A vehicle based on the Chevrolet Beat concept, which swept through auto shows around the globe and the Internet earlier this year, will go into global production, Chevrolet announced today at the 2007 Los Angeles Auto Show.

Mercury continues pushing fashion-forward design, with a new runway-inspired production series called VOGA.

Team HUMMER will celebrate the 40th Anniversary running of the legendary SCORE International Tecate Baja 1000 with two new full stock-class vehicles entered in this year’s grueling 1,300 mile off-road race – a 2008 HUMMER H2 SUT and 2008 H3 Alpha.

The average price for all types of gasoline is holding steady around $2.95 per gallon nationwide, but the pain at the pump might be short-lived as research from the University of Houston may eliminate one of the biggest hurdles to the wide-scale production of fuel cell-powered vehicles.

The Carnegie Mellon University Tartan Racing Team, sponsored by General Motors and other partner companies, today enters the qualifying rounds of the DARPA Urban Challenge, which features driverless vehicles that have to conquer a simulated mission in a mock urban environment.

Filling five halls of the NEC building in Birmingham, The International Caravan and Motor Home show receives over 72,000 visitors interested in leisure vehicles. Offering consumers the chance to see an unrivalled selection of the best products on the market under one big roof.

AUDI AG sold around 741,300 vehicles worldwide in the first nine months of the year – an increase of 8.3 percent (September: 84,700; up 1.8 percent).

GM dealers in the United States delivered 337,640 vehicles in September, up 4 percent compared with a year ago. The company's 255,274 retail deliveries were up more than 7 percent.

Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW) announced the introduction of the Celcor® 600/2 substrate, a next-generation ceramic substrate for light-duty gasoline and diesel-powered vehicles. With its ultrathin walls, the new substrate enables reduced fuel consumption and increased engine power through low exhaust system back pressure.

Vehicle manufacturers recommend performing routine maintenance on cars, trucks, and SUVs to help keep them in working order. ACDelco is pleased to announce that having this routine maintenance performed doesn’t have to be so …well … routine.

Virginia Tech’s entry in DARPA’s Urban Challenge is moving forward to the qualifying rounds, thanks in part to a custom-designed drive-by-wire control system and unique navigation software that makes the vehicle’s driving decisions almost human.

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. today announced plans to launch a new clean diesel engine for use in the X-TRAIL sport-utility-vehicle, to be introduced in Japan in the fall of 2008. Based on the M9R engine co-developed with Alliance-partner Renault, the Nissan version will adopt original clean diesel technologies (high-performance catalysts and advanced engine management technologies).