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2010 was a very positive year for Chrysler. Although it is still the first of the five-year plan for the company turn-around, the American group seems to be heading in the right direction. In an email sent to Chrysler Group employees and contractors...

Today, if he was still alive, Fritz Huschke von Hanstein would celebrate his 100th birthday. As one of the greatest personalities in the history of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Huschke von Hanstein, who was Press Director, racing manager and racing d...

Ford will deliver a spectacle of a different kind to the audiece of the 2011 Detroit Auto Show with Ford engineers tearing down an engine that has gone a distance equal to six times around the earth and three quarters of the way to the moon. The eng...

While customers currently might experience average waiting times of up to 12-14 weeks at other maufactors, Mazda identified the field as one to improve its competitive position with regards to corporate customers. The brand developed a ‘fl...

With the first Chevrolet Volt’s reaching their customers, General Motors recalls the path towards the brand’s first electric production vehicle and acknowledges the importance of earlier projects that never made it to the markets. Genera...

A team of engineers and trainees at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Rastatt took up a challenge by their plant manager Peter Wasp, to create a unique car on the basis of a B-Class. With total creative freedom given to them, Andreas Würz, foreman in t...

Toyota announced the presentation of a broadened Prius range at the upcoming North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit which is taking place from January 10 until January 23, 2011. The Japanese brand is planning to unveil not only th...

SEAT Sport gave a preview of its plans for the 2011 season and declared a shift in focus away from organizing the SEAT León Supercopa and SEAT León Eurocup in Spain, and towards customer sports and the personalization of the brand's mod...

SEAT Sport gave a preview of its plans for the 2011 season and declared a shift in focus away from organizing the SEAT León Supercopa and SEAT León Eurocup in Spain, and towards customer sports and the personalization of the brand's mod...

Ford has launched its new and free smartphone app SYNC Destinations, available for owners of 2010 and 2011 Ford SYNC-equipped vehicles that are Traffic, Directions and Information (TDI)-capable.  Dave Gersabeck, SYNC TDI product manager, descri...