[singlepic id=3854 w=630 h= float=] The last unit of Toyota 2ZZ-GE VVTL-i 4 cylinder engine is built for Lotus Cars. Lotus CEO Dany Bahar and Toyota Motor Corporation President Akio Toyoda came together at the British Embassy in Tokyo for a ceremony where Toyota was presented with a Lotus Elise R carrying the 2ZZ-GE engine. Both companies’ partnership has now marks ...

Car sales in India surged to a record for a second straight month in August on strong demand before the holiday season, despite rising prices and supply constraints. Figures released on last Thursday by the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers showed that car sales hit 160,794 vehicles in August, up 33.2 percent from the year before. Commercial vehicle sales totaled ...

Thai-made Nissan March subcompact cars are the first major model from a Japanese automaker being mass produced abroad and for sale in Japan. Therefore, Nissan are getting extra inspection from a team of quality experts to meet higher standards. The team of about 50 people called “neniri,” which means “thorough” in Japanese, is double-checking quality in addition to regular checks, ...

Toyota will invest $300 million building next-generation Camry engines in Melbourne that will save 3300 existing jobs because new funding to expand the Toyota’s Altona plant.  The plant will produce engines for both the Camry sedan and its hybrid equivalent from 2012. The new plant will have the capacity to produce up to 110,000 Camry engines per year, including up ...

The Korean automobile manufacturer Kia has recently announceda global recall of more than 100,000 vehicles due to defective wiring. The affected models include the Kia Soul, Sorento, Mohave and Cadeza. The recall was issued because of a possible fire threat with the optional and adjustable speaker lighting system. Kia says it is prepared and it will fit a redesigned wiring ...

[singlepic id=3848 w=630 h= float=] The recall of the top selling Hilux Utes is the biggest for Toyota Australia recently. Yesterday, Toyota announced a safety recall of more than 116,000 4WD Hilux vehicles in Australia, following concerns that the vehicles might be damaged if used frequently on rough roads. The recall is to check support brackets on 116,507 petrol and turbo-diesel ...

[singlepic id=3841 w=630 h= float=] DO YOU KNOW, what is the lowest price entry point into roofless car? Of course, the Fiat 500C, and it is so cool. Fiat has produced its half millionth Fiat 500 within 21 months and making the award winning Fiat 500 as one of the Italian car maker’s most successful cars of all time. Since ...

In the first week of August 2010, the sole distributor of Nissan cars – Edaran Tan Chong Motor (ETCM) in Malaysia officially launched the 2011 Nissan X-Trail. [singlepic id=3679 w=630 h= float=] This soft-roader is fully imported from Indonesia and powered by MR20DE 2.0L All Aluminium 4-cylinder in-line 16V DOHC engine with CVTC (Continuously Variable Valve Timing Control System). The engine outputs 102kW (139ps) ...