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GENEVA PREVIEW: Updated global debuts list [Honda CR-V diesel & Morgan Aero Coupe added]
7 February 2012
An updated version of just-auto's list of world premiere concepts and production models due to take a bow at the Geneva motor show's 6 March press day.
GENEVA PREVIEW: Updated global debuts list
30 January 2012
An updated version of just-auto's list of world premiere concepts and production models due to take their bows at the Geneva motor show's 6 March press day.
GENEVA PREVIEW: Updated global debuts list [triple-turbo BMW added]
16 January 2012
An updated version of just-auto's list of world premiere concepts and production models due to take their bows at the Geneva motor show's 6 March press day.
GENEVA PREVIEW: Updated global debuts list [Peugeot 208 added]
11 January 2012
Some additions to just-auto's list of world premiere concepts and production models due to take their bows at the Geneva motor show in March.
DETROIT SHOW: Cadillac declares war on Germany
9 January 2012
A roster of top General Motors executives, including CEO Dan Akerson, North America head Mark Reuss, global design chief Ed Welburn and Cadillac marketing VP Dan Butler last night (Sunday, 8 January) launched the Cadillac brand's most serious attempt yet to challenge the BMW 3-series, Audi A4 and Mercedes-Benz C-class: the new-from-the-ground-up ATS sedan/saloon.
NEW DELHI SHOW: Brummie Bolt showcases Birmingham suppliers
4 January 2012
A concept car dubbed the Birmingham Bolt - because the technical expertise and componentry it uses were sourced almost entirely from the UK’s second largest city - is on show at Dehli Auto Expo.
GERMANY: ZF hits record sales in 2011
15 December 2011
The ZF Group has announced that its estimated sales in 2011 rose by 20% to an all-time high of 'about EUR15.5bn'.
ITALY: Chrysler-built Lancia Thema gets ZF's eight-speed automatic
25 November 2011
Fiat Auto's new Lancia Thema - the rebadged Chrysler 300 for Europe (exlcuding the UK) now reaching showrooms - is the latest model to use ZF's eight-speed automatic transmission.
CANADA: Magna unit Cosma acquires aluminium castings operations
17 November 2011
Cosma International, an operating unit of Magna International, has signed an agreement with the shareholders of the BDW technologies group under which Cosma will acquire BDW's four operations. BDW is a vacuum high-pressure aluminum die caster and expects full year 2011 sales of approximately EUR160m.
GERMANY: BMW details new 3 series
14 October 2011
The sixth generation of the BMW 3 series sedan has grown 93mm in length compared to its predecessor, on a wheelbase 50mm longer (2,810mm now) and widened track (front +37 mm, rear +47 mm). It makes its punlic debut at the 2012 Detroit show in January and right hand drive sales start in the UK in February.
FRANKFURT SHOW: ZF CEO upbeat on prospects
13 September 2011
Speaking at a press conference held at the Frankfurt Motor Show, ZF's CEO Hans-Georg Härter said that the company has achieved sales revenue growth of 23% so far this year (first eight months versus same period last year).
UK: Two new additions to the BMW X3 range
16 August 2011
BMW's UK unit has begun its usual new model year tweaks, including adding two new versions to its X3 small SUV line: the xDrive30d and xDrive35d and better spec and more versions of the 5GT.
PRODUCT EYE: Jaguar's XF four cylinder diesel
25 July 2011
We learned in the last week, courtesy of IHS Automotive, that four cylinder engines are now most popular in the US, powering 43% of light vehicles sold in the first six months of this year. Six years ago, V6s had that sort of share. Blame high fuel prices and federal bureaucrats' proposed 2016 corporate fuel economy edict. This side of the Atlantic, the new 2012 four-pot XF diesel has its origins, at least partly, with government pen-pushers, in our case at the European Union.
GERMANY: ZF bets on wind energy
25 July 2011
ZF Friedrichshafen is to buy Belgium-based Hansen Transmissions, which makes gearboxes for wind turbines, for US$725.5m to consolidate its position in the market for wind energy.
ANALYSIS: Chrysler Group’s future holds a few product surprises
5 May 2011
Call it tweaking the plan, call it product development on the run, but however you rate it, there’s no doubting the fact that Chrysler Group is making a name for itself as one of the industry’s more adaptable players. This week alone, group CEO Sergio Marchionne has revealed new details of selected future vehicle programmes. Glenn Brooks, the analyst behind just-auto’s PLDB forward model database, takes a look at what’s coming and when.
BACKGROUNDER: Hawtai who?
3 May 2011
Surprise Saab financial saviour Hawtai Motor Group claims on its website to be one of the largest automakers in China. It was founded in 2000 and has two plants located in Rongcheng, Shandong province, and Erdos, Inner Mongolia province.
SWEDEN: New Chinese partner secures financing for Saab
3 May 2011
Saab Automobile has signed a EUR150m (US$222.5m) agreement with Hawtai Motor Group to produce and sell Saab cars in China.
GENEVA: Land Rover shows 4WD plug-in diesel hybrid
3 March 2011
Land Rover unveiled its Range_e development model with plug-in hybrid diesel-electric powertrain at the Geneva show. It will launch diesel-electric hybrids in 2013 and expects to offer plug-in versions later.
GENEVA PREVIEW: US-Italian Lancia line breaking cover
14 February 2011
Lancia on Monday announced its new Lancia line up blending two Italian models - Delta and Ypsilon - with rebadged US Chryslers.
US: Chrysler and EPA working on hydraulic hybrid
19 January 2011
Chrysler and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today (19 January) said they were working jointly on adapting a hydraulic hybrid system for large passenger cars and light-duty vehicles.
THE WEEK THAT WAS: First big show of year, tick
14 January 2011
Detroit, conveniently packaged in one family-sized, take-home pack, is here. Enjoy.
GERMANY: ZF developing nine-speed autobox for transverse use
11 January 2011
ZF is developing a nine-speed automatic transmission for transverse engine installation as used by about 80% of passenger cars worldwide. It will be produced in Greenville, South Carolina, US.
GERMANY: Emerging markets boost ZF figures
15 December 2010
German partsmaker ZF Friedfrichshafen is predicting strong demand in emerging markets and projects it will book record-high revenue of over EUR 12.9bn (US$17.2bn) in 2010 and will return to the black.
UK: Antonov China transmission JV for Lifan on target
8 December 2010
UK-based automatic transmission specialist Antonov is well on target for production of a new six-speed gearbox for Chinese automaker Lifan.
VIEWPOINT: Nexteer turns a corner
30 November 2010
GM’s completed sale of Nexteer to Pacific Century Motors (PCM) marks the start of a new chapter for a 104 year old supplier once known as Saginaw Steering Gear. As part of the deal, PCM will leave Nexteer’s existing management team in place and headquartered in Saginaw, Michigan.
US: Chrysler to spend another $843m on transmissions
24 November 2010
Chrysler Group last night confirmed it was looking to invest $843m at its existing transmission manufacturing facilities in Kokomo, Indiana, to accommodate production of a new advanced front-wheel drive automatic transmission. With this announcement, the company’s total investment in US facilities would climb to nearly $3bn since June 2009.
Q&A with ZF Lenksysteme
3 November 2010
Matthew Beecham interviews Alexander Gädke, director, advanced engineering, ZF Lenksysteme about the company’s steering innovations.
GERMANY: ZF to restructure to four divisions
19 October 2010
Transmissions specialist ZF Friedrichshafen AG has said that it will reorganise itself into four new divisions from the start of 2011. It describes the move as an alignment of its business activities to 'better meet the requirements of the market and the customers'.
UK: Range Rover gets bigger V8 diesel with lower emissions
17 June 2010
A new 4.4-litre turbodiesel V8 engine aimed primarily at European customers is the main new feature of the 2011 Range Rover line which also gets minor styling, drivetrain and equipment upgrades.
ANALYSIS: ZF’s Saarbrücken plant - gearing up for the future
15 June 2010
Over the last 37 years, ZF's transmission plant at Saarbrücken, in Germany, has manufactured a series of planetary automatic transmissions, for use in passenger cars. First came the 3-speed 3HP in 1973, followed by 4-speed 4HP in 1982, the 5-speed 5HP in 1990 and finally the 6-speed 6HP family in 2001. More recently, in 2006, ZF launched second generation versions of the 6HP family, which were more efficient than the first generation. Now Saarbrücken has embarked on the next phase of its life, in which the new 8-speed 8HP family will start to take over, with initial production having started in July of 2009.
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