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| Posted: 04 Sep 2011 01:09 AM PDT UAW Targets GM to Set Pattern on Pay, Jobs The United Auto Workers union hopes to set a pattern for U.S. carmakers by reaching agreement with General Motors Co. on labor costs and new jobs, says Bloomberg News. The union's contracts covering about 113,000 workers GM, Ford and Chysler expire on Sept. 14. The UAW wants to win big signing bonuses [...] |
| Posted: 04 Sep 2011 01:09 AM PDT JCI, Saft Agree to End Battery Venture Johnson Controls Inc. has agreed to pay Saft Groupe SA $145 million (€102 million) to buy out the French company's stake in their five-year-old lithium-ion battery venture. The venture, Johnson Controls-Saft Advanced Power Solutions LLC, was launched in 2005 to make batteries for electric, hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicles. But JCI [...] |
| Posted: 04 Sep 2011 01:09 AM PDT GM Hires Lutz As Advisor General Motors Co. says it has formally retained former co-Chairman Bob Lutz as a part-time consultant to any of the company's senior managers who request his help. Lutz joined GM as vice chairman of product development in 2001 and retired from the company last year. But he told reporters six months [...] |
| Posted: 04 Sep 2011 01:09 AM PDT Volvo to Use Single Platform for All Models Volvo Car Corp. is expected today to announce it will begin shifting to a single vehicle platform in about two years, thus phasing out two platforms it has shared with former owner Ford Motor Co. Volvo describes the move to Bloomberg News as an "important step toward independence." The carmaker was [...] |
| Posted: 04 Sep 2011 01:09 AM PDT Fiat Ends Russia Distribution Deal with Sollers Fiat SpA will end its agreement with Sollers OJSC in January and assume direct responsibility for importing and distributing its cars in Russia, Reuters reports. The move has been expected since February when talks collapsed between Fiat and Sollers to create a €2.4 billion partnership and produce as many as 300,000 [...] |
| Posted: 04 Sep 2011 01:09 AM PDT Audi To Revive A2 Small Car Volkswagen AG's Audi unit has confirmed it will introduce a second-generation version of its A2 small car in about 2013 with an electric-only powertrain. The original A2 went out of production in 2005. The new hatchback will be unveiled in concept form in two weeks at the Frankfurt auto show. The [...] |
| Posted: 04 Sep 2011 01:09 AM PDT JCI, Saft Agree to End Battery Venture Johnson Controls Inc. has agreed to pay Saft Groupe SA $145 million (€102 million) to buy out the French company's stake in their five-year-old lithium-ion battery venture. The venture, Johnson Controls-Saft Advanced Power Solutions LLC, was launched in 2005 to make batteries for electric, hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicles. But JCI [...] |
| Posted: 04 Sep 2011 12:31 AM PDT  Chevrolet Camaro: due esemplari identici protagonisti di un incidente in Texas Non capita tutti i giorni che due auto esattamente identiche siano protagoniste di un incidente. E il discorso vale a maggior ragione quando il modello in questione è la Chevrolet Camaro. Ok, negli USA se ne vendono parecchie, ma certo la muscle car GM non ha la diffusione di una Honda Civic.... |
| Posted: 03 Sep 2011 11:17 PM PDT  Ventas agosto 2011: Italia Filed under: Industria Durante el pasado mes de agosto las ventas de automóviles nuevos en Italia se incrementaron ligeramente en un 1,51% en relación al mismo mes del año anterior, alcanzando un volumen total de 70.307 unidades matriculadas. Por marcas las más destacadas fueron: SUBEN SsangYong +395,6% MINI +64,4% Lexus +111,1% BAJAN Chrysler -92,8% Toyota -32,9% Daihatsu -65,7% Continue reading Ventas agosto 2011: ItaliaVentas agosto 2011: Italia originally appeared on Autoblog Español on Sun, 04 Sep... |
| Posted: 03 Sep 2011 09:25 PM PDT  Rolls-Royce: una Phantom turchese per la famiglia reale del Qatar? Un lettore del sito GTSpirit, recentemente tornato da Doha, ha inviato ai nostri colleghi alcune foto di una Rolls-Royce Phantom pizzicata sulle strade della capitale del Qatar. Niente di strano fin qui: laggiù le supercar non sono merce rara. La particolarità allora qual è? Il colore. Un dettaglio estremamente indicativo: quel turchese fa subito pensare ad un membro della famiglia reale Al-Thani, proprietario di una favolosa collezione di fuoriserie.... |
| Posted: 03 Sep 2011 05:44 PM PDT Open Race Thread: NASCAR Nationwide Great Clips 300 | Atlanta Motor Speedway There's a lot I'd like to write right now, but I can't. The power is out and I'm typing this on my phone which is also running out of power. This sucks. Sorry, there's no picture either. I hope Matt is able to get involved with the th... |
| Posted: 03 Sep 2011 04:29 PM PDT  Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Pink Panther cars up for auction Filed under: Classics, Auctions, Etc., UK Television and movie memorabilia fans can get excited. Both the original Pink Panther car and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang are headed to auction. The Panthermobile has been to auction once before since being created in 1969 by Jay Ohrberg. You may remember the designer as the mind behind hardware like K.I.T.T., the Back to the Future DeLorean, the General Lee, the Ford Gran Torino from Starsky... |
| Posted: 03 Sep 2011 03:51 PM PDT  Koenigsegg Agera R: lo 0-300 km/h in appena 14.53 secondi! Nella giornata di ieri alcuni collaudatori Koenigsegg hanno stabilito sei record di velocità e frenata al volante della Agera R, super-coupè con motore V8 5.0 doppio turbo da 1.115 CV e 1.200 Nm quando è alimentato con miscela E85 oppure 940 CV e 1.100 Nm quando "gira" con normale benzina.... |
| Posted: 03 Sep 2011 03:51 PM PDT  Así es el renovado Toyota Tacoma 2012 Filed under: Toyota, Comerciales y pickups Haz clic en la imagen para saltar a la galería En la actualidad Toyota puede considerar como bueno el trabajo que realiza en casi todos los segmentos del mercado, con la única excepción de los pick ups grandes, de gran importancia en Estados Unidos. Mientras que con los medianos el Hilux se muestra imbatible en muchos países, cuando hablamos de los Tundra y Tacoma la cosa cambia... |
| Posted: 03 Sep 2011 02:37 PM PDT  Report: Chevy Volt retail stock hits 1,361 units General Motors execs say production of the Chevrolet Volt will not hit a level capable of satisfying demand until the second-quarter of 2012. Despite dismal August sales of only 302 units, GM insists it's not a lack of demand that's holding the Volt back. While The General continues to blame the Volt's lack of sales on limited availability - thanks in part to a recent four-week shutdown at the Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly -... |
| Posted: 03 Sep 2011 02:37 PM PDT  Llamadas a revisión: Renault Master, BMW M3 GTS, remolques Norauto Filed under: BMW, Renault, Mantenimiento, Cupés, Deportivos, Comerciales y pickups Turno si te parece para echar una ojeada a las últimas campañas de revisión abiertas en la Unión Europea. Esta semana son dos los vehículos que aparecen en el boletín de alertas, aunque no son los únicos productos con problemas técnicos de fábrica; Norauto ha tenido que retirar cuatro remolques por una deficiencia potencialmente grave que podría afectar a su estabilidad, saliéndonos... |
| Posted: 03 Sep 2011 02:00 PM PDT  Electric cab company hit with hundreds of tickets in Austin [w/video] Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Legislation and Policy, NEV (Neighborhood Electric Vehicle), USA A recent arrest has re-ignited a three-year battle between Electric Cab of Austin, TX and the City's Transportation Department, proving again that the legal status of low-speed electric vehicles is a gray area in a lot of places in the U.S. Last Sunday, a driver for Electric Cab of Austin was reportedly arrested for not having the proper permit to operate a... |
| Posted: 03 Sep 2011 01:22 PM PDT  Pre-Salón de Frankfurt: Citroën DS3 Ultra Prestige Filed under: Citroën, Salón del Automóvil de Frankfurt, Subcompactos La gama DS de Citroën está funcionando mejor de lo esperado. De momento más de 100.000 unidades del DS3 están en manos de sus propietarios y en el caso del DS4, lanzado hace un par de meses, ya acumula más de 15.000 unidades vendidas. Para darle un mayor empaque al DS3, Citroën presentará en el Salón del Automóvil de Frankfurt la versión Ultra Prestige,... |
| Posted: 03 Sep 2011 01:22 PM PDT Lamborghini Diablo and Nicole Scherzinger Check out these photos of American entertainer Nicole Scherzinger along with an old school Lamborghini Diablo that has an updated [...] |
| Posted: 03 Sep 2011 12:08 PM PDT  First global SUV for Mahindra dubbed XUV500 Filed under: SUV, India Indian automaker Mahindra has announced that its first global SUV will be called the XUV500, pronounced "five double-o." The company says the vehicle's design was influenced by input from buyers all over the globe, including unnamed western markets, South Africa and, of course, India. The XUV500 will be the first unibody SUV from Mahindra to feature a transverse engine, which means that there's a good chance it'll have... |
| Posted: 03 Sep 2011 12:08 PM PDT  Vídeo: Ford SVT Raptor seis puertas paseando por las dunas de los Emiratos (dónde si no) Filed under: Ford, Tuning y preparaciones, SUV, crossovers y todoterrenos Sólo en los Emiratos Árabes alguna lumbrera podría tener la brillante idea de coger uno de los todoterrenos más bestias y ágiles del mundo, tal es el caso del Ford SVT Raptor, y endosarle dos puertas más sólo porque sí. Por supuesto, este es también es el único lugar del mundo donde los Patrol tienen seis ruedas, así que ya estamos curados... |
| Posted: 03 Sep 2011 11:30 AM PDT  Lexus LFA Nürburgring Edition: 7'14" non ufficiale al 'Ring La Lexus LFA Nürburgring Edition ha messo a segno un micidiale tempo di 7′14″ sul circuito tedesco da cui prende il nome. Al volante, secondo quanto riportato da AutoWeek, c'era Akira Iida, collaudatore ufficiale della casa giapponese. La notizia, comparsa su lexusenthusiast.com è stata confermata su Twitter da Lexus Europe. Qualora il tempo dovesse essere omologato ufficialmente, la LFA più performante si andrebbe a inserire al quarto posto assoluto nella classifica delle... |
| Posted: 03 Sep 2011 11:30 AM PDT  Fotos espía: Tony Stark conduce un misterioso Acura conceptual en Los Vengadores Filed under: Fotos espía, Conceptuales, AcuraTony Stark ha sido desde la primera película de Iron Man fan irredento de Audi, pero ahora que trabaja para SHIELD, no le ha quedado más remedio que cambiar su R8 por el coche de empresa. Tampoco es que tenga muchos motivos para quejarse, dado que Nick Furia le ha puesto un Acura conceptual del que no habíamos oído nada hasta el momento.... |
| Posted: 03 Sep 2011 11:30 AM PDT  Thorium lasers could make nuclear cars a reality Filed under: Etc., Technology, Cadillac We'll be honest. The future hasn't quite turned out like we expected. While Saturday-morning cartoons promised us a world in which our fantasy-powered flying bubble cars would conveniently origami themselves into easily-transportable briefcases, reality has been a bit slower to abandon the traditional internal-combustion model. But that may eventually change.... |
| Posted: 03 Sep 2011 10:15 AM PDT  Ford: nel 2012 sarà disponibile anche in Europa il sistema SYNC A partire dal 2012 sarà possibile ordinare la Focus Ford con il sistema di sicurezza SYNC, finora riservato ai clienti d'oltreoceano e arricchito dalle funzioni MyKey ed Emergency Assistance. Questa piattaforma ha richiesto l'applicazione dei giganti Gracenote, Microsoft, NAVTEQ, Nuance Communications, Sony Corporation, TeleNav e ViaMichelin, partner di una rivoluzione che utilizza (anche) i genitori come principali sistema di sicurezza.... |
| Posted: 03 Sep 2011 10:15 AM PDT  Tony Stark trades his Audi for an Acura in The Avengers Filed under: Convertible, Performance, Acura, CelebritiesNext summer, when The Avengers opens to packed multiplexes, playboy billionaire Tony Stark will be rolling in a trick new ride. After driving Audi R8s in the two Iron Man features, Stark apparently switches to a never-before-seen Acura sports car (in keeping with S.H.I.E.L.D.'s use of all Acura vehicles, as seen in this summer's Thor and Captain America films). The new ride appears in a series of... |
| Posted: 03 Sep 2011 10:15 AM PDT  Curiosidad: Ford Transit y Land Rover Defender, los comerciales más apalancados en Reino Unido Filed under: Industria Estadísticas hay para casi todo, incluidos algunos temas que no son agradables como por ejemplo el robo de vehículos. La última en llegarnos viene de la empresa HPI, especializada en información del mundo del motor, que acaba de difundir los resultados de los comerciales ligeros más robados en tierras británicas en los últimos meses. En el análisis aparecen en primer lugar los Land Rover Defender y Ford Transit como los... |
| Posted: 03 Sep 2011 09:37 AM PDT  FondTech unveils Formula E electric E-11 Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Racing, Videos On Thursday, Italian aerodynamic consultancy firm FondTech revealed its electric, single-seat Formula E racer, the E-11. The car is the brainchild of ex-Ferrari Formula One team aerodynamicist Jean-Claude Migeot. FondTech says its battery-powered E-11 can match the performance of today's Formula Three vehicles over a 20-minute period on any circuit across the world.... |
| Posted: 03 Sep 2011 09:37 AM PDT Thorium lasers could make nuclear cars a reality Filed under: Etc., Technology, Cadillac We'll be honest. The future hasn't quite turned out like we expected. While Saturday-morning cartoons promised us a world in which our fantasy-powered flying bubble cars would conveniently origami themselves into easily-transportable briefcases, reality has been a bit slower to abandon the traditional internal-combustion model. But that may eventually change.... |
| Posted: 03 Sep 2011 09:37 AM PDT  Mysterieuze Audi R8 gespot op set Iron Man 3 Tijdens opnames voor de derde Iron Man film is deze (verbouwde) Audi R8 Spyder gespot. Is dit een voorproefje op de facelift van de R8? (more…) |
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