13 May 2009, 09:47 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The economic recession is still putting pressure on companies involved in the automotive industry and, if you consider American automakers are not the best example, have a look at Daimler. The world...
11 May 2009, 17:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Drifting, a motorsport just over 30 years of age, has managed to capture the imagination of a large part of those who own a car. Undoubtedly, there are only few of us who can say that they never tri...
11 May 2009, 14:37 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Hybrid sales have adopted a continuously ascending trend ever since the beginning of the crisis and are now even exceeding passenger car sales in certain regions of the world. Such an example is Jap...
11 May 2009, 12:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Unknown for most of the world's markets, the Mazda Verisa, a compact car destined for the Japanese market, got some fresh tweaks for the summer to come. Including both interior and exterior mod...
24 Apr 2009, 12:28 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Spaniard Dani Pedrosa is afraid that the wrong configuration his team picked on the Friday practice might influence his performance in the Japanese Grand Prix. Pedrosa admitted Honda took the wrong ...
23 Apr 2009, 08:53 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The automotive industry is currently divided into two opposed parts: the struggling automakers who are still fighting for survival and crying for government money (count here General Motors, C...
17 Apr 2009, 10:38 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Japanese automakers have longly been described as less-affected companies when it comes to damages caused by the economic chaos, mostly thanks to their increased appetite for fuel-efficient models. ...
16 Apr 2009, 15:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / If you thought, when reading the title, that STELLA is some type of Toyobaru derivate, or even the bastard itself, we tell you that's not the case. The vehicle is a Fuji Heavy Industries (maker...
6 Apr 2009, 09:19 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Toyota is quite a busy company these days, with several new models debuted in different corners of the world. This time we're talking about the all-new 2009 Wish, a redesigned version of the 20...
2 Apr 2009, 10:17 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Japanese manufacturer Nissan announced today the pre-launch sales for the new NV200 van in Japan, a few weeks after the official unveiling of the vehicle at the 2009 Geneva Auto Show. Japan will be ...
31 Mar 2009, 07:25 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Keeping the same production output during these troubled times is a more than difficult task but even so, China is still aiming to become the world's largest automaker by the end of this year. ...
17 Mar 2009, 09:40 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Mazda's Japanese production returns to normal following the cuts announced last months, the car manufacturer announced in a press statement today. The Hofu Plant No. 1 and the Hofu Plant No. 2 ...
13 Mar 2009, 07:40 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Mazda has just announced the introduction of the AZ-Wagon i, a model based on the standard facelifted AZ-Wagon but incorporating multiple features aimed at people with special needs. In essence, the...
11 Mar 2009, 10:07 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Toyota is Japan's number one brand, not in the automotive industry alone, but compared to giants from other fields, such as Sony, Toshiba or Panasonic. The second ranking brand on the Japanese ...
5 Mar 2009, 17:22 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / There's no surprise Japanese automakers started to feel the pressure of the economic recession, despite their desperate efforts to slash production and save costs in all regions of the world. N...
24 Feb 2009, 14:08 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / With the global recession striking companies all over the world, many people are given the sack with no bright perspectives for a future employment, while others are more privileged and succee...
23 Feb 2009, 16:25 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Nissan Motor has decided to move some of its vehicle production from Japan to Mexico as soon as possible as a result of unfavorable currency exchange rates. The steep appreciation of the yen has had...
23 Feb 2009, 09:35 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Still under the strong pressure of the economic recession, companies and slowly migrating to the hybrid sector, an unexplored side of the market which is often regarded as the only chance to survive...
5 Feb 2009, 09:15 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / It has almost become a fashionable trend among automakers' top executives to back off their management positions during the financial downturn.
Thus, Gary Akin, vice president of sales with...
2 Feb 2009, 16:01 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Despite some rumors claiming the Japanese automotive industry is less affected by the economic downturn, new car sales in Japan reached the lowest point in 37 years in January, according to Reuters ...