- Nissan To Expand India Operations
- As the struggling Japanese brand Nissan suffered its first setback since Carlos Ghosn took over the company, it looks to increase its operations in India. Nissans outing in the Indian auto market is supported by its alliance partner Renault. Recently...
- Ford Acknowledged For Diversity
- As the Ford Motor Company continues its battle with financial woes, it is good news for the company that it was recently named as one of the top five companies with outstanding diversity programs. The distinction was given to the company by the busin...
- 2,800 Jobs To Be Slashed As Auto Parts Maker Close Factories
- The auto industry has witnessed the problems faced by the U.S. Big Three and how such a situation has forced these companies to slash down jobs. The Ford Motor Company, General Motors, and the Chrysler Group have been implementing restructuring plans...
- Ford Stops Land Rover Sales In Sudan
- The Ford Motor Co.'s Land Rover product lines are no longer being sold in Sudan after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) asked the automaker about reports that product lines of the brand may have been used by military or paramilitary organi...
- Eight-Speed Automatic Transmission Developed
- The world of the auto industry is a dynamic one. Innovations after innovation are being churned out by car manufacturers and parts supplier and are sent out to the market for the consumers to look into and perhaps even patronize. These innovations ar...
- Johnny Benson To Drive No. 46 Toyota Camry as Nextel Cup Visits Richmond
- The tenth race of the ongoing Nextel Cup Series is set to take place on the 5th May this year at the Richmond International Speedway. This years race will be called the Crown Royal Presents the Jim Stewart 400 after the winner of the essay writing co...
- Car Buying Tips Offered
- As the summer approaches, car buyers are looking for new cars and to help them pick the right car at the lowest possible price, Sid Kirchheimer offered car buying tips in his book Scam-Proof Your Life. The book offered tips to buyers since everyone i...
- Maintaining superior vehicle performance with Volkswagen OEM Part
- Knowing more about the auto industry helps a lot in the desired customization of your vehicle. With so many parts and accessories around, it is rather difficult to determine which part suits perfectly to the specifications of your ride. Investment al...
- Of Volks and Beetles: A brief history of the VW Beetle and customization
- The Volkswagen Beetle, or the Type 1 as it was officially known until 1967, is an economy class car. It was originally designed by Ferdinand Porsche for Adolf Hitler's commission for what the latter called the People's Car, (Volk-Wagen in German). Th...
- The People Transporter
- The Volkswagen Type 2 or Transporter (or more popularly known as the Bus) is generally considered to be the ancestor of the passenger and cargo van. Taking after the VW Beetle (Type 1), the Bus was introduced in 1950. It sparked a wave of imitators l...
- Nissan Posted April U.S. Sales Plunge
- While Edmunds.com predicted an increase of 4.7 percent in terms of its April sales for Nissan, the Japanese car company reported recently that they have sold 11.1 percent fewer vehicles last month compared to April of 2006. This report came after the...
- Volkswagen Brands Post Improved Sales
- Volkswagen brand swung to an operating profit in the first quarter and earnings from its premium Audi brand rose 16 percent as the company broke out unit results for the first time, Volkswagen AG said last Wednesday. The increase served as a mileston...
- Automakers Dips And Creeps In April
- Last month was not a good month for most of the auto giants. The Big Three endured dips in sales and only the Chrysler Group enjoyed a little creep upwards. April is shaping up as a particularly weak month for automotive sales, said Brian Johnson, an...
- FoMoCo Reports 13 Percent April Sales Reduction
- With the month of April finally over, car manufacturers are already reporting their sales output for the past month. It can be remembered that just a few days back, Edmunds.com posted their prediction for sales for April as per the major car brands....
- Volvo Cars Posted Decreased U.S. April Sales
- With April 2007 already in the books, Volvo Cars of North America reported their sales for the past month. Reflecting the reduced sales of its parent Ford Motor Company, Volvo announced that they have suffered a 16.5 percent sales decrease in the Uni...
- Mitsubishi Reports Profit For 2006
- With the 2006 fiscal year over, car companies have started posting their sales output for the past year. Mitsubishi Motors, one of Japans car manufacturers, has posted their sales report for 2006 which shows that for the first time in four years, the...
- Volvo C30 Makes Swedes More Hip
- Love it. Hate it. Whats your opinion? Volvo Cars candidly asks us for your first impressions of their C30 - the compact and sporty two-door car. The Volvo C30, a near-luxury car from Fords Premier Automotive Group, is said to make Swedes more hip tha...
- Nissan Pathfinder Bags Best Family SUV Award
- Last year was filed with woes for the Japanese car brand Nissan for that year, 2006, Honda overtook them to become the second largest Japanese car manufacturer. Furthermore, last year sales for Nissan was a disappointment - the first time that Nissan...
- MINI Continues Strong Success
- In 1959, the Mini was introduced to the European market by the British Motor Corporation and went on to become an icon of the 1960s. In 2000 though, the production of these cheap family cars were stopped as sales started going down. But the following...
- GM Freshens Up Market Strategies
- First quarter report shows that the sales of the Toyota Motor Corp. have swiftly surpassed that of the General Motors Corp.s. This is why critics in the industry are expecting GM to double its efforts to hold on to its crown as the worlds largest aut...
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