Posts Tagged ‘american auto’

Multibrand service station

Monday, March 24th, 2008
Do you own more than one car, do you find it difficult for servicing them. here are two new options for you which makes your job easy.Khattar’s venture:Mr. Khattar former Managing Director of Maruti Suzuki plans to come up with multi-brand service station. After retiring from the post of managing ......

Australian Badass: HSV W427 unveiled in Melbourne

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
Click image for a hi-res gallery of the HSV W427The modern American auto show circuit has turned into a series of venues at which automakers try to out-green or out-crossover each other, with the occasional fire-breather thrown in. Down in Australia, it's like the late 60s or early 70s, with a power......

Toyota makes money in its Q2, but Tundra incentives take their toll

Sunday, September 2nd, 2007
Whenever we talk about GM's performance in the global market, people invariably want to hear about how well Toyota is doing in the same arena. The Japanese automaker has been nipping at the General's heels in terms of the number of units each automaker has sold globally so far this year. Earlier in ......

Southern Comfort: the Southern 358 street rod pickup

Sunday, August 27th, 2006
A new American auto manufacturer has just popped up on our radar promising a product that is all-American, completely retro, and thoroughly modern at the same time. Fashioned after a 1950s era Chevy pickup, Southern Motor Company's first model will be called the Southern 358 and be built in the good......

Ford buyouts start next week

Saturday, August 26th, 2006
Ford Motor announced Monday that it will make its planned buyout package available to all of its 75,000 hourly workers starting October 16.The company-wide plan follows previous efforts to cut jobs on a plant-by-plant basis, as the company shoots for its goal of cutting 30,000 hourly jobs by the end......

Level Field Institute releases report on domestic content

Monday, July 17th, 2006
The Level Field Institute - a group consisting of Big 3 retirees - has released a report detailing the impact of domestic and transplant automotive OEMs on the American auto parts industry, and it contains some interesting nuggets of information.Of the $225B in auto parts purchased from the US last......

The Stig plays indoors with Toyota’s F1 car

Saturday, June 3rd, 2006
Seeing how fast you can drive and stop a 900-horsepower Formula 1 car in an enclosed space sounds like a pretty crazy thing to do, even if said enclosed site is the massive ExCeL in London's Docklands, site of next week's British Motor Show. In the event of a mishap, a wall impact there would likely......