So what would they call the Chevrolet Volt - the revolutionary plug-in hybrid that might save GM in the US? The Opel Ampera.

Endorsing Volvo's commitment toward making the world's safest cars, automotive magazine What Car? has picked the Volvo XC60 crossover for the What Car? SUV of the Year.

Harley Davidon has launched their latets sportster Dark Custom model, the Iron 883. We bring you some details, and a photo gallery of the Iron 883. Not that this is going to satisfy anyone.

Australia will have to wait for more time to see the right hand drive version of Cadillac as the company has decided to put off the launch date indefinitely. The reason being said is that the Australian automotive market has been sucked int the ongoing global financial crisis.

Starting March 3, 2009, when the curtains go up for the 79th Geneva International Motor Show, Mitsubishi Motors Corporation will lift the wraps off its i MiEV Sport Air concept.

Tm4 has been selected to be partners with Tata and its subsidiary Miljø Innovasjon to provide the company with electric motors, power electronic and vehicle controllers for a demonstration which will showcase their new electric car. The demonstration will be launched in Norway 2009-2010.

Germany’s roads are seeing an overdose of the Audi A4. The country has reportedly seen as many as 98,714 A4 models from the Audi stables drive out to customers’ homes in year 2008.

Slowdown in sales has forced motorcycle giant Harley-Davidson to do away with as many as 1,100 jobs over two years. Troubled times have made the company even to close down some of its facilities while consolidating the remaining ones.

In line with plans to make the models more luring, Suzuki Great Britain has also unveiled a new website for the soon to arrive Alto model.

The Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC) has been focused on designing fuel alternative vehicles for a long time now. The company is now planning to launch its Roewe 750, a version of UK's Rover 750, by 2010.

Toyota's technical directors have questioned the legality of Ferrari F1 car for the 2009 F1 World Championships, the F60.

Move over GM , Toyota is on top. The Japanese automajor has become the world's largest carmaker. The feat breaks General Motors unbeaten record of 77 years.

Initial details of the first in-house-developed crossover diesel-electric hybrid christened the 3008 from Peugeot are leaking out.

Year 2012 willl see Japanese car major make a spalsh in the electric car space with its new electric vehicle.

  The luxury car mart foray by Hyundai has proved meaningful, with the car maker's Genesis model being picked for the North American Car of the Year Award. The South Korean automaker's first North American Car of the Year award came as a big applause for the company.

In a bid to reclaim the driver's title that Felipe Massa lost to Lewis Hamilton in the final race of last season, Ferrari has rolled out its F1 car for the 2009 season. It may be recalled that Felipe Massa lost the 2008 championship by one point to Lewis Hamilton last season.

The Sync platform from Ford Motor is being introduced by the automotive giant by year 2010. The technology which helps connect mobile phones and digital music players using voice commands, has brought laurels for Ford in such a way that sales rose.

The Chinese automotive market will get to see Porsche's four-door Gran Turismo Panamera this April.

Kickstarting a technology alliance, computer maker Lenovo has joined hands with Vodafone McLaren Mercedes to forge a partnership ahead of the 2009 Formula 1 season.

Year 2009 has seen Nissan North America unveil the pricing of its all-new 2009 Nissan 370Z Coupe. The Coupe has hit dealerships sporting a price tag starting at $29,930.

Japanese major Nissan Motor has readied its all-new NV200 compact van, which boasts of the best in class cargo efficiency.

Luxury car maker Audi has said it is adding two more new models to its 2009 line up. According to the company, while one of the new models would come with front-wheel drive option, the other would be featuring a six-speed manual transmission. The two models are Audi A4 2.0T FrontTrak and A4 2.0T Quattro manual for 2009.

Despite the global slowdown having forced the auto industry, Toyota is readying plans to release of its upcoming third generation Prius. Toyota is considering radical new designs in a bid to rewrite history with regard to alternative fuel vehicles.

MiEV, the electric car from the Mitsubishi Motors stables, has been picked by the Green Car Journal as one of five nominees for its 2009 Green Car Vision award.

Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corp has seen a loss in 2008, ending a 71-year long streak of operating profits. The last time Toyota posted an operating loss was in the year ended March 1938.

The 2010 Chevrolet Equinox compact crossover, which is all set to be unveiled at the Detroit Auto Show 2009 that will get underway next month, has been touted as General Motors’ foray into the compact direct-injection petrol engine space.

Recession or not, utility vehicle major Mahindra and Mahindra is adamant on making its foray into the US market. The company has said that plans for the US market are on track as scheduled.