01st July 2007
July is usually a great month of for car-shoppers and for this year automakers are hopeful that July will once again prove to be the lucky month for them. And since its only days before the highly anticipated month of July various automakers have starte...
01st July 2007
The head of Ford Motor Co.'s Volvo car unit refused to discuss if the brand could end up being sold as its parent company looks to refocus on its troubled North American business.
In an interview on the sidelines of an auto conference, the refusal by...
01st July 2007
As demand for the new Fabia small car and Roomster all-purpose vehicle booms, Skoda Auto AS, Volkswagen AG's Czech unit, increased its full-year sales forecast.
Chief Executive Officer Detlef Wittig said in an interview at Skoda's Mlada Boleslav, Cz...
01st July 2007
Perhaps the public observes that car companies love to host feasts. It is because it is one way of promoting their brand. Where there is sunshine and a prepared supply of cocktails, expect a new car introduction going down. And this strategy is a proven...
01st July 2007
With the Nikkei 225 Stock Average falling for a fourth day in June 27, Japanese stocks dropped extending the longest line of declines since early March.
Sony Corp. and Honda Motor Co. led losses on concern demand for their products will come to a ha...
01st July 2007
The 2007 Defense Advance Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Urban
Challenge, one of the most unique car races in the world, will take place on November 3. Several teams will allow their "smart" vehicles to enter on a course covering 60 miles of unknown ...
01st July 2007
German car maker Mercedes-Benz continues to elevate the features of its R-Class. The introduction of the new R 280 CDI 4MATIC und R 63 AMG 4MATIC models, which will become available this autumn, spurred the expansion of the touring SUV's product range t...
30th June 2007
Scion, Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.’s marque for the young (and the young at heart) and Gaia Online, the fastest growing hangout for teens on the web yesterday announced a joint partnership that will allow Gaia members to buy and customize virtual...
30th June 2007
Jaguar Canada has recently been the recipient of a National Readers Choice Award for the Jaguar XK, which was named as the AutoNerve Magazine “Best Convertible of 2007.”
The 2007 XK-Series is a 2-door, 4-passenger luxury sports coupe, or luxury ...
30th June 2007
Mentor Graphics Corporation has recently announced successful results of an AUTOSAR demonstrator project recently completed in collaboration with Volvo® Trucks. AUTOSAR is the standards organization working to create an open standard for automotive eng...