Automotive News

DowJones’ on-line MarketWatch listed its top picks for such categories as Car of the Year, Biggest Surprise, and Comeback. The categories, *** and our comments include:Car of the Year: Ferrari F430This pick immediately told us that the MarketWatch reviewers were car enthusiasts. That fine with us since we are, ...    Read more

Back in October, The Weekly Asahi, a Japanese magazine, published an article discussing the possibility of a leak at Nissan Motor Co.The leak was from the automaker’s customer database. Nissan could not verify the magazine’s allegations since the Asahi refused to hand its copy over. Instead, though, Nissan started its ...    Read more

Michigan may be the front runner in competition between it, Tennessee, and Kentucky to get a new Toyota engine plant. WILX television in Lansing, Michigan reported that the new plant could add as many as four thousand major manufacturing jobs. However, there has been no word from Toyota, and it ...    Read more

Enjoy. Be Safe. Drive Safe.Happy holidays and New Year from the staff at Automotive.com.

From vehicles talking to each other to General Motors debuting four new concept at the Detroit Auto Show to the upcoming Saturn Astra, here’s a sample at this week automotive news:V2V has cars talking to each other 2008 Chevrolet Malibu: Nose Job hints of New Face ...    Read more

Most modified pickups are either youthful, flashy, or just plain strange. Chevrolet, though, took a rare path--creative--for its new Colorado Crew Cab Z71 Plus. GM engineers and tuners took a 2007 Colorado crew cab pickup and then took parts from the Hummer H3 like the 5.3 liter V-8 engine commonly ...    Read more

Sales of the rear vision backup camera offered by many car audio specialty retailers around the country is expected to gain traction with consumers as the products become simpler to install and less costly. Back up camera sales are estimated to be about 100,000 a year.Aftermarket car audio retailers have ...    Read more

Jaguars were originally built in Browns Lane, Coventry, U.K. Last October Delamar, a property construction firm, offered to purchase the property but was unable to come up with the cash to close the deal. Now a new buyer has been found and, this time, the deal is expected to be ...    Read more

Earlier we posted news about the General Motors UK and its labor issues. One specific contention involves the Opel car factory in Antwerp, Belgium. Union representatives there have announced that Opel and its American version Saturn (pictured is the Saturn Astra) will continue production at least until 2012. ...    Read more

The United States Justice Department reports that automaker DaimlerChrysler has agreed to pay $1.2 million to settle allegations that it was too slow in notifying federal agencies about defects in its Mercedes brand cars. The settlement also requiresthe automakerto improve its investigations and reporting of emissions controls. The latter will ...    Read more