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| Posted: 10 Aug 2011 01:00 AM PDT  Opel lanzará el Junior a comienzos de 2013 Filed under: Opel, Subcompactos, Híbridos, verdes y alternativos Haz clic en la imagen para ampliarla Ya no tenemos por qué seguir titubeando cuando toque hablar del Junior y su fecha de lanzamiento. Opel ha confirmado que su planta de Eisenach recibirá una inversión de 190 millones de euros para fabricar el nuevo modelo pequeño de la firma del rayo, que comenzará a ser fabricado en serie a principios de 2013.... |
| Posted: 10 Aug 2011 01:00 AM PDT  Eerste schets nieuwe Hyundai i30 duikt op De huidige i30 gaat alweer sinds 2007 mee (facelift in 2010), en dus komt er op de IAA in Frankfurt een nieuw model. Hiervan is zojuist een eerste schets vrijgekomen. (more…) |
| Posted: 10 Aug 2011 01:00 AM PDT  Pagani Huayra: negli Stati Uniti scoppia il caso "advanced airbags". Commercializzazione rinviata al 2013 L'ente nazionale per la sicurezza stradale statunitense (NHTSA) ha imposto un brusco stop alla commercializzazione oltreoceano della Pagani Huayra, che potrebbe quindi essere introdotta addirittura nel 2015. La sportiva emiliana è infatti sprovvista dei cosiddetti "airbag avanzati", sistema che regola l'apertura del pallone in funzione di peso e altezza del passeggero, limitando quindi le conseguenze fisiche (soprattutto a velocità ridotta) dopo un sinistro.... |
| Posted: 10 Aug 2011 12:25 AM PDT  Productieversie Subaru XV komt naar Frankfurt Subaru wil ook een hapje van de Crossover-taart, en presenteert op de IAA de definitieve versie van de XV, die enkele maanden geleden nog als concept in Shanghai stond. (more…) |
| Posted: 10 Aug 2011 12:24 AM PDT Fed Will Freeze Interest Rates Through Mid-2013 The Federal Reserve says it expects to leave its key overnight bank lending rate in a range from zero to one-quarter point through at least mid-2013 because U.S. economic growth is "considerably slower" than it expected and there is little hope of a quick recovery. The central bank's decision to announce [...] |
| Posted: 10 Aug 2011 12:24 AM PDT GM to Reward Cost-Efficient Suppliers with New Contracts General Motors Co. says suppliers who achieve their cost and quality targets on parts for a particular vehicle will automatically be given a contract to make the same parts in the next generation of the model, says Automotive News. The newspaper says global purchasing chief Bob Socia told analysts on Tuesday [...] |
| Posted: 10 Aug 2011 12:24 AM PDT U.S. Proposes Emission Limits for Big Trucks The White House proposes that heavy trucks be required to reduce their carbon dioxide emissions 20% by 2018. The government estimates the rule would raise the cost of a so-called Class 8 truck by $6,200 but cut fuel costs by $73,000 over the life of the vehicle. The American Trucking Assns., [...] |
| Posted: 10 Aug 2011 12:24 AM PDT GM to Consolidate Global Vehicle and Engine Platforms General Motors Co. says it plans to reduce the number of vehicle platforms it uses globally from 30 last year to 24 in 2014 and just 14 in 2018. The company also aims to eventually halve the number of engine choices it offers to about 10. GM expects to double the [...] |
| Posted: 10 Aug 2011 12:24 AM PDT Focus:HOPE Co-Founder Eleanor Josaitis Dies Eleanor Josaitis, a suburban mother of five who co-founded a social services powerhouse that trained thousands of underprivileged young Detroiters for jobs in the auto industry, died of cancer on Tuesday at age 79. She started the non-profit Focus:HOPE with the late Father William Cunningham in the wake of Detroit's 1967 [...] |
| Posted: 10 Aug 2011 12:24 AM PDT Former Car Czar Bloom to Leave White House Ron Bloom, a senior adviser to the Obama administration's auto task force, is stepping down at the end of this month from his post as the president's assistant for manufacturing policy. In the latter role, Bloom helped the White House broker an agreement with automakers about raising fuel economy standards to [...] |
| Posted: 10 Aug 2011 12:24 AM PDT GM Launches Baojun Brand in China General Motors Co. has begun selling the new Baojun 630 sedan in China through its joint venture with SAIC Motor Corp. and Wuling Motors. The car, which was developed in China, is the first vehicle to be marketed under the Baojun name, which means "treasured horse" in Chinese. The joint venture [...] |
| Posted: 10 Aug 2011 12:24 AM PDT U.S. to Hold Interest Rates Near Zero for Two Years The U.S. Federal Reserve says it plans to maintain its key overnight bank lending rate at its current range of 0%-0.25% at least through mid-2013 because it expects prolonged slow growth for the American economy. The Fed's decision to state such a long-range plan helped boost the Dow Jones Industrial Average [...] |
| Posted: 10 Aug 2011 12:24 AM PDT GM Will Reposition Opel in European Market General Motors Co. tells analysts in Detroit it intends to promote Chevrolet as its entry-level brand in Europe and move Opel upscale to compete with Volkswagen brands, reports Automotive News. The company offered no details about how it plans to reach those goals. But executives did acknowledge the effort won't be [...] |
| Posted: 10 Aug 2011 12:24 AM PDT Fiat Finalizes Plan for €1.3 Billion Plant in Brazil Fiat SpA says it has completed its planning for a factory in Pernambuco, Brazil, that will begin making unspecified car models at an annual rate of 200,000-250,000 beginning in early 2014. The €1.3 billion-€1.5 billion plant—Fiat's second in Brazil after the factory it opened in Betim in 1976—will employ more than [...] |
| Posted: 09 Aug 2011 11:48 PM PDT  Oficial: Audi Urban Concept Filed under: Audi, Salón del Automóvil de Frankfurt, Conceptuales, Híbridos, verdes y alternativos Haz clic en la imagen para saltar a la galería Poco después de que los fotógrafos espía capturaran en Berlín un bastante estrafalario Audi con cabina en tándem, la firma de los cuatro anillos ha distribuido sus primeras imágenes oficiales y un puñado de líneas para que podamos poner rostro al coche que hasta ahora se ocultaba bajo el camuflaje... |
| Posted: 09 Aug 2011 11:48 PM PDT  KTM E3W city car elettrica KTM si prepara al lancio dell'E3W, un veicolo elettrico a 3 ruote studiato in collaborazione con l'Austrian Institute of Technology, lo studio di design Kisha ed in parte finanziato dal governo austriaco. La biposto pesa circa 500 kg e dispone di un propulsore da 20 Cv, con batterie al litio da 6,5 kwh che consentono una autonomia di circa 100 km ed una velocità massima di 95 km/h.... |
| Posted: 09 Aug 2011 11:13 PM PDT  Ventas julio 2011: Suiza Filed under: Industria Durante el pasado mes de julio las ventas de automóviles nuevos en Suiza se incrementaron ligeramente en relación al mismo mes del año anterior, con una subida del 1,2% y un total de 25.822 unidades vendidas. Por marcas las más demandadas fueron: SUBEN Jeep +101,3% Volvo +43,9% Kia +37,4% BAJAN Daihatsu -58,9% Chrysler -62,7% Dodge -78,2% Continue reading Ventas julio 2011: SuizaVentas julio 2011: Suiza originally appeared on Autoblog Español on Wed, 10... |
| Posted: 09 Aug 2011 11:12 PM PDT  De veiligheidskooi – Deel 19 [EINDE] Volgens het knipperende rode lichtje in de hoek van het scherm duurt het niet lang meer voordat de helicopter uit de lucht gaat vallen en dat is het moment dat Jasper en ik aan de vluchtroute beginnen. (more…) |
| Posted: 09 Aug 2011 11:12 PM PDT  Toyota: il 29 agosto tenterà il record per auto elettriche al Nürburgring Toyota Motorsport ha lanciato oggi, nel bel mezzo dell'estate, un annuncio a sorpresa: il ramo sportivo della casa nipponica, che ha sede a Colonia, ha reso noto che il prossimo 29 agosto tenterà di battere l'attuale record sul giro al Nürburgring per quanto riguarda la categoria delle auto elettriche. Oggi il primato appartiene alla Peugeot EX1: il prototipo francese mise a segno a fine aprile un 9′01″338, che stando agli annunci di... |
| Posted: 09 Aug 2011 10:02 PM PDT Next Gen Roewe 750 spotted yet again SAIC are not very good at keeping their new cars a secret, unless of course they like to keep the word about their next generation cars alive in the media. The 750 is based on GM's Epsilon II platform which is shared with the Buick Lacrosse and the Regal in the Chinese and also world [...] |
| Posted: 09 Aug 2011 09:28 PM PDT  Mini: debutta il configuratore online della Coupé Mini ha lanciato negli USA il configuratore online della sua nuova Coupé, modello di prossimo debutto anche sul nostro mercato. La più sportiva delle Mini, come le sue sorelle, sarà una proposta estremamente personalizzabile. Non vi resta che sbizzarrirvi a questo link… Mini: debutta il configuratore online della Coupé é stato pubblicato su Autoblog.it alle 06:22 di mercoledì 10 agosto 2011. |
| Posted: 09 Aug 2011 08:53 PM PDT  Breaking: Subaru teases XV crossover ahead of Frankfurt Filed under: Frankfurt Motor Show, Crossover, Subaru If you were smitten by the Subaru XV concept, Fuji Heavy Industries is ready to make your dreams a reality at next month's Frankfurt Motor Show. Influenced by the concept that debuted in Shanghai this April, the production version of Subaru's next generation crossover is set to land in European showrooms later this year.... |
| Posted: 09 Aug 2011 08:53 PM PDT China's fuel prices stay unadjusted while New York crude oil futures fall New York crude oil futures fell more than 9% last week. Some Chinese people don't understand why China's fuel prices are not lowered accordingly, and thus cast doubts over the country's fuel price adjustment system. Due to US' debt crisis and market worries about second bottoming of Europe and US' economy, the oil prices in [...] |
| Posted: 09 Aug 2011 05:55 PM PDT  GM quiere reducir a la mitad su número de plataformas Filed under: Cadillac, Chevrolet, Opel, Industria, Buick La bancarrota de General Motors no consiguió eliminar totalmente el exceso de grasa del grupo estadounidense. Sin tiempo ni recursos para poner orden en sus departamentos de ingeniería, GM sigue utilizando un buen número de plataformas sin demasiada razón de ser, que a la postre, sólo consiguen incrementar los costes de producción y aumentar la complejidad de su desarrollo.... |
| Posted: 09 Aug 2011 05:20 PM PDT  Video: David Higgins' record-breaking run up Mt. Washington Filed under: Motorsports, Videos, Subaru For the first time in ten years, the Mt. Washington Auto Road played host to the Climb to the Clouds. Travis Pastrana had helped drum up interest by recording a time of 6:20.47 towards the end of 2010, which was quicker than the official record run of 6:41.99.... |
| Posted: 09 Aug 2011 05:20 PM PDT  Second-generation Opel/Vauxhall Ampera to be cheaper, more radical Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, GM, Opel 2011 Opel Ampera - Click above for high-res image gallery General Motors says it will pump out 10,000 Opel and Vauxhall Amperas for sale in Europe in 2012 and that Opel will get 6,000 Amperas, with the remaining 4,000 shipping to Vauxhall dealers in the UK.... |
| Posted: 09 Aug 2011 05:20 PM PDT  Audi: prime ricostruzioni ufficiali dello Urban Concept Il prototipo Audi fotografato a Berlino si chiama Urban Concept e verrà esposto durante il salone di Francoforte, in programma dal 15 al 25 settembre. Questa curiosa vetturetta ospita due occupanti in posizione 1+1 e "combina elementi di un'auto sportiva, di una fun car e di una utilitaria, mescolandoli all'interno di una concept car dalla forma radicale".... |
| Posted: 09 Aug 2011 04:44 PM PDT Mazda Breathes New Life in Rotary Engine Rumor Mill Is the rotary engine dead? Not according to the latest autosphere rumors. |
| Posted: 09 Aug 2011 04:44 PM PDT  Report: Lamborghini to present ultimate Gallardo at Frankfurt Filed under: Frankfurt Motor Show, Coupe, Performance, Lamborghini The Lamborghini Gallardo has been on the market now for the better part of a decade. Along the way, it has led to countless variants: some with roofs, some without, some with all-wheel drive, some with rear, some with as less than 500 horsepower and some with nearly 570.... |
| Posted: 09 Aug 2011 04:44 PM PDT Minor ECU Tuning for Ford Fiesta Zetec S The ECU tuning professionals at Superchips have launched a new software upgrade for the Ford Fiesta Zetec S found in [...] |
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