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| Posted: 13 Jul 2011 12:58 AM PDT  Vídeo-prueba : Mercedes C Coupe 250 CDI Filed under: Mercedes-Benz, Cupés, Deportivos Los chicos de Autocar vuelven a las andadas con sus pruebas cortas de minuto y medio. En este caso han metido en cintura al C Coupe, en la versión que (personalmente) menos atrae, pero que probablemente más éxito comercial conozca, el C250 CDI. Tienes el vídeo a continuación.... |
| Posted: 13 Jul 2011 12:58 AM PDT  Alpina B12 6.0 gespot Een 7-serie met 430 pk en 600 Nm, daar kijken we toch niet zo raar van op? Ook de topsnelheid van 291 km/u doet je niet snel achterover slaan. Echter, we hebben het hier wel over een 7-serie uit de vorige eeuw, waar bovendien nog geen 100 exemplaren van gemaakt zijn.... |
| Posted: 13 Jul 2011 12:58 AM PDT Kicherer Brings Modest Upgrade In Mercedes-Benz CLS For all those who actually don't know what Kicherer is, let us tell you that it is a tuning house of Mercedes-Benz. Now, moving on to the news, let us tell you that Kicherer has made a modest upgrade on the CLS-Class, which will be providing a lot more power and torque, with some extra [...] |
| Posted: 13 Jul 2011 12:26 AM PDT Fiat: "We wasted three years in China." Fiat's Global Operations Director Mr. Lorenzo Sistino recently accepted an interview with the Chinese automotive website Auto 163 where he underlined plans for Fiat in the Chinese market. During the interview Mr. Sistino expressed that he believes that Fiat has wasted three years in China, presumably from a lack of a partner and having to [...] |
| Posted: 12 Jul 2011 11:54 PM PDT  Ventas junio 2011: Estados Unidos Filed under: Industria Durante el pasado mes de junio las matriculaciones de vehículos nuevos en Estados Unidos se incrementaron en un 7,1% en relación al mismo mes del año anterior, alcanzando un volumen total de 1.053.405 unidades vendidas. Por marcas las más destacadas fueron: SUBEN Jeep +74,2% Mitsubishi +97,7% Kia +41,2% BAJAN Honda -21,5% Toyota -19,1% Lexus -37,8% Continue reading Ventas junio 2011: Estados UnidosVentas junio 2011: Estados Unidos originally appeared on Autoblog Español on Wed,... |
| Posted: 12 Jul 2011 11:22 PM PDT Volkswagen Brand Sales Rise 12% Volkswagen AG says deliveries of its VW brand vehicles grew to a record 2.5 million units in the first half of 2011 from 2.3 million a year earlier. June sales climbed 10% to 438,500 vehicles. VW brand sales advanced 5% to 287,400 units in Germany and 22% to 237,700 units in [...] |
| Posted: 12 Jul 2011 11:22 PM PDT China's Economic Growth Slows China reports that its gross domestic product expanded by a relatively moderate 9.5% in the second quarter of 2011 compared to the same period a year earlier. The country's GDP grew 9.7% in the first quarter. The central government has been trying to control inflation, which reached 6.4% in June, by [...] |
| Posted: 12 Jul 2011 11:22 PM PDT PSA First-Half Sales Growth: 0.2% PSA Peugeot Citroen says its sales from January through June totaled 1.86 million vehicles, an increase of only 4,000 units from the same six-month period last year. PSA notes that the global auto market expanded 6%, led by increases of 10% in China, 13% in Latin America and 57% in Russia. The [...] |
| Posted: 12 Jul 2011 11:22 PM PDT BMW Raises Outlook BMW AG now expects to sell more than 1.6 million vehicles worldwide in 2011, about 100,000 units more than it forecast previously and 10% above last year's volume. The company also anticipates its pre-tax earnings will be better than predicted earlier. Group sales surged 20% to 833,400 units in the first [...] |
| Posted: 12 Jul 2011 11:22 PM PDT Toyota's Sales Climb 5% in Europe Toyota Motor Corp. says its European operations boosted sales 5% to 425,600 units in the first half of 2011 in spite of supply disruptions caused by the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan in March. Toyota's European assembly plants returned to normal output in early June. The company says it intends [...] |
| Posted: 12 Jul 2011 11:22 PM PDT Europcar Will Rent Opel Ampera EVs Europcar, Europe's largest car rental company, says it will begin adding General Motors Co.'s Opel Ampera extended-range hybrid sedans to its rental fleet in November. The Ampera is an iteration of the Chevrolet Volt, which went on sale in the U.S. earlier this year. Europcar will introduce the American-made [...] |
| Posted: 12 Jul 2011 11:21 PM PDT GM Korea Agrees to Record-High Bonus for Workers GM Korea, formerly known as GM Daewoo Auto & Technology Co., says it has agreed to boost the wages of its union workers in South Korea by 4.7% and give each of them bonuses and other incentives worth 6.5 million won (€4,000). The generous settlement will put heavy pressure on [...] |
| Posted: 12 Jul 2011 11:21 PM PDT Severstal Wins U.S. Loan to Make Improved Steel The U.S. Department of Energy is ready to loan OAO Severstal's U.S. steelmaking unit as much as $730 million (€522 million) to improve its ability to make lighter, stronger steel for vehicles, according to media reports. The DOE loan is part of a two-year-old program to support technologies that result in [...] |
| Posted: 12 Jul 2011 11:21 PM PDT  De veiligheidskooi – Deel 12 'Sorry hiervoor, Thomas.' 'Geen probleem, ik weet hoe dit soort dingen gaan.' Hij kijkt naar de ruitenwissers die hyperactief heen en weer gaan. Op z'n schoot ligt een koffertje. (more…) |
| Posted: 12 Jul 2011 09:13 PM PDT 2012 Porsche 911: We Ride in a Prototype and Get the Inside Scoop The Desert Fox: Porsche's new 911 is in final development in South Africa. We tag along for a ride. Beyond the lift-throttle oversteer, beyond the repair bills, and beyond the accusations of sexual inadequacy, most Porschephiles' longest-standing fear is that Zuffenhausen is going to screw up the 911. This is especially true when they know [...] |
| Posted: 12 Jul 2011 09:13 PM PDT Beijing start up seems to have unlocked the key to EV's： Better Batteries This news came via an anonymous tipster early this morning and seems to show that a Beijing based start up may have been able to overcome the issues that have plagued EV manufacturers so far, albeit at a slightly price: A Beijing startup called Wuhe is making electrode materials and batteries that could lower the [...] |
| Posted: 12 Jul 2011 09:13 PM PDT Electric Power Steering Power steering makes it easier to turn your vehicle's front wheels at low speeds, but the benefit doesn't come free. Traditional power steering systems use hydraulic pressure to help you turn the wheel. The pressure comes from a pump that is driven by your engine—even when you're not turning. That [...] |
| Posted: 12 Jul 2011 06:32 PM PDT Nissan takes on GM OnStar with Infiniti Personal Assistant Automotive electronics is the latest battlefield to win the car shoppers pocketbooks. No, we're not talking about the latest safety system or latest fuel efficient engine. No, we're talking about the car's infotainment... |
| Posted: 12 Jul 2011 05:28 PM PDT  Video: Honda CR-Z Mugen compared with.... Ariel Atom Mugen?! Filed under: Aftermarket, Hybrid, Performance, Videos, Honda, MISC Mugen vs Mugen - Click above to watch video after the jump Mugen and Honda go together like vanilla ice cream and apple pie. Sure, the pie can stand on its own, but a nice scoop of ice cream takes it to another level.... |
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| Posted: 12 Jul 2011 04:57 PM PDT  West Philly High School team wins MPG Road Rally Filed under: Biodiesel, Green Culture, Hybrid The students and teachers from West Philadelphia High School's Academy of Automotive and Mechanical Engineering already showed that they knew what they were doing months ago when their hybrid Focus finished as a semifinalist in the Automotive X-Prize and when they demonstrated their 60-mpg hybrid Attack.... |
| Posted: 12 Jul 2011 04:57 PM PDT  Video: BMW makes music using 1 Series sounds only Filed under: Marketing/Advertising, Videos, BMW BMW makes music with the 1 Series - Click above to watch video after the jump Sure, every automaker produces videos showing cars coming together on an assembly line. The clips are traditionally filled with synthy-pop jams created to help produce a melodic association of growth and industry.... |
| Posted: 12 Jul 2011 04:56 PM PDT  Oficial: Audi refresca la familia A5, quita el V8 al S5 Coupé y mete un asiento más al Sportback Filed under: Audi, Salón del Automóvil de Frankfurt, Descapotables, Cupés, Sedanes y berlinas, Deportivos Haz clic en la foto para saltar a la galería Pequeños pero agradecidos cambios llegan al Audi A5. Los chicos de Ingolstadt han comunicado las novedades que ya tienen en camino los A5 Sportback, Coupé y Cabrio (así como sus variantes S) de cara a su debut en el Salón del Automóvil de Frankfurt, en septiembre.... |
| Posted: 12 Jul 2011 04:56 PM PDT  What you missed on 7.12.11 First Drive: 2012 Morgan 3 Wheeler [w/video] It weighs just 1,090 pounds, chuffs out 115 horsepower and 140 pound-feet of torque, and can launch to 60 mph in less than 4.5 seconds. Oh, and you definitely feel every bit of it. Video: 11-year-old cuts the grass in Audi R8, forgets seatbelt Our legal team, parental sense of responsibility, and landscapers everywhere can't help but heap scorn on the adult(s) who helped make this happen,... |
| Posted: 12 Jul 2011 04:56 PM PDT Brabus Mercedes E-Class 800 E Tuning company Brabus never ceases to amaze us. This time they have released a brand new package for the Mercedes E-Class called the 800 E V12 Cabriolet. Completely redesigning the exterior, the Mercedes received a new carbon fiber body kit, fresh alloy wheels, and a sport suspension kit to tie it all together. |
| Posted: 12 Jul 2011 04:24 PM PDT  The Car Show with Adam Carolla: First impressions from the set Filed under: Etc., Celebrities, Humor The Car Show - Click above for our high-res image gallery Comparisons are both unavoidable and inevitable. Tomorrow evening, SPEED debuts its all-new and highly anticipated weekly automotive television series, The Car Show. Hosted by comedian and car buff Adam Carolla, with co-hosts Dan Neil, Matt Farah and John Salley, the self-touted "ultimate car lover's show" will be scrutinized from set design to sign-off as viewers attempt to... |
| Posted: 12 Jul 2011 04:24 PM PDT  Andersens adding cheaper wheat to corn biomass in its ethanol Filed under: Ethanol, USA Andersons, one of the U.S.' major players on the ethanol production scene, has started mixing cheaper soft red winter wheat into its corn-based biofuel. This move, according to Andersons, will drive down costs and lessen demand for corn. Andersons says the soft red winter wheat harvest is peaking, so the stuff is available in mass quantities.... |
| Posted: 12 Jul 2011 03:52 PM PDT  Pandora comes to Scion, more Ford models Filed under: Technology, Ford, Lincoln, Scion Pandora's footprint just got a little larger with the announcement that Scion will be integrating the Internet radio service into its vehicles later this year. Toyota's youth division hasn't said what models will benefit from the new Pandora setup, but most higher-spec tC, xB and forthcoming iQ models should come with a Pandora-enabled head unit. Pandora also took the time during its Analyst Day in San Francisco to... |
| Posted: 12 Jul 2011 03:52 PM PDT Move over OnStar: Ford Sync adds a human touch with Operator Assist Advancements in the telematics arena are occurring at a rapid pace, led by Ford continuing to evolve its Sync-branded offerings. In its latest move, Ford is beta testing an operator-based service that moves the infotainment system closer to GM's OnStar... |
| Posted: 12 Jul 2011 03:20 PM PDT  El fabricante brasileño Chamonix regresa al panorama del automóvil Filed under: Industria, Clásicos Tras un tiempo fuera del negocio del automóvil por problemas financieros, el fabricante de replicas del automóvil Chamonix ha regresado al escenario brasileño gracias al apoyo de A+ Auto, que tomó el control de la marca y re-estructuro la antigua empresa. Durante más de quince años, Chamonix se centró en la producción de distintas replicas si bien el más exitoso era el NG, inspirado en el Porsche 356.... |
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