentice Award to 22 apprentices from eleven countries during a joint meeting of the Global Group Works Council and the Group Board of Mana...
Nissan Fairlady Z Awarded Most Fun Car in Japan
23 Oct 2009, 12:54 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Japanese manufacturer Nissan announced today that its Fairlady Z model has won the Most Fun Award at the Car of the Year Japan 2009-2010, duriing a special exhibition which celebrated the event&rsqu...
Volvo’s Anna-Maria Sameus Awarded ‘Technological Woman of the Year’
19 Oct 2009, 10:21 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Defense and security company Saab has awarded Anna-Maria Sameus, product manager at Volvo Cars the Technological Woman of the Year 2009. As a top prize winner, Sameus will benefit of a study visit t...
Lotus Wins Special Engineering Award
8 Oct 2009, 07:41 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / British manufacturer Lotus and its Engineering division have become this year's winners of the British Engineering Excellence Awards, as they received the Judges’ Special Award and Highly...
Ross Brawn Gets MIA Award for Motorsport Contribution
8 Jul 2009, 08:33 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Ross Brawn might not be that respected by his fellow FOTA members following his “secret” double decker diffuser introduced on his 2009 challenger this year, but his merits were well appr...
Kia Sportage, 2009 Ideal Vehicle Award...
29 Jun 2009, 13:29 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / ... in the crossover SUV category of AutoPacific's surveys. The Korean built vehicle received the award after in May this year it also got the Vehicle Satisfaction Award. The award was received...
2009 Concept Vehicle of the Year Winners
24 Jun 2009, 06:37 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The eight annual North American Concept Vehicle of the Year Awards designated this year's winner at a ceremony held in Michigan last night. Although less impressive than similar competitions th...
Ford World Excellence Awards
24 Jun 2009, 06:31 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Similar to other automakers across the globe, including Volkswagen and Audi, Ford today announced the winners of the company's World Excellence Awards for 2008, the highest recognition for supp...
Honda Awards BorgWarner for Quality and Delivery
22 Jun 2009, 14:46 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Keeping a tight relationship with dealers and suppliers seems to be mandatory to remain competitive during these difficult economic times and this is exactly what Honda is trying to do nowadays. The...
Volkswagen Best Supplier Awards
21 Jun 2009, 08:53 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Whereas some manufacturers in the US have gone to battle with their parts suppliers, German manufacturer Volkswagen found both the time and the money to award their best suppliers during the “...