Honda Could Source Bike Parts from India
10 Dec 2009, 09:47 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / After some rumors surfaced last week reporting that Honda will stop production of its motorcycles in Spain at the end of March due to slow European sales, the Japanese motorcycle manufacturer recent...
Confirmed: Audi e-tron Sales to Begin in 2012
9 Dec 2009, 09:04 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Soon after its exciting unveiling at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show in September, Audi confirmed the e-tron concept will get a production version in at most two or three years. Recently, the German c...
GM Invests $336M for Chevrolet Volt Production
8 Dec 2009, 07:32 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / General Motors has just announced a new investment in the Michigan area to support Chevrolet Volt's production that it projected to begin in 2010. The $336 million investment in the Detroit-Ham...
Nissan Qazana Goes on Sale in 2010
26 Nov 2009, 10:12 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Probably one of the most disputed crossovers concepts revealed this year, the Nissan Qazana, is projected to go on sale in October 2010. “The Nissan brand is going to have a more attractiv...
GM to Restart Russian Antara Production in 2010
24 Nov 2009, 09:27 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The Russian market is apparently seeing signs of recovery so General Motors is planning to resume Opel Antara SUV production in early 2010. The company decided to suspend operations of the St Peters...
Europe to See 3% Growth in Light Vehicle Production in 2010
23 Nov 2009, 15:22 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / According to a study by JD Power, the Old Continent will experience a 3 percent increase in light vehicle production in 2010, with all the projected fall of the market taken into account. The main r...
Peugeot 307 Production to Start in Nigeria
20 Nov 2009, 09:41 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The Nigerian division of French manufacturer Peugeot established a new production line to assemble the 307 model and replace the 406 range. Peugeot Automobile Nigeria, often referred to as PAN, unde...
First US-Built Kia Sorento Rolls Out
17 Nov 2009, 10:17 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Some three months ago, we were reporting the name of the first vehicle that will be produced at the KMMG plant in West Point, Georgia. Yesterday, the first US-built 2011 Kia Sorento CUV rolled off t...
Volkswagen Golf Mk1 Gets Off the Production Line
13 Nov 2009, 08:28 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / About 31 years ago Volkswagen presented its hatchback, the Golf Mk1 designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro, and despite the five more generations which followed, the Germans continued building the first one...
Skoda Superb Combi Now in Production
11 Nov 2009, 08:30 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Czech carmaker Skoda yesterday started production of the Superb Combi at the Kvasiny production plant in the natal country. The Superb Combi is 4,838 mm long, 1,817 wide and 1,510 high and boasts a ...
Renault to Build Zero-Emission Car in France
6 Nov 2009, 08:19 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / French manufacturer Renault has just confirmed that it will produce its future zero-emission electric city car in France at its Flins production plant near Paris. Furthermore, it revealed that the Z...
Renault-Nissan Sign Deal for Battery Production in France
6 Nov 2009, 07:56 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Renault-Nissan today announced the signing of a letter of intent in Flins with the French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) and the French Strategic Investment Fund (FSI) for the creation of a new enti...
Micra Output Boosted Thanks to Scrappage Success
27 Oct 2009, 11:38 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Nissan Micra is one of the models that benefited the most from the UK scrappage scheme and, as a result, the Japanese manufacturer increased output at the Sunderland plant by 40 percent last month. ...
Saving Buell Efforts in Progress
22 Oct 2009, 15:35 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Following Harley-Davidson’s announcement that it will discontinue the Buell product line, both the fans of the renowned brand as well as a potential investment group are currently making effor...
Fisker to Announce Future Production Site
22 Oct 2009, 09:10 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / California-based carmaker Fisker Automotive announced today it will soon reveal the site chosen to house production of the Karma PHEV sportscar. Although so far no official announcements have been ...
Volkswagen Begins Full Production in Russia
21 Oct 2009, 07:48 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Volkswagen Group today announced that it will begin full production at the Russian plant in Kaluga, with the facility expected to build around 150,000 vehicles per year. The plant has already rolled...
Veritas RS III Roadster Enters Production
20 Oct 2009, 07:31 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / German carmaker Vermot AG had just revealed that it will begin production on its much anticipated Veritas RS III Roadster, with deliveries set to begin in January 2010. Limited to only 30 units, the...
Thai GM Workers End Strike
15 Oct 2009, 15:13 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Fortunate day for General Motors in Thailand where hundreds of workers who went on strike 10 days ago decided to end protests and return to work. Workers in southeast Rayong province forces General ...
GM to Build 2010 Opel Astra Faster
9 Oct 2009, 13:28 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / General Motors reduced the time needed to build an Astra by 6 six hours. Each car to be built in the UK at the Vauxhall Ellesmere Port plant initially took 21 hours to be built but, thanks to some e...
Toyota Highlander Production Starts in Indiana
9 Oct 2009, 08:27 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Japanese manufacturer Toyota announced in a release today that it will begin production of the Highlander sport utility vehicle at the company's plant in Princeton, Indiana. The company has alr...