An interesting development could be a-brewing, if Mercedes indeed makes a bid for stake at Aston Martin. Unconfirmed stories to this effect have been doing the rounds among trusted circles in Germany.
This news could well be true, especially considering the timing and situation amid which these stories have cropped up. Aston Martin is currently in [...]
As trends go, they don’t get bigger than this. In a mad dash to be the most eco-friendly of them all, most car manufacturers are pushing the envelope and stretching their imaginations to come out with the next big thing. General Motors sure have their priorities in place to ensure a nice and secure future [...]
BMW has proudly unveiled its new eco-friendly creation- The BMW Hydrogen 7 mono-fuel. This car is modeled on the BMW bi-fuel car but as you can tell by the name, will run on just hydrogen exclusively.
This car has featured in the 2008 National Hydrogen Association Conference in Sacramento and will also be displayed at the [...]
Volkswagen has decided to do away with the Passat part of the car called Passat CC, and has now called it quite simply-Volkswagen CC. The car was initially called the Passat CC because the vehicle was based on the same Passat platform; although it is 5 cm or so lower than its former namesake.
The newly [...]
In a promotion event that was kick started on Febrauary 25th and will extend until the 8th of May, two Ferrari 612 Scagliettis are on their way to cover 7,000 miles on Indian turf. This event shows the durability of the Ferrari vehicles under Indian road conditions with an eye on Ferrari’s future plans in [...]
American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc may have started to show the signs of holding out the olive branch after nearly five weeks of impasse with their worker union, United Auto Workers (UAW). They have made a start by providing sensitive financial information to the UAW union leaders.
A five week long strike has been on, [...]
The much planned and long awaited Audi answer to the Porsche Boxter may in reality not materialize. It was long part of car industry-lore that Audi was in the process of designing a “baby” version of its R8 supercar, dubbed the R4, for a face off with Porsche’s Boxter. In February 2007, Audi had claimed [...]
Porsche, German Sports car makers, may consider launching a diesel version of their popular SUV, the Cayenne. If this should work out, expect this new diesel-muscled version in 2009. Porsche plans to achieve this by taking the aid of Volkswagen-based technology, in which Porsche currently owns a 31% stake but plans to raise it to [...]
The United Auto workers (UAW) strike at American Axle and Manufacturing Company, chief auto part suppliers to General Motors, which started on the 26th of February, may cause the shutdown of the first car assembly plant. The threat of the temporary closure of another one looms large too.
General Motors, on 28th March, authenticated the news [...]
After a long drawn day long deliberation on March 27th, the California Air Resources Board have unanimously decided to cut the number of zero emission vehicles (ZEVs) required to be on sale by a whopping 70% for the years 2012 through to 2014. That is a little better than the original amount that they wanted [...]