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India Posted:Mon, 19 Jul 2010 22:03:19 GMTAs petrol and diesel have become costlier after government decided to decontrol fuel prices, it?s focus alternate fuel for carmakers. And they are chalking out plans to strap more of their models with CNG and LPG variants.
Posted:Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:55:37 GMTThe country's commercial vehicle sales have zoomed 77% till May against the Dragon?s 60%.
Posted:Mon, 19 Jul 2010 08:54:07 GMTWheel rim major Steel Strips Wheels Ltd (SSWL) has set up a manufacturing plant at a cost of Rs 140 crore in the steel city for supplying the parts to leading auto majors. |
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US Posted:Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:38:42 GMTIt's getting easier to get a car loan. Better access to credit is an important step to selling more cars and helping an industry that has seen 250,000 jobs disappear in the past three years.
Posted:Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:29:04 GMTA government watchdog is criticizing the Treasury Dept. for urging GM and Chrysler to quickly reduce their dealership networks â a move that cost jobs during the recession.
Posted:Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:07:56 GMT![Toyota and electric vehicle upstart Tesla Motors will work together to develop an electric version of Toyota's RAV4 small crossover vehicle.]() Toyota Motor Corp. and electric vehicle upstart Tesla Motors Inc. will work together to develop an electric version of Toyota's RAV4 small crossover vehicle.
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Europe Posted:Mon, 19 Jul 2010 19:57:00 ESTFiled under: Coupe, Performance, Videos, Mercedes-Benz, UK, Luxury ![]()
Fifth Gear's Tiff Needell tries to outdo David Coulthard in the SLS AMG - Click above to watch video after the jump
David Coulthard was called to the Isle of Man to pilot an SLS AMG for a scene in a 3-D film. To ensure that DC could strut the coupe's stuff, some of the island's roads were closed to the public. That meant a place with no speed limits also had no traffic. And that meant Fifth Gear's Tiff Needell felt the need to join DC and take the wheel himself. His goal: beat David's top speed of 160 miles per hour. The sound of him making the effort alone is worth following the jump for the video.
[Source: Fifth Gear]Continue reading Video: Fifth Gear joins David Coulthard on the Isle of Man with Benz's SLS AMG Video: Fifth Gear joins David Coulthard on the Isle of Man with Benz's SLS AMG originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 19 Jul 2010 19:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Posted:Mon, 19 Jul 2010 19:24:00 ESTFiled under: Motorsports, Performance, UK, Specialty, Racing ![]()
Bloodhound SSC show car - Click above for high-res image gallery
It looks like the Bloodhound project has reemerged from the ether of the internet, this time with a full-scale model of the team's actual world land speed-record hopeful. If you dust off the way-back synapses, you might recollect that the Bloodhound Education Program is a ploy to get school-aged kids into the sciences by showing them exactly what Algebra can do. You know, like launch a hunk of metal to 1,000 miles per hour on land. As a show of progress, the team has unveiled a 42-foot-long life-size replica of the machine that it hopes to use to obliterate the standing world land-speed record of a little over 763 mph.
So far, construction of the rear section of the machine is slated to begin in the second quarter of next year, and the team claims that it's in talks with another organization to begin building the front half right now. That means we could be hearing reports of shakedown runs by the end of 2011 or the beginning of 2012. From there, it's a short hop to the Hakskeen Pan in South Africa for the real trial. Get excited, people. Hit the jump for a video of the car as well as the full press release. Thanks for the tips, Carlos and Mark!
[Source: Bloodhound Project]Continue reading Bloodhound Gang: Full-scale model of supersonic car unveiled in UK [w/video] Bloodhound Gang: Full-scale model of supersonic car unveiled in UK [w/video] originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 19 Jul 2010 19:24:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Subaru assures us that for 2011, we can expect a return to the fundamentals that helped establish the STI as a force to be reckoned with. See that spoiler? Yeah, baby. The STI is back, and on more than just a wing and a prayer.
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The plucky little 2011 Subaru Impreza WRX has gone off to summer camp and returned as a full-figured looker. Now donning its bigger sister's widebody dress and uprated wheels at all four corners, there are few tells this thing isn't fully capable of stopping at a moment's notice. And all we can say is: It's about time.
Daily U-Turn: What you missed on 7.19.10 originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 19 Jul 2010 19:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Australia Posted:Tue, 20 Jul 2010 08:55:00 ESTAudi has announced this week that the upcoming A7 Sportback four-door coupe will get its official unveiling at Germany's Pinakothek der Moderne Munchen modern art museum in Munich on July 26. The news follows spy photos of an undisguised test car spied in an Audi workshop late last year, camouflaged road-going test cars earlier this year and our own preview rendering (above) published in May. Speaking with press last year, Audi boss Rupert Stadler revealed a number of details co...
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Posted:Tue, 20 Jul 2010 08:29:58 ESTThe Ford Ranger ute had a makeover early last year - with Ford Australia engineers involved - but further changes are already in store for the medium-weight commercial load lugger. While earlier spy photos showed a front treatment that had barely changed, these new shots reveal a more heavily-camouflaged Ranger testing in America's Death Valley. Click here to read TMR's review of the 2009 Ford PK Ranger XLT SuperCab Where the previous test mule showed a pair of widened...
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Posted:Tue, 20 Jul 2010 07:28:00 ESTDietrich Mateschitz has dismissed the Silverstone front wing affair as "much too dramatised", declaring that Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel still have equal chances to win the 2010 world championship. The energy drink company Red Bull's owner, an Austrian billionaire, insisted to Kleine Zeitung newspaper that German 23-year-old Vettel is not the team's preferred winner this year. "Once again I say: we do not have a number one and a number two. Both drivers ha...
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Japan Posted:Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:11:02 +0000Audi A7 teaser video German firm’s four-dour coupe teaser website goes live in Holland.Here’s the very first official glimpse of the Audi A7. Auto Express obtained this teaser sketch video from the firm’s Dutch website, which has gone live with a special preview of Audi’s Mercedes CLS rival. function hbxMediaPlay(hbxFileName, hbxCurrentPos, hbxEndPos, hbxFlashVersion) { _hbSet('m.f',hbxFileName); [...]
Posted:Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:02:14 +0000When General Motors and Chrysler began closing dealerships last year, many dealers protested that the closings weren’t made with enough consideration, and that there would be negative effects on local economies. A new report says those dealers were right. The New York Times says, “President Obama’s auto task force pressed General Motors and Chrysler to [...]
Posted:Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:02:12 +0000‘Tis the season for automakers to make changes in their lineups for the upcoming model year, and Lexus is getting in on the action. Left Lane News reports that “the most significant change to Lexus’ 2011 lineup comes from the IS line of sedans, thanks to the addition of a new IS 350 model with [...] |
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UK Posted:Fri, 16 Jul 2010 09:51:53 EDTTesla Motors will produce electric Rav4 crossover SUVs for Toyota Motor Co. beginning in 2012, the two companies announced Friday.
Posted:Fri, 16 Jul 2010 09:38:34 EDTThe new J.D. Power survey shows, for the first time in 13 years, Detroit models make owners happier than imports.
Posted:Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:24:05 EDTGeneral Motors will guarantee the lithium-ion battery in the Chevrolet Volt for 100,000 miles of driving or eight years, whichever comes first, the automaker announced Thursday. |
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