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US Fines Two Japanese Auto Parts Firms For Price Fixing

Two of Japan’s biggest car parts makers, Denso and Yazaki, are paying fines totaling $548 million in a criminal price-fixing conspiracy case involving parts sales to United States automakers, the Justice Department said. One supplier, Yazaki will pay a $470 million fine and the other, Denso, will pay $78 million. The companies and its executives sold automotive electrical components to automobile manufacturers ...

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Chrysler opens new training center in Detroit to increase employees productivity

Chrysler Group on Tuesday has officially opened its new World Class Manufacturing (WCM) Academy inside the United Auto Workers Chrysler Tech training center in Warren. "When Chrysler was developing its survival ...

BMW to use touch-sensitive smart fabric in future vehicles

BMW Ag. is looking at ways to incorporate touch-sensitive smart fabric into future models. New Scientist magazine now reports that researchers at the Polytechnic School of Montreal, Canada have developed a ...

Mercedes to reduce over €1.5bn annually

Mercedes Benz, the German luxury automaker plans to take out billions in costs every year by reducing the number of vehicle platforms and using more common parts across segments, Thomas ...

Toyota finds way to avoid using rare earth metals like neodymium and dysprosium in hybrids

Toyota Motor Corp., the world’s largest seller of hybrid vehicles has developed a way to avoid the use of expensive rare earth metals like neodymium and dysprosium, in which China ...

New Mercedes S Class will arrive in 2013 in six variants

The new Mercedes S Class will arrive next year as a 2014 model, but this time the range won’t just consist of a large luxury car – the new S ...

A new testing facility for Hyundai in Michigan

The new testing facility will be built at the South Korean automaker's Hyundai America Technical Center in Washtenaw County's Superior Township, near Ann Arbor. Hyundai spend $15 million on the facility ...

Fisker Karma will get TomTom navi

The 2012 Fisker Karma sedan will get TomTom navigation on board, the California-based automaker said on Tuesday. The agreement between the two companies encompasses the core map; Points of Interest; and ...

Ford Delivers 4 Millionth SYNC; 9 Million More Expected by 2015

Ford Motor Co., on Tuesday said the company has sold the 4 millionth vehicle equipped with SYNC In-Car Connectivity System. Launching globally this year, SYNC is forecasted to reach nine million ...

Caterpillar to expand its R&D department in China

Caterpillar, the world's largest heavy machinery maker, on Wednesday said it plans to expand the company's multi-functional research and development or R&D center in Wuxi, China. The Wuxi center currently has ...

Sutil not axed due to Lux assault affair - Force India

Feb.4 (GMM/Inautonews.com) The assault charge had nothing to do with Adrian Sutil losing his race seat, Force India has ...

Williams has not run 2012 car yet

Feb.4 (GMM/Inautonews.com) Contrary to reports, Williams has not yet debuted its 2012 car. It was said the British team ran ...

Sauber not replacing departed tech boss Key

Feb.4 (GMM/Inautonews.com) Sauber's technical director James Key has left the Swiss team. In a media statement, the Ferrari-powered outfit said ...

Toyota sales up 7.5 percent in the U.S. in January

Toyota Motor Sales USA has reported sales of 124,540 vehicles for 24 selling days in January 2012, accounting for an ...

New car sales rose 4.3 percent in Australia last month on strong SUV demand

Sales of new automobiles in Australia grew a 4.3 percent in January to 76,783 units, according to Australia's Federal Chamber ...

Detroit Automakers Reject Japan Joining Trade Talks

President Barack Obama’s goal, to create a free trade pact in the Asia Pacific, hit Detroit automakers’ urge not to ...

Deloittes Accused over MG Rover-FT

Deloitte and one of its former partners have been hauled by the Accountancy and Actuarial Discipline Board before a public ...

Chrysler Hits Super Bowl with a Clint Eastwood Ad

This year Super Bowl will amaze us with some pretty awesome ads filled with colorful characters such as body-painted models, ...

Alonso and Massa are getting Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8s

The Jeep brand has recently announced that Formula 1 drivers, Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa, will each be getting a ...

[PHOTO GALLERY] Citroen Berlingo and Jumpy facelifts revealed

The Berlingo and Jumpy models have just received a facelift which will bring them closer to the rest of the ...

SsangYong Korando Limited Edition launched in the U.K.

The British division of SsangYong has recently announced the introduction of a limited edition Korando, which is coming with some ...

Santander extends Ferrari deal through 2017

Feb.3 (GMM/Inautonews.com) The Spanish bank Santander has extended its major sponsorship contract with formula one team Ferrari yet again. On ...

Hamilton ‘pathetic’ says Sutil’s angry father

Feb.3 (GMM/Inautonews.com) Adrian Sutil's father has joined the former Force India driver in slamming Lewis Hamilton. Hamilton, who was German ...

Whiting to attend Jerez amid legality rumours

Feb.3 (GMM/Inautonews.com) The teams, the fans and the world's media will not be the only ones with their eyes ...

Ferrari unveiled F2012 F1 Car [Video / Photos]

Ferrari unveiled their 2012 F1 Car Friday morning. While the car adheres to new rules regarding the position of the exhaust ...

Mercedes-Benz Citan van previewed

The German based automaker Mercedes-Benz has recently previewed the Citan delivery van, which will make its world debut next September, ...

[VIDEO] BMW 3-Series F30 Six commercials released

The German based automaker BMW has recently released six new commercial videos for the new 3-Series generation, codenamed the F30. After ...

BMW 1-Series GT going to Paris Motor Show

The BMW 1-Series GT will be launched at the 2012 Paris Motor Show and the model is expected to hit ...

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