Automotive interiors giant Johnson Controls Inc. says about 80% of the seats it has produced for multiple auto makers over the past four years have a common bond: They all share the same guts. JCI's MS seat frame an acronym for Master Plan...
The B-car segment is on Chrysler Group’s ‘A’ list for the 2006 Geneva Motor Show. Next month, the auto maker will display a Dodge-branded B-car concept designed to blend “European sensibility” with “an American...
DEL MAR, CA – Kia Motors Corp. really was on to something when it brought out the first-generation Sedona minivan in 2001. The South Korean auto maker knew the segment was small, but the prices were getting larger every year. Not...
Nissan North America Inc. takes the wraps off its new '07 Sentra sedan today at the 2006 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. The compact car has been redesigned six times, although this is the first time in almost 10 years. After a...
DETROIT Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. Inc. unveils a concept it hopes will reenergize the minivan segment here at the North American International Auto Show. The F3R, which stands for “Freedom 3-Row,” was co-developed by Toyota's...
DETROIT Johnson Controls Inc. uses the North American International Auto Show here to unveil a pair of seat-based safety features designed to reduce lower extremity and whiplash-induced injuries resulting from front- and rear-end collisions...
DETROIT – Ford Motor Co.’s Reflex concept, unveiled here at the North American International Auto Show, is a greenie’s dream. The diesel-electric hybrid engine gets up to 65 mpg (3.6 L/100 km). The sporty 2-door hosts solar...
TOKYO Audi AG will decide early next year whether a business case can be made for its 2-door station wagon introduced at the Tokyo Motor Show here. The upscale Shooting Brake, which uses the aluminum-steel chassis of the next-generation Audi TT...
FRANKFURT – In this modular era in which suppliers ship fully assembled axles, corner modules and instrument panels direct to the vehicle plant, it is surprising the industry has not figured out a way to supply a fully assembled sliding door...
If one can deduce directly from concept cars displayed at September's Frankfurt auto show, interiors of the future will have Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports to transfer all sorts of personal information and music. The Paris show a year ago had...