Ford is recalling almost 4,000 commercial versions of its F-Series full-size pickup truck, mostly in the United States, because they could slip into reverse and increase the risk of a crash, according to documents filed with U.S. safety regulators.
Monthly Archives: May 2014
Another GM engineer, Jim Federico, linked to defective ignition switch retires
Jim Federico, 56, is a previous direct report to now-Chief Executive Mary Barra. He had been executive director of global vehicle integration since September 2013, the No. 1 U.S. automaker said. Before that he was executive chief engineer for global subcompact cars and SUVs, and electric vehicles, and he had worked at GM for almost 36 years.
After losing Europe, GM Korea eyes new markets
Just more than a year ago, General Motors’ massive operation in South Korea was flying high, churning out 40 percent of all Chevrolets sold worldwide.
Porsche reportedly planning a five-door Cayenne Coupe
BMW has the X6 and Mercedes-Benz will soon unveil a production version of the Concept Coupe SUV.
According to Autocar, Porsche plans a new five-door Cayenne coupe as part of expanded Cayenne SUV family.
German car sales drop for first time in five months
Sales of new cars in Germany fell by nearly 4 percent in April, bucking the trend in the other major western European markets of France, Italy and Spain where sales were up.
German passenger car registrations dipped to 274,097 last month, the Department of Motor Vehicles (KBA) said, the first drop for five months and a sign that a recent recovery in demand remains fragile.
