FAW Group has reportedly signed a Memorandum of Understanding to construct a vehicle plant in Rason, a port city in North Korea's far north east, close to the Chinese and Russian borders. North Korea's car industry is famously almost ...
Tags: Transportation, Auto Parts, Car
General Motors has shut down its headquarters and vehicle production plant in Egypt indefinitely as violence in the troubled nation increases. More than 500 people were killed in Cairo on Wednesday when fighting erupted at protest ...
Tags: General Motors
Cadillac, a luxury automobile and SUV division of US automaker General Motors (GM), has introduced the new four-seat Elmiraj Concept coupe at the 2013 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance event in California. The new two-door concept ...
Tags: Cadillac, Elmiraj Concept Coupe
Holden’s Adelaide manufacturing workforce has agreed to revised employment conditions that include a three-year pay freeze to help protect the company’s future as a local manufacturer. The Australian Manufacturing Workers ...
Tags: Holden, Pay Freeze
US based vehicle manufacturer General Motors (GM) is planning to recall 2014 model year vehicles in the US, over the improperly fitted brake parts. The recall will affect 2014 Chevrolet Suburban vehicles built from 09 to 22 July 2013, ...
Tags: General Motors, Vehicles
Holden, the Australian subsidiary of US automaker General Motors (GM), has introduced the new Trax small sport utility vehicle (SUV). The new SUV is offered in two trim levels, the LS and LTZ, which are powered by 1.8L DOHC 16-valve 4 ...
General Motors has cut US$5000 ($5600) from the Chevrolet Volt in the US to combat aggressive pricing from its electric rivals. Available later this month, the 2014 Chevrolet Volt will start at US$34,995 ($38,900), including an US$810 ...
Tags: GM, Chevrolet Vol
Pontiac, the now-deceased subsidiary of General Motors, was working on a fifth-generation GTO before the car maker was killed off in 2009, it has been revealed. In a Road and Track magazine report, former GM vice-president Bob Lutz ...
Tags: General Motors, Pontiac GTO
Opel says it will continue to look for new markets outside Europe to sell its vehicles despite shutting down its Australian operations less than a year after opening its doors. An Opel spokesman told Automotive News the company was ...
Tags: Opel, New Market
General Motors is continuing to build anticipation for the Opel Monza concept coupe in the lead up to its unveiling at next month’s Frankfurt motor show. Opel says the car will visibly express the brand’s new design language, ...
Tags: Opel Monza
To help meet growing demand for fuel-efficient transmissions, ZF Friedrichshafen AG announced last month a $215 million expansion of the company's plant here. ZF plans to boost production of eight- and nine-speed automatic transmissions ...
Ivor Evans has been named Meritor's chairman of the board, chief executive officer and president, effective immediately, the company announced today. Evans, a member of Meritor's Board of Directors since 2005, has already been serving as ...
Tags: Meritor
General Motors (GM) has invested $167m at its new vehicles assembly plant at Spring Hill, Tennessee, US increasing the the total investment to $350m. The auto major has announced $183m investment earlier for this plant. To support a ...
Wheels Task Force of Steel Market Development Institute (SMDI), a division of American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), has developed a lightweight steel wheel which is claimed to be equivalent in mass to a comparable aluminum wheel but 40% ...
Tags: Steel Wheel Technology, Auto Parts
In early 20th-century China, personal transportation didn’t get much better than a rickshaw. On the other side of the world, automakers like Winton Motor Carriage Company in Cleveland, Ohio were bringing automobiles to the masses. ...