Starting today, the senior vice president office within Mazda U.S. Operations Group will have a new name written on the door, Robert Davis’ one. 2012 Mazda 3 Mazda North America appointed Robert Davis to this position in order to have somebody more competent oversee the “Group and all the actions the Japanese will need to [...]

Not very precise of a title, but it does contain the gist of what’s going on as far as Nissan and the North American market are concerned. 2004 Nissan Pathfinder Over 271.000 units of the Nissan Pathfinder and the Infiniti QX4 up-class brother will have owners visit dealership showrooms for a bit of a fix. [...]

It’s been so long ago that few still remember that the British at Lotus use Toyota engines in the Elise and the more hardcore Exige. Lotus Exige 260 The engines at hand are Toyota 2ZZ-GE units and stocks are headed for depletion. Trying to capitalize on what’s left, Lotus is going to make a few [...]

Chrysler is a tough parent to have right now. After pushing Jeep to some extent in order to create and sell the 2011 Grand Cherokee the pressure is on for another new model by next year. 2010 Jeep Liberty The model in question is Jeep’s third best selling vehicle, the Liberty SUV. A new model [...]

The Ingolstadt based Germans have an extra reason to be happy about the new year. Upon receiving the final sales figures of 2010 the cracked open the champagne. 2010 Audi Q5 This is because in 2010 Audi’s sales in North America call for a new personal record, one to do away with the one set [...]

I reckon my sympathy for the Koreans at Hyundai and their recent work is shared by many people. Actually it’s shared by hundreds of thousands of people. 2011 Hyundai Sonata I’m saying this because as the year draws near to an end Hyundai has announced their sales figures for 2010 and posted a new record. [...]

The Automobile Club de l’Ouest announced revised technical regulations that will go into effect for the 2011 season and the current LMP1 and LMP2 classes will be combined into a single class based on the current P2 regulations but with smaller racing engines. 2011 Honda LMP2 engine The new rules also imply the creation of [...]

The 2010 International Engine of the Year awards seen an end to proceedings and in that end there were ten different engines being honored in 11 categories, plus an overall winner chosen. VW 1.4 TSI engine – Overall best engine of the year The engines were rated by a jury of automotive journalists from around [...]