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| Posted: 25 Jul 2011 01:03 AM PDT  Opel Ampera: prova su strada Per descrivere le virtù dell'Opel Ampera non serve altro che riportare i suoi consumi, più significativi di qualsiasi descrizione fornita a parole. Il calcolo rilevato su un totale di 129.7 chilometri (54.3 in modalità elettrica e 75.4 a benzina) ha fornito una media di 4.2 chilometri/litro, valore ottimo di per se ma ancora più significativo perché ottenuto guidando senza alcuna velleità di economy run, fra accelerazioni brusche, on-off continui, radio e... |
| Posted: 25 Jul 2011 01:03 AM PDT 2012 Lincoln MKT – A Considerable Crossover SUV Introduction: Lincoln's long, low-catapulted vehicles were hugely admired fifty years back. As a matter of fact it was like an achievement for the middle class Americans. Back then Lincoln was considered as an embodiment of automotive superiority, but sadly that time is gone. After half a century, and after years of management slip-ups, Lincolns offering [...] |
| Posted: 25 Jul 2011 12:32 AM PDT  MINI Traveller: nieuwe uitbreiding in de MINI-lineup? In 2009 verscheen het gerucht dat MINI met een soort van 'Clubman XL' bezig was, onder de projectnaam 'Spaceman'. Deze geruchten steken nu weer de kop op, met nu de naam Traveller er aan vast geknoopt. (more…) |
| Posted: 25 Jul 2011 12:31 AM PDT Geely Picks New Production Partner in Russia Russia's Automobiles and Motors of the Urals (AMUR) has agreed to produce cars for China's Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd. at its Novouralisk plant, Edmunds.com reports. The online data service, which doesn't cite its sources, says AMUR will assemble midsize crossover, midsize sedan and compact hatchback models for Geely at unspecified times [...] |
| Posted: 25 Jul 2011 12:00 AM PDT  Peugeot 3008, 5008 e Partner e-HDI Peugeot allarga la gamma delle proprie vetture e-HDI, dotata del sistema Start-Stop di ultima generazione con alternatore reversibile e consumi ridotti fino al 15% nel ciclo urbano, con tempi di riaccensione di appena 400 millisecondi ed assenza di vibrazioni. Il sistema può spengere il propulsore già al di sotto dei 20 km/h per i modelli a cambio manuale, che scendono ad 8 km/h per la versione robotizzata e propone nella plancia... |
| Posted: 25 Jul 2011 12:00 AM PDT India Likely to Get Stripped-Down Volvos Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co.'s Volvo Cars unit tells reporters in Mumbai that the company may omit some standard equipment in cars it sells in India. Tomas Ernberg, managing director of Volvo Auto India, didn't say when sales of the stripped-down Volvos might begin or indicate what features would be eliminated. Volvo [...] |
| Posted: 24 Jul 2011 11:59 PM PDT Thai Trade Growth Tops Forecasts Thailand's exports and imports expanded 17% and 26%, respectively, last month from June 2010, according to the country's Commerce Ministry. The gains outpaced those predicted in an earlier Reuters poll of economists, who had expected an 11% rise in exports and a 25% increase in imports. Analysts attribute the growth in [...] |
| Posted: 24 Jul 2011 11:59 PM PDT China Vehicle Fleet Will Surpass 100 Million Units This Year The total number of passenger and commercial vehicles operating in China is expected to grow 18% this year to surpass 100 million units, China Machinery Industry Federation Vice President Zhang Xiaoyu tells China Daily. He expects year-over-year sales growth to increase faster in the second half—led by passenger cars and [...] |
| Posted: 24 Jul 2011 11:28 PM PDT  Ventas junio 2011: México Filed under: Industria Durante el pasado mes de junio las matriculaciones de vehículos nuevos en México se incrementaron en un 14,1% en relación al mismo mes de año anterior, alcanzando un volumen total de 68.365 unidades vendidas. Por marcas las más destacadas fueron: SUBEN Audi +45,5% MINI +48,6% Porsche +51,9% BAJAN Isuzu -65,5% Volvo -30,2% Fiat -29,0% Continue reading Ventas junio 2011: MéxicoVentas junio 2011: México originally appeared on Autoblog Español on Mon, 25 Jul 2011... |
| Posted: 24 Jul 2011 11:28 PM PDT Mercedes-Benz Opens Design Center in China Daimler AG's Mercedes-Benz unit has opened an advanced design studio in Beijing. It's the brand's fifth such facility worldwide, joining studios in Germany, Japan, Italy and the U.S. Led by Olivier Boulay, the 10,800-sq-ft facility is staffed with about a dozen designers from such countries as France, China, Malaysia, Japan and [...] |
| Posted: 24 Jul 2011 11:28 PM PDT India to Debut "Green" Diesel Fuel Plant Honeywell Inc.'s UOP LLC subsidiary plans to open a plant in India that makes "green" diesel fuel, The Financial Express reports. Anjan Ray, UOP's regional commercial director for renewable energy and chemicals, tells the Indian business newspaper that UOP is looking for partners to supply biomass feedstock for the fuel, which [...] |
| Posted: 24 Jul 2011 11:28 PM PDT Chrysler, Ford: No Wage Hikes for UAW Members Chrysler Group LLC, which officially begins negotiations today with the United Auto Workers union, will not agree to a new U.S. contract that includes an increase to base wages, The Detroit News reports. The newspaper, which cites anonymous sources, says Chrysler wants to offer UAW members more generous profit sharing plan [...] |
| Posted: 24 Jul 2011 11:28 PM PDT Saab Averts Bankruptcy Claim for Tooling Unit Swedish Automobile NV says it agreed on Friday to make an undisclosed payment to a supplier that asked a Swedish court earlier in the day to have Saab Automobile Tools AB declared bankrupt. Swepart Verktyg, a supplier of mold equipment, says in its court filing that the SA unit owes it [...] |
| Posted: 24 Jul 2011 11:28 PM PDT UAW's Organizing Efforts Zero in on VW's U.S. Plant The United Auto Workers union, which has pledged to organize one of the U.S. plants operated by a foreign carmaker by year-end, met with labor officials at Volkswagen AG last week, today's Wall Street Journal reports. The newspaper, which doesn't cite its sources, says the U.S. and German labor leaders talked [...] |
| Posted: 24 Jul 2011 11:28 PM PDT Demand for Dual-Clutch Transmissions to Soar Global production of dual-clutch transmissions will surge 150% to 5.8 million by 2014, predicts IHS Automotive Inc. Dual-clutch gearboxes are increasingly popular among carmakers because their two-clutch design combines the efficiency of direct drive through gears with the ability to switch gears without interrupting power to the wheels. IHS says they [...] |
| Posted: 24 Jul 2011 11:28 PM PDT Black Ops Mercedes C63 AMG Confirmed Daimler AG's Mercedes-Benz unit says it will add a fourth model to its Black Series lineup next year with the C63 AMG Black Series coupe. The vehicle will debut in Europe in January and the U.S. in March. The high-performance variant increases output of the naturally aspirated 6.3-liter V-8 engine by [...] |
| Posted: 24 Jul 2011 11:28 PM PDT BMW to Tap Willisch as North American Chief Ludwig Willisch, who oversees BMW AG's European sales outside Germany, will become CEO of the company's North American unit on Oct. 1, according to news reports. He will replace Jim O'Donnell, 61, who will retire after more than three years in the job. Willisch will arrive in the unit's Woodcliff Lake, [...] |
| Posted: 24 Jul 2011 11:28 PM PDT GM Confirms Diesel Cruze for U.S. General Motors Co. says it will offer an unspecified diesel engine in its popular Chevrolet Cruze compact car in North America in 2013. The brand hasn't sold a diesel-powered passenger car in the U.S. since the 1980s-era subcompact Chevette. In Europe, the Cruze has offered a 2.0-liter four-cylinder diesel supplied by [...] |
| Posted: 24 Jul 2011 11:28 PM PDT Profits Surge at Volvo Truck AB Volvo says a combination of cost controls and rebounding demand for big commercial trucks helped boost the company's net income in the second quarter to 5.1 billion kronor ($ million) from 3.2 billion kronor for the same period in 2010. Revenue advanced 15% to 79 billion kronor ($ billion). The [...] |
| Posted: 24 Jul 2011 10:56 PM PDT  Daihatsu A-Concept Daihatsu presenta A-Concept all'Indonesian International Motor Show, piccola city car che potrebbe anticipare la nuova generazione della Cuore. Pensata con l'obiettivo di un prezzo concorrenziale e consumi nell'ordine dei 3,3 l/100 km, la A-Concept potrebbe vedere la luce come modello di serie già nel 2013, ma non è sicuro il suo debutto anche sui mercati Europei: il modello Mira/Cuore potrebbe infatti avere design differenti tra i modelli Giapponesi e quelli destinati... |
| Posted: 24 Jul 2011 09:54 PM PDT Honda Adds Sport Model to Refreshed 2012 Ridgeline Lineup Along with the Pilot, Honda is face-lifting its un-pickup truck, the Ridgeline, for the 2012 model year. While all models receive a tweaked front fascia—we're expecting something with three chrome slats, similar to what's being installed on the Pilot this year—the real news here is the introduction of the Ridgeline Sport, which is shown in [...] |
| Posted: 24 Jul 2011 09:54 PM PDT 2012 Honda Pilot – Official Image and Info A new grille and (probably) transmission are on the menu for one of America's favorite SUVs. Honda, like airline companies, likes its Pilots to be sober, and there's nothing to raise a pulse in the 2012 Pilot, which the company has just revealed via a single photo. But for the vast number of Americans—and many [...] |
| Posted: 24 Jul 2011 09:54 PM PDT 2012 Honda CR-V Concept – Official Image and Info Honda calls it a concept, but this is the next CR-V. Honda has released a picture of the concept version of its next-generation CR-V, and it looks, well, pretty much like we expected based on recent spy photos. The vehicle seen here is, as is typical with Honda's concepts, a loosely disguised version of the [...] |
| Posted: 24 Jul 2011 08:51 PM PDT Caterham coming to China Late last week the British sports car brand Caterham announced their plans to enter the Chinese market. The niche manufacturer of open topped road and track going sports cars have long been an export orientated company with much of their production being sold to France and Japan where the car has gained cult status in [...] |
| Posted: 24 Jul 2011 08:51 PM PDT MG5 spy pictures show China's first possible hot hatch China got into the hot hatch phase late last year when the Golf GTI hit the market, it was followed up by the Skoda Octavia VRS (actually just called RS in China due to V being unpronounceable by most) and other car makers are readying their own little cannonballs as the Chinese media likes to [...] |
| Posted: 24 Jul 2011 05:07 PM PDT  Video: Fifth Gear pits BMW M3 GTS against Porsche 911 GT3 RS Filed under: Coupe, Performance, Videos, BMW, Porsche, UK We continue to live in what is arguably the best time for the automobile in history. If you need proof, look no further than German bruisers like the BMW M3 GTS and the Porsche 911 GT3 RS. The high-horsepower, high-performance coupes are equally wicked, and the crew from Fifth Gear decided to sort out which of those racers is the best bang for the... |
| Posted: 24 Jul 2011 04:03 PM PDT  Listino Prezzi Range Rover Sport Model Year 2012 Land Rover ha diffuso il listino prezzi italiano della Range Rover Sport Model Year 2012, compreso tra 64.600 e 91.400 Euro. La Range Rover Sport, al di là di minimi aggiornamenti estetici alla calandra ed dell'introduzione del portellone posteriore elettrico (di serie sulle versioni più ricche), è stata aggiornata meccanicamente con l'aggiornamento del V6 3 litri diesel, passato a 245 a 256 Cv con una coppia di 600 Nm.... |
| Posted: 24 Jul 2011 03:32 PM PDT  Classic car buyer reunites man and machine after 46 years Filed under: Etc. Gerry Mandel knows what it's like to have loved and lost. We're not referring to his wife, to whom Gerry has been married for 46 years, but to the 1965 Oldsmobile Jetstar 88 convertible the pair drove away from their wedding all those years ago. The moment was documented in a photograph (shown above right).... |
| Posted: 24 Jul 2011 03:00 PM PDT  VIDEO: Translogic drives the 232SE all-electric wakeboard boat from Epic Boats Filed under: EV/Plug-in, USA Epic Boats 232 Sport Electric - Click above to watch video after the jump Last year, we showed you an all-electric wakeboard boat that Epic Boats was showing off at the time. Since then, it has evolved into the 232 Sport Electric (SE). Now, Translogic's Bradley Hasemeyer has experienced the production-prototype's awesomeness from both behind the wheel and behind the transom - at the end of a rope.... |
| Posted: 24 Jul 2011 02:29 PM PDT  Vídeo: Inside Line analiza el Evoque en cuatro minutos Filed under: Land Rover, SUV, crossovers y todoterrenos Al principio era mirado de reojillo y casi con desprecio, pero el Evoque está consiguiendo lo que muchos creían imposible: demostrar que es todo un Range Rover. El retaquín de la familia pasó con nota el examen de Top Gear, y ahora, los mucho más formales y analíticos chicos de Inside Line, nos dan su particular veredicto sobre un modelo que está llamado a... |
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