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City Dwellers’ Dream Come True

For all those tired of trying to fit your cars into just-about-big-enough-for-the car spaces and in the bargain back-and-forth-ing for nearly 5 minutes, you can finally heave a sign of relief. If the “Park Assist Vision”, designed by Volkswagen, is a sign of what lies in our future, parking woes will soon be history.
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Brilliance By Pininfarina

The Chinese markets are running high on everyone’s minds these days. Most car manufacturers have shifted focus to these booming markets and are designing cars and car ranges which are more suitable for these markets. Jumping right onto this bandwagon is Italian coach-maker Pininfarina. It has just designed three vehicles- the Brilliance BS4 station wagon [...]

Fourth plant for VW in China

Volkswagen is all guns in the one of the fastest booming economies of the world-China. Volkswagen has been leading the world’s second largest auto industry for quite a while. And it confirmed the same with the launch of its fourth Chinese auto plant. Set in eastern China, in Nanjing, the plant has an initial capacity [...]

VW is rocking the Chinese Auto Market

Volkswagen AG is clearly riding the wave in the Chinese market. And do not be surprised if the German auto giant may retake the title of China’s biggest overseas automaker from General Motors Corp. Volkswagen will be unveiling five new and revamped models at the Beijing Auto Show which will kick off on April 20. [...]

GM’s In A Spot … Again

“Production at a GM plant has come to a screeching halt”, sounds like a line which has been done to death in the last month. While its true, yet again, this time the halt has got nothing to do with the UAW versus American Axle face off that has become a kind of never ending [...]

Opel Insignia Unveiled

Vauxhall Motors has released its new range of automobiles called Opel Insignia. This line is to replace Opel’s Vectra line and has been greeted with much excitement. The car is bigger, better and a lot more beautiful than the Vectra. The Insignia is designed for European markets and will now take on competitors such as [...]

Chrysler Authenticates Plans For Dodge Ram Hybrid

Chrysler has verified plans to launch a hybrid alternative of the Dodge Ram pickup in 2010. This will be a part of Chrysler’s effort to rejuvenate the company’s brand portfolio. The announcement was made by Chrysler’s Executive Vice President Frank Klegon, at the Detroit SAE 2008 World Congress. Chrysler has recently been acquired by Cerberus [...]

Finally- Chances Of A Break Through?

UAW and American Axle and Manufacturing Holdings Inc may have solved the stalemate that has hovered around their attempted negotiations since the 11th of March. After the meeting convened on Monday 8th April, UAW President Ron Gettelfinger and Company CEO Richard Dauch, full bargaining session can be expected to resume, starting Wednesday the 10th.
The 3,650 [...]

Nissan Begins Light Commercial Vehicle Venture In North America

Nissan has on Monday, the 7th of April, announced its decision to venture into the light commercial vehicle segment, with three new vehicles, that will be produced in the U.S. These cars will be designed keeping American sensibilities in mind and should be expected in the early parts of 2010.
Cashing in on the global demand [...]

Changes In General Motors’ Top Ranks

General Motors Corp’s global head of sales, John Middlebrook is slated to retire on July 1st . The man taking over the reigns from him is Jonathan Browning, who is currently the head of Sales in Europe. He will take over effective from 1st June.
John Middlebrook has worked for GM for nearly a half century; [...]