Japanese automaker Mitsubishi said Friday it would stop making vehicles in the United States and is looking to sell its underused Illinois plant. "Following a review of Mitsubishi Motor Corporation's global supply chain, we have been informed it is necessary to end production and seek a strategic b... Read more

At the heart of the front-wheel drive Passat GTE is a modular petrol-electric hybrid system shared with the Golf GTE. It uses a specially tuned version of Volkswagen's widely used turbocharged 1.4-litre four-cylinder direct injection petrol engine that develops 115kW at 5500rpm. The transversely-mo... Read more

Press service of Europe's largest carmaker said that the implementation rate for LCV-cars from Volkswagen for the first half increased by 2.4% compared to last year. In total Volkswagen dealers have sold for six months 222.9 thousand light commercial vehicles throughout the world. For comparison, du... Read more

Skoda has recently built the 500,000th Rapid model (a red Spaceback) at its Mlada Boleslav plant in the Czech Republic. In addition to the production at the main factory in the Czech Republic, the Rapid is also produced at the sites in Yizheng (China), Kaluga (Russia) and Pune (India). Bridging the... Read more

Volvo Cars of North America is rolling out a lifetime warranty on parts and labor for all vehicles serviced after the factory warranty at any Volvo dealership. Volvo owners will pay for initial parts replacements on vehicles with expired factory warranties, but if that part ever fails again, all su... Read more