India's Tata Group, led by Ratan Tata, is the preferred bidder for Jaguar and Land Rover - two of Britain's most famous car firms, and Ford is poised to name it in a fortnight.

A global consortium of top students, professors and experts in various engineering fields plan to use the rapidly growing Indian automotive market as a launch pad for a new generation of cars that could revolutionise the international automobile industry.

South Korea's Ssangyong Motor, a subsidiary of China's biggest vehicle producer SAIC Group, announced on Wednesday that it would launch its newly designed luxury sedan Chairman W globally in March 2008, Chinese official media Xinhua News Agency reported today.

Injuries and bruises prompt Dodge massive Dodge Recall by Chrysler. The recalled cars affects 2001 and 2002 model years of the Dodge Durango suv, the Dodge Dakota pickup truck and the Dodge Ram van as well as 2002 models of the Dodge Ram pickup truck.

30 November 2007: - For the second year running, the Volkswagen Caddy DSG (Direct Shift Gearbox) has achieved honours at the What Van? magazine Van of the Year Awards.

Toyota Motor Sales Announces Safety Recall Campaign On Selected 2006 Lexus GS And IS 250/350 Models. The Lexus recall includes about 34,400 various Lexus models.

Honda de Mexico, S.A. de C.V.(HDM), a Honda subsidiary in Mexico, held a ceremony to commemorate the achievement of key milestone – cumulative production of 200,000 automobiles. The ceremony was attended by Felipe Calderon Hinojosa, President of Mexico; Eduardo Sojo Garza-Aldape, the Economic Secretary of Mexico; Emilio Gonzalez Marquez, the Governor of the state of Jalisco; as well as Takeo Fukui, the president & CEO of Honda Motor Co., Ltd., and approximately 1,300 HDM associates.

Nissan is recalling more than 650,000 sedans after discovering a faulty engine part was installed in the vehicles. The part can overheat and cause the cars to stall at low speeds. The recall includes 2002, 2005 and 2006 Altima and Sentras with 2.5 four cylinder engines.

Two years after unveiling the fuel cell-powered FCX concept at the Tokyo Motor Show, Honda today revealed the production version of the car that will be available next summer, along with a name and a price. The car now known as the Honda FCX Clarity will be available to retail customers starting in mid-2008 for a three year lease.

Honda Soltec Co., Ltd., Honda’s wholly-owned solar cell subsidiary, commemorated opening of its solar cell production plant with a ceremony attended by approximately 80 dignitaries, guests and Honda officials, including Yoshiko Shiotani, governor of Kumamoto prefecture; Junichi Mitsuyama, deputy general manager of Natural Resources, Energy and Environment Department, and Isao Ieiri, mayor of Ohzu-machi; as well as Takeo Fukui, the president and CEO of Honda.

Smart Cars will go on sale in USA January 2008 as smart USA announces pricing of smart fortwo car Models.