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Main > Car Makers News > Other > Bidding war over Bertone heats up Just a few weeks after Mahindra & Mahindra expressed their interest in purchasing the legendary coachbuilder and design house Bertone, China’s FAW is throwing its hat in the ring. Both companies see the purchase as their ticket into European markets. A failed deal with Fiat for production of several Lancia models fell through in April 2007 led Bertone to seek bankruptcy protection in December. Now under administration, the firm is being shopped to new owners who it is hoped can turn the... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-01 05:38:08 Article Views Rating: 150 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Time for an update of the Automotive Family Tree In the automotive world, seven degrees of separation does not apply. If you connect all the major players via their joint ventures, licensing agreements and percentage-stakes of ownership, the degrees of separation should be reduced to something more like two. Visualizing these connections is difficult, but thanks to someone with way too much time on his or her hands, we don't have to. The colorful automotive family tree to the right breaks down the large automotive parental groups and their various... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-31 04:36:47 Article Views Rating: 123 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Geely Tiger at Beijing Auto Show Geely is preparing a new presentation for 2008 Beijing Auto Show. This year they plan to debut with Tiger coupe concept. It is a sport car, which has already been compared to Maserati, Ferrari and even Maybatch. Many Internet bloggers discuss it and in Europe the new Geely’s model got an unofficial nickname “Chinese Batmobile”. The plans of Tiger production are uncertain yet, but Geely plans to place the new coupe above Beauty Leopard already presented to the world before in terms of price and... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-31 04:36:45 Article Views Rating: 152 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Buyers dropping more coin on the 2008 Chevy Malibu The 2008 Chevy Malibu has snatched up awards and media accolades, and JD Power data shows that customers are paying Chevy dealers handsomely to own one. The average transaction price of a Chevy Malibu is $22,358 -- $5,000 higher than the inherently uncool last-gen 'Bu. Twenty-one percent of buyers are also opting for the top-of-the-line LTZ vs. only 5% for the outgoing model. The news isn't all rosy, however, as most of these customers are trading in other GM products to get themselves into the North... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-31 04:36:45 Article Views Rating: 122 Main > Car Makers News > Scion > Jalopnik readers redesign the Scion Hako Click above to vote at JalopnikThe Scion Hako is one of the ugliest concept cars any of us have ever seen. Seriously, in New York, our watches stopped working in its presence. At the vehicle's introduction, Scion called its orange-hued affront to the senses a "sporty version of a box" -- a turn of phrase we're still trying to wrap our brains around. What's next? Record execs selling us the "easy-listening version of Slayer"? But we digress. Our friends at Jalopnik were equally uninspired by Hako, so... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-31 04:36:45 Article Views Rating: 311 Main > Car Makers News > Other > GM cashes in with made-over Malibu The critical acclaim was nice, but now the made-over Chevrolet Malibu appears to be raking in something General Motors Corp. covets even more: cash. Car buyers are paying $5,000 more on average for a new Malibu compared to the old models, according to J.D. Power and Associates. And six months after the vehicle's much-hyped launch, the higher prices are holding up despite a rough economy and some tough competition. It's a singular feat for a new vehicle launch, especially by a domestic automaker with a... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-31 04:36:44 Article Views Rating: 148 Main > Car Makers News > Other > UAW membership hits post-WWII low WASHINGTON -- Membership in the United Auto Workers dropped sharply last year to a new post World War II-low, reflecting a dramatic retrenchment of the U.S. auto industry and widespread buyouts at Detroit's Big Three automakers and suppliers. The Detroit-based union's membership declined by 13.7 percent to 464,910, a loss of 73,538 members compared with 2006, according to the union's annual report filed Friday with the U.S. Department of Labor. The UAW has lost 237,000 members since the end of 2001 as... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-31 04:36:44 Article Views Rating: 154 Main > Car Makers News > BMW > Preview: 2012 BMW 3-series crossover (V3) BMW is currently developing two new models based on its next-gen 3 and 5-series sedans that will take the luxury brand into new territory. The new models are best described as MPV-wagons, but unlike the current Touring models the new cars will feature a tall ride-height and high roof profile to maximize interior space. The model based on the 5-series, which will be called V5, is due to arrive towards the end of the decade. If successful, BMW will then release a smaller version, dubbed V3, based on the... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-31 04:36:43 Article Views Rating: 739 Main > Car Makers News > Audi > Audi TT 2.0: Dreamy, if you're the driver NEW YORK -- Mary Anne, my wife, called it the "age extractor, a car that makes you feel younger the moment you get into it." But she had to bring lots of stuff to New York for an Easter week celebration. There was no way that the front-wheel-drive Audi TT 2.0 coupe, although it has been stretched and widened a bit for 2008, could hold Mary Anne's largess. We turned over the keys to Ria Manglapus, my associate in vehicle evaluations. Ria was ecstatic, as evidenced by her first text message about the TT... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-31 04:36:43 Article Views Rating: 556 Main > Car Makers News > Jaguar > Jaguar sales expected to double with Tata help Jaguar finally changed hands this week with Indian carmaker Tata paying $2.3 billion for both the luxury brand and Land Rover. Although this seems like good value for Tata, Jaguar’s performance of late has been dire. The carmaker sold less than 54,000 units in all of 2007, down from about 70,000 units just one year prior but, with the financial backing of Tata and the hands-of-approach to management Indian execs have in store, sales could potentially double within the next couple of years. A reporty... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-31 04:36:30 Article Views Rating: 214 |
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