Motoryzacja i Auta

Hyundai might be a hot brand in North America, but its weak sales in Japan have forced the company to officially begin plans to withdraw from the nearby Asian market. Tomorrow, Hyundai will notify its 46 Japanese dealers of its plans to pull out of the market. “If you’re not a Gucci or a BMW, there [...]

Toyota has recalled over 4 million Toyota and Lexus vehicles due to faulty floor mats that could lead to unintended acceleration, but a new report suggest there could be more to the case than meets the eye. According to the latest data, Toyota’s electronic throttles appear to be the culprit behind the thousands of [...]

Mercedes-Benz has been assembling SUVs at its Tuscaloosa, Alabama plant since 1997, but the southern plant could soon add the company’s popular C-Class model to its production list. The Tuscaloosa factory currently produces the M-Class, R-Class and GL-Class. Rumors of such a production shift first surfaced in September. According to reports out of Germany, [...]

Volkswagen’s small Polo hatchback was named European Car of the Year over the weekend by a panel of automotive journalists in Europe. The Polo narrowly beat out Toyota’s even more diminutive iQ. The German automaker says that the latest award marks the first time a Wolfsburg product has won the award since the new-for-1992 Golf took [...]

Microturbine, hybrid, diesel, supercar, Electronic Arts and Capstone – not exactly a group of words typically found in the same sentence. But for the 2009 Los Angeles International Auto Show these words will all describe the CMT-380 serial hybrid supercar that boasts a total range of 580 miles. The kit car-based CMT-380 supercar is based on [...]

One of the biggest challenges facing electric and hybrid vehicles is the ability to store enough energy – Nissan hopes to change that as early as 2015. Nissan is currently developing a new lithium-ion battery that is expected to store twice the electricity current batteries can, but at the same cost. With Nissan getting serious about [...]

The FIA issued a 2010 Formula One World Championship entry list on Monday that includes 12 rather than the expected 13 teams, with both Toyota and Sauber absent.

In News Brake: Ford drops a new V6 with 305 hp into the 2011 Mustang, Nissan Kroms-out the Rogue, and the Lexus LS 460 gets sportier . . . But Wait, There's More!