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Mahindra Looking to Complete Aston Martin Purchase this Week
Mahindra Looking to Complete Aston Martin Purchase this Week

27 Nov 2012, 10:30 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / As we reported a few weeks ago, Aston Martin is up for grabs, and the most serious bidder is India’s Mahindra and Mahindra. They have announced that they want to finish the job of buying out t...

 
MG Wants to Be the Next Kia
MG Wants to Be the Next Kia

27 Nov 2012, 10:15 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Kia (and Hyundai’s) ascent into the ‘good’ mainstream brands has been very swift and very efficient. You would be hard-pressed to find something really wrong with any of their cars...

 
Thai Domestic Automotive Sales Rise 233% in October
Thai Domestic Automotive Sales Rise 233% in October

26 Nov 2012, 15:28 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Thailand is becoming a major player on the Asian automotive market, and their production increase of 410% in October, when 252,165 cars were manufactured in the country, over last year’s numbe...

 
Infiniti to Sell Vehicles in Brazil as of 2014
Infiniti to Sell Vehicles in Brazil as of 2014

26 Nov 2012, 15:05 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / After setting up a ‘permanent base’ in China, Infiniti is eyeing another fast-growing market - Brazil. The South American country’s economy is going up, and along with it, the dema...

 
BMW China Three-Year Sales Plan - 1 Million Units
BMW China Three-Year Sales Plan - 1 Million Units

26 Nov 2012, 09:54 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / BMW is a very highly thought-of brand, in China, where they have managed to sell an impressive 264,884 units of its BMW- and Mini-branded offerings, from January of this year, right through to Octob...

 
Toyota Announces Two China-Only Brands Coming Next Year
Toyota Announces Two China-Only Brands Coming Next Year

26 Nov 2012, 09:39 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / With Honda and Nissan already having their China only brands up and running, Toyota, a manufacturer who has so many sub-brands in Japan that it is highly probable that they themselves don`t know all...

 
Mazda Planning Upmarket Move
Mazda Planning Upmarket Move

26 Nov 2012, 09:26 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Having languished long enough in the very crowded market of mainstream and mass-market manufacturers, Mazda have announced, through their CEO, Takashi Yamanouchi, that they will be moving away from ...

 
Alfa Romeo Flagship Underpinned by Maserati? Yes, Please!
Alfa Romeo Flagship Underpinned by Maserati? Yes, Please!

24 Nov 2012, 12:47 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Alfa Romeo has millions of ‘adepts’ around the world, having built some of the best looking and best to drive cars in automotive history. Their sporting heritage, design prowess and grea...

 
Buick May Get New Logo
Buick May Get New Logo

24 Nov 2012, 10:06 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Automaker logos, while they may be very important for a company’s tradition and historic value are often changed nowadays, to go along with some sort of ‘refresh’ of the range, or ...

 
Fiat Share Prices Fall as European Banks Become More Weary
Fiat Share Prices Fall as European Banks Become More Weary

24 Nov 2012, 10:01 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The CEO of Fiat, Sergio Marchionne had recently announced that he was interested in acquiring the rest of Chrysler, and completely merge the two companies. However, this ‘announcement’ h...

 
America Not Alone: Europe Car Sales Drop Too
America Not Alone: Europe Car Sales Drop Too

21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Alexandru Stan / The panic-triggered nail-biting habit that has been spreading among auto-makers for the last few weeks has finally reached Europe as overall sales have dropped 8.2% for the month of September compar...

 
GM Puts HotShot Sparked Fire Out in Court
GM Puts HotShot Sparked Fire Out in Court

21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Alexandru Stan / The North American producer has recently recalled 944,000 vehicles due to hot-spray windshield washer system malfunction reports. Having accused the Detroit-based supplier Microheat for the wrong do...

 
Carbon Motors to Deliver E7 Future Cop Ride
Carbon Motors to Deliver E7 Future Cop Ride

21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Alexandru Stan / US law-enforcement is to receive a trusty armored-wheeled sidekick as car-manufacturer Carbon Motors has recently announced their purpose-built E7 model. Despite the conditions under which such spec...

 
Maserati Evades Global Economy Slowdown Blows
Maserati Evades Global Economy Slowdown Blows

21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Alexandru Stan / While some car producers have their minds boggle at counterbalancing losses recently suffered due to the inceptive financial depression, Maserati is happily making the last preparations to celebrate...

 
Audi Pure-Electric Car Looms Around the Corner
Audi Pure-Electric Car Looms Around the Corner

21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Alexandru Stan / Audi's previously announced intention of delivering a purely electric car over a 10-year time span has just been confirmed. Ingolstadt management-board member for the company, Peter Schwarzenba...

 
Volvo to Employees: Drop it Like it's Hot
Volvo to Employees: Drop it Like it's Hot

21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Alexandru Stan / As armageddon easily takes a hold of global financial stability, so do automotive empires begin to snap and crack to the point of crumbling over the ever-thinning market-share foundation. After seve...

 
Volvo Joins Electro-Lovers Trend
Volvo Joins Electro-Lovers Trend

21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Alexandru Stan / With the ongoing trend of dissing fossil-fuel powered cars over their electrified counterparts, more and more car makers have shaped their interests in accordance to current demands. Keeping in mind...

 
American Producers Get Big Hopes for Small Cars
American Producers Get Big Hopes for Small Cars

21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Alexandru Stan / In an unforeseen industry turnover, manufacturers are looking at ways to sell more of their smaller cars while refitting them with premium features as seen on the currently poor selling pick-up and ...

 
Daimler Pulls the Plug on Sterling
Daimler Pulls the Plug on Sterling

21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Alexandru Stan / If you've been planning to get a Sterling truck, it's high time you bought one as the brand is about to get axed along some 3,500 jobs in Canada and the US. Parent company Daimler AG, whos...

 
Honda Announces US Accord Production Increase
Honda Announces US Accord Production Increase

21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Alexandru Stan / Honda has recently said that it would halt the production of its Pilot and Odissey model to focus on the Accord instead. The Japanese manufacturer has decided to pull the plug on the couple after sa...