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Main > Car Manufactures > Volkswagen > Cheers! Volkswagen Celebrates Transporter Milestones In Style Throughout November and December, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles is celebrating two significant anniversaries at the AutoMuseum in Wolfsburg, Germany. It’s 60 years since Heinrich Nordhoff presented the first prototype Transporter van to the press, and 30 years since the third generation Transporter was launched. Both anniversaries come at a time when Volkswagen is preparing to celebrate the launch of the latest versions of the The first generation of Transporter prototype, a... Full article... Article added: 2009-12-01 14:40:40 Article Views Rating: 186 Main > Car Makers News > MG > Chinese MG6 Is Going to Production MG6 is a four-door hatchback designed by the largest Chinese automaker, Shanghai Auto. Its concept version was presented at the 2009 Shanghai Auto Show, and the manufacturer says that it is going to production very soon. The car is a close sibling of Shanghai Auto Roewe 550 midsize sedan. Its final production version has been unveiled just recently at the 2009 Guangzhou Auto Show. The hatchback was primarily made for China, but it is going to be sold in the U.K. starting the end of 2010 and in other... Full article... Article added: 2009-11-30 08:57:55 Article Views Rating: 197 Main > Car Makers News > Fiat > Former Fiat Executive Revives De Tomaso They say, “There is nothing new except what is forgotten”. This principle is applied well to automotive industry since many manufacturers try to revise their old models and start their production all over. We have already heard that German designers are planning to bring back the old European star Trabant. And now it has been reported that former Fiat executive Gianmario Rossignolo has acquired the rights to De Tomaso and wants to revive the brand in three models. The Italian marque De Tomaso was... Full article... Article added: 2009-11-30 08:57:55 Article Views Rating: 189 Main > Car Makers News > Pontiac > Last Pontiac For 82 year Pontiac has been an American brand that became a legend and symbol of American auto industry. However, in the last several years it has been losing its popularity and GM did not see much profit from the brand. About a year ago the manufacturer has announced that it would cut the number of brands in half and attempt to sell some of them. We have been tracing the sales of Saturn/Opel, Hummer and Saab, but the destiny of Pontiac was not clear. It seemed that at some points GM was eager to keep... Full article... Article added: 2009-11-30 08:57:54 Article Views Rating: 192 Main > Car Makers News > GM > IPO likely for GM in 2010 | detnews.com | The Detroit News -- The Obama administration's top auto adviser expects General Motors Co. to make an initial public offering of its stock by the end of 2010. But Ron Bloom, who took over the top spot in July, said Chrysler Group LLC's public offering is further away. "Sometime in the back half of the year, probably more likely fourth quarter than third," GM hopefully will be able to make an initial public offering, Bloom said in an interview this week with The Detroit News. "The company has an obligation to us to make... Full article... Article added: 2009-11-30 08:57:53 Article Views Rating: 125 Main > Car Makers News > Saab > 3 show interest in Saab deal | detnews.com | The Detroit News Potential suitors for General Motors Co.'s Saab Automobile are surfacing a week after the collapse of a deal to sell the Swedish carmaker to Koenigsegg Group. Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co., Merbanco Inc. and Renco Group Inc. are sounding out a possible deal, Bloomberg News reported Friday, citing unnamed sources. However, it said the parties have not submitted written proposals for GM's board to review at its monthly meeting next week. GM was expected to wind down Saab after Koenigsegg pulled... Full article... Article added: 2009-11-30 08:57:53 Article Views Rating: 122 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Russian carmaker gets lift | detnews.com | The Detroit News Russia will take on the bulk of the effort to restructure AvtoVAZ, its biggest automaker, under the terms of an accord signed Friday between AvtoVAZ's Russian shareholders and Renault SA. The Russian state will inject $1.65 billion into cash-strapped AvtoVAZ, while the Samara region where AvtoVAZ is based will help with payroll expenses. France's Renault, which owns 25 percent of AvtoVAZ, will contribute technology and equipment valued at $360 million to help the Russian carmaker update its vehicles and... Full article... Article added: 2009-11-30 08:57:53 Article Views Rating: 118 Main > Car Makers News > BMW > When the dust clears, BMW may struggle to compete | detnews.com | The Detroit News Germany's premium car manufacturers have weathered the recession without taking on too much water, but the long-term prospects for Mercedes, Audi, Porsche, and particularly BMW are starting to sound alarm bells. European mass car manufacturers like Renault and Peugeot-Citroen of France have piled up huge losses and relied on cheap government loans and subsidized car scrapping schemes to keep their heads above water. GM Europe's Opel-Vauxhall's problems have been well aired. Ford Europe has performed... Full article... Article added: 2009-11-30 08:57:51 Article Views Rating: 122 Main > Car Makers News > GM > GM optimistic about Cruze premiere | detnews.com | The Detroit News General Motors Co. will get small-car serious at the Los Angeles Auto Show when it takes the wraps off the 2011 Chevrolet Cruze. The Cruze, which will arrive in the third quarter of next year as the replacement for the Chevy Cobalt, will feature small, efficient engines and a six-speed transmission that will help it achieve up to 40 mpg on the highway. It could have a range of up to 600 miles. The five-passenger Cruze debuted in Europe and Asia this year. GM will build the U.S. Cruze in Lordstown, Ohio... Full article... Article added: 2009-11-30 08:57:49 Article Views Rating: 133 Main > Car Makers News > Toyota > Experts point to throttles, not floor mats, in Toyota incidents | detnews.com | The Detroit News Eric Weiss was stopped at a busy Long Beach, Calif., intersection last month when he said his 2008 Toyota Tacoma pickup unexpectedly started accelerating, forcing him to stand on the brakes to keep the bucking truck from plowing into oncoming cars. Toyota Motor Corp. says the gas pedal design in Weiss' truck and more than 4 million other Toyota and Lexus vehicles makes them vulnerable to being trapped open by floor mats, and recently announced a costly recall to fix the problem. But Weiss is convinced... Full article... Article added: 2009-11-30 08:57:49 Article Views Rating: 145 |
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