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| Posted: 17 Aug 2011 12:57 AM PDT  Vídeo: Gymkhana 4, por Ken Block, ¿hace falta decir algo más? Filed under: Etc. La cuarta edición de la serie Gymkhana del ya popularísimo "y no tan buen piloto del WRC" Ken Block ya está aquí, así que hacerte perder el tiempo leyendo lo que se me pueda ocurrir sobre esta entrega, tal vez menos espectacular que la primera o la segunda aunque con más presupuesto, está fuera de sitio.... |
| Posted: 17 Aug 2011 12:57 AM PDT Smart's Latest EV Adds Power, Driving Range Daimler AG will take the wraps off the third-generation electric variant of is Smart city car next month at the Frankfurt auto show. Sales of the ForTwo EV will start next spring in 30 international markets that including North America for the first time. Daimler says owners of the second-generation Smart [...] |
| Posted: 17 Aug 2011 12:57 AM PDT Gucci, Gucci: Fiat 500 Adds Flair Fiat SpA in collaboration with Gucci Group will begin offering special edition versions of its 500 city car in December. The Gucci 500 hatchback and convertible will strut their stuff next month during New York City's semi-annual Fashion Week. The Gucci 500 models all are finished in glossy black or white [...] |
| Posted: 17 Aug 2011 12:57 AM PDT Britain's New Name in Luxury: Eterniti? London-based Eterniti Motors Ltd. plans to unveil its first model, the high-end Hemera crossover vehicle, at the Frankfurt auto show next month. News reports say the vehicle will be priced at £150,000 ($245,000). The company, which is targeting annual sales of about 100 units, vows that its car will beat other [...] |
| Posted: 17 Aug 2011 12:57 AM PDT IndyCar Puts Aero Options on Hold New aerodynamic body components won't be part of the changes the Indy Racing League adopts next season. The series, which is moving to a new race chassis and engine, decided that also offering optional body kits would introduce too many variables for teams to absorb in one season. Several parts makers [...] |
| Posted: 17 Aug 2011 12:57 AM PDT Coda, Great Wall to Form EV Venture Coda Holdings Inc., whose Coda Automotive unit plans to introduce a Chinese-made electric car in the U.S. by year-end, has signed a letter of intent with China's Great Wall Motor Co. to co-develop EVs for the global market. The new partnership plans to make EVs based on Great Wall models and [...] |
| Posted: 17 Aug 2011 12:57 AM PDT Ricardo Beefs up China Team Ashley Fernihough has been appointed president of Ricardo Shanghai Co. Ltd., which provides consulting, engineering and product development services to clients in China. Fernihough, who had been Ricardo's U.K. commercial director, replaces Simon Steven, who has taken an unspecified position with Tata Motors Ltd.'s Jaguar Land Rover unit in China. Ricardo Shanghai [...] |
| Posted: 17 Aug 2011 12:57 AM PDT  Audi Urban Spyder Concept is zijn dak kwijt Audi wil graag jullie aandacht op de IAA en alleen een elektrisch wagentje was niet genoeg. Daarom hebben ze nu ook datzelfde wagentje maar dan met afgezaagd dak aangekondigd. (more…) |
| Posted: 17 Aug 2011 12:56 AM PDT Volkswagen Brand Sales Rose 17% in July Volkswagen AG says global demand for its VW brand vehicles reached 419,000 units last month from 357,600 units in July 2010. The company reports its sales from January through July rose 16% to 1.1 million in Asia Pacific, 8% to 1 million units in Europe, 8% to 444,100 units in South [...] |
| Posted: 17 Aug 2011 12:56 AM PDT Global Economy Faces Years of Uncertainty The "inherent fragility" of the global economy may cause several years of "violent and difficult-to-predict" market fluctuations, says New York City-based professional services provider Towers Watson. "The global economy still needs to be realigned," warns the company's Towers Watson Investment division. The unit says resolving the debt problems behind the 2008 [...] |
| Posted: 17 Aug 2011 12:56 AM PDT Ford Sales Slip in Europe Ford Motor Co. says its sales across Europe slipped 1% to 118,300 units in July. It reports sales for the January-July period were up 1% at 953,800 units compared to the same interval in 2010. July sales were flat at 23,700 units in the U.K., Ford's largest European market. But demand [...] |
| Posted: 17 Aug 2011 12:56 AM PDT Tata Sales Drop 6% Tata Motors Ltd. says it sold 85,400 vehicles last month, down 6% from July 2010. Demand for the Indian company's Jaguar Land Rover models were flat at 19,100 units. Tata says an 8% increase in Land Rover SUV sales offset a 23% drop in demand for Jag... |
| Posted: 17 Aug 2011 12:18 AM PDT  Los modelos más vendidos en Austria durante julio Filed under: Industria Tras el repaso general del mercado austriaco, hoy te dejamos con el listado de los modelos más vendidos por segmentos durante el pasado mes de julio. Los vehículos del Grupo Volkswagen brillan frente al resto, especialmente Skoda que ha dado un subidón muy importante. URBANOS Fiat 500 329 Fiat Panda 218 Kia Picanto 111 Hyundai i10 111 Smart ForTwo 83 Ford Ka 58 Renault Twingo 56 Suzuki Splash 50 Toyota... |
| Posted: 17 Aug 2011 12:18 AM PDT  BMW X5 e X6 Model Year 2012 Il nuovo allestimento Exclusive Edition caratterizza la gamma 2012 delle BMW X5 e X6, che verranno presentate durante il salone di Francoforte (15-25 settembre) per essere poi in vendita dall'autunno. Entrambe sono riconoscibili per i cerchi in lega da 20 pollici con disegno a Y, per le targhette applicate alla carrozzeria, per gli inserti in radica Bamboo, l'imperiale color Antracite ed i tappetini in tessuto nero.... |
| Posted: 17 Aug 2011 12:17 AM PDT  Jaguar C-X16: deze Boxster-killer komt naar Frankfurt Toont Jaguar op de IAA 2011 de eerste niet-kappersauto in het kappersauto-segment? (more…) |
| Posted: 16 Aug 2011 11:39 PM PDT Cadillac, Lexus, Toyota Lead in Satisfying U.S. Customers Cadillac, Lexus and Toyota were the top automotive brands in customer satisfaction in the past 12 months, according to the annual report by the American Customer Satisfaction index. The three marques improved from the previous 12-month period to score 87 out of a possible 100. ACSI LLC, which conducts the survey, [...] |
| Posted: 16 Aug 2011 11:39 PM PDT UAW: Ford Labor Talks Ahead of Schedule Contract negotiations between Ford Motor Co. and the United Auto Workers are ahead of their historical pace, the union's top Ford negotiator tells the Detroit Free Press. Even so, the UAW's Jimmy Settles tells the newspaper that the bargaining teams have yet to delve into such key issues as changes to [...] |
| Posted: 16 Aug 2011 11:39 PM PDT Ener1 Warns It May Lack Funds to Keep Operating Lithium-ion battery maker Ener1 Inc. says it will restate its earnings for 2010 and the first quarter of 2011 to account for greater losses on its investment in Norwegian electric car maker Think Global AS, which filed for bankruptcy in June. In a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, [...] |
| Posted: 16 Aug 2011 11:39 PM PDT Global Economy Faces Years of Uncertainty The "inherent fragility" of the global economy may cause several years of "violent and difficult-to-predict" market fluctuations, says New York City-based professional services provider Towers Watson. "The global economy still needs to be realigned," warns its Towers Watson Investment division. The unit says resolving the debt problems behind the 2008 financial [...] |
| Posted: 16 Aug 2011 11:39 PM PDT U.S. Honda Dealer Inventories Hit Post-Quake Lows Honda dealers in the U.S. tell The Wall Street Journal that August may be their worst sales month since Japan's March 11 earthquake and tsunami because they are running out of vehicles to sell. Analysts say Honda has been slower than rivals Nissan and Toyota in restoring production in Japan and [...] |
| Posted: 16 Aug 2011 11:38 PM PDT Chrysler Taps Agency to Handle Social Media Chrysler Group LLC says it has hired Raleigh, N.C.-based Ignite Social Media to handle the company's marketing and advertising on its Web sites, blogs, YouTube and Twitter. Ignites succeeds New Media Strategies, which Chrysler dropped in March after ... |
| Posted: 16 Aug 2011 11:38 PM PDT Sweden Poised to Begin Debt-Collection Against Saab The Swedish government's Debt Enforcement Agency says it could begin a process on Wednesday to freeze the assets of Swedish Automobile NV unless the company pays about €430,400 ($620,200) it owes two suppliers of its Saab carmaking unit, Bloomberg News reports. The Debt Enforcement Agency, which has the power to push [...] |
| Posted: 16 Aug 2011 09:48 PM PDT  Eterniti Hemera: prima anticipazione del nuovo SUV inglese Non sarà un "banale" SUV di lusso perché i fondatori del marchio aspirano a creare un'apposita nicchia, dove si posizioneranno anche i futuri SUV di casa Lagonda e Bentley. Il neonato marchio inglese Eterniti Motors occuperà dunque una porzione di listino riservata alle vetture di altissimo lignaggio, per via del prezzo che si preannuncia elevatissimo (superiore a 170.000 euro), per la produzione limitata a 100 esemplari annui e per la meccanica... |
| Posted: 16 Aug 2011 07:54 PM PDT Ricardo Beefs up China Team Ashley Fernihough has been appointed president of Ricardo Shanghai Co. Ltd., which provides consulting, engineering and product development services to clients in China. Fernihough, who had been Ricardo's U.K. commercial director, replaces Simon Steven, who has taken an unspecified position with Tata Motors Ltd.'s Jaguar Land Rover unit in China. Ricardo Shanghai [...] |
| Posted: 16 Aug 2011 06:03 PM PDT  Volkswagen comienza a fabricar el Amarok gasolina Filed under: Volkswagen, Comerciales y pickups Hasta ahora el Volkswagen Amarok, fabricado en Argentina para todo el mundo, se comercializaba con motores diésel de dos litros y dos potencias diferentes. Desde este mismo mes se han iniciado las exportaciones de las variantes con el bloque de gasolina. Para el Amarok los alemanes de Volkswagen han optado por el motor 2.0 TSI convenientemente puesto a punto para las nuevas necesidades del pick up y... |
| Posted: 16 Aug 2011 06:03 PM PDT  Ford vs. Chevrolet monster truck tug-of-war is a fight to the finish Filed under: Truck, Etc., Videos, Chevrolet, Ford, GM, Humor, Off-Road Is there any automotive rivalry burned into the American psyche as deeply as Ford versus Chevrolet? We don't think so. Those whose blood runs blue would never dream of piloting anything wearing a Bowtie, and vice-versa. This being the case, it doesn't surprise us in the least that Adam, a Ford man through-and-through, challenged Cooper and his Chevrolet to a tug-of-war right in... |
| Posted: 16 Aug 2011 05:26 PM PDT  Is Costco really removing plug-in vehicle charging stations? Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Green Culture Recently, dissent has been bubbling up on plug-in vehicle discussion forums recently about Costco's anti-electric vehicle nerve. Specifically, the shopping center giant has reportedly been removing a bunch of already-installed plug-in vehicle chargers at some California store locations. Plug In America responded with an action alert that saw hundreds of plug-in supporters contact Costco's CEO to ask that his company replace the old units instead. Wait, what's that... |
| Posted: 16 Aug 2011 05:26 PM PDT Video: Ford vs. Chevrolet monster truck tug-of-war is a fight to the finish Filed under: Truck, Etc., Videos, Chevrolet, Ford, GM, Humor, Off-Road Is there any automotive rivalry burned into the American psyche as deeply as Ford versus Chevrolet? We don't think so. Those whose blood runs blue would never dream of piloting anything wearing a Bowtie, and vice-versa. This being the case, it doesn't surprise us in the least that Adam, a Ford man through-and-through, challenged Cooper and his Chevrolet to a tug-of-war right in... |
| Posted: 16 Aug 2011 05:25 PM PDT  Jaguar C-X16, el ansiado XE conceptual que nos espera en Frankfurt Filed under: Jaguar, Salón del Automóvil de Frankfurt, Conceptuales, Cupés, Deportivos Haz clic en la imagen para ampliarla No diga XE, diga C-X16. Jaguar acaba de lanzar la primera imagen del pequeño coupé que tiene listo para robar nuestras cámaras en el Salón de Frankfurt, y finalmente no será un coche de producción, sino conceptual.... |
| Posted: 16 Aug 2011 05:25 PM PDT Audi Urban Concept Spyder: Audi's Second Weird Frankfurt Concept Because two is better than one, the Urban concept goes topless. Earlier this month, Audi let slip its plans to reveal a futuristic electric city car called simply the Audi Urban concept. We likened it not only to VW minicars like the Up! concept and the company's "1-Liter" cars, but also to the Messerschmitt KR200. |
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