- BRAZIL: Renault confirms two ‘secret’ new products – Just-auto: During an announcement of a second round of new investments, to follow immediately after the expansion of its São José dos Pinhais, Paraná state plant is completed, Renault-Nissan’s CEO Carlos Ghosn said the time to invest in new products and increase the Renault model range in Brazil had come.
- Hyundai Counts on Alabama Plant – thedetroitbureau.com: The 2015 Hyundai Sonata is just starting to roll off the line at the Korean maker’s Alabama assembly plant – a factory stretched well beyond the production capacity it was designed for.
- Ford F-150 Ranks “Most American” In Annual Cars.com American-Made Index – Via Google News: The ranking takes into account three factors to determine how “American” cars are, including domestic-parts content[1] (percentage of a vehicle’s parts …
- CHINA: Beijing plans big EV charging network – Just-auto: Beijing’s municipal authority plans to build 10,000 public charging stations for electric vehicles by 2017.
- UK: “No plans to sell GT or MG5” – MG – Just-auto: A spokesperson for MG Motor UK has told just-auto that despite revealing a forthcoming sedan to selected media in England last week, there are no plans to sell the car here.
- Chinese SUV Featured in Transformers 4 Will Hit US Showrooms in 2015 – Via Google News: As it happens, the sports utility vehicle that looks like the bastard lovechild of the 2013 MazdaSpeed3 and the Volkswagen Tiguan was featured thanks …
- 2015 Porsche Macan Review: Get Terrific Fuel Efficiency And Unbelievable Power Not Available In … – Via Google News: In an effort to revolutionize their brand of Sports car, Porsche is making their move in converting a large quantity of petrol type vehicles into diesel with …
- Six Auto Models Fail to Live up to Fuel Efficiency Hype, Subject to Fines – Via Google News: Six car models, two locally-manufactured and four imported, failed to meet their fuel efficiency claims and will be charged with a penalty. On June 26 …
- Chery shuts once-top Beijing outlet – Via Google News: Some domestic car brand dealers have also had a hard time in Shanghai and Guangzhou … Guangzhou began to limit car purchases in July 2012.
- END OF THE GLORY DAYS ! Chery shuts once-top Beijing outlet – Via Google News: Some domestic car brand dealers have also had a hard time in Shanghai and Guangzhou due to limits on car license registration and higher …
- Older, wiser and well-connected, Bill Ford gets ready for a new chapter – Automotive News: Alan Mulally’s departure from Ford Motor this week will be a big change for the automaker and its new CEO, Mark Fields. But especially, it will open a new chapter for Bill Ford.
- Hyundai fields a more athletic Sonata for ’15 – Automotive News: After shaking up the industry with the previous Sonata’s swoopy sheet metal, Hyundai engineers focused most on improving driving dynamics for the mid-sized sedan’s seventh generation.
- GM digs deep to fix safety problems – Automotive News: If recalls are a kind of a manufacturer do-over, this month’s recall of some Chevrolet Cobalts and HHRs for a power-steering defect was a do-over of a do-over.
- Chrysler’s 200 rollout plan: Patience pays – Automotive News: Chrysler dealers eager to crank up sales of the redesigned 2015 200 will have to wait a few more months.
- Next-gen Prius launch delayed 6 months – Automotive News: Toyota Motor Corp. has delayed the start of production for the fourth-generation Prius from next spring until December 2015. Engineers are sweating the details of a new vehicle architecture and the company’s next-generation hybrid system.
- Google puts phones on lockdown – Automotive News: Governments have mainly tried to fight distracted driving with laws banning handset use or texting in the car — laws that are widely flouted. Google and its partners from the auto industry are taking an approach that’s more carrot than stick.
- Subsidy question looms over Toyota FCV – Automotive News: A sparse refueling network won’t be the only hurdle facing Toyota Motor Corp.’s new hydrogen fuel cell vehicle. A generous dollop of government subsidies will also be necessary for the car.
- GM to roll out compensation plan for victims in ignition switch recall – DetN: General Motors Co.’s ignition switch compensation fund will be open to anyone harmed in a crash in which the air bags didn’t deploy — including backseat passengers, pedestrians and those in other vehicles who may have been hit by the now-recalled GM cars — according to a Texas attorney briefed on the plan.
- A 1966 Mustang coupe was a favorite at this Belleville car show – Via Google News: When we arrived and set up our TKCS display, I told the boys I was going to pick my favorite car of the day and they should do the same. When the …
- European cars to make greater inroads into S. Korean market thanks to FTA – Via Google News: The Korea Automobile Importers and Distributors Association (KAIDA) said … For the first five months of this year, sales of new foreign cars reached …
- Fiat’s Poor J.D. Power IQS Results an Anomaly, Executive Says – Wards: Jason Stoicevich, Fiat’s U.S. chief, says the brand will perform significantly better in next year’s quality study.
- An easy solution to recall compliance – Via Google News: Joan’s suggestion is so simple it makes you wonder why it hasn’t been tried: If a vehicle hasn’t had all recall repairs made, the owner can’t register it to …
- Spy Shots: Volvo XC Classic testing in China – CarNewsChina.com: New spy shots of the Volvo XC Classic testing in China. The Volvo XC Classic is the current Volvo XC90, it will be manufactured in China starting late this year, just when production of the all-new Volvo XC90 starts in Sweden. Launch on the China car market in scheduled for December. Only available engine will […]
- Reader-visit to the still-not open Tesla store in Shanghai – CarNewsChina.com: Our distinguished Reader Chiprdan lives near the still-not open Tesla store in the Pudong area in Shanghai and went for a short visit, thank you for the pictures! The building is a giant two-story structure in similar style to the Tesla service center I visited in Beijing. Construction seems completely finished with the glass walls […]
- G.M. to Set Payouts in Crashes Caused by Flawed Switches – NY Times: Kenneth R. Feinberg, a compensation expert who handled the 9/11 settlements, is to announce the plan for General Motors payouts on Monday.
- · New Tesla owner smashes new Tesla in China – CarNewsChina.com: A new Tesla owner in China smashed the windshield of a brand new Tesla Model S on Friday, just minutes after delivery of the vehicle in the Tesla store in Beijing. The man, a certain Yu Xinquan from the remote Inner Mongolia Province, was angry because he believed his Tesla arrived much too late. We […]
- Edward Niedermeyer: How Tesla will put Millennials at the wheel – DetN: Once again, Tesla Motors’ founder Elon Musk has grabbed auto-industry headlines, this time for for hinting at a broad patent release that could mean making Tesla’s electric cars more ‘
- Toyota to offer fuel-cell car for $69K – DetN: Toyota Motor Corp.’s vision of a hydrogen future will begin with a $69,000 car.
- Reality bites in Nissan’s Nürburgring lap record GT-R – Autocar: Nissan has strong links with the computer gaming world, and even company chief Andy Palmer is getting in on the act. I’m not a fervent computer gamer, but I appreciate the increasingly blurred line between virtual reality and proper, flesh-and-metal reality.
- A blast in the new Ariel Atom is worth two pounds of anyone’s money – Autocar: Ariel’s super-fast new Atom 3.5R should come with a warning to secure your valuables before you dump the clutch.
- NHTSA investigates 360,000 Nissan cars for unintended acceleration – DetN: Federal safety investigators said Saturday they are opening an investigation into 360,000 Nissan cars over reports of unintended acceleration.
- U.S. investigates 260,000 Dodge Ram trucks for rear axle failures – DetN: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Saturday it is opening an investigation into 260,000 Dodge Ram pickup trucks over reports of rear axle failures — the agency’s second investigation over the issue in recent years.
- 2014 Aston Martin Vantage a supermodel on wheels – DetN: Aston makes the most beautiful cars on the road. Period. On track the powerful, nimble Vantage romps about like Andre Drummond on a nerf basketball court:
- GM’s Ammann says Opel targets achievable, but Europe is a harsh market – DetN: General Motors President Dan Ammann has been in Europe this week to spread the word about the company’s progress globally and pledge support to the turnaround of the troubled European serial loss-maker Opel-Vauxhall.
- New General Motors Recall Includes Best Sellers – NY Times: G.M. said it was recalling more than half a million more vehicles, including full-size pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles that can suddenly switch into neutral.
- Tackling Goodwood’s famous hill climb in a Lamborghini Huracan – Autocar: What better way to experience the Festival of Speed than by riding along in a parade of supercars?
- Wheelies: The Electrified Audi Edition – NY Times: Audi rolls out its plug-in hybrid A3 E-tron in Europe; Curt Clawson, former chief executive of a parts supplier, is sworn into Congress.
- GM recalls extra 500,000 vehicles – FT: Setback comes as Kenneth Feinberg, a specialist compensation attorney, prepares to announce on Monday details of his proposed victims’ fund