For the employees of the Nissan plant in Smyrna, Tennessee, today was actually a good day at work. No promotions were made, no bonuses were given, but there was a little treat. It was to be found in going home with the joy of knowing their contribution lead to a big thing, as earlier today
Historians sit by the water cooler and joke about this tremendously, but actually we’re faced with good news. The Koreans at Kia are investing in America. Being a little more specific, the investment will be directed towards the assembly plant Kia holds in West Point, Georgia. The new investment will increase production capacity at the
It has been several years since Ford held an actually significant stake of the Mazda pie and ever once and again we see more proof of these two companies “breaking up”. The last of such endeavors is that Mazda will soon stop production at a joint plant in Michigan which is owned by Ford, ergo
The supercar game is very difficult to get into, even if you’re a company with great success on the racetracks around the world. Nobody proves this better than Joss who, in making their JP1, have had years go by to reach today’s point where just a few hurdles stand between them and production of their
Saab’s tricky financial situation isn’t exactly looking up despite the recent update of Chinese collaborations with Pang Da. The last we heard from the Swedish didn’t really sound as bad as the usual stuff of recent situations but I wouldn’t exactly be ready to pop the cork with their management. Saab announced their resuming of
Fisker is clearly a company that knows luxury despite their startup status so knowing how to get hold of money is certainly no mystery to them. Their latest announcement however is totally surprising, especially since we haven’t heard a peep out of them since they told us about making a business plan for a new
Most of us barely remember the natural disaster that happened in Japan just two months ago but despite being the nation who experienced it first hand, Japan seems to have put it well behind. Saying things like this may be a bit of an exaggeration but Toyota is just one of the many enterprises that
Initial reports that contained the killing off of the Mazda 6 and Subaru Tribeca were wrong. We know for certain that Mazda is keeping their slow selling sedan on the market for at least another generation, as the Japanese themselves claim.
The original Volvo XC90 was a great attempt from the Swedish towards making an SUV they way parents wanted it as opposed to how off-road enthusiasts did. In a recent announcement we’ve been told they plan on making a brand new version of the Volvo XC90 and this time they are going to overcome some
Technically, Ram is supposed to be the Chrysler Group’s trucking brand but I find that hard to digest when so far they were only doing pickups. With the Ram Long-Hauler Concept coming along, some hope started to come along, and as I can now see it as a their commercial division to the point where
Not that long ago, people used to make fun about how the British manufacturers forgot to stop making or update their cars. Most of those jokes have been wiped away by recent efforts but there’s one car that’s hardly ever changed since all the way back in 1983, it’s the Land Rover Defender of course.
Here’s something unexpected, one of the dead British car manufacturers we haven’t heard of in quite some time is now sending a new model into production. The Manufacturer is MG, the car is simply named the MG6 and the production will take place on homeland, at a facility in Birmingham.
The Bavarians know how to have their fun, and for some parts (such as the M3 Pickup) we go along for the ride but this isn’t really the case. Word broke out from Munich that BMW built what they’re calling an M6 CSL, and it never made approval for the production lines as there was
The 2011 Honda Odyssey already had a recall this year and it was one of the weirdest ever, one I blamed on users more than Honda. Honda’s previous recall was related to some wiper problems, but this time the 2011 Odyssey has trouble with the front windows.
Japan’s manufacturers may be suffering from the natural disasters that struck their country but the Koreans are doing far better. Once the market demand wasn’t being met by them, Kia has decided to step up and cover it with their SUV production.
The Germans who claim they make the people’s car and yet are going slightly up class lately told us that their new Golf Cabriolet would enter production this month and they’ve kept their word. Before any sort of launch can take place this month, the management at VW has announced the exact location of the
In case you guys forgot about the start of the year bringing us rumors about Alfa Romeo being sold to Volkswagen, here’s something to remind us all about it. This update on the situation focuses on the newly revealed Alfa Romeo 4C sports car and how ownership from VW could help it.
While I’m not a big fan of the 2012 Ford Focus, mostly because its looks and yet I am aware of how many of them will be sold. The leadership of the Blue Oval is also aware of this and therefore they decided to have a word with their part suppliers about it.
Don’t you just love rumorsville? Where else could you find out stuff like the Renault Captur actually coming to life in production form. When the French unveiled the Renault Captur ahead of the Geneva Motor Show they did say this would be a future design language but this is ridiculous.
Nissan may have refined the EV technology to the point where the Leaf is actually a viable and usable vehicle in the real world but they still have some problems. And according to the latest announcement to come from the Japanese, Nissan’s biggest problem with the Leaf EV is making it fast enough.
