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| Posted: 11 Jul 2011 12:38 AM PDT  Es lunes... así que te traemos Top Gear para despertar Filed under: McLaren Como casi todos los lunes, cuando el maravilloso mundo del vídeo en internet parece funcionar, te traemos el episodio de ayer noche de Top Gear, con la peculiaridad de que en él se prueba el McLaren MP4-12C. Siendo un coche británico y sabiéndo cómo se las gasta Clarkson con el material "nacional"...... |
| Posted: 11 Jul 2011 12:38 AM PDT AutoBeat Insider Site Debuts The AutoBeat Group is proud to present AutoBeat Insider, a free new Web site that extends the scope of our e-journals. AutoBeat Insider is an interactive library of videos, analysis, commentary, special reports and statistics about major automotive issues and trends. All our readers have unlimited access to this exciting [...] |
| Posted: 11 Jul 2011 12:38 AM PDT GM Adds Sales VP for China Joint Venture General Motors Co. has appointed Rajeev Chaba as vice president for vehicle sales, service and marketing in China. He reports to GM China Vice President Joseph Liu. Chaba's duties will include Shanghai GM, the company's joint venture with SAIC Motor Corp. He will jointly head Shanghai GM's development of sales [...] |
| Posted: 11 Jul 2011 12:38 AM PDT PSA Scouting for Plant Site in India PSA Peugeot Citroen SA says it is continuing to look for a location to build a vehicle assembly plant in India. The company's comment was in response to a statement last week by the country's Tamil Nadu state saying that PSA had agreed to spend 40 billion rupees ($900 [...] |
| Posted: 11 Jul 2011 12:38 AM PDT Car Sales Rebound in China Automakers sold 1.1 million passenger cars in China last month, up 6% from June 2010, according to the China Assn. of Automobile Manufacturers. The increase reversed a 0.1% year-over-year sales dip in May—the country's first decline since January 2009. Total vehicle sales, which include commercial trucks, rose 1% to 1.4 [...] |
| Posted: 11 Jul 2011 12:38 AM PDT Japanese Supplier to Shift Some Production to Thailand Kayaba Industry Co. is spending 3.4 billion yen ($42 million) this year to move some manufacturing equipment for power-steering pumps to Thailand from its KYB Kanayama Co. unit in Japan, The Nikkei reports. It says the move will boost Kayaba's capacity in Thailand 20% to 68,000 units per month. In [...] |
| Posted: 11 Jul 2011 12:37 AM PDT Chinese Truck Maker Begins Auto Production Beiqi Foton Motor Co., China's largest maker of light commercial vehicles, has launched production at its first assembly plant dedicated to passenger vehicles. Located in suburban Beijing, the plant initially will build as many as 150,000 MPVs, pickups, SUVs and crossovers per year, the company says. Annual production capacity [...] |
| Posted: 11 Jul 2011 12:37 AM PDT Singapore Expands EV Test Program Singapore has extended its just-launched electric vehicle test program by one year to the end of 2013. The government plans to spend about 20 million Singaporean dollars ($16 million) during the initiative to build charging stations and other unspecified support infrastructure. It also will provide subsidies for companies and government [...] |
| Posted: 11 Jul 2011 12:37 AM PDT Beijing Benz Targets Luxury Expansion in China Daimler AG and Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Corp. plan to spend €2 billion ($2.9 billion) to expand their Beijing Benz Automotive Co. joint venture operations in China. Daimler predicts that China's demand for premium compact cars will total 2 million units by 2020 and account for 20% of the [...] |
| Posted: 11 Jul 2011 12:37 AM PDT Chery Inks Deal with Chinese Steelmaker Chery Automobile Co. is forming a partnership with Wuhan Iron and Steel (Group) Corp. to produce automotive-grade steel in the port city of Dalian in northeast China's Liaoning province, according to Dow Jones Newswires. The news service says the companies plan to invest 381 million yuan ($59 million) in [...] |
| Posted: 11 Jul 2011 12:37 AM PDT Less Rane in TRW's India Forecast TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. has sold half its stake in Rane Engine Valve Ltd., a venture with India's Rane Group, to Enam Shares and Securities Ltd. for about 59 million rupees ($1.3 million). The deal reduces TRW's stake in the venture to 4.9% and increases Enam's holding in the partnership [...] |
| Posted: 11 Jul 2011 12:06 AM PDT  LED verlichting voorkomt uit de bocht vliegen Ja, die LED's zijn nog helemaal zo gek niet. Zo is er op het knooppunt Waterberg bij Arnhem geen auto meer uit de bocht gevlogen sinds er LED verlichting in gebruik werd genomen. (more…) |
| Posted: 10 Jul 2011 11:33 PM PDT U.S. Connected-Vehicle Study to Begin Next Month The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it will attempt to gauge consumer acceptance of vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-roadside communications with six "connected vehicle" clinics over the next six months. The clinics, each of which will run three or four days, will be held at race tracks and other closed [...] |
| Posted: 10 Jul 2011 11:33 PM PDT Versatility is Key to New Renault Concept Renault SA's new Frendzy concept electric vehicle is designed to be used as a work truck and family car. The company will publicly unveil the asymmetrically designed concept, which may provide the basis for the next Kangoo commercial vehicle, at the Frankfurt auto show in September. Measuring 161 inches [...] |
| Posted: 10 Jul 2011 11:33 PM PDT AutoBeat Insider Site Debuts The AutoBeat Group is proud to present AutoBeat Insider, a free new Web site that extends the scope of our e-journals. AutoBeat Insider is an interactive library of videos, analysis, commentary, special reports and statistics about major automotive issues and trends. All our readers have unlimited access to this exciting [...] |
| Posted: 10 Jul 2011 11:33 PM PDT ZF Names New CEO Stefan Sommer has been named CEO of ZF Friedrichshafen AG, effective May 1. He become deputy CEO in January, working with current CEO Hans-Georg Harter, who retires at the end of April. The 66-year-old Harter has held the top job since 2002. Sommer, 48, joined ZF three years [...] |
| Posted: 10 Jul 2011 11:33 PM PDT Volvo Mulls Performance Unit Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co.'s Volvo Cars unit may add a "PCP" (for Performance Concept Prototype) sub-brand similar to Mercedes-Benz' AMG and BMW's M badges, WhatCar.com reports. The U.K.-based Web site, which cites no sources, says Volvo likely will start with a hot version of the C30 hatchback based [...] |
| Posted: 10 Jul 2011 11:33 PM PDT Dow Forms Electrolyte Venture Midland, Mich.-based Dow Chemical Co. and Japan's Ube Industries Ltd. have formed a 50:50 joint venture to produce electrolytes for lithium-ion batteries used in electric and hybrid vehicles. The Advanced Electrolyte Technologies partnership plans to open a factory next year in Midland capable of producing 5,000-10,000 tons of formulated [...] |
| Posted: 10 Jul 2011 11:33 PM PDT Toyota Opens Belgium Test Track Toyota Motor Corp. has added a proving ground at its research and development complex in Zaventem, Belgium. The €47 million ($67 million) facility, which has been in the works since early 2009, includes a 0.8-mile oval test track, 300-ft diameter skid pad, off-course roads and brake test lane. Located close [...] |
| Posted: 10 Jul 2011 11:33 PM PDT Singapore Expands EV Test Program Singapore has extended its just-launched electric vehicle test program by one year to the end of 2013. The government plans to spend about 20 million Singaporean dollars ($16 million) during the initiative to build charging stations and other unspecified support infrastructure. It also will provide subsidies for companies and government [...] |
| Posted: 10 Jul 2011 11:33 PM PDT  Video: JDM Legends ci spiega l'amore per le auto giapponesi JDM Legends è un' officina specializzata nel restauro, nella cura e nella manutenzione di vecchie e gloriose sportive giapponesi. In questo video il titolare della piccola factory di Salt Lake City, nello Utah, ci spiega come il cuore della compagnia appartenga al Giappone. Eric Bizek, shop manager, ha il cuore di un samurai che si prende cura delle sue Nissan GT-R Skyline e Toyota Celica curandone ogni minimo particolare in maniera... |
| Posted: 10 Jul 2011 11:33 PM PDT  De veiligheidskooi – Deel 11 'Alex, Michael is helemaal enthousiast over het stelen van die auto.' Toni ligt met z'n voeten op tafel en besteed geen aandacht aan m'n Post-it. 'Die jongen zit op internet te zoeken naar de geschiedenis van dat ding en komt met allemaal plannen om dat ding veilig weg te zetten.... |
| Posted: 10 Jul 2011 11:33 PM PDT Volkswagen Secures 56% of MAN Volkswagen AG says it acquired an unexpected 55.9% of the voting rights of commercial truckmaker MAN SE. The stake moves VW closer to its often-declared goal of combining MAN with Scania AB, in which it owns a controlling 46% stake, and VW's own truck unit. VW triggered a mandatory bid for [...] |
| Posted: 10 Jul 2011 11:33 PM PDT U.K. Car Sales Dropped 6% in June New-car registrations in the U.K. declined to 183,100 units last month from 195,200 units in June 2010, according to the Society for Motor Manufacturers and Traders. SMMT says sales of diesel-powered cars grew 4% to 91,300 vehicles, but demand for gasoline-fueled vehicles plunged 14% to 90,100 units. Fleet volume increased 2%, [...] |
| Posted: 10 Jul 2011 11:01 PM PDT  Ventas enero-junio 2011: República Checa Filed under: Industria Ahora que ya hemos superado la primera mitad del año nada mejor que realizar un pequeño repaso al mercado checo, pequeño en términos de volumen pero muy importante para algunas firmas. En los seis primeros meses del año las ventas han estado estables, con un ligero descenso que no alcanza el 1% y un total de 88.284 unidades vendidas. Por marcas las más destacadas han sido: SUBEN Dacia +60,6% Mitsubishi +52,9% ... |
| Posted: 10 Jul 2011 11:01 PM PDT Classic Car Insurance Quotes Finding the right kind of insurance for your classic car takes a little time and a lot of research. More research is involved when you set out to find the best antique and classic car insurance available. Some car insurance policies are, in the insurance options specializes in antique and classic automobiles. |
| Posted: 10 Jul 2011 09:55 PM PDT  Listino Prezzi Infiniti EX Model Year 2012 A partire dagli scorsi giorni è possibile ordinare l'Infiniti EX nella versione aggiornata e proposta come Model Year 2012, che si differenzia per alcune modifiche alla dotazione di serie. Per tutti gli allestimenti (escluso l'EX30d) è ora disponibile il sistema di navigazione e intrattenimento Connectiviti+ con impianto audio Bose, vera e propria piattaforma multimediale composta da un hard disk con memoria di 30 GB e funzioni come il riconoscimento vocale, la... |
| Posted: 10 Jul 2011 05:10 PM PDT  Brabus 800 E V12 Cabriolet out-blacks AMG's Black Series Filed under: Aftermarket, Convertible, Performance, Mercedes-Benz Brabus 800 E V12 Cabriolet - Click above for high-res image gallery Black Series? Who needs one when you've got Brabus? Try this on for size: 0-62 in 3.7 seconds and a top speed of 231 mph. In a four-seat E-Class convertible. So, how did the German tuning house manage to convert a boulevard cruiser into a certified bruiser?... |
| Posted: 10 Jul 2011 05:10 PM PDT  Fotos espía: BMW "Serie 1 GT" Filed under: BMW, Fotos espía, Monovolúmenes y MPVAlgunos de nosotros ya nos hemos recuperado del shock causado por BMW al confirmar el lanzamiento de modelos de tracción delantera, pero si por un caso aún sigues tratando de digerir la noticia, te recomendamos que eches un vistazo al nuevo "Serie 1 GT" con el que el fabricante dará comienzo a esta revolución.... |
| Posted: 10 Jul 2011 03:34 PM PDT  Top Gear producer Andy Wilman spills the beans Filed under: Etc., Celebrities, Humor It's hard for the Top Gear team to surprise us with outrageous tales since the show itself could almost be considered behind-the-scenes footage of some other, more traditional program. But producer Andy Wilman reveals 16 TG tidpits in the Telegraph, and it's hard not to be a little surprised at some of them. Like #8, for example, about trying to get James May to chauffeur a Bengal Tiger... |
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