Filed under: Motorsports, Hirings/Firings/Layoffs, South America
Left to right: USF1 chief Peter Windsor, Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and Jose Maria “Pechito” Lopez
The USF1 team has ended months of speculation by announcing the first of two drivers for its debut in the upcoming 2010 Formula One season. Actually, it was the President of Argentina, [...]
Filed under: Jaguar, Land Rover, UK, Tata
The man installed by Tata to guide the Jaguar/Land Rover ship, David Smith, has left the company. Smith was the head of finance for Ford Europe, and had helped sell Aston Martin to Dave Richards’ group before he assisted in the sale of Jaguar to Tata. He has been [...]
Filed under: Motorsports, Hirings/Firings/Layoffs, Mercedes-Benz
The off season in Formula One is nothing if not a big game of musical chairs. Sometimes drivers end up pretty much exactly where they were before the season ended – as were the majority of cases in between 2008 and 2009 – but sometimes everything gets reshuffled. This year things [...]
Filed under: Infiniti
Loyalists will accept a less powerful 2.5-liter G-Series in the model range, but how will they embrace a front-wheel drive model from Nissan’s upscale – and enthusiast targeted – Infiniti brand?
Larry Dominique, Nissan North America Inc.’s vice president for product planning, hinted during a recent interview that Infiniti is considering an entry-level [...]
Filed under: Hybrid, Sedan, Technology, Chevrolet, Misc. Auto Shows
2011 Chevrolet Volt – Click above for high-res image gallery
In advance of the 2010 Washington Auto Show, Chevrolet has announced that the greater Washington D.C. area will join California and Michigan as initial launch markets for its upcoming plug-in hybrid electric Chevrolet Volt. The automaker has [...]
