Two Japanese suppliers of automotive electrical components–Yazaki Corporation and DENSO Corporation–have agreed to plead guilty and to pay a total of $548 million in criminal fines for their involvement in multiple price-fixing and bid-rigging conspiracies in the sale of parts to automobile manufacturers in the United States, the Department of Justice announced yesterday. Four...
Super Bowl car ads can be fun to watch, but if you are shopping for a new car you’ll want to watch for the tricks that marketers pull off so effectively. Edmunds.com, the premier online resource for automotive information, exposes some of these illusions in its new consumer advice story, “Five Ways Car Ads...
Volkswagen and BMW said Monday that they are recalling tens of thousands of vehicles in the U.S. due to possible technical problems. BMW will recall 88,911 Mini and Mini Cooper cars in the U.S. built after 2006 because “the auxiliary water pump that cools the turbo charger has an electronic circuit board that can...
Before we take off for the holiday weekend, Edmunds.com wants to shed a little more light on Saab’s decision to close up shop after filing for bankruptcy Monday. The Swedish automaker’s final demise has left current and potential Saab owners with several questions about warranty coverage, parts and service, and the real impact on...
