Official: GM buys 7% st...

Filed under: Europe , GM , Opel , Peugeot , Citroën General Motors has finally made a move to help its ailing European operations by tying its fortunes on the continent with those of PSA Peugeot Citroën. The two automakers have agreed to a new global alliance in which GM will buy a...

Report: NHTSA investiga...

Filed under: Etc. , Government/Legal , Safety , Chrysler , Ford , GM , Honda , Kia , Nissan , Subaru , Toyota The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating a number of vehicles for potentially faulty side airbags , according to The Detroit News . The airbags may...

Rumors Circulating of P...

A number of European outlets are reporting that PSA Peugeot-Citroën and General Motors are in talks about a possible alliance. Although neither party has issued an on-the-record confirmation, the French labor minister told radio there that PSA is meeting with another automaker; GM has...

Ford Tourneo Van Concep...

Ford will debut the first of its new generation of big vans at the 2012 Geneva auto show in the form of the Tourneo Custom concept. Don’t let the name throw you: the Tourneo is a short, low-roof van built off of the Transit platform that’s sold in Europe. Despite the...

GM cuts put Vauxhall pl...

Filed under: Latest News Vauxhall’s Ellesmere Port manufacturing plant is braced for bad news, as parent company General Motors prepares to announce big losses for the fourth quarter of 2011. According to the Wall Street Journal, GM executives are ready to take drastic measures to...

Video: Off-Roader of th...

Filed under: Latest News Fancy an off-roader but don’t want to be associated with the Chelsea Tractor set? This could be just the thing to set you apart. Take 200ft of steel tubing, 43-inch tyres, a massive General Motors crate engine and trick Fox coil-over suspension, and what...

GM Confirms Mystery Det...

So the “mystery” concept car we broke the news on earlier this morning — the one we’ll be seeing from General Motors at next week’s Detroit Auto Show — will definitely be sportin’ a bowtie. More » View original here: GM Confirms...

Your Ridiculously Cool ...

Douglas Sonders is the man, if you didn’t know. He did this and this . And he captured the Dodge Charger (yes, from Fast 5 ) above. He’s even willing to show you the original photo he shot as a way of explaining how he made this great wallpaper. More » See the...

Official: Opel reaches ...

Filed under: Classics , Videos , Opel One hundred and fifty years. That’s a mighty long time for any company to have been around, much less an automaker. Particularly since the automobile has only been around for 125 years or so. But while Opel , which celebrates its 150th...

Saab saga sashays on: S...

Filed under: Latest News Saab is very much loved by many people. Though not loved enough to make consumers nip out and actually buy any cars. This sad state of affairs caused the firm to file for bankruptcy last year after a deal that could save it was kaiboshed by General Motors, who...