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| Posted: 19 Sep 2011 12:47 AM PDT  Video: Audi S6, S6Avant, S8, S7 Sportback Video ufficiali dedicati alle nuove Audi S6, S6 Avant, S7 Sportback ed S8: i quattro modelli condividono la medesima piattaforma (quella della S8 è realizzata tuttavia in alluminio), lo stesso sistema di trazione integrale e l'arrabbiatissimo e sonoro propulsore V8 4.0 TFSI ad iniezione diretta con potenza dai 420 ai 520 CV.... |
| Posted: 19 Sep 2011 12:47 AM PDT 2012 Ford Edge – Well-Rounded Midsize Crossover First Look: Not many of the automakers have perfected the art of making potent crossovers as well as Ford had, and that's why while all other automakers are offering one or two crossovers, the Blue Oval is offering four plus a couple of truck-based goliaths for staid family hauling. The 2012 Ford Edge that we [...] |
| Posted: 19 Sep 2011 12:10 AM PDT  Ventas agosto 2011: Japón Filed under: Industria Durante el pasado mes de agosto las matriculaciones de vehículos nuevos en Japón cayeron un 26,0% en comparación con el mismo mes del año anterior, alcanzando un total de 369.210 unidades vendidas. Por marcas las más destacadas fueron: SUBEN Lexus +67,2% Jeep +109,5% Porsche +80,6% BAJAN Honda -47,8% Mitsubishi -38,7% Chevrolet -65,5% Continue reading Ventas agosto 2011: JapónVentas agosto 2011: Japón originally appeared on Autoblog Español on Mon, 19 Sep 2011 02:44:00 EST.... |
| Posted: 19 Sep 2011 12:10 AM PDT  Video: Audi R8 Twin-Turbo met 1000+ pk! Ruim een jaar geleden konden we het reeds aankondigen, maar nu is er eindelijk video van de UR R8 Twin-Turbo. (more…) |
| Posted: 19 Sep 2011 12:10 AM PDT Toyota Unveils Plug-in Prius Toyota Motor Corp. says the new plug-in version of its Prius hybrid sedan can reach 62 mph and travel 15 miles in electric-only mode, thanks to a 4.4 kilowatt-hour lithium-ion battery. The car was unveiled on Sept. 16 at the Green Drive Expo in California. The plug-in model will have a [...] |
| Posted: 19 Sep 2011 12:10 AM PDT Jaguar Land Rover Poised to Add Engine Capacity Tata Motors Ltd.'s Jaguar Land Rover unit plans to open a £400 million (€458 million) engine plant in Wolverhampton, England, according to the Sunday Telegraph. The British newspaper, which cites an unidentified source, says a formal announcement could come as soon as today. Autocar said in May that JLR was developing [...] |
| Posted: 19 Sep 2011 12:10 AM PDT NHTSA Steps Up Probe of Honda Headlights The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has upgraded its investigation of reported headlight failures in Honda CR-V crossover vehicles to an engineering analysis, which is often the precursor to a recall. The investigation involves 431,000 CR-Vs from the 2002-2004 model years. NHTSA opened its preliminary probe in April. Honda and [...] |
| Posted: 19 Sep 2011 12:10 AM PDT Volvo Cars to Drop All Engines Larger Than Four Cylinders Volvo Car Corp. will begin phasing out its five- and six-cylinder gasoline and diesel engines in 2013 and by 2020 use only three- and four-cylinder powerplants in its vehicles. The company says the move will enable it to meet emission standards in Europe, China and the U.S. at least through 2017. Volvo's [...] |
| Posted: 19 Sep 2011 12:10 AM PDT Auto Rustproofing Pioneer Ziebart Dies Kurt Ziebart, who developed the vehicle rustproofing process and company that bore his name, died last week at his home in northern Michigan at age 91. Ziebart was an auto mechanic when he emigrated from Germany to the U.S. in 1953. While working in the body shop of a Packard dealership [...] |
| Posted: 19 Sep 2011 12:10 AM PDT Hyundai Veloster Debuts Twin-Clutch Transmission Hyundai Motor Co.'s first in-house-designed twin-clutch automatic transmission hits the American market this month in the 2012 Veloster sport coupe. The company produces the gearbox at its transmission plant in Ulsan, South Korea. Like other dual-clutch systems, the Hyundai six-speed unit uses two clutches to couple two separate gear sets—one for [...] |
| Posted: 19 Sep 2011 12:10 AM PDT Is Volkswagen Considering a Hostile Bid for Suzuki? Volkswagen AG, which owns 19.9% of Suzuki Motor Corp., could launch a hostile takeover of the Japanese company, says Der Spiegel, which cites an unidentified senior manager at the carmaker. VW declined to comment. VW gained its current stake in Suzuki in 2009 when the two companies formed a partnership aimed [...] |
| Posted: 19 Sep 2011 12:10 AM PDT Honda Plans First Assembly Plant in Russia Honda Motor Co. has submitted a plan to Russia's Economy Ministry to build its first assembly plant in the country, reports The Nikkei, without citing any sources. Honda envisions a factory that can produce 30,000-50,000 vehicles per year, according to the Tokyo-based newspaper. It says Honda has not selected a site [...] |
| Posted: 19 Sep 2011 12:10 AM PDT Maruti Resumes Production As Strike Ends Maruti Suzuki Ltd. resumed production on Sunday at its plant in Manesar, India, after workers at two parts affiliates called off their strike on Friday. The company expects to relaunch output at its Gurgaon plant today. The walkouts at Suzuki Castings Ltd. and Suzuki Powertrain India Ltd. last Wednesday resulted in [...] |
| Posted: 19 Sep 2011 12:09 AM PDT Carmakers in India Decry New Interest Rate Hike India's carmakers say the Reserve Bank of India's decision on Friday to raise its overnight lending rate by another 25 basis points to 8.25% will further depress growth in the country's auto market. The central bank has now raised rates 12 times since March in an effort to reduce inflation, which [...] |
| Posted: 18 Sep 2011 11:32 PM PDT  Jeep: si valuta la produzione in Cina. Allo studio una partnership con Guangzhou Automobile L'amministratore delegato Jeep è volato in Cina la settimana scorsa per negoziare l'eventuale produzione in loco dei cinque modelli presenti in gamma. Il costruttore americano si appoggerà al gruppo Guangzhou Automobile e sfrutterà così la partner fra i cinesi e Fiat, stipulata nel maggio 2009. Mike Manley, CEO del marchio statunitense, ha rivelato che le prime Jeep "cinesi" verranno assemblate fra 18-24 mesi purché le autorità concedano il via libera entro... |
| Posted: 18 Sep 2011 10:54 PM PDT Volkswagen Plans €62 Billion Expansion Over Five Years Volkswagen AG says it will invest a record €62 billion between 2012 and 2016—or an average 6% of revenue—on new vehicles, production capacity and technology research. VW says €50 billion of the total will be spent on property, plant and equipment, including about €28 billion of it in Germany. The company [...] |
| Posted: 18 Sep 2011 10:54 PM PDT Will VW Launch a Hostile Bid to Acquire Suzuki? Volkswagen AG, which owns 19.9% of Suzuki Motor Corp., could launch a hostile takeover of the Japanese company, says Der Spiegel, which cites an unidentified senior manager at the German carmaker. VW declined to comment. VW gained its current stake in Suzuki in 2009 when the two companies formed a partnership [...] |
| Posted: 18 Sep 2011 10:54 PM PDT Volvo Cars to Drop All Engines Larger Than Four Cylinders Volvo Car Corp. will begin phasing out its five- and six-cylinder gasoline and diesel engines in 2013 and by 2020 expects to use only four-cylinder powerplants in its vehicles. The company says the move will enable it to meet emission standards in Europe, China and the U.S. at least through 2017. Volvo's [...] |
| Posted: 18 Sep 2011 10:54 PM PDT Honda Plans First Assembly Plant in Russia Honda Motor Co. has submitted a plan to Russia's Economy Ministry to build its first assembly plant in the country, reports The Nikkei, without citing any sources. Honda envisions a factory that can produce 30,000-50,000 vehicles per year, according to the Tokyo-based newspaper. It says Honda has not selected a site [...] |
| Posted: 18 Sep 2011 09:40 PM PDT  Yema Auto: debuttano tre nuovi modelli-clone su base Volkswagen Tiguan, Infiniti FX e Audi A4 Avant Il marchio cinese Yema Auto ha presentato nei giorni scorsi le E-SUV, T-SUV e F16, vetture chiaramente ispirate alle Infiniti EX, Volkswagen Tiguan e Audi A4 Avant. Tuttavia l'imbarazzante parentela stilistica provoca minore stupore dopo aver letto quanto scrive China Car Times, secondo cui le tre automobili utilizzano una piattaforma alquanto desueta: Yema avrebbe comprato l'ossatura delle Austin Montego e Maestro, vendute da MG-Rover ad Etsong che le avrebbe poi cedute... |
| Posted: 18 Sep 2011 07:13 PM PDT  eBay Find of the Day: Teutel Senior's Camaro-based 2011 Pontiac Trans Am Hurst Edition Filed under: Aftermarket, Classics, Coupe, Performance, Auctions, Chevrolet, Celebrities Looks like American Chopper star Paul Teutel, Sr. has decided his 2011 Pontiac Trans Am Hurst Edition is getting boring. His reworked 2011 Chevrolet Camaro SS, Smokey and the Bandit-style rebody and paint scheme was put up for auction on eBay Motors this week. There are changes beneath that bodywork as well.... |
| Posted: 18 Sep 2011 06:36 PM PDT China's MIIT says it won't resoirt to bailout despite auto output and sales falling to new low China's auto output and sales growth in the Jan-July period fell to new low in the past 10 years. The auto output and sales in the period grew only 2.3% and 3.2% from a year earlier to 10.46 million units and 10.6 million units. Different from the attitude of the concerned Chinese authorities before, the [...] |
| Posted: 18 Sep 2011 05:23 PM PDT eBay Find of the Day: Teutel Senior's Camaro-based 2011 Pontiac Trans Am Hurst Edition Filed under: Aftermarket, Classics, Coupe, Performance, Auctions, Chevrolet, Celebrities Looks like American Chopper star Paul Teutel, Sr. has decided his 2011 Pontiac Trans Am Hurst Edition is getting boring. His reworked 2011 Chevrolet Camaro SS, Smokey and the Bandit-style rebody and paint scheme was put up for auction on eBay Motors this week. There are changes beneath that bodywork as well.... |
| Posted: 18 Sep 2011 04:09 PM PDT  Porsche 911: nuovo video promozionale per la 991 Video promozionale dedicato alla nuova Porsche 911, una delle protagoniste assolute del Salone di Francoforte 2011. In questa breve clip, grazie alla computer grafica, possiamo ripercorrere le tappe stilistiche fondamentali del design della coupè tedesca. Pur mantenendo i caratteristici stilemi, la "noveundici" è evoluta di pari passo con le aspettative delle relative epoche: ha risposto, generazione dopo generazione, alle crescenti necessità di aerodinamica, sicurezza, abitabilità e performance.... |
| Posted: 18 Sep 2011 04:09 PM PDT Takata Asks Swedish Court to Declare Saab Bankrupt Japanese seatbelt maker Takata Corp. has asked a district court in Sweden to declare Saab Automobile AB insolvent. Takata's petition says Saab owes it €1.9 million ($2.6 million). Takata joins two unions that filed similar requests on Sept. 12 because Saab has not paid wages due last month. The same court turned [...] |
| Posted: 18 Sep 2011 03:32 PM PDT  GM y Chrysler reducen la producción de seis fábricas por la falta de alfombrillas y tapicerías Filed under: Industria Chasis, motores, y transmisiones suelen ser considerados los elementos clave de todo automóvil. Luego tenemos el aparatamen electrónico, equipos de audio, aires acondicionados y embellecedores de todo tipo, pero prácticamente nadie tiene cabeza para las alfombrillas... hasta que un día entras al coche puesto de barro hasta los tobillos o te llega una carta del fabricante.... |
| Posted: 18 Sep 2011 02:55 PM PDT  NOAA finds air pollution plummets by up to 90% when ships switch to low-sulfur fuel Filed under: Diesel, Etc., USA In 2010, a team of researchers led by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) mounted instruments on an aircraft and the vessel Atlantis to capture emissions from container ships off California's coast. The team found that as container ships shifted from bottom-of-the-barrel bunker fuel to low-sulfur fuels, air pollution plummeted, with some pollutants dropping by as much as 90 percent.... |
| Posted: 18 Sep 2011 02:18 PM PDT  Chile: Chery presenta su nueva gama 2012 Filed under: Industria, Subcompactos, Monovolúmenes y MPV, Sedanes y berlinas, SUV, crossovers y todoterrenos, Chery, Compactos, Hatchbacks Chery es uno de los fabricantes de automóviles de origen chino con mayor demanda en el mercado chileno. Ahora presentan la gama 2012 que además de recibir a un nuevo integrante para el segmento de los compactos, re-estructura la oferta de los modelos ya existentes. A partir de finales de este mismo mes la familia Chery... |
| Posted: 18 Sep 2011 02:18 PM PDT  Zo wild kan je een Jeep Wrangler maken #IAA Suf ding, zo'n standaard Jeep Wrangler, toch? Laat Jeep nu op de IAA een niet-helemaal-standaard exemplaar hebben staan. Dit is het echte speelgoed. (more…) |
| Posted: 18 Sep 2011 02:18 PM PDT Chase Driver Keselowski Wins in Chicagoland: The Dollar General 300 Review Brad Keselowski ... sorry, 2011 Chase driver Brad Keselowski, dominated the Chicagoland Nationwide Race on the way to his third win of 2011. Keso should now be favored to take home the Cup race at Chicagoland this weekend. Ricky... |
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