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McLaren To Launch Retail Network On June 21
Once the London store is up and running, McLaren will open two more stores in the UK, one in Manchester on June 30, with another to follow in Birmingham, the UK’s second largest city and once home to it’s car industry, on July 5th.
Mazda to Build New Factory in Mexico
In addition, both companies will also set up a joint sales venture in Brazil, in an effort to capitalize on that country’s fast growing auto market.
Toyota Expects North American Production to Reach 100 Percent by September
At present, since the first week of June, eight of Toyota’s 12 North American plants are now running at 100 percent capacity and the progress so far means that it’s likely full production will resume quicker than originally thought.
McLaren F1 Designer Gordon Murray Creates F1-Inspired Batmobile For Stage Production
Boasting tandem seating with retractable canopies, Murray says the idea behind it was “that it could be a real car of the future.” It’s also powered by a hydrogen fuel cell something that Murray said “all of our cars could have in 20 years time.”
Chrysler Announces New Recalls
The automaker said the cause of the problem was “improper identification of rejected components by new employees during the second shift.” Out of some 14,000 steering columns Chrysler inspected, it found that seven of them boasted missing or incorrect rivets.
Eaton Superchargers Takes Aim At Turbos
However Eaton Corp, one of the largest manufacturers of OE positive displacement superchargers, is hoping to reverse the trend toward turbos, by introducing a new line of superchargers, dubbed the Twin Vortices Series, aimed at small displacement applications (engines as small as 1.2-liters in fact).
Next US-Bound Toyota Hybrid Will be a Truck
Introducing a variant of the Dutro hybrid to North America is part of Hino’s goal to quadruple sales in our market, to approximately 140,000 units annually by 2015.
Brussels Remains Europe’s Most Congested City
evertheless some parts of the UK, notably Northern Ireland have seen significant drops in traffic volume. Belfast has seen a reduction by around 2 percent, while south of the border in EIRE, Dublin has seen a 9.7 percent drop in the last year.
Mercedes Driver to Attempt New Drift Record
Calo, piloting either an E63 or S63 Mercedes AMG, will attempt to hold the car in a third gear drift for four minutes at a speed of 55 mph, covering a distance of 10,000 ft, in order to beat the current 8,000 ft record.
VW Tiguan TDI Diesel May Come to U.S. in 2015
However, the problem in actually selling one on these shores is down to two major factors, emissions requirements and supply.
GM Confirms Commitment to Opel, No Plans to Sell Says CEO Akerson
Nevertheless, speculation, particularly in the German media continues, with reports that GM is ‘reviewing options’ for its European unit, with possibly Volkswagen AG and Bejing Automotive Industry Holding Co being named as potential buyers.
Renault-Nissan Open Silicon Valley Research Office
In an official press release, the Renault-Nissan Alliance stated that the office will “build staff organically,” to focus on specific projects and business developments as they emerge.”
Honda, Toyota Falling Behind in Key Market Segments
According to Eric Nobel, of the Orange, California based consulting firm The Car Lab, both Honda and Toyota are losing ground because their products haven’t been competitive in crucial market segments since the first half of the last decade.
Lincoln Confirms Next-Gen Navigator
Scott Tobin, director of product development for Lincoln, said during a short video on the company’s Facebook page, that not only will the Navigator stick around long-term, it will likely remain as a large, heavy-duty vehicle designed for hauling and towing.
Honda Dealers Can Take Orders For Fit And Insight Models
The news is welcome relief for dealers, whose supply of smaller cars was running desperately low in some cases, nevertheless, Mendel re-iterated that dealers still needed to be aggressive on the sales and marketing front to move metal, even if stockpiles are returning to normal levels.
Toyota Predicts 31 Percent Drop In Profits Due To Japan Quake
Nevertheless, Toyota is trying to be optimistic about the future. In Tokyo today, the company’s Chief Financial Officer, Satoshi Ozawa, said “Toyota will do it’s best to recover from the delays in delivery.”
Aston V12 Zagato Gets Ready for Nürburgring Challenge
The 51st ADAC Reinoldus-Langstreckenrennen VLN5 four-hour race will be used as a test session to evaluate the race car’s setup as well as familiarize the driver team with the course. It also marks the first time that both V12 Zagato race cars will have run together in competition.
Large Scale Solar Panels Make Toyota’s UK Factory A Pioneer
It is believed that once operational the solar panel array will save up to 2000 metric tonnes of Co2 emissions and 4,600,000 kilowatts of energy on a yearly basis, while at the same time generating enough to cover the production of 7,000 cars per annum.
Aston Martin To Move Rapide Production From Austria To The UK
The move comes as facility restrictions at Gaydon, in place when Rapide production originally began and making the task almost impossible on UK turf a the time, have now finally been lifted.
Nissan Builds One Millionth Frontier
It’s a far cry from the late 1970s and 1980s, when compact trucks were one of the hottest things going and individual models, like Nissan’s own Hardbody regularly sold in excess of 100,000 units.
Audi To Provide Porsche with Hot Twin Turbo Diesel V6
Designed for installation in Porsche’s new baby SUV, the Cajun, said diesel is a potent piece, churning out 309 hp and a staggering 479 lb-ft of torque in Euro trim.
Ram Heavy Duty Pickup May Get Ram Box Feature
According to sources, Ram is seriously considering the feature, though on the larger trucks the Ram Box would be part of a longer 6 foot 4-inch bed (it’s 5 feet 7 inches on the 1500 trucks).
U.S. Senator Pushing to Stop Rental Car Agencies from Using Recalled Vehicles
However, Schumer feels that the proposed system simply doesn’t go far enough. “The latest proposal by car rental companies to create a vague double-standard that defines some recalled cars as safe and others as dangerous allows these companies to shirk their responsibility to consumers’ safety,” he said.
Honda Adding Second Shift to Civic Production in Indiana
So far this year, sales of small cars are up by 20 percent over 2010, spurred in part by higher fuel prices. Honda’s overall sales are up by 17 percent, as is demand for the Civic, so the news probably could not have come at a better time.
