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Motorsport.com - Thu Dec 3, 9:04 pm ET
Young Driver Days in Jerez. Day three - Thursday Programme: For the third and final young driver day in Jerez the BMW Sauber F1 Team had a rather more mature driver at the wheel!
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New York Times - Thu Dec 3, 6:26 am ET
PSA Peugeot Citroën , the giant French automaker, said Thursday that it had started discussions on forming a “strategic partnership” with Mitsubishi Motors of Japan, which could result in it buying a stake, Matthew Saltmarsh reports in The New York Times.
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Bloomberg - Wed Dec 2, 7:11 pm ET
Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Mitsubishi Motors Corp. denied a Nikkei newspaper report that it’s in talks to sell as much as 300 billion yen ($3.4 billion) in new shares to PSA Peugeot Citroen .
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Detroit News - Wed Dec 2, 1:19 am ET
Toyota Motor Corp.'s 2010 model vehicles will have the highest resale value in five years while Lexus received top marks in the luxury segment, according to a forecast released Tuesday night by influential consumer guide Kelley Blue Book.
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9&10 News Cadillac - Thu Dec 3, 11:58 am ET
PARIS (AP) — The BMW Sauber Formula One team has been awarded the 13th entry in next year's world championship. Formula One's governing body said Thursday in a statement that BMW Sauber will take the place of the departing Toyota team "subject to their signing the Concorde Agreement."
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AFP via Yahoo! News - 29 minutes ago
General Motors and China's SAIC Motor Corp have agreed to set up a joint venture to produce and sell small cars and mini-commercial vehicles in India, the troubled US auto maker said Friday.
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AP via Yahoo! Sports - 44 minutes ago
Ex-Formula One world champion Kimi Raikkonen will compete for Citroen in the World Rally Championship next season, the team announced Friday. Raikkonen, who won the 2007 F1 championship, left Ferrari at the end of the 2009 F1 season to make way for the arrival of Fernando Alonso. Citroen said the Finnish driver would compete for its Red Bull-backed Junior Team in 2010.
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The Auto Channel - Thu Dec 3, 6:18 am ET
SYDNEY – December 3, 2009: Hyundai’s flagship Genesis sedan has been named the ‘Near Luxury Car’ segment leader by Strategic Vision, a US based research consultancy.
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Bloomberg - Thu Dec 3, 9:35 am ET
Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- PSA Peugeot Citroen , Europe’s second- biggest carmaker, rose in Paris trading and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. gained 13 percent in Tokyo after the companies said they are in talks to form a strategic partnership.
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Casper Star-Tribune - 38 minutes ago
FILE - In this June 1, 2009 file photo, a customer looks at vehicles at a General Motors dealership in Burlingame, Calif. General Motors on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009 said it will reconsider its decision to close some dealerships as part of a compromise to scuttle federal legislation that would require it to keep dealerships open. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 2, 10:19 pm ET
Mitsubishi Motors said Thursday it was in talks with PSA Peugeot Citroen to enhance their cooperation as a report said the French group was set to take control of the troubled Japanese carmaker.
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Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - Thu Dec 3, 1:38 am ET
TOKYO - Shares in Mitsubishi Motors Corp. jumped 18 percent Thursday following a report that French carmaker PSA Peugeot Citroen will buy a 30 to 50 percent stake in Japan's No. 4 automaker.
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The Auto Channel - Wed Dec 2, 2:17 am ET
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., Dec. 1, 2009; Real-time traffic and voice recognition are becoming increasingly popular features among factory-installed navigation system owners, compared with 2008, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2009 Navigation Usage and Satisfaction Study(SM) released today.
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Rocky Mount Telegram - Wed Dec 2, 5:27 pm ET
DETROIT — The bankruptcies of General Motors Co. and Chrysler LLC appear to have had little im...
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Bloomberg - Wed Dec 2, 4:15 pm ET
Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Mitsubishi Motors Corp. and PSA Peugeot Citroen are in talks about an agreement that would give Paris-based Peugeot a stake of 30 percent to 50 percent in the Japanese automaker, Nikkei English News reported without saying where it got the information.
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The Auto Channel - Thu Dec 3, 9:20 pm ET
WOODBRIDGE, Va., Dec. 3, 2009 -- The Smart Car Wash groundbreaking ceremonies, which were held yesterday at Smoketown Shopping Plaza in Woodbridge, VA, marks the start of the next generation of innovative and environmentally-friendly car washes.
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The Auto Channel - Thu Dec 3, 9:18 pm ET
HERNDON, Va., Dec. 3 -- Volkswagen of America, Inc. is proud to announce the world premiere of the groundbreaking Up! Lite concept car at the 2009 Los Angeles Auto Show. With its combination of a Volkswagen TDI® Clean Diesel engine, an advanced electric motor, and a seven-speed Direct Shift Gearbox® (DSG®), the Up! Lite is an innovative hybrid capable of up to 70 mpg on the highway, with room ...
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The Auto Channel - Thu Dec 3, 9:17 pm ET
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 3 -- Stephan Winkelmann, President and CEO of Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A., today welcomed customers, VIPs and Lamborghini executives to the exclusive grand opening celebration of the newest Automobili Lamborghini Boutique, located in a luxury shopping center outside of Los Angeles.
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The Post-Standard - Thu Dec 3, 8:59 pm ET
WASHINGTON — General Motors Co. and Chrysler will reconsider decisions to close thousands of dealerships as part of a compromise meant to stave off federal legislation that would require them to keep the showrooms open.
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AceShowbiz - 2 hours 33 minutes ago
A new white BMW convertible with a ribbon on it and balloons inside was sent to the singer's Calabasas home, where she threw a birthday party on Wednesday, December 2.