Just one year after he was promoted to the Managing Director position, Bora Koçak announced he will leave Mazda Turkey this month, due to what he says are personal reasons. The carmaker says Koçak’s successor is to be announced officially the following weeks.
Bora Koçak took over the position from Steve Newton, who returned to Mazda Motor Europe in Leverkusen. Koçak was General Manager responsible for Sales, Marketing and After Sales Operations at that time. For Mazda’s sake, we hope the ne… (read more)
Car rental company Avis signed an agreement with Renault-Nissan to provide electric cars to its consumers from 2011, the same year when the alliance is due to introduce several electric cars showed to us at the past auto events. 
With 25 laps left before the end of the race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway and despite having to battle slow stops on pit road and countless tire strategies thrown in the game by competition, Richard Childress Racing driver Kevin Harvick managed to pass Denny Hamlin for the lead, beating him in the end by 1.361 seconds.
If you’re into classic cars, you should know everything about BMW’s 328 coupe. The model was built before World War II and is highly appreciated for both its beauty and rarity. Fewer than 500 were made, so the fact that one is up for auction should draw some attention from collectors all over the world. The 328 will be auctioned at RM’s inaugural Sporting Classics of Monaco sale on 1st May, 2010 at the Grimaldi Forum.
The FIA World Touring Car Championship (FIA WTCC) announced a new points format for the 2010 season. And it seems the new point-scoring system adopted by the Formula One championship a few weeks back is quite trendy, as some FIA-sanctioned series have also picked it up and implemented into their own rulebook as well.
The very first US-based plant belonging to the Kia-Hyundai Group opened its doors on Friday in West Point, Georgia, marking the start of what is hoped to be a very productive facility. The group hopes to build here 300,000 cars annually for the North American and global markets.
Renault has just announced that its Batilly plant in France will be the one and only production site for the new Master, as the factory has the necessary equipment to handle operations for the new model, the French manufacturer said in a release.
After late last week Japanese carmaker Toyota announced it will be providing additional services to Toyota and Lexus customers in New York affected by the recalls (sticking accelerator pedals, floor mat pedal entrapment, anti-lock brake system software updates, and Tacoma front drive shaft inspection), the manufacturer announced it will be extending the program to a national level..
Volkswagen Group-dedicated tuner Hofele Design has prepared a tuning package for the Audi brand’s flagship sedan, the recently introduced A8.
Ever since the current Chevy Camaro hit the market last year, it conquered the hearts of pony aficionados around the world. We love the true reinterpretation of the iconic bad boy muscle car, and we are happy to report that it has now received a major visual transformation, becoming the FireBreather, Autoblog reports.
With one week left until the biggest movie event of the year, everybody is gearing up for a night to remember. That includes car manufacturer Hyundai which, as the single automotive sponsor for the event, will spend a lot of money to advertise its products during the show.. 
Although when the Biller incident happened last year, Toyota somehow managed to avoid being caught dirty handed, all the attention it received due to the huge recall of late 2009 – early 2010 brought Biller and his infamous documents back into the spot light.
Following a week like no other for Japanese carmaker Toyota’s management in the US, the battle to win back the hearts and minds of consumers will move to China, where Toyota will address the safety issues caused by its recall in a press conference scheduled for Monday. 
It didn’t take long before some of the highly ranked figures of Formula One responded to Ferrari’s attacks over the newly-entered teams in the Great Circus. Obviously, the first guys that felt the need to hit back at the Scuderia for their "anti-new teams" comments last week were the ones managing the operations of Virgin Racing and Lotus F1.
British racer Leon Haslam (Suzuki Alstare) and motorcycle racing veteran Carlos Checa (Althea Ducati) started off great in the 2010 World Superbike Championship, winning a race apiece after the first round of the series, at Phillip Island. Both wins were close, which gave the 65,000 fans present in the grandstands plenty of suspense throughout the Sunday action.
Michael Schumacher changed his mind about the winning opportunities that his new Mercedes W01 might offer him in the first few rounds of the 2010 F1 season. Asked on Friday, following his first test day on the Barcelona track, how he rates Merc’s chances of leaving Bahrain with a race win two weeks from now, the 7-time world champion admitted they’re small.
If you thought Volkswagen AG automotive group was one of the strongest there is, especially after the devastating crisis hitting the auto industry last year, you should think again. In a time of job cuttings and plant closures, VW group bought half of Porsche AG and announced its 25.8bn EUR three-year investment plan, building quite the dominant image in the auto industry.
General Motors will introduce a new generation Event Data Recorders (EDRs) in all its future vehicles, in order to record imported crash information.
Rumors flood the automotive websites faster than we can think about them. And this happens all the time, offering us sneak previews of more or less interesting upcoming cars.
Kimi Raikkonen had to cancel his gravel test with the Citroen C4 WRC this weekend due to back pain. Less than one week before the second round of the 2010 championship in Mexico, the Finnish driver wanted to drive his new car on road conditions similar to what he’ll encounter across the Atlantic.