Nissan Motor Co. has announced that workers in Britain will design, engineer and build the next version of the best-selling Nissan Qashqai. The new Qashqai project will safeguard 6,000 jobs, both direct and indirect through the UK supply chain. It represents a major endorsement of the quality and calibre of British-made products.
The new Qashqai represents [...]

Volkswagen of America, Inc. has announced pricing for the 21st Century Beetle, the third generation of the classic people’s car. The new Beetle will start at just $18,995, offering an agile, driver-oriented coupe that respects the Beetle’s past yet looks to the future.
Beetle 2.5L model, which has a starting MSRP of $18,995, has a 170-horsepower [...]

Volkswagen Coaching GmbH unveiled a specially prepared GTI MK6 at the GTI Treffen show in Worthersee, Austria to mark the joint anniversary of the 35th birthday of the VW GTI and the 30th GTI Treffen at Worthersee. VW Coaching marked this very special joint anniversary with a truly unique and extensively individualized GTI MK6 created [...]

'Vorsprung durch Technik’ is 40 years young in 2011, and the sentiment in the famous motto – which translates as 'advancement through technology’ – encapsulates the Audi philosophy just as perfectly now as it did way back in 1971.
In that year the famous slogan made its debut in a German publicity campaign. It was [...]

Already hard at work on the imminent arrival of its Z.E. (**Zero Emission) range and latest downsized engine, Energy 1.6 dCi 130 with Stop-Start, Renault is accelerating its program of reducing the environmental impact of its vehicles even further with an improved low-emission Clio, producing only 94 g/km CO2.
Building on the success of the former [...]

2012 Volkswagen Beetle, which was unveiled in Shanghai motor show, is the latest generation Beetle that moves away from design of the New Beetle of 1998 and instead draws on cues from the original and Beetle Ragster concept shown in Detroit in 2005. As such it’s longer, wider and lower, giving a more masculine and [...]

Ford expects its worldwide sales to increase by approximately 50 percent by mid-decade to about 8 million vehicles a year. By 2014, more than 140 percent of Ford’s global product portfolio will be new or significantly refreshed compared with 2009.
Small vehicles will represent about 55 percent of Ford’s total vehicle sales by 2020, with [...]

Chrysler Group LLC today announced the following management team changes. Fred Diaz is appointed President and CEO of Chrysler de Mexico, which includes responsibility for Latin America. Diaz continues in his current role as the President and CEO of the Ram Truck Brand.
Reid Bigland is named President and CEO of the Dodge Car Brand and [...]

Mazda has confirmed that the Freestyle Cab version of its All-New BT-50 utility will make its global debut at the upcoming Australian International Motor Show to be held in Melbourne on 1 – 10 July.
Utilising the revolutionary Freestyle door configuration first seen on the RX-8, the BT-50 Freestyle Cab offers a unique combination of seating [...]

The new Astra GTC is very much inspired by the Opel GTC Paris Concept revealed last fall at the Mondial de l’Automobile. The compact and sporty five-seater with coupé appeal and dramatic proportions Astra GTC has a unique design which does not share any exterior element with other members of the Astra family, except for [...]