Engineers across the Ford brands are creating intelligent active safety technologies that help drivers avoid accidents, as well as developing passive safety technologies, which protect occupants at the point of a collision.
The challenge is to devise active safety systems that do ...

The motorization of the emerging markets, with China and India leading the way, is about to give the global motor vehicle industry a second wind. A newly released white paper by Keystone India, "The World's Top Auto Markets by 2030", projects that over the next quarter century, ...

The results of a quarterly "Fast Track Leadership" survey of business professionals released today suggest that China and India are likely to gain significant market share from the US in the information technology, automotive and Internet sectors.
Further, the vast majority of ...

All Saab 9-3 and 9-5 models have now achieved top marks for protection against neck injury following the latest round of rear-end collision tests conducted by the Thatcham insurance research center in the United Kingdom. All are fitted as standard with Saab Active Head ...

While most of America was fueling up with turkey and fixings over the holiday weekend, a Toyota billboard marked a significant milestone in reducing fuel consumption.
The billboard, located beside the 405 Freeway in El Segundo, Calif., is similar to an odometer and clicks forward ...

The restructuring process and the trade union negotiations at Volvo Cars have now been completed. Of the 180 positions who were previously notified of redundancy, 40 will be given notice. In total Volvo Cars will reduce the number of jobs globally with 1,470.
In line with the ...

The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers today announced that its member companies have more than 60 cutting-edge, advanced technology autos either on sale now or in development.
Automakers are investing billions of dollars to develop and introduce new fuel-efficient automobiles ...

After Hurricane Katrina, flood-damaged cars in Louisiana's hardest-hit parishes were left sitting in water contaminated with e coli and fuel for up to four weeks before insurance companies could get in and start pulling them out. Environmental officials advised that these cars ...

Engineers across the Ford brands are creating intelligent active safety technologies that help drivers avoid accidents, as well as developing passive safety technologies, which protect occupants at the point of a collision.
The challenge is to devise active safety systems that do ...

TOYOTA announced today the nationwide launch in Japan of the new compact sedan, Belta. The new Belta, which means "beauty" or "beautiful person" in Italian, was designed to be a compact and stylish sedan, incorporating all of the appeal of a compact sedan into a vehicle with ...

3DVU announced today that its 3rd generation VisualMap technology presenting satellite imagery and terrain elevation, will fuel Daewoo Precision Industries’ in-car navigation system. This system is targeted for the preinstalled OEM and dealer option markets in Korea. For the ...

Ford Motor Company has been named the 'Best Performing Corporate Organisation' at the Mayor of London's Green Procurement Code awards, in recognition of its contribution to materials recycling.
During 2005 the company, which employs around 14,000 people in the UK including 4,500 ...

Each year approximately 5,000 pedestrians (including bicyclists) are killed along U.S. roads -- 2,300 of them occurring at night -- and another 70,000 pedestrians are injured in traffic crashes, according to a 2003 NHTSA report. On average, a pedestrian is killed in a traffic ...

Harley-Davidson Motor Company has issued a voluntary safety recall on 2006 model year Dyna series motorcycles built between June 9 and October 19, 2005. Approximately 13,400 motorcycles are included in the recall. The transmissions in the affected motorcycles have a defect which ...

The first round of government crash tests for new model year 2006 passenger vehicles have resulted in five getting top honors. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently completed its first round of front and side impact crash tests on new vehicles ...

The hustle and bustle of the holidays is approaching fast and Help Eliminate Auto Thefts (H.E.A.T.) aims to keep safety top-of-mind among preoccupied shoppers who are particularly vulnerable this season.
To help ensure the 2005 holiday shopping season stays safe for Michigan ...

MOTOR TREND magazine today announced the selection of the Honda Civic as the 2006 MOTOR TREND Car of the Year.
After two full weeks of intense scrutiny, track testing, performance drives, and walk-around appraisals, MOTOR TREND editors found each of the 2006 Honda Civic models to ...

General Motors will undergo a wide-ranging restructuring of its manufacturing operations in the United States and Canada as part of its comprehensive four-point plan to return the company to profitability and long-term growth, GM Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner announced today.
GM's ...

More than two years after purchasing a pre-certified Honda Civic for his stepson, Robert Beaves received a letter from the Pennsylvania Attorney General informing him the car was previously declared a "total loss" by State Farm Insurance. The carrier omitted the salvage history ...

Ford Motor Co. plans to eliminate 4,000 white-collar jobs as part of a larger restructuring plan. A majority of the job cuts  will be made in the first quarter of 2006.