India’s top automotive money maker, Tata Motors, is ready to get loose and target the fun crowd with its new Bolt hatchback. Known more as supplier of taxi’s and producer of what once was touted the cheapest car in the world, the Nano, Tata is looking to shed its jaded image to appeal to younger customers.
The world’s largest car market saw growth in vehicle sales half last year as the economy continued to be sluggish and manufacturers grappled with too much inventory and too much capacity.
For the second consecutive year, exports of new cars from South Korea have fallen slightly according to the country’s Industry Ministry. Data produced by the government indicated that exports fell about 0.9 of a percent to just over three million units for the past year, although the actual value increased by about 0.6%.
Donkervoort, a Dutch manufacturer of lightweight and hand-built sports cars, proudly introduced a special edition of the D8 GTO in honour of the feats that the machine achieved last year, including the lap record set at the Bilster Berg circuit for street-legal production cars, and top scores and fastest lap times achieved during various tests conducted by Europe’s top automotive publications.
In as many races so far in the first FIA Formula E Series, there has been as many winners. Although there were moments when former winners – Lucas di Grassi, Sam Bird and Sebastien Buemi – appeared as if they could pull off a double win, eventually Antonio Felix Da Costa emerged as the fourth winner of the inaugural season after a chaotic Buenos Aires ePrix.
1,200 of Jaguar Land Rover’s luxury vehicles have been stranded inside a 51,000-ton cargo ship off the southern coast of England for more than a week now. The Germany-bound car transporter ship, which belongs to Hoegh Osaka, began listing shortly after leaving the port of Southhampton and was deliberately ran aground on Bramble Bank to avoid losing the entire vessel.