INDIAN AUTO MAKER Tata Motors’ newest acquisitions, Jaguar and Land Rover, appear to be doing more harm than good for the company right now.
Despite strong sales of Tata products in India, the two British marques have been hit hard by the economic downturn and are spreading red ink over Tata’s books.

Tata’s end of financial year results, [...]

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Honda has revealed its Insight Concept Hybrid, which will preview the company’s upcoming five-seater petrol-electric hybrid car and is set to make its global debut at the Paris Motor Show on October 2.

Okay, first things first: yes, it looks remarkably similar to Toyota’s Prius, the current dominant force in the hybrid market. Yet, while the silhouette [...]

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There is a changing of the guard at the top of the global automotive manufacturing table. Ford, in dire trouble at home, has now slipped to fourth in global vehicle sales. Leap-frogging Ford into third place is the rapidly growing Volkswagen Group.

Henry Ford, who first gave the world the ‘people’s car’ in the shape of [...]

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Volkswagen is in the process of planning a major change to the way that they engineer their cars of the future. With Toyota firmly in their sites, VW is looking to drastically cut manufacturing and development costs while doubling its global sales.

In order to achieve this lofty goal VW are developing four new architectures that [...]

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Mazda has announced that it will reveal the all-new Mazda2 (known as Mazda Demio in Japan) sedan to the public at the 2007 Guangzhou Motor Show on November 20, 2007.

The all-new Mazda2 sedan is produced by Changan Ford Mazda Automobile Co., Ltd. at its Nanjing plant, and will go on sale in the first half [...]

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Can you pick the phonies? It’s not easy and it is the reason why Mercedes are preparing a lawsuit against Chinese car manufacturer Shuanghuan for their Smartcar ‘ForTwo’ look-alike, the Noble.

Making its European debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show, the Noble is set to become Europe’s cheapest death-trap (prices starting at just 7000 Euros [...]

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