| Nissan Leads Auto Sales in Rebound From Dip |
Jun 4th, 2013 |
DETROIT | Nissan's U.S. sales leaped 25 percent last month while Chrysler sales rose 11 percent, signs that auto sales rebounded from a slight dip in April and will continue to boost the U.S. ...
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| Audi R8 V10 Plus Review |
Jun 4th, 2013 |
Pros: Howling V10 and slick new dual-clutch auto a top team; stunning design; rewarding handling to eight tenths; communicative controls; ESC ...
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| US sanctions to crush Irans currency and auto sector |
Jun 4th, 2013 |
(1 hr 36 mins ago) The United States unveiled aggressive new sanctions against Iran, directly targeting the rial currency and the key auto sector, days before presidential elections in the Islamic Republic. The new measures, were accompanied by warnings of additional ';powerful'' and ';painful'' measures if Tehran refuses concessions in inconclusive talks on its ...
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| US auto factories cutting back on summer d |
Jun 4th, 2013 |
Detroit auto factories are forgoing their traditional two-week summer break and speeding up production to meet buyers' growing demand for new cars and trucks. Ford Motor Co said that 21 of its North American factories will shut for only one week this summer. That includes the Chicago plant that makes the Ford Explorer SUV and the Mexican plant that makes the Fusion sedan. General Motors ...
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| US imposes new economic sanctions on Iran over nuke programme |
Jun 4th, 2013 |
The Obama administration has imposed new sanctions on Iran's currency and auto industry, turning the screw on its nuclear programme. The new sanctions were imposed to render Iranian money useless outside the country and to cut off the regime from critical revenue sources. According to Fox News, the executive order from President Barack Obama has broadened the already a concerted sanction aimed ...
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| Zinoro EV BMW X1-based Chinese crossover spied in Germany |
Jun 4th, 2013 |
and joint venture partner Brilliance Automotive has been spied undergoing testing in Germany. Captured by CarAdvice’s spy photographers ...
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| ANCAP welcomes new focus on road safety |
Jun 4th, 2013 |
in Australia. During a speech made last nightto the House of Representatives, the Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Roads and Regional Transport, Darren Chester, made clear his concerns that more needs to be done on the issue of road safety. "I believe there is a need for greater national leadership, with a renewed focus on building safer roads, supporting the rollout of safer vehicles ...
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| Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell Europe’s first hydrogen production cars delivered |
Jun 4th, 2013 |
vehicles have been delivered to the City of Copenhagen in Denmark. The zero-emission SUVs became the first hydrogen-powered vehicles manufactured on a production line to be introduced to Europe. The ...
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| 2015 Mazda3 Naked, Leaked Before Official Reveal |
Jun 4th, 2013 |
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The 2015 Mazda3 is a few short weeks away from its official reveal later this month, but we may have a great look at Mazda’s newest–and most important–addition now. According to the Dutch website Autoblog Nederland, the 2015 Mazda3 was accidentally “leaked” by appearing in a Japanese brochure ahead of the global reveal. The un-camouflaged [...]
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| Celebrating a Million Sciroccos—A History of Volkswagen’s Little Sports Car |
Jun 4th, 2013 |
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The front-wheel-drive models of the early 1970s catapulted Volkswagen out of the rear-engine stone age into the bright future of modern front-drive sophistication. Lighter and more agile than virtually all of their competitors, the initial batch of modern VWs consisted of the Passat, the Scirocco, the Golf, and the not-for-the-U.S. Polo. Needless to say, the [...]
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