All-electric Leaf manufacturer Nissan Motor Co. is set to introduce in Japan during the fiscal year which will end in March 2012 a “Leaf to Home” electricity power supply system. Hideaki Watanabe, head of the company’s zero-emission vehicles, said the power control system by Nissan will allow ordinary households to get electricity and charge their [...]
The dream machines of Buck Rogers like the 1951 Buick Le Sabre would be the first thing that most people would think of when it comes to concept cars. These two clear and Plexiglass-bodied Pontiacs made in 1939 and 1940 are among the most interesting. The only-known survivor Pontiac sedan was however set up for [...]
South Korea’s Hyundai Motor reported a 37 percent increase Thursday on its quarterly profit to outperform its rivals, thanks to the strong sales of popular new models in the United States. Hyundai has been viewed in the past as a cheap car maker with a record of poor quality but it has shown a stellar [...]
A merger is in the offing for Car makers Chrysler and Fiat SpA. Chrysler is enjoying strong sales in the United States and growth in Brazil so the deal is expected to help offset Fiat SpA’s weak European market. Fiat took over the management of the number three automaker in the US during a bailout [...]
Remember Rachelle Friedman, the bride-to-be whose wedding was postponed last year after she figured in a traffic accident during her pre-wedding pool party? Her wedding is finally pushing through but more than that, she got the surprise of her life after Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. and The Braun Corporation announced they would give her [...]
An unusual assembly plant will soon roll out in suburban Detroit for the only subcompact car being built in the United States. Half the space of the traditional plant will hold the production line while efficient clusters will be set aside for the welding robots. Surprisingly, many of the workers will only earn half the [...]
Details of the $500 million expansion plan for two of its plants in Ontario which is being backed by millions in funding from the Canadian and Ontario governments, will be unveiled by Toyota. The support by the government will be announced by Federal Minister of State for Science and Technology Gary Goodyear and Ontario Minister [...]
The opening of a plant in May by German carmaker Volkswagen in Tennessee has fuelled interest for diesel cars in the US market. Several temporary factors were credited for the higher sales of diesel auto in the United States this year including the disruption in the production of hybrid cars due to the earthquake disaster [...]
Ford Motor Co. is set to appeal the decision of an Ohio judge which awarded a $2 billion judgment to a class of commercial truck dealers who claimed they were overcharged by Ford for 11 years. The dealers claimed that the forced payments they made from 1987 to 1998 cut into their profits after Ford [...]
The 2011 Hyundai Elantra won Cars.com’s “Best value: Price to Pump” award for the Under 20/Over 35 shootout category. Cars.com is a leading new and used cars resource for buyers. Five compact cars with a less than $20,000 price tag, and better than 35 miles per gallon usage, was evaluated by the editors of the [...]
