German automaker Daimler opened its first Mercedes-Benz factory in eastern Europe here Thursday, a rare sign of foreign investor confidence in a country at odds with the European Union. View full post on All Stories
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Strong US sales offset Ford’s losses elsewhere
January 28th, 2012 
admin US automaker loses money in Europe and Asia View full post on All Stories
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No Comments »VW raises MAN holding as step towards Scania merger (AFP)
May 9th, 2011 admin AFP – Europe’s biggest automaker, Volkswagen, unveiled on Monday plans to advance towards a merger of truck makers MAN and Scania by increasing its holding in MAN to more than 30 percent. View full post on All Stories
Posted in car reviews ratings Tags: AFP, automaker, Europe, merger, Scania, Volkswagen No Comments »Art Basel Miami Beach Kicks Off With VIP Showings, Neon Concerts
December 6th, 2010 admin Ayinde O. Chase – AHN News Editor Miami Beach, FL, United States (AHN) – South Beach is once again ground zero for art lovers, collectors and those who enjoy the parties that surround them. The ninth annual Art Basel Miami Beach kicked off on Wednesday to VIPs and opened to the public on Thursday. The [...]
Posted in automobile reviews Tags: Art, Art Bas, Art Basel, art basel miami, art basel miami beach, Art Dealers, aston martins, Atlantic, Basel, Beach, BERLIN, Collins Park, Concerts, Deauville Beach, Detroit, Europe, Glasgow, hipster jeans, Kicks, Latin America, Magic City, Mexico City, Miami, Miami Beach, miami dade county, NADA, Neon, New York, O. Chase - AHN, Showings, South Beach, South Florida, south florida weather, United States, Wednesday, world No Comments »Tesla Motors settles trademark dispute in Europe
December 5th, 2010 admin Tesla Motors Inc., a Silicon Valley electric automaker, has settled a trademark dispute in Europe with the heir to a Soviet-bloc supplier of blackand-white TVs. View full post on All Stories
Posted in car reviews ratings Tags: automaker, blackand white, dispute, Europe, Inc, Motors, Settles, Silicon Valley, soviet bloc, Tesla, tesla motors inc, trademark, trademark dispute No Comments »Future car model programmes in South Africa
September 4th, 2010 admin Volkswagen GroupAutomotive investment in South Africa, which slowed to a trickle as the economy contracted in 2009, has lately begun to pour into the country following several rounds of interest rate cuts. Volkswagen, the market leader, is the best example, having created 1,000 new jobs created between mid-2009 and mid-2010 at its Uitenhage plant in [...]
Posted in car reviews ratings Tags: Africa, Australia, bmw 3 series, Durban, East, Eastern Cape, eastern cape province, Elizabeth, Europe, Future, gauteng province, India, London, market, mercedes benz c, model, passenger car market, plant, polo polo, Port, Pretoria, programmes, South, South Africa, Thailand 1 Comment »2010 Cadillac Cts Sport Wagon – Art And Science
August 18th, 2010 admin Following Cadillac’s successful launch of the 2003 CTS, XLR roadster, CTS-based SRX crossover, and STS sedan ‘ all designed based on Cadillac’s “Art and Science” style motif, followed by the redesigned and reengineered 2008 CTS sport sedan, Cadillac brings us the 2010 CTS Sport Wagon, the first ever North American station wagon (not counting all [...]
2010 Suzuki Grand Vitara Review – An Off-Road SUV That Performs On-Road
July 22nd, 2010 Kenji Alexis The Grand Vitara has always been a rather agricultural beast, but Suzuki has realized that the expectations of buyers of small four-wheel drives have moved on. The new Grand Vitara has been designed to perform rather better on-road, starting with the fundamentals. The ladder-frame chassis has gone, replaced by a monocoque structure.
Posted in automobile reviews Tags: Car, Europe, frame chassis, Grand, grand vitara, Japan, ladder frame, macpherson strut, macpherson strut suspension, new grand vitara, Suzuki, UK, Vitara 1 Comment »2010 Ford Focus Review – Out of the Box Thinking Done Right by Ford
June 1st, 2010 Kenji Alexis Ford has done things a little differently with the new Focus, especially the four-door sedan model. It launched the Focus range at the Paris Motor Show in late September last year, but the prototype Focus Concept, a thinly disguised Focus sedan, was actually revealed three months earlier in June at the Beijing Motor Show.
