Temporary Exemption to New U.S. Safety Rules for Aston Martin

A temporary exemption to new U.S. safety rules regarding side-impact federal safety standards has been granted to Aston Martin. In an online statement The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said “The basis for the grant is that compliance would cause substantial economic hardship to a low volume manufacture that has tried in good faith to comply with the standard”.  Do the niche nature of its business the NHTSA is giving the manufacture longer to comply.

Did you know that the average car has 30,000 parts?

Ford Plant Closure

Ford Motor Co. has plans to close its climate control plant in Suburban Detroit by December and lay off 257 employees. 

Toyota Recalls 247,000 Vehicles in the U.S.

In the United States 247,000 cars, Suvs and pickup trucks are being recalled by Toyota Motor Corp today.  According to U.S. safety regulators the reason for the recall is for a potential defect in the front passenger airbag inflators which can rupture and spray pieces of metal. The air bags are manufactured by Japan’s Takata Corp.

Toyota Moto Corp is not the only automobile manufacture to be affected by Takata’s faulty air bags, included in the regional recall are Honda Motor Co. and Chrysler Group. This recent regional recall for Toyota raises the number of vehicles affected by the faulty Takata air bags to more than 4.5 million since the beginning of the regional recall in June 2014.

After reports of explosions in airs bags in Florida and Puerto Rico the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration started an investigation. 

 2015 Ford F-150 Wins The Truck of Texas award

The prestigious truck of Texas award was awarded to the 2015 Ford aluminum-body F-150 pickup truck. The Texas Auto Writers Association Truck Rodeo issues the award annually.

10,500 C-Class Recalled by Mercedes-Benz

10,500 C-class Mercedes-Benz are being recalled in the U.S. for an issue with the steering. The recall is for model year 2015 manufactured in Vance, Ala the issue is an error in production that causes the steering wheel to squeak and resist turning. First noticed in September with two cars in Europe, according to Donna Boland spokeswomen for Mercedes-Benz (U.S.) stated that the “Steering Coupling Interlock” was in the open position when it should have been released from the European factory locked. Boland also stated that “there is no reason to think our vehicles have this problem.”

Coming Soon Berkshire Hathaway Automotive

This past Thursday Billionaire Warren Buffet agreed to purchase the Van Tuyl Group Americas fifth largest auto dealership with $9 billion in sales. The dealership will be called Berkshire Hathaway Automotive.