U.S. – Students from The Ohio State University display innovative science and engineering projects at annual symposium
Honda announced the winners of the first iDream Student Challenge at the 2010 Honda Initiation Grant (HIG) Technical Horizon Symposium in Columbus, Ohio. With a focus on technologies that advance the quality of human life, the iDream Student Challenge [...]

U.S. – Smart Looks, Advanced Technology and Two Drivetrain Choices Increase Appeal of the 2011 RDX
In tough economic times, choosing the right vehicle has never been more important. Blending a smart balance of sport and utility, the 2011 Acura RDX offers a “right sized” package matched with a turbocharged powertrain and the available sure-footedness of [...]

U.S. – American Honda announces that Kevin Windham will be added to the Honda Red Bull Racing team in place of Davi Millsaps. Millsaps was injured during the Budds Creek, MD, AMA Motocross race on June 19, and the timing of his return is still to be determined.
At 32 years of age, Windham enjoyed one [...]

U.S. – American Honda announces that the graphic design schemes for the team’s Moto2 effort at the 2010 Red Bull Indianapolis GP, August 27 to 29, have been designed by world-renown artist Aldo Drudi, founder of Drudi Performance. The team’s Moriwaki MD600 as well as the team gear will feature special design elements created specifically [...]

France – Refuse collection operators are finding vehicles with low entry cabs an increasingly attractive solution because they are more reliable, safer for the crew and more manoeuvrable. With Access, Renault Trucks is offering a new vehicle specifically designed for domestic refuse collection and adapted to the demands of this activity. Designed to make the [...]

U.S.A. – The Demountable Truck Body System by Demountable Concepts (Glassboro, NJ) combats new truck sticker shock by boosting fleet productivity so fewer truck chassis are needed to accomplish the same amount of work.
It is a solution fleet managers can implement to get the most value from their company’s investment in new straight trucks. Adding [...]

Tokyo, Japan – Hitachi, Ltd., Mitsubishi Electric Corporation and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. announced that they have reached a basic agreement calling for the three companies to initiate concrete discussions toward consolidation of their hydroelectric power generation system operations in a quest to strengthen and expand related business. Going forward the three companies look to [...]

Japan – A consortium of six Japanese companies comprising The Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc., Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc., Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc., Toshiba Corporation, Hitachi, Ltd., and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., has established a new office to set the stage for the foundation of a new company which has been tentatively named [...]

Seoul, Korea – Hankook Tire, Korea’s no. 1 and the world’s seventh biggest tire company, was highly appraised for the incomparable performance of its UHP(Ultra High Performance) tire Ventus R-s3 in a tire review conducted by a leading Japanese automobile tuning magazine Rev Speed.
In this month’s issue, the Japanese publication picked Hankook’s Ventus R-s3 as [...]

Australia – Strong diesel sales have propelled Subaru to an excellent June performance according to official VFACTS figures released.
Subaru sold 4066 vehicles in June, including 465 Forester and Outback diesel models.
Subaru Managing Director, Nick Senior said, “This means that more than 10 per cent of our sales in June were diesel variants, which is a [...]

(MISSISSAUGA) – Subaru Canada, Inc. (SCI) reported that buoyant sales have set a new record for June results. Total monthly sales climbed to 2,316 units, up 31.4 percent over last June. Year-to-date sales have also increased by 32.4 percent, marking the sixth consecutive month of growth in 2010. These results further solidify Subaru Canada’s [...]

Brno (Czech Republic), : The Ducati Xerox team gears up for Round 9 of the World Superbike Championship, taking place this weekend at the Automotodrom Brno in the Czech Republic.
Eighth round Misano was extremely hard fought, as well as being the hottest event on the 2010 calendar so far, but Michel Fabrizio’s determination paid off [...]

Bangalore, India – Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) announced that Toyota Kirloskar Auto Parts Pvt, Ltd. (TKAP) – a joint venture between Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC), Toyota Industries and Kirloskar Group – will produce engines and transmissions for the Toyota Etios. The Etios concept was showcased early this year at the Delhi Auto Expo. The Etios [...]

DETROIT – General Motors and Pacific Century Motors (PCM), an entity formed by The Tempo Group and an affiliate of the Beijing Municipal Government, today announced they have reached an agreement for GM to sell GM Global Steering Holdings, LLC, commonly known as Nexteer, to PCM. Terms of the sale were not disclosed.
The sale [...]