http://www.just-auto.comLatest Aston Martin industry news - from just-auto.com© 2009 All content copyright just-auto.com. Published by Aroq Ltd.Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:36:33 GMTSat, 21 Nov 2009 02:36:33 GMTjust-auto.com - RSS feedjust-auto.comhttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss20In the run-up to the Autosport International show to be staged in Birmingham, UK, in January, just-auto talked with show director Ian France about initiatives to transfer motorsport technology to the automotive industry.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?id=101957Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:52:00 GMTFord announced today that a consortium led by Zhejiang Geely Group Holding Co. Ltd. is its preferred bidder in the ongoing discussions concerning the possible sale of Volvo Car Corporation.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?id=101800Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:21:00 GMTUnlike the other two firms comprising the Detroit 'Big 3', Ford Motor Company has managed to avoid filing for Chapter 11 in the worst recession to hit the US auto industry in decades. The firm is moving closer to sustainable profitability at much lower volume. Many say that Ford CEO and President Alan Mulally can take considerable credit for that. Big corporate turnarounds aren't easy, but as he tells Dave Leggett, the important thing is to have a vision and act decisively.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?id=101792Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:08:00 GMTThe current struggle for survival of European coachbuilders raises doubts over the long-term viability of these peculiar suppliers' business model. At the very least, the sector's focus is shifting, writes Matteo Finihttp://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?id=101778Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:13:00 GMTChoosing to launch a new luxury brand in a car showroom might be seen as taking cost-cutting a step too far. But when that brand is Infiniti and the showroom is an Infiniti Centre, and you want the journalists to get a feel for the Infiniti experience, it makes sense.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?id=101507Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:43:00 GMTA threat by Volkswagen to remove business from supplier Magna International if it is successful in its bid for Opel was branded as 'tantamount to blackmail' by Opel labour leader Klaus Franz.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?id=100720Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:29:00 GMTFormer Ford CEO Jac Nasser is joining global mining group BHP Billiton as its new chairman.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?id=100563Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:52:00 GMTIsn't it weird? After a decade of trying, the brand collectors have become thoroughly disheartened. Ford spins out Jaguar, Land-Rover, Mazda and Aston Martin and tries its best to bin Volvo. GM shuts brands, sells brands and tries its best to bin Saab, Vauxhall and Opel. Daimler gets rid of Chrysler Jeep and Dodge to a gullible hedge fund.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?id=100521Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:30:00 GMTThe market for body panels is driven by a number of considerations-styling, low cost and reduced weight. The myriad of plastic and metal body components securing the various panels in place is also being scrutinised by manufacturers in an effort to reduce the car's weight. Matthew Beecham reports on some trends in the use of certain materials to meet all of these requirements.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?id=100133Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:59:00 GMTAll eyes were on the numbers this week, and not just US sales numbers. Auto sales there were much as expected with a tail-off towards the end of June (nixing hitting the magic 10m annualised sales rate) as some potential buyers apparently slowed their decisions to await final details of the 'cash for clunkers' scheme.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?id=100113Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:20:00 GMTPicture this. You take a senior job in the carbon fibre car parts business at Prodrive, and just before Christmas, Subaru announces that it will be pulling out of the World Rally Championship.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?id=100024Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:29:00 GMTToyota is to build a city car for Aston Martin on its iQ platform, the underpinnings of the industry's smallest four seat car and an all-electric model the Japanese automaker is expected to launch in the next two years.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?id=100016Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:30:00 GMTThere's a lot more to car noise than you might think. Some noises are pleasurable, some not, while some have become downright necessary for pedestrian safety. It's a subject that is now coming onto regulators' radar screens due to the potential hazards of 'silent running' with electric drive vehicles. And as Colin Peachey, a chief engineer with Lotus, tells Dave Leggett, there is also the rather ticklish issue of 'lightsaber collective consciousness' to consider when adding sound to EVs.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?id=99788Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:30:00 GMTA new German-Italian joint venture making carbon ceramic brake discs and systems has been launched, following the granting of competition approval by the European Commission.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?id=99569Fri, 29 May 2009 10:02:00 GMTSaudi Arabia, one of the Middle East's biggest car markets, may suffer its first drop in car imports in 10 years as a crisis hits the oil-based economy, according to analysts and traders.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?id=99525Wed, 27 May 2009 09:51:00 GMTIn his role as Ford's Director of product programs for Asia Pacific and Africa (APA), Ian Constance is responsible for all aspects of Ford vehicle product development, from strategy and planning through design and engineering to launch in the region's markets. Based in Bangkok, Constance works closely with Ford's regional product development centres, as well as partner operations within Ford's global organisation. On behalf of Lotus Engineering's e-magazine, proActive, just-auto's editor Dave Leggett recently caught up with him.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?id=99223Thu, 07 May 2009 12:30:00 GMTVolvo Car Corporation has today appointed Peter Horbury as new Vice President of Design. He replaces Steve Mattin, who has elected to leave the company.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?id=98742Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:51:00 GMTBMW early on Monday confirmed weekend newspaper reports it would axe weekend working at its Mini Plant Oxford here in the UK, with the loss of 850 temporary workers. The plant union said the way the cuts had been announced was "disgraceful".http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?id=98032Mon, 16 Feb 2009 17:33:00 GMTFisker Automotive, the start-up manufacturer of 'premium green' automobiles, will unveil its Karma and Karma S luxury plug-in hybrid cars for the first time on European soil (world premiere was in Detroit) at the Geneva Motor Show.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?id=98020Fri, 13 Feb 2009 14:08:00 GMTFord and General Motors are still pushing ahead with plans to sell their Swedish car brands while the Swedish government has ruled out more state aid or taking stakes.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?id=97508Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:49:00 GMT