-Tata Motors will bring diesel model of world’s cheapest car by the year 2011 the engine is under developement unsure if there some colloraborate with fait or Austrian’s diesel engine firm AVL or not Tata Nano Diesel Model by 2011 -current model will get new engine and gear update, The new model will have rev [...]
NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE–Suzuki’s last crack at a mid-size sedan was an unmitigated disaster. Except for rock-bottom pricing, the short-lived Verona (designed and built by General Motors’ South Korean Daewoo subsidiary) had little to offer buyers. In terms of quality, fuel efficiency or performance, the Suzuki (also sold as the Chevrolet Epica) brought up the rear in [...]
VW may not hold the title very long, though. It ascent was due to benefits from government stimulus packages around the globe. When those deals run out, Toyota may assert itself again. VW-Porsche had made 4.4 million vehicles so far this year, 400,000 more than Toyota, which cut back production as the global auto meltdown [...]
Sales had peaked at 609,000 but in 2008, sales crashed to only 497,000. Chrysler explains that Jeep was affected by the doubling of competitors in the SUV segment as well as the arrival of “crossovers.” In the future, most Jeep models will be more tuned [...]
According to Crysler’s five year plan, the upcoming Jeep small SUVs will be using Fiat-supplied platforms starting in 2013. Jeep brand CEO Mike Manley said that the legendary American brand will drop the Patriot and Compass crossovers after 2012 and will be replacing them with a single C-segment vehicle whose platform will originate with Fiat [...]
General Motors intends to bring back a second shift of workers to its Lordstown complex to build the Chevrolet Cruze.“We’re very bullish on the Cruze,” said Tim Lee, GM vice president of North American manufacturing, in a conference call with reporters today. He added that a third shift would be added if “the product is [...]
Mitsubishi Motors North America (MMNA) today announced October 2009 sales of 3,867. This is a decrease of 17.9% from last month’s sales of 4,712 (September 2009). “While the sales situation has proven challenging for Mitsubishi Motors in October, we remain steadfast in our commitment to the market and our dealer body,” said Shinichi Kurihara, [...]
Ford Motor Co. said Tuesday sales by its passenger vehicle-making joint venture with Chongqing Changan Automobile Co. rose 80% in October from a year earlier to 20,027 units. The venture’s passenger vehicle sales in the January-October period rose 40% from the same period last year to 188,244 units, the U.S. auto maker also said in [...]
Toyota Kirloskar’s goal to capture 10% of the market by 2018 is an ambitious one considering its share in the last 10 years has dropped from nearly 4% to 2.5% as Toyota Kirloskar Motors which is an equal joint venture between Toyota and Kirloskar Group. [...]
Toyota Motor Corp. plans to invest 30 to 40 billlion yen ($330-$440 million) to build a research and development center in China next year to meet the demands of the local market, the Nikkei Business Daily reported Thursday. The new center will be built [...]
