Huntsville, United States —Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Alabama, Inc. (TMMAL), an engine-production subsidiary of Japan-based Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC), held a line-off ceremony here to mark the beginning of four-cylinder engine production.
Government officials including Alabama Governor Robert Bentley, as well as TMMAL President Jim Bolte, and TMC Executive Vice President Atsushi Niimi attended the ceremony, [...]

ARLINGTON, Va. – ATA’s Safety Management Council announced its 2011 award winners at its Safety & Human Resources National Conference & Exhibition in Albuquerque, N.M. last weekend.The ATA President’s Trophy recognizes the three companies whose fleets have been judged to have the best overall safety programs from the Truck & Industrial Safety Contests.
These Contests, [...]

ARLINGTON, Va. – ATA’s Safety Management Council announced its 2011 award winners at its Safety & Human Resources National Conference & Exhibition in Albuquerque, N.M. last weekend.The ATA President’s Trophy recognizes the three companies whose fleets have been judged to have the best overall safety programs from the Truck & Industrial Safety Contests.
These Contests, [...]

Chennai, – Hinduja Group flagship, Ashok Leyland, announced their entry into the Tanzanian market by bagging an order for 723 trucks, buses and special application vehicles. The order that is worth around USD 36.56 million has been received from the Government of Tanzania. These vehicles will be used for logistical purposes by the government and [...]

Chennai, – Ashok Leyland, the Hinduja Group flagship, commercially launched DOST – its first entry in India’s fast expanding LCV segment. It also marks the first vehicle to be launched from its Joint Venture with Nissan Motor Company. Competitively priced at Rs. 3.79 lakhs to Rs. 4.39 lakhs (ex-showroom – Chennai), DOST will be [...]

Kawasaki, Japan – Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC), one of Asia’s leading truck manufacturers, announced that it has reached a major sales milestone —more than 100,000 units of the latest Canter light-duty truck for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries of the Middle East have now been delivered in the region. The [...]

Australia’s Casey Stoner has extended his lead in the MotoGP World Championship after another dominant weekend at the Gran Premio de Aragón in Spain.
Starting from pole position on the harder compound Bridgestone rear tyres, Stoner set a new lap record on just his fourth lap of the race before running away to a comfortable victory [...]

Stuttgart – It was a record month for Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart: In August 2011, the sports car manufacturer delivered a total of 9,031 vehicles to customers – up 43.4 per cent compared with the same month the previous year and at the same time the best August performance in the company’s [...]

Marking the 17th annual running of the 2011 Castrol 4×4 Jamboree, and the 12th consecutive year it has been held at the 4×4 Club site at Donnybrook, trail junky Mr. Clarry Viljoen, Sales Manager from Taita Trading, the Federal-appointed sole distributor in Republic of Zimbabwe was on his way to this dizzying height, running a [...]

Singapore. BMW AG, the world’s leading premium car manufacturer headquartered in Munich, has appointed Neil Fiorentinos as the new Managing Director of BMW Group Asia. Fiorentinos takes over the position from Johannes Seibert, who will be taking up the position of Head of Marketing BMW Germany based in Munich.
Fiorentinos is the General Manager, Sales and [...]