Mercedes-Benz is looking to build new plants in China and in either Mexico or the U.S. as it forges ahead with plans to double its sales by the year 2020. The information was revealed by Dieter Zetsche, the CEO of Mercedes’ parent Daimler, during a recent interview with Germany’s...
Honda is vigorously implementing new weight saving measures in the design and construction of its cars, according to latest reports coming out of Japan. The move is said to... December 27, 2011 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran
Following this month’s earlier report that Lexus was looking at building more cars in North America, a top Infiniti exec has now revealed that the rival Japanese... December 19, 2011 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran
With the yen continuing to strengthen automakers are finding it increasingly difficult to build cars at a profit in Japan. The situation is becoming so dire that Lexus is... December 8, 2011 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran
To produce a state-of-the-art supercar, nothing less than a state-of-the-art production facility will do. Until recently, production of the McLaren MP4-12C has been handled... November 22, 2011 by Antony Ingram
After reinvigorating its presence in the consumer market with the MP4-12C, McLaren has no plans to slow down. In addition to the recently spotted MP4-12C Spider, McLaren is... November 18, 2011 by Chris Weiss 1
Upon discovering that customers of its MP4-12C were having issues with their newly delivered supercar, McLaren made the tough decision of halting any further deliveries until... November 9, 2011 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran
The latest generation BMW 1-Series Hatchback may not be the prettiest design we’ve seen recently but the car’s certainly an improvement over the one it replaces... November 4, 2011 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran
In the not too distant future BMW is very likely to build most of its cars outside of Germany. The automaker currently builds about 62 percent of its cars in Germany, down... November 1, 2011 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran 1
Like many concept cars in recent years, the Kia GT Concept was built not with any specific production intent in mind, but with the possibility always present in the... September 20, 2011 by Nelson Ireson
About a month ago reports surfaced claiming Mercedes-Benz was planning to launch its own coupe-like crossover to target the BMW X6 and Acura ZDX. The rakish crossover, most... July 25, 2011 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran
Mercedes-Benz currently builds its M-Class and G-Class SUVs as well as the R-Class MPV at its assembly plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, but in the future we’re going to... July 22, 2011 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran
Saab may have some money in the pot, as well as its new Chinese backers, but the struggling Swedish automaker still hasn’t managed to come to terms with its suppliers... July 22, 2011 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran
The Volkswagen Beetle and Mexico are inexorably linked. From as far back as 1967 and running until 2003 when production ended for good, Volkswagen's Puebla factory produced... July 21, 2011 by Antony Ingram
The last we heard, Audi was postponing its decision on U.S. production plans due to a shortage of sales and the need to develop a suitable supplier network to source parts... July 10, 2011 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran 2
In any sort of a car accident, you'd want to know that a baby or toddler travelling in a special seat would be protected as thoroughly as possible, and several regulations... May 18, 2011 by Antony Ingram
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