India - The Tata Nano Superdrive caravan, which travelled a distance of 15,000 km, touching 36 cities across India, concluded its 26-day voyage in Mumbai. The cars were flagged in by Mr. Ratan N. Tata, Chairman, Tata Sons & Tata Motors, in the presence of Tata Motors’ senior management.
The Tata Nano Superdrive, comprising 9 Tata [...]

India - Tata Motors is happy to announce that it is providing complete transport solution to the Queen’s Baton Relay, as part of Commonwealth Games 2010. The Baton came from Pakistan at the Wagah Border.
On its 100-day national tour, the baton will visit the capital of each state and union territory, and many other cities [...]

Tokyo – The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., announced that it would increase the annual production capacity of the passenger car and light truck (PC/LT) tire plant of Yokohama Tire Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd. by 1.4 million tires for the third-term expansion, expanding it to 4 million tires. Yokohama Rubber plans to start the increased [...]

Germany - The 2.5-liter unit in the Audi TT RS features both turbocharging and FSI direct gasoline injection technology, two of Audi’s core technologies, and marked a return to five cylinder engines for the brand with the four rings. With a displacement of 2,480 cubic centimeters, this engine produces 250 kW (340 hp) between 5,400 [...]

Germany - The engineers of AUDI AG and Audi Electronics Venture GmbH have looked into the future of active safety for three subprojects as part of the AKTIV research initiative. This field of research is focused on systems that intervene actively in the driving process and thus help to defuse critical situations and avoid accidents.
AKTIV [...]

New Delhi, India: Hyundai Motor India Ltd. (HMIL), the country’s largest exporter and the second largest car manufacturer, launched the all new Verna Transform, a ‘Dynamic by DNA’ luxury sedan. Loaded with dynamic features and a distinctive sporty styling, the all new Verna Transform aims to answer the customer’s need for dynamic styling by [...]

TORRANCE, Calif.– Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., filed a Noncompliance Information Report (NCIR) with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), informing the agency of the company’s intent to conduct a voluntary safety recall of potentially 17,000 2010 model year Lexus HS 250h vehicles to address a compliance issue with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety [...]

Japan- Honda Motor Co., Ltd. announced a summary of automobile production, Japan domestic sales, and export results for the month of May 2010.
<Production>Production in Japan for the month of May 2010 experienced a year-on-year increase for the fifth consecutive month (since January 2010).
Production in regions outside of Japan experienced a year-on-year increase for the [...]

Bangkok, thailand, – Ford Motor Company announced it is investing US$450 million (THB 15 billion) in a new state-of-the-art passenger vehicle manufacturing plant in Rayong, Thailand, scheduled for completion in 2012.
The facility will begin building the next-generation Ford Focus in 2012 for Thailand and other markets in the Asia-Pacific region. The highly flexible plant [...]

NEW YORK – Ford Motor Company won the “Business Turnaround of the Year for Companies with More Than 2,500 Employees” at the 2010 American Business Awards.
The award recognizes the Company’s efforts to turn the corner in 2009 in the face of a global economic and financial crisis, as well as unprecedented events in the U.S. [...]