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| Posted: 21 Jul 2011 01:07 AM PDT  Vídeo: Motor Trend saca a bailar al Lexus LFA Filed under: Lexus, Cupés, Deportivos A estas alturas ya no hay mucho más que podamos contarte sobre el LFA. El coche ya está a la venta y sus 500 unidades van llegando poco a poco a manos de sus dueños, así que Motor Trend ha decidido no volver a repetir lo mismo de siempre ahora que tiene uno en sus manos.... |
| Posted: 21 Jul 2011 01:06 AM PDT  Sunday Drivers – Driving UK Crazy Research conducted by insurance comparison website confused.com has revealed that dawdling drivers are the top cause of irritation for UK drivers. The survey shows that 60% of UK motorists experience increased stress levels and irritability when stuck behind a car travelling at slow speeds. Alarmingly 45% of drivers admitted to attempting to dangerously overtake these slow moving vehicles in an effort to free themselves from the stress and irritation caused by... |
| Posted: 21 Jul 2011 01:06 AM PDT  Alvis 4.3 Litre krijgt een revival Je hebt retro en je hebt retro. In de laatste categorie past de revival van de Alvis 4.3 Litre, een Britse auto uit het interbellum. Ruim 70 jaar nadat de laatste 4.3 werd geproduceerd wordt de productie herstart. Onder de motorkap ligt echter geen efficiënte koffiemolen, maar een replica van de 4,3 liter grote zescilinder.... |
| Posted: 21 Jul 2011 12:34 AM PDT  Brabus da un desigual repaso a los Clase E y Clase S Filed under: Mercedes-Benz, Sedanes y berlinas, Deportivos Haz clic en la foto para saltar a la galería Tan acostumbrados nos tiene Brabus a sus preparaciones completas, que a veces nos olvidamos de que también sabe ofrecer kits sueltos para los clientes que sólo quieran una apariencia más distintiva para sus vehículos. Esta vez, los acreedores de sus caricias son los Clase E y Clase S de Mercedes (quién si no), que reciben una... |
| Posted: 21 Jul 2011 12:33 AM PDT  Foto Spia Porsche 991 Turbo S Queste immagini rubate mostrano uno fra i primi muletti della nuova Porsche 991 in versione Turbo S, riconoscibile per il nuovo impianto di scarico con quattro terminali e per questo differente rispetto agli ultimi muletti fotografati. Nessuna modifica invece a livello estetico, dove sono presenti le stesse camuffature già utilizzate per mascherare la 911 Turbo, compreso lo spoiler posteriore e gli sfoghi laterali di notevoli dimensioni.... |
| Posted: 21 Jul 2011 12:01 AM PDT  Ventas junio 2011: Rusia Filed under: Industria Durante el pasado mes de junio las matriculaciones de vehículos nuevos en Rusia se incrementaron en un 40% en comparación con el mismo mes del año anterior, alcanzando un volumen total de 246.429 unidades vendidas. Por marcas las más destacadas fueron: SUBEN SEAT +245,0% VORTEX +2194,0% Geely +595,2% BAJAN BOGDAN -45,2% Chery -56,0% TAGAZ -97,7% Continue reading Ventas junio 2011: RusiaVentas junio 2011: Rusia originally appeared on Autoblog Español on Thu, 21 Jul... |
| Posted: 21 Jul 2011 12:01 AM PDT  Video: Ken Block hoont de pan uit Hooning: a derogatory term used in Australia and New Zealand, to refer to a young person who engages in loutish, anti-social behaviour. In particular, it is used to refer to one who drives a car [..] in a manner which is anti-social by the standards of contemporary society, that is, fast, noisily and/or dangerously.... |
| Posted: 21 Jul 2011 12:01 AM PDT ECD to Sell Ovonic Battery Unit Energy Conversion Devices Inc. says it has hired Birmingham, Mich.-based investment bankers Quarton Partners LLC to sell its Ovonic Battery Co. unit, developer of the nickel-metal-hydride battery technology used in most hybrid vehicles. ECD tells The Detroit News it expects to get "top dollar" for the sale, which could take three [...] |
| Posted: 21 Jul 2011 12:01 AM PDT JCI Earnings Drop 15% on Quake-Related Disruptions Johnson Controls Inc. posted net income of $357 million in its fiscal third quarter, which ended on June 30, compared with $418 million a year earlier. The company attributes the decline to a $400 million drop in sales caused by disruptions to auto output after Japan's March 11 earthquake and tsunami. |
| Posted: 21 Jul 2011 12:01 AM PDT Carmakers Seek Delay in New U.S. Fuel Economy Rules U.S., European and Asian carmakers are pushing the Obama administration to review its goal of requiring new vehicles to average 56.2 mpg by 2025, Bloomberg News reports. The news service says the industry wants a White House pledge to re-evaluate the program in about 2020. Environmental groups oppose such a review, [...] |
| Posted: 21 Jul 2011 12:00 AM PDT Tesla's EV Supply Deal with Toyota Expands Tesla Motors Inc. says it has signed a three-year, $100 million deal to supply Toyota Motor Corp. with electric powertrains for the Japanese carmaker's RAV4 SUV. The Palo Alto, Calif.-based electric car company previously valued the contract at about $60 million. The EV variant of the RAV4 goes into production next [...] |
| Posted: 21 Jul 2011 12:00 AM PDT Ford Recalls Trucks for Faulty Switches Ford Motor Co. is recalling 20,500 Ranger compact pickup trucks in the U.S. to fix a defective multi-function switch in the steering column that can cause the failure of turn signals, taillamps, hazard lights and brake lights. The campaign also involves about 6,300 service parts made from June-April 2011 for use [...] |
| Posted: 21 Jul 2011 12:00 AM PDT Supplier Mark IV Puts Its Last Unit Up for Sale Mark IV LLC has hired investment bank Lazard Ltd. to find a buyer for its Dayco transmission parts business, Reuters reports. The news service, citing unnamed sources, says the unit could fetch $600 million. Dayco is the Amherst, N.Y.-based company's only remaining unit. Sogefi SpA, an Italian maker of filters and suspension [...] |
| Posted: 21 Jul 2011 12:00 AM PDT Teamsters Files Charge with NLRB Against BMW The International Brotherhood of Teamsters union has alleged in a filing with the National Labor Relations Board that BMW AG's North American unit has violated U.S. labor law, The Wall Street Journal reports. The Teamsters cite BMW's plan to fire all 65 union members at a distribution center in Ontario, Calif., [...] |
| Posted: 21 Jul 2011 12:00 AM PDT Honda Predicts Decline in its 2011 Sales in China Honda Motor Co. has lowered its 2011 sales target for China by 13% to 638,000 vehicles because of supply disruptions and subsequent production cutbacks caused by the massive earthquake in Japan in March. This would represent a drop from Honda's record sales of 655,000 vehicles in China in 2010. The company [...] |
| Posted: 21 Jul 2011 12:00 AM PDT Saab Suppliers Push for Antonov Investment Frustrated suppliers to Swedish Automobile NV are eager to make former Chairman Vladimir Antonov a major investor in the maker of Saab vehicles, according to Sweden's Dagens Nyheter. The head of auto supplier trade group FKG tells the Stockholm-based newspaper that SA needs "heavyweight ownership" to end months of financial uncertainty. Antonov [...] |
| Posted: 21 Jul 2011 12:00 AM PDT Nissan Plans "Radical" Change in Asia-Pacific Unit Nissan Motor Co. tells The Nikkei it will relocate its headquarters for the Asia-Pacific region to Thailand from Singapore by year-end as part of a "radical" reorganization of those operations. The company will offer details during a press conferen... |
| Posted: 20 Jul 2011 11:28 PM PDT  Mini: trapelati i disegni ufficiali della Paceman Il sito Carscoop ha diffuso i bozzetti ufficiali della nuova Mini Paceman, crossover a tre porte su base Countryman già anticipata dall'omonima concept car. La versione di serie, rispetto a quest'ultima, non presenta alcuna differenza né a livello di proporzioni né a livello di finitura, lasciando dunque supporre che il prototipo fosse una sorta di esemplare pre-serie.... |
| Posted: 20 Jul 2011 09:48 PM PDT  Video Mercedes SLS AMG Roadster Mercedes ha diffuso un nuovo video ufficiale della SLS AMG Roadster. La versione a cielo aperto della SLS AMG, disponibile in Europa ad un prezzo indicativo di 195.160 Euro tasse incluse ed attesa sotto i riflettori del salone di Francoforte, è dotata dello stesso V8 da 571 Cv della "ali di gabbiano" che la spinge fino a 317 Km/h e permette di toccare i 100 km/h da fermo in appena 3,8... |
| Posted: 20 Jul 2011 08:10 PM PDT AMS Nissan GT-R New Record Track Time We now have the true Godzilla in town, the AMS tuned Nissan GT-R has set the standard for all GTR owners with a record quarter mile time of just 9.052 seconds at 166.7 mph. Called the ALPHA 12, this insane car produces an amazing 1,309 horsepower with 994 lb-ft of torque to the all wheel [...] |
| Posted: 20 Jul 2011 05:24 PM PDT  Plug-In 2011: Details on Nissan's 2012 Leaf price increase Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Nissan, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, Plug In Conference The 2011 Nissan Leaf is sold out. Long live the 2012 Nissan Leaf. Starting next week, when Nissan re-opens the Leaf ordering system, all orders placed will be for the 2012 model, which costs more but also comes with more standard equipment than the 2011 did.... |
| Posted: 20 Jul 2011 05:24 PM PDT  Video: Ken Block brings home Goodwood hooning title... again Filed under: Motorsports, Etc., Videos, Ford Ken Block is on a quest to destroy tires on every patch of land on this planet. His latest conquest is the driveway belonging to one Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, Earl of March and Kinrara. He also goes by Lord March, and his driveway happens to play host to the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Block was in attendance with both his Gymkhana-prepped Ford Fiesta and Fiesta WRC ultra-hot... |
| Posted: 20 Jul 2011 04:51 PM PDT  Volvo City Safety System gets thumbs up from NHTSA, IIHS [w/video] Filed under: Safety, Technology, Volvo Volvo just got a major thumbs up in the safety department. Both the National Highway Traffic Safety Institute and Insurance Institute for Highway Safety have stated that the automaker's City Safety technology helps reduce, and even prevent, low-speed collisions. In fact, the IIHS noted that users of City Safety wind up filing nearly 30 percent less at-fault claims. The system, which is available on the Volvo XC60, works... |
| Posted: 20 Jul 2011 04:18 PM PDT  Tesla scores $100 million Toyota RAV4 EV-related contract Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Toyota, Tesla Motors Toyota RAV4 EV - Click above for high-res image gallery Buried within its latest U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing, Tesla Motors revealed that its deal with Toyota is to be pumped up, with the Japanese automaker agreeing to fork over an additional $100 million to Tesla.... |
| Posted: 20 Jul 2011 04:18 PM PDT  Video: Motor Trend gets sideways with Lexus LFA Filed under: Coupe, Performance, Videos, Lexus, Luxury We can always rely on the good people at Motor Trend to stir up some genuine jealousy thanks to their excellently crafted videos. The team recently got their hands on the Lexus LFA and took the V10 monster out to an abandoned Marine base for a little frolicking in the wide-open spaces.... |
| Posted: 20 Jul 2011 04:18 PM PDT  Chevrolet Sells 2.35 Million Vehicles Globally In First Half Of 2011 Chevrolet Sells 2.35 Million Vehicles Globally In First Half Of 2011Chevrolet has sold 2.35 million vehicles globally in the first six months of 2011, setting sales records in all the top five markets. The first six months of 2011 was the best half year performance in Chevrolet's 100-year history. The American automaker sold 286,499 more vehicles in the first half of 2011 than the same [...] more |
| Posted: 20 Jul 2011 04:18 PM PDT 2011 Mercedes-Benz G55 AMG Tested: The Exit Interview The very definition of new old stock. The 2011 model year is the last one for the G55 AMG, a vehicle that, until now, we had never tested. (Lest you worry over the source of your next streetable military vehicle, know that the G550 lives on for 2012.) This tuned version of a luxury-sedan-impersonating take [...] |
| Posted: 20 Jul 2011 03:45 PM PDT  Gooding aspira a romper todos los récords de Pebble Beach con la subasta de un Ferrari 250 TR prototipo Filed under: Ferrari, Competición, Clásicos Haz clic en la foto para saltar a la galería Sobre estas líneas contemplas una escultura de más de 10 millones de dólares. Ahora que se aproxima el Concurso de Elegancia de Pebble Beach y vamos conocido algunas de las estrellas invitadas por los grandes fabricantes, también se descubriendo los coches que serán subastados en la tradicional carpa de Gooding & Company, y entre todos ellos, brillará especialmente... |
| Posted: 20 Jul 2011 03:45 PM PDT  Official: Harley-Davidson rolls out new and updated models for 2012 Filed under: Motorcycle We now know exactly what to expect from the Harley-Davidson lineup next year. The bike maker plans to roll out two new models: a 10th Anniversary Edition V-Rod and a new Dyna Switchback. The V-Rod will wear special silver paint designed to pay homage to the aluminum bodywork of the original liquid-cooled Harley, and buyers will get to enjoy unique 10th Anniversary V-Rod bags as well. Meanwhile, the Dyna Switchback... |
| Posted: 20 Jul 2011 03:45 PM PDT  Curiosità: i guasti all'impianto elettrico rappresentano il 27% dei malfunzionamenti totali La compagnia assicurativa Warranty Direct ha elaborato una statistica in funzione dei guasti elettrici accusati da un'automobile in rapporto ai malfunzionamenti totali, limitando quest'analisi al mercato inglese. Prima di stilare la classifica, i responsabili del rilevamento hanno precisato che le noie all'impianto elettrico incidono per una media del 27%, valore aumentato del 17% rispetto a quanto non succedesse nel 2001. Il modello più colpito da guasti elettrici risulta essere la Renault Megane... |
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