Nissan Begins Light Commercial Vehicle Venture In North America

Article: 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 […]

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Chrysler Authenticates Plans For Dodge Ram Hybrid

Article: 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. […]

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Opel Insignia Unveiled

Article: 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 […]

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GM’s In A Spot … Again

Article: 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 […]

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VW Is Rocking The Chinese Auto Market

Article: 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 […]

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Brilliance By Pininfarina

Article: 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 […]

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City Dwellers’ Dream Come True

Article: 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 […]

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Another Blow To Environmentalists

Article: Another Blow To Environmentalists 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 […]

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The Strike Takes Further Toll

Article: The Strike Takes Further Toll 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, […]

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Diesel Porsche Is Coming?

Article: Diesel Porsche Is Coming? 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 […]

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