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It's entirely appropriate that Cadillac , one of the best-known and longest-running marques in the 100-plus-year history of the automobile, should be named for the founder of Detroit. Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, a French army lieutenant, established an outpost beside the Detroit River in 1701. |
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Sunday 10 May, 2009 04:08 PM |
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We understand that sometimes it takes a radical re-think to shake up the established order, to realize that tried and true ways of doing things are in fact just old and tired. And we know true change requires being free to dream up unconventional ideas. It’s a road, one trod by the likes of Newton and da Vinci, that leads to true innovation and a better, brighter future.
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Sunday 10 May, 2009 01:11 PM |
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Aston Martin’ s ultra-exclusive One-77 - which has been on information drip-feed since we got our first whiff of it at the Paris Motor Show in 2008 - moves another step closer to production reality, with the first working prototype to be unveiled at the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este at Lake Como, Italy tomorrow.
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Friday 24 April, 2009 04:26 PM |
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"If the Dreamliner fails, Boeing could become the General Motors of the skies, with enormous repercussions for the U.S. economy and the U.S. manufacturing base," writes Jeffrey Rothfeder in the May issue of Condé Nast Portfolio. |
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Thursday 23 April, 2009 05:04 PM |
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A decade after its first disastrous attempted entry, British racing company Lola has announced it will commence a preliminary investigation into the prospect of returning to the Formula One scene next year. |
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Thursday 23 April, 2009 03:03 PM |
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Ford is standing tall in Detroit these days, still flush with cash from bank loans two years ago while its rival, GM, seeks repeated federal bailouts.
But the tables are turned in China.
General Motors Corp. remains a powerful presence here with 8 percent to 10 percent of the market for cars, minivans and sport utility vehicles, making it the second-largest automaker in China for these vehicles, after Volkswagen. One of GM's joint ventures, Wuling, also dominates the sale of highly popular, bare-bones pickups and vans sold in rural areas, with nearly half the Chinese market for these light commercial vehicles. |
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Thursday 23 April, 2009 02:06 PM |
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We have an early peak at the Mercedes SLS AMG Gullwing thanks to a series of leaked sketches and interior photos that reveal a brawny yet sexy new super coupe with a luxo-sport interior. |
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Thursday 9 April, 2009 03:56 PM |
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Toyota's new tiny car doesn't boast any state of the art hybrid or plug-in technology. But the iQ has plenty else packed into a diminutive frame that blends stylish curves with safety, fuel efficiency and smooth handling. |
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Wednesday 8 April, 2009 11:31 AM |
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General Motors Corp.’s Saab Automobile , the Swedish carmaker that filed for bankruptcy protection, may become an engineering contractor for other manufacturers if it can’t find a buyer willing to keep up mass production of its brand, people familiar with the matter said. |
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Tuesday 31 March, 2009 03:23 PM |
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“It was last April that the conceptual drawings for the Roush 2010 Mustang were approved. That kicked off everything that needed to be done in order to get this vehicle ready for production. We wanted to be as close to having our car available to the same time that the dealers would start to get their inventory of the stock Ford 2010 Mustang, so there were a lot of people at Roush working under a very tight deadline. I’m proud to say that we accomplished everything that needed to be done in 11-months, a record development curve for a Roush vehicle,” stated Jack Roush. |
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Thursday 26 March, 2009 03:28 PM |
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Although many different British sports cars arrived in North America after the Second World War, arguably the most famous was the Jaguar XK120 . Jaguar had built sports roadsters before the war, most notably the SS-100, but it felt that a new post-war car was needed. |
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Wednesday 25 March, 2009 03:19 PM |
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Almost a hundred years 101 to be exact, if you please separate Henry Fords masterpiece, the Model T or Tin Lizzie, with Ratan Tatas baby, the
Nano which will be launched on Monday. Different cultures aside, both stand for freedom from drudgery and beacons for affordable personal mobility. |
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Monday 23 March, 2009 01:12 PM |
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China’s car makers are increasingly ambitious, as illustrated by plans to grow at home and, in some cases, expand abroad. One big impediment they face in taking on their foreign rivals: design.
Big global companies spend years, and millions of dollars, designing new cars. But many home-grown Chinese auto makers actually do very little of that. |
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Wednesday 18 March, 2009 03:45 PM |
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Porsche's lineage began long before its first prototype appeared in 1948. It originated with the "people's car," known as the Volkswagen Beetle, which German chancellor Adolf Hitler commissioned the Porsche design office to develop in the early 1930s. |
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Monday 16 March, 2009 09:22 AM |
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The Montreal-based plane manufacturer expects to hire hundreds of people this year to work on the development of two aircraft: the new mid-sized CSeries jet and the Learjet 85.
The CSeries will be looking to add 175 people to the 850 hired mostly last year. They include non-unionized customer support, engineering operations and design engineering.
Thousands of union assembly workers, painters and other shop floor workers will be added starting the end of next year ahead of the aircraft's projected delivery in 2013. |
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Tuesday 10 March, 2009 05:11 PM |
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British team is on course to break one of the last great speed records. Piloting a yacht that looks like a futuristic windsurf on steroids, the team hopes to achieve the world sailing speed record in the next few weeks, with an average speed higher than 50.57 knots (the existing record).
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Sunday 8 March, 2009 06:14 AM |
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After two brief years in production and untold millions of dollars spent on engineering, tooling and marketing, the misunderstood Edsel flamed out in spectacular fashion. The public actually seemed to enjoy the spectacle of watching Ford tripping over its corporate shoelaces. The Edsel became an international joke with a punchline that reverberates to this day.
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Saturday 7 March, 2009 07:12 AM |
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America's nascent Formula One team has changed its name from the compact and comfortable USF1 to the bundled barbed wire mouthful U.S. Grand Prix Engineering.
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Thursday 5 March, 2009 01:22 PM |
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San Francisco's planned high-speed rail station in the new Transbay Terminal would be obsolete within two decades, state transportation officials warn, forcing them to rethink the design. |
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Monday 2 March, 2009 11:55 AM |
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Delivering an aggressive stance, improved ground clearance and more to the popular UTV, Rancho ® has announced the release of a high-performance suspension system for 2004-07 and 2008-09 Yamaha Rhino vehicles. |
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Saturday 28 February, 2009 01:44 PM |
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