Category: Autoblog

Another of the automotive suppliers taking a major hit right now is Navistar. The manufacturer of trucks and buses also builds diesel engines. The company has supplied diesel engines for Ford's heavy duty pickups and vans for three decades.…

Click the Roadster for a high-res gallery
After building a couple of dozen prototypes over the last two years and a single previous production model last December, Tesla Motors officially started series production of their Roadster today. Production…

Over at the Tesla Motors blog, future Roadster owner Ken Jacobs has written a guest post about his recent visit to England. While he and his wife were in the UK, they hopped over to Hethel, the home of Lotus and primary assembly site of the Roadster.…

At the National RV trade show, Freightliner Custom Chassis is introducing what is claimed to be the first hybrid electric Class A motorhome chassis. The ecoFRED (not a typo) chassis is equipped with Eaton's heavy duty hybrid electric system.…

Honda this week issued its annual environmental report card on itself. And as you might have guessed from a public self examination they did pretty well. Actually it should be no surprise for Honda to do well, because they have always built some of…

First generation Ford Bronco – Click above for high-res image gallery
Imagine your disappointment when you find what looks like a great deal on a 1967 Ford Mustang on Craigslist, only to realize the body is 90 percent Bondo. You could head back to…

Toyota is expected to lose nearly $5 billion and Nissan is out $3 billion. Meanwhile in Maranello, Italy, life goes on unchanged… at least for now. Ferrari has just released its 2008 financial results, and while the rest of the automotive world is…

Kia Venga EV concept – Click above for high-res image gallery
Apparently our Geneva Motor Show crew overlooked a one of the cars at the Kia stand this week. The Korean company showed off a battery electric version of its new Venga B-segment tall…

Back in November, it was first reported that former Opel CEO Carl-Peter Forster would join Tata Motors to run its British operations at Jaguar- Land Rover. While nothing came of that rumor, last week Forster was named as the new CEO of the parent…

Chrysler has announced this morning that it's moving up the closing of its Newark, DE assembly plant. The closure was originally announced in February 2007 and was planned to happen later in 2009. Instead, the plant will be shuttered effective…