(May 24, 2011) CHICAGO (PRNewswire) — Mitsubishi has teamed up with one of America's leading confectionaries, the Jelly Belly Candy Company, in a novel promotion to show Chicagoans the sweeter side of sustainable transportation.

(May 23, 2011) MOSCOW — A red, 1.8-liter five-door Ford Focus has become the 500,000th Ford Focus sold in Russia since the market introduction of the first-generation Focus in 1999.

The milestone Focus was sold to a customer in St. Petersburg, home of Ford's Russian assembly plant where the car was built.

(May 23, 2011) DETROIT (PRNewswire) — There's good news for the U.S. Big Three automakers and not so good news for the Big Three Japanese automakers in the 11th annual study of working relations between the six North American automakers and their suppliers. 

As a group, the US auto-makers continue to show steady improvement, and the Japanese automakers continue to slip.

(May 23, 2011) South Korea's Hyundai Motor and its affiliate Kia Motors said Sunday they have suffered from a production disruption of some of its SUV models after a labor strike at one of its suppliers led to a parts shortage.

Hyundai, the world's fifth-biggest carmaker along with Kia Motors, warned that a protracted supply disruption could deal a blow at a time when Japanese rivals are resuming full production after the March 11 earthquake.

(May 22, 2011) DETROIT — On May 30, 1911, Arthur Chevrolet competed in the inaugural Indianapolis 500. One hundred years later, a Chevrolet Camaro SS convertible will lead the 2011 Indianapolis 500, as the car maker and iconic race celebrate their centennial anniversaries — and start the countdown for Chevrolet’s return to IndyCar racing in 2012.

(May 21, 2011) Rolls-Royce has opened a showroom in Petaling Jaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

“We continue to invest in a Malaysian market buoyed by the country’s economic growth and growing appetite for super-luxury cars. Our presence signals our commitment to providing service support for current and future customers, many of whom are new to the brand,” said Paul Harris, Rolls-Royce Asia Pacific regional director.

(May 21, 2011) Dean and Dan Caten, better known as the Canadian designer duo DSQUARED², today unveil their exclusive Life Ball MINI 2011 in Vienna. The twin brothers refashioned their Mini Cooper S to ensure that it would be armed for adventures of all kinds.

Among its striking features are the front guard, rally headlamps, tinted side windows with grilles and the spare tire on the tailgate.

(May 21, 2011) DEARBORN, Mich. — As Americans take a more active role in managing their health and well-being, Ford researchers are taking a leading role in developing a series of health and wellness in-car connectivity solutions designed to empower people with self-help information while they drive.

(May 20, 2011) Toyota officials this month put another safety investigation behind them. The U.S. government has announced that it found no electronic-related steering defects that would compromise safety in 2009 and 2010 model Corollas.

That is good news for the Japanese automaker because the compact-sized Corolla is its second-biggest volume car in terms of sales. With 266,000 Corollas sold last year, only the mid-sized Camry outsold it in the Toyota lineup.

(May 20, 2011) INDIANAPOLIS (PRNewswire-USNewswire) — Ray Harroun, winner of the first Indianapolis 500, begins racing his Marmon "Wasp" through the nation's mail stream today in the form of 50 million First-Class Mail Forever stamps to celebrate 100 years of racing at the iconic brickyard.

The first-day-of-issue dedication ceremony took place at the Speedway as a prelude to Fast Friday, the qualification runs for the 100th Indianapolis 500.