After posting serious losses, Fiat decided to make some important changes in order to become profitable again. One important decision was the closure of the Termini Imerese factory in Sicily. Obviously, the Fiat workers did not take the news well and threatened the Italian automaker with strikes, says just-auto.com.
As CEO Sergio Marchionne decided to close the plant, several strikes swept across Fiat’s Italian plants on February 3. Apparently 14% of the 32,000 Italian Fiat workers put down t… (read more)
Polaris Industries announced the acquisition of the powersports division of swissauto, which will continue to operate in the current swissauto facility located in Burgdorf, Switzerland. The automotive division of swissauto, however, was not involved in this acquisition and will continue to operate autonomously.
Jenson Button admitted his frustration over his first experience at the wheel of the McLaren MP4-25 on Wednesday, during the last day of the Ricardo Tormo test meeting. The reigning world champion was only the 10th on the timing reports this week, being almost one and a half second off pace of Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso.
Chevrolet will introduce the new Aveo sometime this year, probably in the last months of 2010, or maybe early 2011 but only a little is actually known about the car. Well, what we have here is a new set of spyshots supposed to set things straight and reveal some new details regarding the future Aveo, including some info of the interior.
Everybody is getting more and more excited as the Super Bowl is getting closer. And as this is one of the most-viewed TV programs of the year – if not THE MOST viewed – every great company that "really matters" has already bought some air time.
Twitter has been focusing on the site lately a bit more than usual. The API still gets the lion’s share of attention, but a couple of new and rather big features have been popping up Twitter.com for the past few months. The latest one isn’t exactly a game-changer, but it’s a welcome addition. Twitter, of all places, is an avenue for discovering… (
As part of new environmental program, Italian manufacturer Automobili Lamborghini yesterday inaugurated the new photovoltaic system installed at its Sant’Agata Bolognese factory. The new system will enable a reduction in CO2 emissions of 30%, equal to more than 1.067 tons per year, Lamborghini says.
Nowadays things went so seriously wrong with the auto industry that every time we hear the word recall we instantly get goose bumps and hope the recall is not related to our car. Everything around seems faulty and automakers are loosing a very important thing: trust.
With new disturbing information pointing to both accelerator pedals and brakes failing on Toyota’s Prius, American supplier CTS stepped forth and decided to prevent any other unwanted connections between it an the recent Toyota nightmare. In a statement released yesterday, CTS says it has nothing to do with the new problems, as it does not supply pedals for the Prius, nor for the pre-2005 Lexus models in Toyota’s lineup.
The officials of Serbian outfit Stefan GP may not be so crazy as most people would have believed. When the team announced they will begin the testing of their 2010 single-seater in late February – shortly after confirming they will ship all their F1 equipment to Bahrain, for the season opening round in mid-March – without actually possessing an F1 entry, most of us were thinking What are these guys doing?
SEAT recently presented the new Ibiza ST (Sport Tourer) that will make its first public appearance at the Geneva Motor Show in March. The compact estate car will go on sale in early summer, according to SEAT.
