Last week, Hyundai announced it would add a second engine plant at its assembly facility in Montgomery, Alabama, but there was no announcement what the engine plant would produce. With the current engine plant in Montgomery building Hyundai’s V6 used in the Sonata and Santa Fe, we figured the plant would produce four-cylinder engines. Sixty […]

When Honda’s new assembly plant in Greensburg, Indiana, begins production in 2009, the first product rolling off the line will be the Civic, according to a company source. Initially, the plant is expected to only build Civic models, but other models will be added later. The Civic is currently built in North America at Honda’s […]

BMW CEO Norbert Reithofer announced that the automaker will continue its new product initiative with the X6 crossover. The X6 crossover will begin production in 2008 at the company’s assembly plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina. The X6 is a spin-off of the X5 SAV that will seat four and feature a coupe-like body. The X6 […]

Hyundai has announced that it will build a new engine plant at its Montgomery, Alabama assembly plant. The new plant will begin engine production in September 2008 and will cost around $270 million. The new engine plant will add 520 jobs to the Montgomery assembly plant. The engines from the plant will be used in […]

Audi has announced that it will take over management responsibility for Volkswagen’s Brussels, Belgium assembly plant. Late last year, VW announced that it will move production of its Golf to plants in Germany, and there was speculation that the automaker would completely close the assembly plant. are now growing that the factory may be closed […]

Despite reports to the contrary, Telsa Motors says that it will not use any Ford running gear in its WhiteStar project all-electric four-door sedan. There have been several reports that suggested that Tesla’s WhiteStar project will use Ford’s CD3 platform as the basis for the sedan. The CD3 platform underpins the Ford Fusion, Mercury Milan, […]

Now that the deal for Aston Martin has been finalized, the British sports carmaker announced that it is committed to the expansion of the brand. Aston Martin plans to expand production by more than a quarter in the next three years, including the production version of the four-door Rapide concept, which debuted at the Detroit […]

Rolls-Royce has said that it expects its new “baby Rolls” to double the brand’s output when it debuts in 2010. Rolls-Royce CEO Ian Robertson expects that the brand will double to 1,600 units.
As previously reported, the new Rolls will ride on its own platform, and powered by V8 and possibly V12 engines. The car’s design […]

The Ford Motor Company said on Wednesday that its accelerated Way Forward turnaround plan, announced in September, would cost an estimated $11.18 billion. This is a $1.2 billion increase from it previous estimate in January. Most of that amount will be spent on programs to lay off employees.
Ford says it has already accrued $9.98 billion […]

In a win for Ford Motor Co., a Michigan judge ordered Navistar International Corp. to resume shipping the 6.4L Power Stroke diesel engine that is used in Ford’s 2008 F-Series Super Duty trucks. The judge also ordered Ford to pay, without deductions, for the engines it receives.
Ford and Navistar have been at odds over warranty […]