Just this afternoon an interesting piece of news cropped up as an interesting bit of information has been released from SAAB as they announce their new choice for a head designer. The name of the new head of design at the Swedish company is Jason Castriota, an American designer who’s most memorable creation is the
Pending a situation of uncertainty and a delay of a session destined to reach a decision, Opel finally got an answer from the German government and it will be not receiving any state aid. Yesterday, GM’s request for aid from the federal government in order to keep its Opel unit going clashed with representatives and
May was a pretty good month for Buick dealers as they registered a 37% increase in work volume when compared to last year’s stats for the same month. When figures are compared with last month the increase in sales registered at the American company is even better as it measures 46%.
It would seem that people who were waiting for the small diesel pickups made in India will have to keep on waiting as their launch date has been pushed back to December 2010. This is the fourth time these pickups are postponed and the original American launch date has now grown past an year’s delay
More news from Detroit as General Motors has just announced better sales figures for this month when compared to last year’s April disastrous sales. Mind you, while this April 2010 has better sales than April 2009 it’s still 2% down on March 2010.
We all remember the horrific news that came from Detroit around a year ago but now the headlines make for pretty much opposite extras to read all about. In short, Ford has recorded $2.1 billion in profits, General Motors managed to pay off the treasury loan early despite proving profits and Chrysler have managed to
The title is correct, the Nissan 350Z is the one to get the modded ECU which may seem weird since the Nissan 370 Z has been around for quite some time now. The fact of the matter is that the Japanese sports car which is designed in America, styled by a British Indian and is
President Barack Obama said that the bailouts that the government funded for the American automotive industry had paid off. The announcement made it to the public via the president’s Web address last Saturday.
Fisker Automotive will receive a loan totaling 529 million dollars from the U.S. Department of Energy for the development of tow plug-in hybrid electric-vehicles. This loan will provide Fisker with the resources needed to produce the Karma plug-in hybrid sedan and a line of family oriented models being developed under the company’s Project NINA program.
Fiat‘s five year business plan has left us with amazing announcements that range from resignations to rebranding. The latter one is actually related but it does raise an interesting question: Do you really want American automotive engineering mixed with Italian build quality?
