Mumbai, India – Top Indian motorcycle maker Hero Honda is, according to a report from India, looking to acquire Honda subsidiaries in Nigeria, South Africa, Egypt and other African countries.
The Business Standard reported today (October 30) that New Delhi-based Hero Honda would manufacture its existing products in those markets.
India’s Munjal family and Japan’s Honda Motors […]

The American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) has announced that AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days 2007 will be held July 27-29 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio.
As in previous years, AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days will kick off a
ten-day celebration of motorcycling at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course,
concluding with the AMA Honda Super Cycle Weekend presented by Dunlop […]

Honda’s Rubens Barrichello has vowed to help the Japanese team build a ‘better car’ for the 2007 season.
Teammate Jenson Button’s win in Hungary aside, the Brackley based squad underachieved in 2006 but have vowed to launch another assault for the title next year.
Honda finished 24 points behind third placed constructor McLaren this season.
Barrichello said: “I […]

Porsche’s four-seat sports coupe – the Panamera – has hit the Nurburgring for dynamic testing. Zuffenhausen’s answer to the Mercedes-Benz CLS AMG, the four-door coupe will run V8 and V10 engines. The prototype has appeared some 28 months before its expected world premiere, with deliveries likely in summer 2009. Expect prices from between £50,000 to […]

Sao Paulo, Brazil (AHN) - In the same race that Fernando Alonso won his second straight Formula 1 title, seven-time champion Michael Schumacher retired. On Sunday, at the Brazilian Grand Prix, one of Schumacher’s tires went flat on lap 10 of the 71-lap race, forcing him to leave the track early.
“Today my racing career comes […]

(autoinsidernews) - Spy photographers caught new prototypes of the new 2008 Mercedes-Benz C-Class with the least disguise seen so far. The long awaited C-Class is finally ready for launch, with its official unveiling expected at the 2007 Geneva Motor Show. Sales will likely begin shortly after. An estate version is expected to arrive about six […]

Our test car was equipped with the optional Mark Levinson Reference Surround Sound audio system. Even in the top-of-the-line LS 460 L, the Mark Levinson audio system is an option and adds about $2,500 to the price. In the standard LS 460 the price jumps by more than double because the audio system comes paired […]

The 2007 Santa Fe sport utility vehicle is a product of the new Hyundai. The old Hyundai sold cars based largely on price. Can’t afford the other guys? Here, give us a try. But now Hyundai is bringing out vehicles capable of attracting buyers with characteristics that make them cars that you want to own.
Look […]

General Motors. Corp.’s first gasoline-electric hybrid vehicle aimed at the mass market joined the Saturn lineup this past summer.
It’s the Saturn Vue Green Line, derived from Saturn’s popular five-passenger, gasoline-only Vue sport utility vehicle.
The hybrid drivetrain uses a 170-horsepower, 2.4-liter, four-cylinder gasoline engine for primary power and a small electric motor to boost acceleration, […]

The long road for Natan Budiono has taken him from his native country of Indonesia to a position as a senior acoustics engineer for Panasonic Automotive System Company of America in Michigan. Driven to pursue his goals and provide for his family, Budiono’s life story gives new meaning to the word passion.
Budiono’s passion for audio […]