UK's Component Industry Could Disapear by 2016
26 Nov 2010, 14:35 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / Members of the Welsh Automotive Forum (WAF) were cautioned that UK's automotive component industry reached a critical moment and could vanish by the middle of the decade unless immediate action...
UK Car Production Grows by 44 Percent in April
20 May 2010, 12:55 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / The British auto industry is continuing to record an increase in production compared to the previous year. In April 2010, car production went up 44% compared to April 2009, with total production rea...
Dacia Duster Could Be Badged as a Nissan
19 May 2010, 08:10 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / The new Dacia Duster SUV could be marketed as a Nissan, according to a Renault insider quoted by Autocar. The car is mainly sold with the Dacia logo, but on certain markets it will wear the Renau...
Nissan Plans to Lower Cost of Leaf's Battery Pack
17 May 2010, 09:12 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / Nissan is trying to cut the cost of the battery pack that equips its Leaf electric vehicle in order to make the car more competitive when it goes on sale this year. Nissan aims to bring down the ...
Audi A1 Orders Could Top 50,000 Units in 2010
11 May 2010, 06:42 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / Orders for the A1 subcompact car could exceed the 50,000 units of planned production this year, according to Audi. The A1 is directed first of all at young people, an attractive target group since i...
Hyundai May Shift Santa Fe Production to Kia U.S. Plant
8 May 2010, 09:38 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / Hyundai Motor Company is having difficulties meeting demand for its U.S.-built vehicles and may hand over production of its Santa Fe SUV to sister company Kia Motor Corporation, according to the Aut...
BMW Won’t Extend Its Cooperation with PSA, Magazine Says
7 May 2010, 13:44 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / BMW AG is not planning to extend its joint projects with PSA Peugeot Citroen beyond the current engine partnership, according to a report from Germany’s Auto Motor und Sport magazine, quoted b...
Chinese Automaker Jianghuai Plans to Build a Plant in Slovakia
5 May 2010, 10:53 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / Chinese automaker Jianghuai Automobile Company is negotiating with the Slovak government on a possible plant investment, the country’s economy ministry announced on Tuesday. According to t...
Germany, Italy New-Car Sales Decline
4 May 2010, 11:50 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / Germany's new-car market decreased for a fifth consecutive month, recording a 32 percent year-on-year decline in April as the government incentives for new-car buyers were stopped. Registration...
French Car Market Slows Down in April Due to Incentives Cut
3 May 2010, 14:14 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / A cut in the government incentives in France slowed down growth in April, while Spanish car sales rose, with scrapping schemes continuing to fuel demand. However, the French increase in van sales, w...
This Month Marks SEAT's 60th Birthday
3 May 2010, 13:11 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / On May 9 2010, Spanish automaker SEAT will celebrate its 60th birthday. Founded in 1950, the “Sociedad Espanola de Automoviles de Turismo” has a rich and eventful history. Since 1953,...
Cyclone Readies Engine for DARPA's EATR
30 Mar 2010, 14:29 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The countless applications Cyclone's waste heat engine can have will be put to test by the University of Maryland who, together with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), has e...
Russian Government to Discuss Strategy for the Auto Industry
4 Mar 2010, 16:03 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / The Russian car market has been seriously affected by the recession. What was once one of the fastest growing car markets in the world dropped fast. Russia’s automotive market has contracted b...
US Auto Sector to Keep Dropping Till 2020
16 Feb 2010, 10:48 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / There's no doubt 2009 was one of the most difficult years in the history of the US auto sector and the bankruptcies of two of its largest carmakers, GM and Chrysler, are the living proof. But t...
Mitsubishi Targets 100,000 Sold Units in the US
27 Jan 2010, 10:17 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The United States automotive market is showing some signs of recovery and carmakers selling vehicles in the country are planning to take full advantage of this. Mitsubishi for example is looking to ...
2009 Auto Industry Wrap Up
30 Dec 2009, 15:15 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / CHAPTER 1: GM - THE NEVERENDING STORY CHAPTER 2: CHRYSLER AND FIAT - A MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN CHAPTER 3: FORD - THE LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD &n...
Intel Mulling Over Auto Industry
23 Nov 2009, 11:10 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / What do computer hardware manufacturers and the automotive sector have in common? Quite a lot, especially if we take into account the current trends that are pushing carmakers towards electric cars ...
Hyundai Forecasts 83 Percent Sales Increase in China
13 Nov 2009, 11:22 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The Chinese market is indeed one of the largest in the world and, as a result, global automakers have quite high expectations when it comes to this particular region. Hyundai is one of the companies...
Toyota Forecasts 11M Units Sold in the US Next Year
3 Nov 2009, 10:00 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Toyota is one of the companies that are hoping to see a massive recovery from the US market in 2010 and said it expects its local sales to top 11 million units next year. Bob Carter, Toyota US chief...
Ford Fiesta Sales Reach 500,000 Units
30 Oct 2009, 07:39 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Sales of the new Ford Fiesta reached 500,000 units in October, after global retail sales of the car surpassed the 470,000 units milestone in September, with 430,000 sales in Europe and 40,000 in the...