TOP 10  -  Toyota Keeps Idled Workers Busy Honing Their Skills

For years, Detroit's Big Three car makers have paid their workers even when they aren't needed on the assembly line. This year, as the industry's downturn intensifies, Toyota Motor Corp. finds itself doing the same thing.

[ Source : wsj ]

TOP 9  -  Porsche Clue In Hunt For Drive-By Killers

Detectives now believe the killer was in a black Porsche Cayenne, contradicting earlier reports that a hitman and his accomplice had been on a motorbike.

[ Source :dailyrecord ]

TOP 8  -  Nissan offers Porsche driving tips

Nissan has refuted Porsche's falsification claims concerning the GT-R's stunning Nordschleife lap times. When Nissan's chief test driver Tochio Suzuki hustled a standard GT-R around the forbidding Nurburgring in only 7m 29s on 17 April this year, Porsche engineers were at a loss for words.

[ Source : wheels24 ]

TOP 7  -  Women's golf 7th at Mercedes-Benz Invitational

Senior Kirby Dreher led four freshmen - Mercedes Germino, Mandi Morrow, Shamira Marshall, and McKenzie Jackson - in this weekend's tournament, without the help of sophomore Martina Gavier, who finished in a tie for 19th at the World Amateur Team Championship this weekend.

[ Source : kentnewsnet ]

TOP 6  -  Ford to dump shares in Mazda: reports

US giant Ford Motor Co. plans to sell most of its shares in Japan's Mazda to raise badly needed cash amid the current global financial crisis, press reports said on Saturday.

[ Source : google ]

TOP 5  -  Kia Motors strengthens leadership in Auto-IT convergence

Kia Motors Corporation, a maker of quality vehicles for the young-at-heart and a leader in automotive information technology convergence, announced today that it is a global sponsor of RoboChamps 2008, Microsoft’s virtual-world robotics competition.

[ Source : hankyung ]

TOP 4  -  Ford appears strongest of struggling U.S. automakers

Ford Motor Co may be a $2 stock, but the company looks the strongest of the three U.S.-based automakers and has options for raising more cash if needed to buy time to complete its turnaround plans.

[ Source : reuters ]

TOP 3  -  Fiat Bravo 1.9 MultiJet 150 Dynamic

THE latest Fiat Bravo is a classy looking car and it is now available with eco-friendly engines. All comply to the latest Euro-5 standards and comprise two 1.6 MultiJet versions and an Eco option as Fiat aims to be a world leader in green engine technology.

[ Source : icnetwork ]

TOP 2  -  Audi diesel road trip--Big fuel economy in Texas

Somewhere along the line, the Audi Mileage Marathon has turned out to be a lot more than just achieving good diesel mileage in new Audis.

[ Source : autoweek ]

TOP 1  -  AuditStar Guides BMW's Media Review

BMW has hired AuditStar, a London-based consultancy, to guide its $155 million media review, a representative for the automaker has confirmed. Omnicom's Group's GSD&M Idea City in Austin, Texas, the BMW media incumbent since November 2005, is defending.

[ Source : adweek ]