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India Posted:Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:20:04 GMTMaruti Suzuki will launch next month a refurbished version of Alto, as the carmaker looks to preempt the introduction of a similar product by rivals.
Posted:Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:13:00 GMTTractor major Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) said on Wednesday that it has introduced its range of tractor brands with the Bharat (Trem) Stage III A emission norms-compliant engines.
Posted:Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:02:51 GMTGerman luxury carmaker Mercedes Benz would soon commence a second shift at its Chakan plant, on which the company has invested about Rs 200 crore, to meet the increased demand, a top company official said here on Wednesday. |
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US Posted:Tue, 20 Jul 2010 23:03:21 GMTFord Motor Co. plans to launch its marketing campaign for the Ford Explorer next week through an unusual venue: Facebook.
Posted:Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:41:33 GMT![A video technician works on one of the unmanned, electric-powered orange vans that will leave Italy July 20, 2010, and are equipped with laser scanners and video cameras that work in concert to detect and help avoid obstacles. The vehicles will brave the traffic of Moscow, the intense summer heat of Siberia and the bitter cold of the Gobi desert before the planned arrival in Shanghai at the end of October.]() A team of Italian engineers on Tuesday launched what has been billed as the longest-ever test drive of driverless vehicles: an 8,000-mile, three-month road trip from Italy to China to test the limits of future automotive technology.
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. |
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Europe Posted:Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:24:00 ESTFiled under: Government/Legal, Safety, Technology, Toyota ![]()
No one can accuse our legislative process of being particularly swift. Even in the midst of one of the most productive congressional sessions in years, it takes plenty of hemming and hawing to push a bill all the way from committee to law. Unfortunately, a group of individuals affected by the recent rash of runaway Toyota vehicles must not have gotten that memo. A group of family members of those who died in instances of unintended acceleration recently met with members of congress to discuss the obstacles facing the Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 2010.
The bill specifically addresses the need for brake override systems on all new cars as well as so-called black boxes, or event data recorders, but it also ensures that federal investigators will be able to quickly access information stored on a vehicle in case of a widespread safety emergency. Meanwhile, the bill has run into some opposition. Most automakers have come out in favor of EDR's, but have found issue with other portions of the legislation.
Other potential snags include worries about the cost of the added technology. As such, proponents of the bill have decided to underscore the need for such a law for fear that the topic will grow cold in the public's memory. Hit the jump for the full press release.
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The story of the 2011 Volkswagen Jetta begins and ends with price. A 2011 Jetta in "S" trim will set you back just $15,995. Clearly, the "German premium" has finally been addressed. But at what cost?
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ICONIC has formed a partnership with AC Cars, and has scheduled a 2011 release date for its Shelby-lookalike AC Roadster. It's currently taking orders.
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Posted:Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:59:00 ESTFiled under: Chrysler, Earnings/Financials, Fiat ![]()
Chrysler may be more than a little short on new products right now, but that apparently isn't stopping Team Pentastar from bolstering its bottom line. The Detroit Free Press reports that Fiat/Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne told reporters that Chrysler managed to produce black ink between April and June. We won't know exactly how much money Detroit-based automaker pulled in until August.
In any case, this counts as phenomenal news for the struggling automaker, which went through bankruptcy proceedings during the second quarter of 2009. Chrysler also posted an operating profit of $143 million in the first quarter, though one-time costs meant an overall loss of $197 million at that time.
While we'll have to wait a couple more week for Chrysler's official Q2 numbers, Fiat has already posted its results for the quarter. The Italian automaker managed a $146 million profit bolstered by a 12.5 percent increase in revenue. Global sales reportedly grew by 6.7 percent versus the same quarter in 2009, even with a 21.5 percent drop in sales in Italy. Fiat's domestic market sales were negatively impacted due to the end of the country's Cash for Clunkers-style program.
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Australia Posted:Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:22:00 ESTMore images capturing the next generation BMW M5 in ever-advancing stages of development have been making their way online. This time, BMW's next-generation V10 V8 monster has been spied with its shirt open. Late last year, a heavily-disguised 2011 M5 prototype was spied lapping the Nurburgring. Now, with the 2010 5 Series fully revealed, much of the M5's cladding has been dropped. The new M5 is expected to draw power from a more powerful version of the twin-turbo 4.4 l...
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Posted:Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:19:00 ESTThe teams association FOTA is on "a collision course" with itself, Bernie Ecclestone said on Wednesday. A row between the F1 chief executive and the separate union of the sport's competing teams has been heating up at recent races. First, through the sponsorship arm Allsport, the teams were warned about putting sponsor logos on the garage walls, and then the teams' tractor units were ordered out of the Silverstone paddock. "There is no space for FOTA,"...
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Posted:Thu, 22 Jul 2010 06:00:00 ESTEngineers Australia has handed down its 2010 NSW Infrastructure Report Card this week, and while its electricity, phone, water and gas services all managed a mark of 'adequate', the state's road network could manage only an 'average to poor'. In grading terms, the C- given to the New South Wales' infrastructure could have been worse but for the B- mark given to the national roads that pass through the state. The state-operated freeways, highways and loc...
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Japan Posted:Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:02:03 +0000Honda has announced that it plans to introduce a plug-in hybrid and electric vehicle (EV) to the U.S. market by 2012. “Japan’s No.2 automaker was one of the world’s only car makers to offer gasoline-electric cars during the past decade but has begun looking like a laggard without a ‘strong’ hybrid or concrete plans to [...]
Posted:Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:02:03 +0000Toyota could learn a thing or two from General Motors. Less than a week after PickupTrucks.com discovered a potentially dangerous glitch in the hill-hold assist feature equipped in GM heavy-duty trucks, GM has already identified the problem and issued a fix. PickupTrucks.com explains the problem: “Hill-hold assist automatically applies the vehicle’s brakes for 1.5 seconds [...]
Posted:Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:02:02 +0000A federal grand jury in New York has issued a subpoena for Toyota Motor Company records. This is the third subpoena for the manufacturer which is under scrutiny for the recent spate of Toyota recalls and the company’s response to other reported issues with its products.. The New York Times reports, “In a short filing [...] |
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UK Posted:Wed, 21 Jul 2010 04:23:29 EDTHere's a smartphone tool that people prone to midnight shopping binges should handle with care.
Posted:Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:19:19 EDTHonda announced it will begin selling two new plug-in electric vehicles in the United States in 2012.
Posted:Tue, 20 Jul 2010 07:31:05 EDTToyota Motor Corp. has been subpoenaed by a U.S. federal grand jury for documents related to steering problems in its vehicles, the automaker said Tuesday. |
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