International

Tata might be most famous for building the world's least-expensive car, the $2500 Nano, but the Indian company bought Jaguar Land Rover from Ford in 2008 and has been running the two brands since. Tata already sells Land Rovers in India, and according to Tata CEO Carl-Peter Forster, Tata CEO, ...    Read more

Though there have been reports that even the rich are pulling back their (gold-plated) horns as the recession deepens worldwide, there are still many who demand the best life has to offer. Example: the Middle East. Bentley has just announced it is debuting two special models for the area. "We have ...    Read more

Indian automaker Tata Motors has announced plans to raise as much as $1 million for its luxury brands Jaguar and Land Rover. States Umesh Karne, a Mumbai-based analyst at BRICS Securities Ltd. “Tata may take about 6 months to one year to raise the full amount. They may be able to ...    Read more

Reports are circulating that Indian automaker Mahindra & Mahindra has its eye on sports car maker Lotus. Lotus, however, is owned by Indonesia automaker Proton, which is not interested in selling the British brand. Said a Lotus representative, "We undertake confidential engineering consultancy for clients via Lotus Engineering. There is a ...    Read more

Context, as they say, is always important, and that cliché applied to our quick romp in the Tata Nano. Part of the Continental excursion in Germany last week, the Tata Nano was the most heavily sought and driven vehicle on the track that day. Few Westerns have even seen ...    Read more

Ford is making its first splash into the Indian auto market with the introduction of its new four-door Figo. The Figo is made specifically for the Indian market. It is small -- 12.4 feet by 5.5 feet -- and easy to replace components like bumpers. The car also includes extra durable ...    Read more

DETROIT -- General Motors will conduct a safety recall of 1.3 million compact cars to replace a motor in the power steering system. Vehicles affected are the 2005-2010 Chevrolet Cobalt; 2007-2010 Pontiac G5; 2005-2006 Pontiac Pursuit sold in Canada, and the 2005-2006 Pontiac G4 sold in Mexico. GM told the National ...    Read more

One adage that is well in the front of the minds of executives at General Motors is, “Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.” The lesson has become all to clear. General Motors thought it had a buyer for Saturn only to see the deal fall through. The Saab deal was ...    Read more

IRVINE, Calif., February 17, 2010 – Kia Motors America’s (KMA) resident halo car, the 2010 Soul urban passenger vehicle, continues to accumulate accolades, having now been named to the “2010 Top Cars for Families” list by online parenting site MotherProof.com as “Best Overall Value.” Also given two “Top Safety Picks” by ...    Read more

DETROIT - An enhancement to its flagship emergency services will enable OnStar to electronically transmit precise longitude and latitude vehicle location data directly to 911 centers to increase the speed and accuracy of emergency response to its subscribers. Currently this information is relayed verbally by OnStar advisors to the Public ...    Read more

Has there been a time in your life when you wanted to own General Motors stock? Heck, not all that long ago GM was a mega-monster international firm that had sway over not just the U.S. economy but the world economy. What was good for the country was good for ...    Read more

Ethanol has been taking it on the chin in recent months. People have been complaining that ethanol made of corn was affecting the price of groceries and many environmentalists were saying that the production of the stuff takes up too much energy and assists in increasing global greenhouse gas emissions. ...    Read more

Preserving privacy has become an obstacle for the adoption or use of many policies and things. People fear a government plan to use GPS to monitor where, when and how they drive their car in order to come up with an alternative to a gasoline tax because of privacy concerns. ...    Read more

Is this the era of the Jetsons?For those not familar with the cartoon, the Jetsons was a kids' cartoon following the hijinks of a family in the future. A staple of the cartoon were flying cars. As you can imagine, thousands, if not millions, of dollars have been spent to ...    Read more

Another auto show has bit the dust due to the worldwide recession. The latest victim? The United Kingdom. Specifically, the British Motor Show. Per 4WheelNews: ...    Read more

While General Motors and Chrysler prepare to meet with the Obama Admistration on the domestic auto industries continued nightmare, the European Union is preparing its own rescue plans for its own car companies. At stake: billions of dollars and euros, all carefully balanced via anti-trust laws. Writes the ...    Read more

Remember when the execs over at General Motors were saying that bankruptcy was not an option? They said that there was no way that the company would choose that alternative -- nada, no way, forget about it. Well, things have steadily become worst for the Detroit auto giant. Now there ...    Read more

Imagine the time when there are no automobile accidents. It’s hard to believe. But technology is coming that could make it possible.The Michigan International Speedway in Detroit will be involved in the development of that technology. It is offering the track as a site where technology can be tested that ...    Read more

We’ve become so used to leaning over to the radio receiver or CD player and fooling with the knobs and buttons to work the device. Boy, it would be so much easier, and safer too, if we could control our car entertainment components via voice.Actually voice recognition has been involved ...    Read more

Car audio manufacturers have been trying to come up with a television for the car since the 1990s. The problem is, how do you get the signal to a moving object? Recent technology has come up with a way. Stream the data. Audiovox, in partnership with MediaFlow, has unveiled a ...    Read more

Seaoil Philippines said that there is an excess of 300,000 metric tons of sugar which could offer 222 million to 225 million liters of bioethanol next year. Moreover, the country’s Department of Agriculture said that 388,000 hectares are being used for sugarcane production and there are an additional 60,250 hectares ...    Read more

A biodiesel initiative is being developed for Fiji.The project is said to be worth $174 million (Fiji) or $97 million (U.S.). Bio-Fuels International is heading the project which has the support of the Fiji Department of Energy. The purpose of the project is to assist the island to reduce its ...    Read more

Here's some good news. One important reason In an eight-year study performed by the Association of International Automobile Manufacturers and The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, is that more parents are restraining their children in the vehicle. Thus, children are better protected and more survivean accident . The study shows that ...    Read more

No one likes a plagiarist or a patent infringer, especially those who make their living from the written word and developing innovative technologies. That’s why there is a U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC). Among other things, the agency protects businesses from other businesses infringing on their patents. The ITC started ...    Read more

We guess you could say that manufacturers has become more aggressive as far as its competition with supplying product through the car to new car owners. The result has been that some aftermarket retailers in some regions have felt the pinch. A study done by A.T. Kearney and SupplierBusiness seems ...    Read more