DETROIT – Once a marginal auto maker from South Korea, Kia Motors America is finding its way in the fierce U.S. market with attractive warranties, low-priced vehicles and, now, new product that promises to make the company even more...
DETROIT – Saying Audi of America Inc. will sell more vehicles this year than the 78,000-plus units the company moved in 2004, Johan de Nyssthen, recently installed executive vice president, promises the surging upscale unit of Volkswagen AG...
DETROIT – Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. Inc.’s Lexus brand officially announces a hybrid version of its next-generation GS 430 here at the North American International Auto Show. The GS 430h will follow the planned rollout of the first...
DETROIT – This will be the year of big decisions for Porsche AG. CEO Wendelin Wiedeking is promising the German sports-car maker in the next few months will determine whether it will offer a gasoline-electric hybrid drive system for its...
DETROIT – Although he has been in his new position just four days, Mitsubishi Motors North America President and CEO Richard Gilligan says he is here to stay – as is his beleaguered company. “If I really thought in my heart of...
DETROIT – Blame it on steroids, a steady diet of Popeye’s spinach or some General Motors Corp. engineers gone mad, the ’06 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 is freakishly powerful. Introduced here at the 2005 North American International...
DETROIT – As a result of continued strong demand for its hugely popular Hemi 5.7L V-8, Chrysler Group says it will invest an additional $70 million at its Saltillo, Mexico, engine plant. The investment should help boost output of the Hemi...
Firepower Has No Staying Power A production version of Chrysler Group’s Firepower will have to be renamed because Chrysler found out that the Exide folks own that name for their batteries. "Firepower is a sport tourer that's more refined and...
DETROIT – General Motors Corp. would consider legal action if entrepreneur Malcolm Bricklin decides to import the China-built Chery QQ car to the U.S. GM owns a 42.1% stake in South Korea-based GM Daewoo Auto & Technology Co., which has...
DETROIT – Subaru of America Inc. predicts its U.S. sales will top 200,000 units this year, up from the 187,402 units the auto maker delivered in 2004, a top company executive says. “That is going to be a big breakthrough for us,”...