Nearly two weeks after it pompously announced it submitted a merger proposal to French carmaker Renault, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) said on Wednesday (June 5) that it is dropping any plans to continue with such the deal, citing opposition from the French political environment. The...
After 20 years at the helm of Jaguar’s car design department, Ian Callum is to leave his position on July 1, to be replaced by the current creative design director, Julian Thomson. In the auto industry, the name Jaguar is usually spelled Ian Callum. The 64-year-old British-born has...
At the end of May, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles found its match and officially requested French carmaker Renault to consider a merger. Exactly a week since the proposal was made, Renault is yet to answer and its partners in the Alliance seem at a loss. In a statement attributed to the Nissan’s...
With the launch of the online configurator for the locally made Model 3 in China, Tesla opened the floodgates to other markets in the region: Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, and Macau. In Hong Kong, prices for the car begin at HK$330,000, and there will be only one version available, the...
Citing extremely strong sales for the Chevrolet Silverado 1500 and GMC Sierra 1500 pickup trucks in recent months, American company GM announced on Thursday (May 30) it will be making a new investment in one of the plants in charge with manufacturing them. As per GM, the Fort Wayne assembly plant...
A special Daimler company has just been created and tasked with making self-driving trucks a common sight on American roads by the end of the next decade, marking a major push by the Germans to become leaders in this emerging segment. Called Autonomous Technology Group (ATG), the company will...
Following Monday’s decision by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) to ask for a merger with French carmaker Renault - probably this year's single major industry shift - the world was expecting some type of answer to the proposition. But, sweet as the deal may have seemed, Renault...
Last summer, Volkswagen’s Spanish brand SEAT announced its intention to enter the Chinese market, courtesy of mother company’s joint venture with local company JAC. Although the official date of entry was not announced at the time, a major step toward taken this week in Spain points to...
For a number of years now, with some exceptions, the automotive industry has bee quiet and void of major shifts. This makes the proposed merger between Fiat Chrysler and Renault one of the biggest industry moves announced in the past two or three years. Over the weekend, rumors began surfacing of...
Remember when Honda introduced the 1.5-liter VTEC Turbo in the Civic? How about when the CR-V switched to the 1.5 as the entry-level engine? As it happens, the four-cylinder powerplant isn’t the most reliable out there, and that’s somewhat worrying if you remember that Honda...
Most of us have nearly forgotten the Model 3 production hiccups that nearly brought Tesla to its knees at the beginning of 2018. We forgot because the company somehow managed to pull it together and get on top of the high demand. In the last quarter of 2018, Tesla broke all records in terms of...
Ah, the Supra! What started life as a Celica went on to become its own model in no time at all. The third and fourth generations are the most collectible, but the Supra Mk4 stands out as the poster child of the import tuning scene in the United States of America. Up to now, owners of the A70 and...
We’re living in a day and age where automakers need to calibrate a transmission with the engine and the rest of the vehicle before rolling out the car to the dealership. From a software standpoint, that’s the biggest challenge imaginable. MINI is a prime example of this scenario,...
In an effort to cut both expenses and bureaucracy, American car manufacturer Ford is on the verge of letting go around 7,000 people, most of them working in white-collar positions across the world, starting as soon as this week. According to CNN, citing a letter sent by the company's CEO Jim...
Two separate incidents in the past month, involving Tesla cars catching fire in Shanghai and Hong Kong, have prompted the American carmaker to come up with a software fix that will update the charge and thermal management settings on Model S and Model X vehicles. The announcement was made on...
