By Ben Klayman
A fatal accident near Los Angeles last year of a 2002 Acura sedan involved a Takata Corp air bag, the third death in the United States linked to a defective safety component made by the Japanese supplier, according to local officials and the automaker.
Shanghai General Motors will become the first automaker in China to offer embedded 4G LTE services in its vehicles. The first Shanghai GM offering to be equipped with OnStar 4G LTE will be a Cadillac model in 2015.
German automaker Volkswagen will recall more than a million cars in China and the United States due to a defect in the rear axles, a company spokesman said.
Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said there was a possibility of an export quota being agreed with Russia for Fiat cars manufactured in Serbia.
Currently exports to Russia from Serbia have high customs duties because a free trade agreement between the two countries excludes automobiles.
Here is another group of discontinued cars, this time they are all from General Motors. Were they ahead of their time, or just plain gone before their time? It probably doesn’t matter, but they truly deserve a second chance.
