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| Posted: 29 Jul 2011 01:13 AM PDT  Nico Rosberg se lleva de paseo a David Coulthar por el Nordschleife Filed under: Etc. Oh, nuestro querido Nurburgring. Lugar de peregrinación obligada. Circuito que separa a hombres de niños. Trazado mítico donde los haya. Como cada año, cuando la F1 pasa por allí, las teles "recuerdan" y nos "enseñan" y "aleccionan" sobre un circuito antiguo conocido como el infierno verde. Pero pasan dos días y ya se olvidan de él.... |
| Posted: 29 Jul 2011 01:12 AM PDT  Renault Clio R3 Rally: il Test di Autoblog Isam (Anagni) - Nelle scorse settimane abbiamo avuto il piacere di testare la fantastica Renault Clio R3 guidata nel campionato a questa dedicato dal pilota italiano Alessandro Barchiesi, vincitore già di tre Coppe Italia Rally e di numerose gare italiane e internazionali. Con lui abbiamo saggiato le doti dinamiche di questa aggressiva due volumi da rally, che nella maneggevolezza, reattività, e percorrenza di curva ha le sue doti più salienti. Rapida nella... |
| Posted: 29 Jul 2011 01:12 AM PDT Ferrari NA Offering Free Maintenance For 7-years There's no denying the fact that buying a Ferrari is an expensive maneuver, and not everyone is lucky (or should we say wealthy) enough to have one parked in their garage. But not only buying a Ferrari is expensive; the same is the case with owning one. The expense of fuel, insurance, maintenance, and tires [...] |
| Posted: 29 Jul 2011 12:40 AM PDT  CoverEFX geeft de MINI Cooper S wat extra power Voor de verandering hebben de wrapkunstenaars van CoverEFX er eens voor gekozen om niet de nieuwe MINI aan te pakken, maar juist de vorige generatie (R53). Want waarom zouden de eigenaren van de 1e generatie New MINI vergeten worden? Uiteraard is er met deze MINI wel iets meer gedaan dan alleen een wrapje erop plakken.... |
| Posted: 29 Jul 2011 12:08 AM PDT Fiat Dominates New Management Team with Chrysler Fiat SpA has appointed a 22-member Group Executive Council to run its day-to-day operations with Chrysler Group LLC, share best practices and set strategy for the two companies. The new structure takes effect on Sept. 1. The council includes five executives from Chrysler and 17 from Fiat, including three Fiat managers [...] |
| Posted: 29 Jul 2011 12:08 AM PDT Goodyear Profit Soars on Record Sales Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. posted net earnings of $47 million for the second quarter of this year compared with $28 million in the same period of 2010. Revenue climbed 24% to a record $5.6 billion. Revenue per tire rose 18%, thanks to improvements in price and mix. Favorable exchange rates [...] |
| Posted: 29 Jul 2011 12:08 AM PDT Toyota's U.S. Sales Rebound Still Several Months Away Toyota Motor Corp. doesn't expect its share of the American market to grow until September or October when dealer inventories will be fully replenished. The company's share dropped nearly four points to 10.5% last month compared with June 2010. Bob Carter, vice president for U.S. sales, tells Bloomberg News that Toyota's [...] |
| Posted: 29 Jul 2011 12:08 AM PDT BorgWarner Posts Record Sales, Earnings BorgWarner Inc. nearly doubled its net income in the second quarter of 2011 to $162 million, and revenue jumped 28% to $1.8 million. Both were records. The company credits that improvement to strong global demand for its advanced powertrain technologies, favorable exchange rates and a one-time gain from a legal settlement. |
| Posted: 29 Jul 2011 12:08 AM PDT GM Invests in Solar Power Developer General Motors Co.'s venture capital arm is investing $7.5 million in Rochester Hills, Mich.-based solar energy company Sunlogics plc. Some of the money will be used to erect new manufacturing plants in Michigan and Ontario. Sunlogics also plans to open a new headquarters office in Rochester Hills. Sunlogics will install large-scale solar [...] |
| Posted: 29 Jul 2011 12:08 AM PDT Volkswagen Expects Profit Growth to Slow Volkswagen AG's second-quarter revenue rose 22% to €40.3 billion ($57.8 billion) as vehicle sales grew 13% to 2.1 million units. Operating profit surged 59% to €3.2 billion ($4.6 billion). Net income jumped to €4.7 billion ($6.7 billion) from €1.3 billion in the second quarter of 2010. The group's operating margin widened [...] |
| Posted: 29 Jul 2011 12:08 AM PDT Car Output Drops 14% in Japan Japan's domestic production of cars, trucks and buses fell 14% to 742,400 units in June from 862,100 units a year earlier, according to the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Assn. Production in Japan has lagged year-earlier levels for nine months. |
| Posted: 29 Jul 2011 12:08 AM PDT EIB Will Block Antonov Investment in Saab The European Investment Bank says it will not allow Russian financier Vladimir Antonov to buy a stake in Saab owner Swedish Automobile NV until the company repays its €217 million ($310 million) EIB loan. Antonov has been seeking permission to invest at least €50 million ($72 million) in the cash-starved company [...] |
| Posted: 29 Jul 2011 12:08 AM PDT Hyundai Net Profit Jumps 37% Hyundai Motor Co. reports a net profit of 2.3 trillion won ($2.2 billion) for the April-June period compared to 1.7 trillion won a year earlier. Revenue surged 19% to 20 trillion won ($19 billion). Sales, aided by production disruptions among Hyundai's Japanese competitors, rose 13% to just over 1 million vehicles. |
| Posted: 29 Jul 2011 12:08 AM PDT GKN Buys Getrag's Driveline Operations U.K.-based GKN plc has agreed to acquire the driveline technologies businesses of Germany's Getrag KG for £283 ($463 million), plus as much as £12 million ($20 million) in deferred payment based on the group's future sales. The purchase includes Getrag Corp.—a joint venture in North America between Getrag and Dana Holding [...] |
| Posted: 28 Jul 2011 11:35 PM PDT  Los modelos más vendidos en España en el primer semestre Filed under: Industria Cerrada ya la primera parte del año podemos ir haciendo un pequeño análisis sobre la situación del mercado español y los modelos más vendidos. En general no hay cambios destacables respecto a años anteriores y sólo la presencia del SEAT Ibiza como líder absoluto es destacable, junto a un Nissan Qashqai cada vez más fuerte.... |
| Posted: 28 Jul 2011 11:35 PM PDT Toyota Prius: due nuovi spot negli USA Chi l'ha detto che la Toyota Prius è una macchina fatta solo per intellettuali, ecologisti, pacifisti, radical chic, persone consapevoli dei problemi del pianeta, pantofolai noiosi e così via? Qualcuno l'ha detto. Anzi più di qualcuno, per la verità. E proprio per scrollarsi di dosso questo tipo di immagine, il costruttore giapponese ha lanciato un paio di nuovi spot per la sua ibrida negli USA. Il protagonista è Steve Nash, stella dei... |
| Posted: 28 Jul 2011 10:32 PM PDT  Land Rover: il Defender potrebbe non avere eredi La Land Rover Defender, in fondo al tunnel della sua sconfinata carriera, iniziata nel 1948, non vede che un grosso punto interrogativo. Il leggendario fuoristrada britannico, nonostante tutti i programmi per la sua sostituzione con una versione tutta nuova, non ha ancora nero su bianco l'assicurazione sulla sua sopravvivenza da parte della casa madre. A spiegarlo è stato Colin Green, numero uno di Land Rover UK, che ha parlato precisamente di tre... |
| Posted: 28 Jul 2011 10:00 PM PDT Next generation Ford Focus sedan sighted in China For Ford, the Focus is quite simply its bread and butter car and without it Ford would be in a much dire a situation in the Chinese market. The Focus sells in excess of 10,000 units per month on a regular basis and has become the go to car for any budding middle class Chinese [...] |
| Posted: 28 Jul 2011 08:56 PM PDT Beijing may issue a blacklist of license lottery winners The quotas of the first group of license lottery winners came to their deadline on July 26. It is estimated that about 1,000 lottery winner are unused and have not yet purchased vehicles. The authorities are studying to add the unused ones to the August quotas and a blacklist of those license lottery winners who [...] |
| Posted: 28 Jul 2011 05:43 PM PDT  General Motors Invests $7.5 Million In Solar Energy Firm General Motors Invests $7.5 Million In Solar Energy FirmGM has spent a not-insubstantial sum on Sunlogics, a manufacturer of solar energy systems, in order to supply its Chevrolet dealerships with environmentally-friendly charging stations. GM's cash injection will also provide over 300 jobs in Detroit and Ontario for when Sunlogic expands their manufacturing bases.... |
| Posted: 28 Jul 2011 05:11 PM PDT  Emerald Automotive (who?) wants to build hybrid delivery van in Missouri [w/video] Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Manufacturing/Plants, USA Emerald Automotive delivery van - Click above to watch video after the jump Hazelwood, MO will apparently soon be adding hundreds of manufacturing jobs to the region thanks to Emerald Automotive, a recent startup that designs and wants to build electric and diesel powered delivery vans there.... |
| Posted: 28 Jul 2011 05:11 PM PDT  Video: Putin's Army show their support (among other things) with Russian carwash Filed under: Government/Legal, Videos, Russia Russian premier Vladimir Putin is known as a brutishly dictatorial politician. But that's not all he's known for. He's also a consummate lady's man, and a lover of Russian cars. Now, his two passions have crossed paths in Moscow, where a group of nubile young Putin supporters called 'Putin's Army' took to the streets, offering free car washes to drivers of domestic wheels. Plenty of Volgas and Ladas stopped... |
| Posted: 28 Jul 2011 05:11 PM PDT Senner Tuning Audi A7 Sportback German car tuning company Senner has revealed a minor kit for the 3.0 TDI Audi A7 Sportback model. Under the [...] |
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| Posted: 28 Jul 2011 04:39 PM PDT  Video: BMW releases glorious B-roll of 2012 M5 Filed under: Sedan, Performance, Videos, BMW Bask in the glory that is the 2012 BMW M5. Even before it was officially unveiled, we were bombarded with spy shots and teaser videos, so to say that this car has been on our minds for quite some time is indeed an understatement. We're ready for our hot laps, BMW. Following the flood of images and information that was released earlier this year, BMW has now... |
| Posted: 28 Jul 2011 04:39 PM PDT 2011 Smart Fortwo Electric Drive Road Test: Now With More Built-In Punchlines Guess what ED stands for. Your narrator, the man who is about to pass judgment on the transportation module pictured here, never even drove it home from the office, much less on a road trip during which he would encounter useful insights about the electric-powered Smart ED's handling. And, yes before we go any farther, [...] |
| Posted: 28 Jul 2011 04:07 PM PDT  ABT se acuerda del nuevo Volkswagen Tiguan Filed under: Volkswagen, Tuning y preparaciones, SUV, crossovers y todoterrenos Haz clic en la foto para saltar a la galería El señor Hans Abt tiene por lo general el pulso firme y el gusto fino. Es cierto que en alguna ocasión se ha ido por los cerros de Úbeda, y nosotros estaremos por aquí para recordárselo, pero más veces que no, las preparaciones de la firma de su apellido son acertadas, con retoques... |
| Posted: 28 Jul 2011 04:07 PM PDT  Four-cylinder engines dominate in U.S.; V8s drop to just 17 percent Filed under: MPG, USA Four cylinder engines have replaced sixes as the engine of choice for U.S. consumers, powering 43 percent of light vehicles sold in the first six months of 2011, according to IHS Automotive. Back in 2005, V6 engines were found under the hood of 43 percent of vehicles sold, but rising fuel prices and a shift in consumers' preferences over the last six years helped the four bangers rise to... |
| Posted: 28 Jul 2011 04:07 PM PDT  Report: Toyota Tacoma to receive nip/tuck this fall Filed under: Truck, Toyota Toyota is reportedly working on a refresh for its Tacoma mid-size pickup, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. The refreshed Taco will debut in October, as part of the automaker's plan to debut many all-new or refreshed vehicles this year. In addition to the Tacoma, the Camry and Yaris will also receive substantial overhauls for the new model year. Bob Carter, group vice president and brand... |
| Posted: 28 Jul 2011 04:07 PM PDT  Brasil: El Peugeot 307 recibe sus últimos cambios antes de ser sustituido Filed under: Peugeot, Compactos El Peugeot 307 es uno de los modelos más veteranos de la línea de la firma francesa. Fabricado en Argentina, llega ahora la última actualización de este compacto al mercado brasileño, con más equipamiento y mejores precios. El año que viene será sucedido por el 308, también de fabricación argentina. Entre las novedades principales el 307 recibe nuevos colores, diseño de llantas actualizado y cambios en los niveles de... |
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