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Main > Car Makers News > GM > GM seals deal to sell Saab to Koenigsegg | detnews.com | The Detroit News -- General Motors Corp. on Tuesday said it has signed a final agreement to sell all shares in its unit Saab Automotive to Sweden's Koenigsegg Group AB, confirming the preliminary deal revealed in June. GM said the contract is subject to the conditions that Saab receives the necessary funding commitments from the European Investment Bank, guaranteed by the Swedish government, and transitional assistance from GM. "We will continue to work with all parties to define the final details and ensure a fast... Full article... Article added: 2009-08-18 10:50:17 Article Views Rating: 115 Main > Car Makers News > GM > Report: Toyota to end venture with GM in Calif. | detnews.com | The Detroit News -- Toyota Motor Corp. has decided to liquidate its stake in a California manufacturing plant that it jointly operated with General Motors, a Japanese news agency reported Thursday. The Japanese carmaker will begin negotiating with the "Old GM" starting next week, Kyodo News reported, citing unnamed company officials. Toyota spokesman Mike Goss would not confirm that the Japanese automaker had made a final decision on the fate of Fremont, Calif.-based New United Motor Manufacturing Inc., also known as... Full article... Article added: 2009-07-24 10:35:56 Article Views Rating: 58 Main > Car Manufactures > Volvo > Volvo Car UK challenges the Mayor of London to Emissions Equality Volvo Car UK has today challenged the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, to review the basis of charging for the London Congestion Charging zone. Volvo Car UK believes that the principle of hybrid cars being exempt from the Congestion Charge is now outdated and unfair. Drivers of hybrid cars enter the zone free of charge on a daily basis while drivers of low emission cars powered by conventional internal combustion engines with the same, or even lower, levels of emissions are charged £8.00... Full article... Article added: 2009-07-01 13:39:10 Article Views Rating: 100 Main > Car Makers News > Opel > Saab and Opel Will Be Sold Very Soon General Motors is happy to announce that the sale of Saab and Opel is coming to the final talks. There have been several candidates, but the manufacturer has the number of them to final three for each brand. There have been 10 companies bidding on the Saab. GM says that May will be spent on talks with the final three. The automaker does not officially announce them, but according to one version the three candidates are BMW, Renault and Tata Motors, according to the other one Fiat is one of the potential... Full article... Article added: 2009-05-25 05:23:17 Article Views Rating: 212 Main > Car Makers News > Fiat > Fiat's Marchionne driven to succeed | detnews.com | The Detroit News With his slightly rumpled appearance and casual manner, Sergio Marchionne seems more like a jovial professor than a hard-driving businessman. But the chief executive of Fiat SpA is in fact an inexhaustible, demanding and effective corporate boss with a string of turnarounds to his credit. Now, as Fiat prepares to take a stake in Chrysler LLC and seeks to acquire General Motors Corp.'s European and Latin American operations, Marchionne, 56, is embarking on the biggest challenge of his career. While some... Full article... Article added: 2009-05-25 05:23:15 Article Views Rating: 130 Main > Car Parts > Other > Saab 9-Griffin concept We would applaud a car that had the wings of an eagle and the body of a lion, but the 9-Griffin concept doesn’t actually follow its name; though it does have an unconventional design. The Saab luxury sedan goes asymmetric in design, pushing the driver a bit ahead of the first seat passenger. Windscreen on the four-seater concept follows the asymmetry and creates a bubble around the driver’s head. Doors on the concept also follow asymmetry; the passenger side has one large door, while the... Full article... Article added: 2009-05-18 07:17:52 Article Views Rating: 1784 Main > Car Manufactures > Volkswagen > easyCar.com opens new mobile phone car hire service easyCar.com has developed a bespoke transactional mobile phone platform to broaden their digital distribution strategy. The move follows a review of the car hire company's distribution channels, which has shown an increasing number of easyCar customers accessing easyCar.com from their mobiles, and has the potential to broaden customer accessibility to the easyCar.com car hire site. Bill Jones, CEO of easyCar, said “we want all our car hire customers to have a great online experience... Full article... Article added: 2009-05-05 17:45:17 Article Views Rating: 140 Main > Car Makers News > Volkswagen > Volkswagen CC premium midsize car class Premium midsize cars may be upscale luxury machines, but they are also among the leaders in all-around performance, reliability, and value for the money.Stepping up to a premium midsize car often means more standard features, such as leather upholstery, heated seats, uplevel audio, and techno-gadgets galore. Most of these cars provide plenty of power to go along with a supple ride, and in many cases, superb handling.Most cars in this class are 4-door sedans, but there are wagons available, as well as a... Full article... Article added: 2009-04-21 06:21:49 Article Views Rating: 540 Main > Car Makers News > Toyota > 2009 Toyota iQ The Toyota iQ has won Car of the Year Japan. It beat out the Nissan GT-R, which we just crowned the 2009 Motor Trend Car of the Year. We'd better take it seriously then.Actually, we already did. In our recent preview of the vehicle, we explained how the iQ is one of a whole new generation of Toyota compacts that utilize six major packaging advantages. It will enable the company to build a seven-seater in the footprint of a Yaris.But to demonstrate just how remarkable these innovations are, they're... Full article... Article added: 2009-04-14 05:45:20 Article Views Rating: 506 Main > Car Parts > Other > Saab Fashionista Eco Factor: Concept car powered by a gasoline/electric hybrid engine. French car designer Mayeul Walser has made sure that green cars can keep your style intact with a concept car he calls the Saab Fashionista. Certifying its name, the car has been designed for an up-market customer, for whom style always holds more relevance than environmental conservation. The car is designed to be built on GM’s hybrid platform as used in the Chevrolet Volt. The hybrid engine, which runs on either... Full article... 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