Lexus ES 350 To Be Produced in Kentucky
17 May 2013, 16:00 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The Kentucky state in US is not known only for its fine liquors, tobacco and fertile soils, but for being a big automobile manufacturing region, as Toyota’s largest manufacturing facility outs...
US Spec Toyota Yaris Is Made in France
17 May 2013, 07:54 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Toyota’s Valenciennes plant in France has recently started producing the Yaris model for North America, after the automaker spent €10 million in adapting the facility in order to make the...
Cadillac Takes the “Super Cruise” On the Streets
29 Apr 2013, 16:51 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Cadillac's semi-automated driving system “Super Cruise” gets to the next stage of testing - real traffic conditions. The new test phase is set to further evaluate the capabilitie...
Volkswagen To Fire 500 Workers at Chattanooga Plant
21 Apr 2013, 10:56 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Volkswagen’s assembly plant in Chattanooga Tennessee announced that it will lay off five hundred of its workers due to overly-optimistic expectations when the factory started. The facility ...
In-Wheel Electric Motor for 2014 from Protean
17 Apr 2013, 12:48 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Meantime, on the ‘green branch’ of the automotive evolving tree, a company known as Protean, announced that it managed to conceive a new in-wheel electric motor that they will start to p...
Dacia Successfully Ends Negotiations With Its Workers - Finally!
16 Apr 2013, 14:49 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / After 14 negotiations attempts and two days of strike, Romanian car manufacturer Dacia has finally managed to make a deal with its workers. Dacia announced today that it had successfully ended ne...
Dacia Strikes May Shift Production to Morocco
11 Apr 2013, 16:33 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / After 14 failed negotiation attempts between Dacia and its workers over increasing their salaries, the Romanian automaker is considering moving production to the Morocco plant. Dacia vice preside...
Land Rover Defender to Be Made in Sri Lanka
8 Apr 2013, 16:41 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Reports suggest that Sathosa Motors PLC will invest $1 million to set up an assembly plant for Land Rover Defenders in Hambantota, Sri Lanka. The plant’s assembly is already in progress and...
Shelby Raptor Production Increased Over High Demand
8 Apr 2013, 14:00 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The Shelby Raptor truck was unveiled at this year’s New York Auto Show. It was said to be built in 100 units only, each priced at $17,995 (€13,817) over the $43,630 (€33,502) basic R...
Ford Increases Kuga Production to Meet Higher Demand
5 Apr 2013, 15:53 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / In a recent press release, Ford Motor Company announced that it will increase its Kuga production to meet the increasing demand throughout Europe. Families tend to choose SUVs lately instead goin...
New Ford Fiesta ST Has Over 600 Preorders in UK
15 Mar 2013, 15:03 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Ford’s newest baby hot-hatch is kindly welcomed in the UK, as 600 orders were taken before the car’s official arrival scheduled for late March this year. The Fiesta ST success may com...
Lexus IS F Likely to Get Axed
15 Mar 2013, 12:05 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / One of the legendary japanese luxury+performance cars, the Lexus IS F, could be discontinued from next year. Being powered by a 416 hp 5.0-liter V8 bolted to an eight-speed automatic gearbox, the...
Peugeot Announces 300,000th 208 Supermini Produced
28 Feb 2013, 15:56 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / We have to admit, we still have our doubts about the Peugeot 208. It's a decent supermini, but it also doesn't have the engine technology that some of its rivals have, while on paper it�...
Skoda Has Produced 15 Million Cars
8 Feb 2013, 14:03 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / As far as automotive landmarks go, it doesn't get much better for Czech carmaker Skoda. An official announcement from Mlada Boleslav made today tells us the carmaker has produced its 15 million...
Ford Begins New Fiesta ST Production
7 Feb 2013, 08:45 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / When Ford launched the first Fiesta ST back in 2005, the hot supermini market wasn't so well established as it is now. So the gave the car a 2-liter engine, 150 horsepower and low price sticker...
Volvo Looking to Overtake Daimler as Largest Truck Manufacturer
29 Jan 2013, 09:18 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / It is not only cars which bring in the big bucks for the large automakers, as most of them have some sort of commercial arm, which builds anything from vans to fully-fledged trucks. Volvo and Daimle...
PSA - 200 Aulnay Workers Protest and Disrupt Production
29 Jan 2013, 08:43 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The situation in Europe is becoming increasingly tense, and after Ford encountered some problems and production setbacks due to protests, PSA has not been spared. Now, 200 workers from their Aulnay ...
China Car Market Up 10% by the End of 2013
29 Jan 2013, 08:30 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / It seems that along with the US and Russia, one of the most stable and fastest-growing car markets in the world is that of China. Withsales increasing by 4.3% last year, a total of 19.3-million auto...
Tata Motors May Invest €1 Billion in Romania Production Facility
28 Jan 2013, 15:17 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Tata Motors is by far the largest automaker in India, and they have some financial might at their disposal - they did manage to buy the Jaguar-Land Rover group, so it wouldn`t be wise to doubt them,...
Nissan Achieves Record Figures for 2012
28 Jan 2013, 14:56 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Nissan has announced excellent world-wide sales for 2012, a year marked by strong sales in Asia, as well as record sales in the United States. The Japanese giant managed to shift some 4.94 million v...