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| Posted: 18 Aug 2011 12:59 AM PDT  McLaren confima los 10 equipos "afortunados" por contar con un MP4-12C GT3 Filed under: Competición, McLaren Cuando la demanda supera claramente la oferta, como es el caso del McLaren MP4-12C GT3, puedes permitirte el lujo de hasta chulear cuando anuncias a los equipos de carreras que has seleccionado para que representen a tu marca en los diferentes campeonatos. McLaren confirmó ayer los 10 equipos "premiados" con la opotunidad de comprar un MP4-12C GT3 "pata negra", por unos 360.000€/unidad.... |
| Posted: 18 Aug 2011 12:59 AM PDT  Saab: annullata la presenza al salone di Francoforte Non serve nemmeno una spiegazione ufficiale per capire i motivi di un'amara retromarcia, troppo simile a un "de profundis" per non suscitare tristezza e rassegnazione. Il marchio Saab non prenderà parte al salone di Francoforte (15-25 settembre), evitando così di aggravare ulteriormente una condizione economica già decisamente problematica. Le richieste dei creditori sono ora accompagnate da un fascicolo aperto dall'agenzia tributaria svedese, che minaccia di avviare la procedura di bancarotta qualora... |
| Posted: 18 Aug 2011 12:59 AM PDT Production of Ford Focus' Third Generation Begins In Russia The latest reports from Ford tell that the company has commenced the production of Ford Focus' third generation at company's local plant in Vsevolozhsk. Ford intends to manufacture the complete Focus lineup in Russia. It should be known that the Focus lineup comprises of sedan, wagon and hatchback models. As far as the manufacturing of [...] |
| Posted: 18 Aug 2011 12:22 AM PDT  Suzuki podría cambiar a Volkswagen por Fiat Filed under: Suzuki, Industria Que Volkswagen y Suzuki no se entienden nos ha quedado claro. Esta complicada relación parece haber pasado ahora a una fase de terapia matrimonial, pero entre tanto los nipones parecen no estar dispuestos a guardar fidelidad a los alemanes, y es que según varios rumores, podrían estar intentando llegar a un acuerdo con Fiat, con la que ya comparten algunos proyectos como el no demasiado exitoso (en España)... |
| Posted: 18 Aug 2011 12:22 AM PDT  Cadillac ELR is officieel De komst van deze Cadillac met range-extender is geen verrassing. General Motors had eind 2009 namelijk al aangegeven de Cadillac Converj Concept in productie te zullen nemen. De 2+2 coupé heeft nu dus een officiele naam gekregen: Cadillac ELR (more…) |
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| Posted: 18 Aug 2011 12:22 AM PDT GM Takes Lead in U.S. Labor Talks General Motors Co. has leapfrogged its domestic rivals in contract talks with the United Auto Workers union by being the first to tackle the key issue of flexible compensation, The Detroit News reports. The newspaper cites unidentified sources who say GM wants to take the lead in determining how to move [...] |
| Posted: 18 Aug 2011 12:21 AM PDT Ex-Chrysler Exec Named to Head Honda's U.S. Marketing Honda Motor Co. has recruited Michael Accavitti, a former Chrysler Group LLC marketing executive, as the chief marketing officer of its American sales unit, effective immediately, says Automotive News. The newspaper says Honda announced the new hire internally early this month. Accavitti succeeds Steve Center, who will head the company's new [...] |
| Posted: 18 Aug 2011 12:21 AM PDT American Wholesale Prices Advance U.S. producer prices, which dropped 0.4% from May to June, rose 0.2% last month, led by higher prices for food, pharmaceuticals, tobacco and light trucks, says the Dept. of Labor. Wholesale prices jumped 7.2% from July 2010. The core producer price index, which excludes food and energy, climbed 0.4% from June [...] |
| Posted: 18 Aug 2011 12:21 AM PDT VW Workers Demand 7.5% Pay Hike to Avert Strike Unionized workers at Volkswagen AG's assembly plant in Puebla, Mexico, are threatening to strike today if the company does not agree to a 7.5% wage increase, says Bloomberg News. A union leader tells the news service it also wants VW to give permanent jobs to 600 temporary workers. The union originally [...] |
| Posted: 18 Aug 2011 12:21 AM PDT Sweden Begins Review of Saab Assets The Swedish Enforcement Authority says it has begun evaluating the assets of Swedish Automobile NV after the company failed on Tuesday to pay about 370,000 kronor ($58,300) due to two suppliers of its Saab assembly plant in Trollhattan. The government's collection agency tells the Associated Press it is holding past-due bills [...] |
| Posted: 18 Aug 2011 12:21 AM PDT Volvo Cars Income Jumps 40% Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co.'s Volvo Cars unit says its second-quarter earnings before interest and taxes grew to 600 million kronor ($95 million) from 430 million kronor a year earlier. Revenue grew 12% to 33 billion kronor ($5.2 billion). Volvo attributes the improvement to stronger demand and a more favorable sales [...] |
| Posted: 18 Aug 2011 12:21 AM PDT Renault Samsung: No Plans for IPO Renault SA's unit in South Korea denies a report by JoongAng Ilbo that it will begin preparing for an initial public offering in September. The newspaper cites an unidentified executive at Renault Samsung who says the IPO would be led by Francois Provost, who takes over as the unit's CEO [...] |
| Posted: 18 Aug 2011 12:21 AM PDT Renault Samsung: No Plans for IPO Renault SA's unit in South Korea denies a report by JoongAng Ilbo that it will begin preparing for an initial public offering in September. The newspaper cites an unidentified executive at Renault Samsung who says the IPO would be led by Francois Provost, who takes over as the unit's CEO next [...] |
| Posted: 18 Aug 2011 12:21 AM PDT Earnings Jump 40% for Volvo Cars Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co.'s Volvo Cars unit says its second-quarter earnings before interest and taxes grew to 600 million kronor (€66 million) from 430 million kronor a year earlier. Revenue grew 12% to 33 billion kronor (€3.6 billion). Volvo attributes the improvement to stronger demand and a more favorable sales [...] |
| Posted: 18 Aug 2011 12:21 AM PDT Sweden Begins Audit of Saab Assets The Swedish Enforcement Authority says it has begun evaluating the assets of Swedish Automobile NV after the company failed on Tuesday to pay about 370,000 kronor (€40,500) due to two suppliers of its Saab assembly plant in Trollhattan. The government's collection agency tells the Associated Press it is holding past-due bills [...] |
| Posted: 17 Aug 2011 11:42 PM PDT  Ventas julio 2011: Europa Filed under: Industria Durante el pasado mes de julio las matriculaciones de vehículos nuevos en Europa (UE27 + EFTA) cayeron en un 1,0% en relación al mismo mes del año anterior, alcanzando un total de 1.051.332 unidades vendidas. Por países los más importantes en volumen fueron: Alemania 260.907 Francia 160.199 Italia 138.504 Reino Unido 131.634 España 79.147 Bélgica 42.286 Holanda 42.280 Austria 29.307 Suiza 25.127 Polonia 23.309 Suecia 19.621 Portugal 17.780 Rep.... |
| Posted: 17 Aug 2011 11:41 PM PDT  Foto spia Land Rover Range Rover Torniamo a parlare della nuova generazione di Range Rover: in queste ultimissime foto spia un muletto dell'ammiraglia di casa Land Rover è alle prese con i test dinamici ad alta velocità. Un fuoristrada con un blasone importante come quello della Range, non può prescindere da una dinamica di guida perfettamente a punto anche su asfalto.... |
| Posted: 17 Aug 2011 11:03 PM PDT GM Confirms Volt-Like Plug-In Hybrid for Cadillac General Motors Co. says it will produce a car based on its 2009 Cadillac Converj plug-in hybrid concept vehicle. The 2+2 coupe, which will be called the ELR, will primarily be powered by an electric motor and a T-shaped lithium-ion battery. A small four-cylinder engine will serve as a generator to [...] |
| Posted: 17 Aug 2011 11:03 PM PDT Jaguar Readies New Concept Model Tata Motors Ltd.'s Jaguar unit will reveal the sleek C-X16 coupe next month at the Frankfurt auto show. The company, which describes the show car as a "production concept," is expected to begin sales of an entry-level two-seater based on the model by the end of 2012. Design Chief Ian Callum [...] |
| Posted: 17 Aug 2011 11:03 PM PDT Japan Surpasses U.S. in Fuel Cell Patents About 1,800 patents were granted worldwide last year for fuel cell-related technologies—more than double the volume in 2005, according to Fuel Cell Today. Japanese companies, which have led the world in applications for fuel cell patents for several years, won 617 patents last year to pass their U.S. counterparts (at 598) [...] |
| Posted: 17 Aug 2011 11:03 PM PDT U.K. Partners Team on EV Concepts U.K.-based Morgan Motor Co.—working in collaboration with fellow British companies Zytek Group and Radshape Sheet Metal Ltd.—has developed two electric-powered concept vehicles based on its Aero Supersports roadster. The project was funded in part by a £100,000 ($165,000) grant from the government-backed Centre of Excellence for Low Carbon and Fuel Cell [...] |
| Posted: 17 Aug 2011 11:02 PM PDT Amerigon Wins New Grant to Convert Waste Heat to Power The U.S. Dept. of Energy has awarded Amerigon Inc. and its partners an additional $8 million to further develop Amerigon's thermoelectric-based energy recovery technology. The Irwindale, Calif.-based company has been using DOE funding to help develop the technology, which could boost fuel efficiency by as much as 5%, since 2005. Amerigon [...] |
| Posted: 17 Aug 2011 11:02 PM PDT Does it Make Pit Stops Too? Volkswagen AG's Audi unit and Sony Corp. have jointly created a new racing simulator for PlayStation 3's popular Gran Turismo 5 video game. The companies are demonstrating the system at this week's Gamescom trade fair in Cologne, Germany. Built by Audi's Quattro GmbH unit, the simulator is modeled after the Audi [...] |
| Posted: 17 Aug 2011 09:56 PM PDT  Ssangyong: a Francoforte con le SUV 1 e XUV 1 Il successo commerciale riscosso dalla Korando permette a Ssangyong di ampliare la gamma e introdurre due nuovi modelli, entrambi attesi durante il salone di Francoforte (15-25 settembre). Il SUV 1 sarà esposto in versione pressoché definitiva e rappresenta un'evoluzione diretta del pick-up doppia cabina SUT 1 Concept, esposto nel marzo scorso.... |
| Posted: 17 Aug 2011 07:58 PM PDT Cadillac Confirms Production Converj Plug-In Hybrid, Renames It ELR The Cadillac Converj concept caused quite a stir at 2009′s Detroit auto show—it was sporty, sleek, and, perhaps most buzz-worthy of all, used the Chevrolet Volt's extended-range plug-in hybrid powertrain. Indeed, the two-door Converj concept was essentially a Volt in more dapper duds, and today GM announced it will go into production as the ELR. |
| Posted: 17 Aug 2011 07:20 PM PDT Dragon Gullwing Mercedes SLS Concept by M.R.Khosravi Design An interesting design concept has been sent to us from MR Khosravi Design called the Dragon Gullwing and based on [...] |
| Posted: 17 Aug 2011 05:25 PM PDT  Video: R/C car takes hydroplaning to a new level Filed under: Etc., Videos, Toys/Games "I can remember when my grandfather taught me how to skip stones. You know what he told me?" "Always make sure the stone is flat..." Yes, we all remember the classic scene from Speed Zone (also known as Cannonball Run 3 or Cannonball Fever) where the old man is out at the lake teaching his little grandson to skip stones.... |
| Posted: 17 Aug 2011 05:25 PM PDT  Could ethanol subsidies affect Rick Perry's presidential bid? Filed under: Ethanol, Legislation and Policy, USA Presidential candidates are expected to have a position on the subsidies provided in the production of corn-based ethanol. With 41 percent of America's corn crop going into making the oil-alternative, it's an issue that's very important to both farmers and the biofuel industry. However, with many Republican voters deeply concerned about government spending, farm subsidies can be a tough sell these days and finding the... |
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