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Main > Car Makers News > Ford > Ford officially takes over Romania plant BUCHAREST, Romania -- Ford Motor Co. formally took over the Romanian plant Automobile Craiova from the Romanian government on Friday. Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu handed the factory's key to Ford of Europe President John Fleming, saying that Ford's investment of about $1 billion would allow Romania to become the biggest car producer in southeastern Europe. Last year, Ford bought a 72.4 percent stake in the state-owned company, paying about $88 million and vowing to invest $1 billion to upgrade... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-22 19:54:33 Article Views Rating: 169 Main > Car Makers News > Ford > Ford officially takes over Romanian auto plant BUCHAREST, Romania -- Ford Motor Co. formally took over the Romanian plant Automobile Craiova from the Romanian government today. Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu handed the factory's key to Ford of Europe President John Fleming, saying that Ford's investment of about $1 billion would allow Romania to become the biggest car producer in southeastern Europe. Last year, Ford bought a 72.4 percent stake in the state-owned company, paying about $88 million and vowing to invest $1 billion to upgrade and... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-22 19:54:34 Article Views Rating: 224 Main > Car Makers News > Renault > Grand Prix: Renault F1 opens internship program Click the image above to view in high resolutionIf you're a recently graduated or soon to graduate student in a technical or scientific field, listen up, because this could very well be the internship that could jump-start your career. Every year for the past five, the Renault F1 team has picked the top entry in a contest for a six-month internship. The competition is run by the Altran Engineering Academy, the technological manpower agency that consults for the team. Entries are accepted in eight... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-22 19:54:41 Article Views Rating: 207 Main > Car Makers News > Ferrari > Fernando Alonso fuels rumors of Ferrari move The inability of Formula One drivers to sit still may seem natural, but Fernando Alonso may be taking it to the next level. After switching from Renault to McLaren for 2007 and then back to Renault for this season, the two-time world champion is back at it, fuelling rumors that he could move to Ferrari in another year or two. Speculation of Alonso's potential move to the Scuderia crew began to circulate when he was on his way out of McLaren, and were furthered when his new contract with Renault... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-26 08:09:16 Article Views Rating: 192 Main > Car Makers News > Nissan > Renault, Nissan join on electric cars French automaker Renault SA will produce electric cars powered by Nissan Motor Co. batteries for customers in Denmark as part of a public- and private-sector project to encourage widespread use of the emission-free vehicles. Renault's announcement Thursday follows its decision earlier this year to take part in a similar project in Israel that Renault executives described as potentially the first mass commercialization of all-electric cars to individual customers. The Renault-Nissan alliance has teamed... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-28 05:33:56 Article Views Rating: 236 Main > Car Makers News > Renault > Renault to expand electric-car project to Denmark France's Renault SA will supply electric cars for a project in Denmark that aims to set up the conditions to encourage widespread marketing of the clean vehicles. Renault's announcement today follows the Renault-Nissan alliance's decision earlier this year to participate in a similar project in Israel with Project Better Place, a firm dedicated to installing the infrastructure to support electric cars. The projects highlight a renewed interest in electric cars. Although electric car technology is not... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-28 05:33:56 Article Views Rating: 197 Main > Car Makers News > Other > ‘Avions Voisin’ name revived with new supercar concept Just as Volkswagen Group’s Veyron supercar revived the longstanding Bugatti label, Portuguese-based designer Ernesto Freitas from Luso Motors envisages his new Voisin Concept injecting some life into France’s forgotten carmaker, Avions Voisin. At the moment his new Voisin Concept remains just a 3D simulated model but Freitas has plans to create a full scale model and hopes to display it at several international car shows. Avions Voisin was a carmaker based in Paris, which built a number of luxury... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-31 04:36:32 Article Views Rating: 201 Main > Car Manufactures > Renault > Three Renault SUVs in the next three years It seems that the Koleos is not the only SUV coming from Renault. According to Patrick Le Quement, he company’s vice president of design, Renault will add three more SUV in the line-up: "We are developing a range of SUV crossovers and the Koleos sits right bang in the middle. There will be an addition to the Megane range, when the new cars arrive over the next 18-months. A bigger brother for the Koleos is something we are looking at."Koleos’ big brother will be built on Nissan Murano platform... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-01 09:42:39 Article Views Rating: 376 Main > Car Manufactures > Other > Alonso denies “get out” clause The BBC is reporting that Fernando Alonso has played down speculation that he will move to Ferrari at the end of the season.The move will do little to quell such speculation as he is reported to be on a release clause with Renault and the story looks set to continue for the entire season or at least until he signs a contract for someone.When asked if he had a get out clause he replied “No” and later added “I do not remember that clause” but continued "as we saw last year contracts are always... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-05 08:51:35 Article Views Rating: 295 Main > Car Makers News > Ferrari > One-two finish for Ferrari at Bahrain GP Felipe Massa, after two disastrous opening races and under intense pressure to finally perform, snatched the lead from Robert Kubica before the first corner, and the dominant Brazilian was never challenged as he opened his 2008 points account on a circuit he also won on last year. Kimi Raikkonen, in contrast, has looked off-colour all weekend, but the margin to Massa at the end was just a few seconds, and he leaves the Kingdom with the championship lead. Click ahead for a full team-by-team rundown of... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-07 07:14:11 Article Views Rating: 580 |
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