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| Posted: 29 Sep 2011 02:52 AM PDT  Spyker: ufficiale la vendita al fondo statunitense North Steel Il fondo di private equity North Steel Capital ha raggiunto un'intesa per acquisire Spyker dal gruppo Swedish Automobile, proprietario anche del marchio Saab e attualmente in grave crisi finanziaria. Ne dà notizia la stessa Swedish Automobile, che ricaverà dalla vendita 32 milioni di euro; questa cifra verrà subito destinata al pagamento di alcuni debiti ancora pendenti e relativi alla produzione Saab.... |
| Posted: 29 Sep 2011 02:12 AM PDT Curiosità: in Cina la Hyundai Azera va a... pedali Hyundai China ha organizzato una bizzarra campagna di lancio per promuovere la berlina Azera, quattro porte di nuova concezione equipaggiata con i motori L4 2.4 da 203 CV, V6 3.0 da 250 o 274 CV e V8 3.8 da 310 CV. E' stato infatti realizzato un esemplare dimostrativo con telaio tubolare in metallo, inserti in plastica e carrozzeria in vinile, al centro della quale è posizionata una bicicletta che ovviamente garantisce... |
| Posted: 29 Sep 2011 02:12 AM PDT GM's U.S. Labor Costs to Increase 1% Annually Members of the United Auto Workers union at General Motors Co. voted this week by almost a two-thirds margin to ratify a new contract that covers 48,500 workers. The company says that by 2015 the accord will add $215 million to its annual U.S. labor costs, which now total $5 [...] |
| Posted: 29 Sep 2011 02:12 AM PDT Car-Truck Collisions Becoming Less Deadly When big SUVs and large pickup trucks collide with cars and minivans in the U.S., the chances that occupants in the smaller vehicles will be killed are 64% lower than they were in 2000, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. IIHS says the death rate per million registered vehicles [...] |
| Posted: 29 Sep 2011 02:12 AM PDT Ford Could Add 10,000 UAW Jobs Ford Motor Co. is discussing with the United Auto Workers union the possibility of adding as many as 10,000 jobs in the U.S. as part of its contract negotiations, Bloomberg News reports. The news service, which cites anonymous sources, says as many as 4,000 of those jobs may come from shifting [...] |
| Posted: 29 Sep 2011 02:12 AM PDT Chrysler Engine Workers May End Separate UAW Pact Workers at Chrysler Group LLC's Global Engine Manufacturing Alliance plant in Dundee, Mich., are voting today and tomorrow on whether to be covered by the company's national contract with the United Auto Workers union. The GEMA plant was set up as a joint venture of Chrysler, Hyundai and Mitsubishi, which resulted [...] |
| Posted: 29 Sep 2011 02:11 AM PDT VW Aims to Break Even in North America by 2013 Volkswagen AG says its North American unit, which hasn't posted a profit since 2002, has reduced its losses in each of the past six years and reiterates that it expects to break even by no later than 2013. CFO Hans Dieter Poetsch tells analysts it lost €500 million ($681 million) in [...] |
| Posted: 29 Sep 2011 02:11 AM PDT Japan's Car Production Grows for First Time in 11 Months Combined domestic output by Japan's eight carmakers increased 2% to 670,800 units last month compared to August 2010. It was the industry's first year-over-year improvement since September 2010. Daihatsu, Mazda, Suzuki and Toyota reported higher domestic output in August. Local production fell at Nissan (-3% to 89,300 units) and Honda (-17% [...] |
| Posted: 29 Sep 2011 02:11 AM PDT GM Names Copses As Customer Experience Chief General Motors Co. has named Paul Copses, executive director of customer care, to the newly created job of U.S. vice president for customer experience, effective Oct. 1. He will report to Mark Reuss, president of GM North America. Copses will lead efforts to win and keep customers for the company's Buick, [...] |
| Posted: 29 Sep 2011 02:11 AM PDT U.S. Equity Firm May Buy Spyker American private equity firm North Street Capital has agreed to purchase the Spyker supercar unit of Swedish Automobile NV, according to the Financial Times, which says it has seen a draft of North Street's announcement. Terms were not disclosed. SA, which acquired Saab Automobile early last year, said eight months ago [...] |
| Posted: 29 Sep 2011 02:11 AM PDT  Video: Zo klinkt de nieuwe BMW M3 (F80) Ook zo benieuwd hoe die vermeende twinturbo V6 van BMW in het gehoor ligt? (more…) |
| Posted: 29 Sep 2011 02:11 AM PDT Hyundai Developing 10-Speed Automatic Gearbox Hyundai Motor Group President Park Seong Hyon tells Bloomberg News the company is developing a 10-speed automatic transmission for use by its Hyundai and Kia carmaking units. Park, who offered few details, says the transmission could debut in the $47,000 Hyundai Genesis or $60,000 Equus luxury sedans in 2014. Earlier this year [...] |
| Posted: 29 Sep 2011 02:11 AM PDT Truck-Car Crash Death Rate Drops 64% When big SUVs and large pickup trucks collide with cars and minivans in the U.S., the chances that occupants in the smaller vehicles will be killed are 64% lower than they were in 2000, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. IIHS says the death rate per million registered sales [...] |
| Posted: 29 Sep 2011 01:31 AM PDT  Hyundai no tiene intención de lanzar un rival para el Corvette (por si hubiera dudas) Filed under: Hyundai, Cupés, Deportivos Haz clic en la foto para saltar a la galería Dos generaciones. Ese es todo el tiempo que ha necesitado Hyundai para pasar de ser el blanco de todas las bromas, a dejar desconcertado al jefe de Volkswagen. Coches como el i30 y el nuevo Sonata han servido para demostrar la tremenda capacidad de progreso del fabricante surcoreano, y tanto el Genesis como el Genesis Coupe dan prueba... |
| Posted: 29 Sep 2011 01:31 AM PDT  Cubanen mogen straks vrij in auto's handelen Het straatbeeld in Cuba kan wel eens drastisch gaan veranderen per 1 oktober… (more…) |
| Posted: 29 Sep 2011 01:31 AM PDT LG Electronics Seeks to Ban Audi, BMW Cars in Korea LG Group affiliates LG Electronics and LG Innotek have filed a lawsuit in Seoul, South Korea, to block the local sales units of Audi and BMW from importing cars fitted with LED headlamps made by Osram GmbH. LG claims Osram, a unit of Siemens AG, has violated LG's patents on technology [...] |
| Posted: 29 Sep 2011 01:31 AM PDT Hyundai Developing 10-Speed Automatic Gearbox Hyundai Motor Group President Park Seong Hyon tells Bloomberg News the company is developing a 10-speed automatic transmission for use by its Hyundai and Kia carmaking units. Park, who offered few details, says the transmission could debut in the Hyundai Genesis or $60,000 Equus luxury sedans in 2014. Earlier this year Hyundai [...] |
| Posted: 29 Sep 2011 01:31 AM PDT Kia's Main Goals: Quality and Brand Kia Motors Corp. says it will focus on brand image and product quality rather than expanding capacity, even if the result is slower sales growth. Co-CEO Lee Sam-ung tells reporters in Seoul the company hopes to reach its sales target of 2.5 million units this year in spite of softening global [...] |
| Posted: 29 Sep 2011 01:31 AM PDT Report: U.S. Firm Will Buy Spyker American private equity firm North Street Capital has agreed to purchase the Spyker supercar unit of Swedish Automobile NV, according to the Financial Times, which says it has seen a draft of North Street's announcement. Terms were not disclosed. SA, which acquired Saab Automobile early last year, said eight months ago [...] |
| Posted: 29 Sep 2011 01:31 AM PDT VW Aims to Break Even in North America by 2013 Volkswagen AG says its North American unit, which hasn't posted a profit since 2002, expects to break even by no later than 2013. CFO Hans Dieter Poetsch tells analysts the unit lost €500 million in 2005. He says the company aims for a 5% pre-tax margin by 2018, the year in [...] |
| Posted: 29 Sep 2011 01:31 AM PDT LG Electronics Seeks Ban on Audi, BMW Cars in Korea LG Group affiliates LG Electronics and LG Innotek have filed a lawsuit in Seoul, South Korea, to block the local sales units of Audi and BMW from importing cars fitted with LED headlamps made by Osram GmbH. LG claims Osram, a unit of Siemens AG, has violated LG's patents on technology [...] |
| Posted: 29 Sep 2011 01:31 AM PDT U.S. Union Ratifies GM Contract United Auto Workers union members have ratified by a margin of 99:1 a new four-year contract with General Motors Co. covering 48,500 workers. GM says the agreement will boost its annual U.S. labor costs 4% over four years to about $5.2 billion (€3.8 billion). That's the smallest increase in about 40 [...] |
| Posted: 29 Sep 2011 01:31 AM PDT Japan's Car Production Grows for First Time in 11 Months Combined domestic output by Japan's eight carmakers increased 2% to 670,800 units last month compared to August 2010. It was the industry's first year-over-year improvement since September 2010. Daihatsu, Mazda, Suzuki and Toyota reported higher domestic output in August. Local production fell at Nissan (-3% to 89,300 units) and Honda (-17% [...] |
| Posted: 29 Sep 2011 01:31 AM PDT Skoda Details New Citigo Minicar Volkswagen AG's Skoda unit says its new Citigo minicar will go on sale in the Czech Republic in December and elsewhere in Europe next summer. Media reports say the model, a variant of VW's Up! city car, will have a base price of about €9,000. The four-seat car will be offered [...] |
| Posted: 29 Sep 2011 01:31 AM PDT Porsche Development Chief Moves to Bentley Rolf Frech, formerly director of complete vehicle development at Porsche AG, will take over as head of engineering for Bentley Motors Group in November. Both companies are part of Volkswagen Group. Frech will succeed Ulrich Eichorn, who has been named managing director of VDA, the German auto industry association. Frech, 53, joined [...] |
| Posted: 29 Sep 2011 12:51 AM PDT  Citroen C4 Aircross: primo teaser ufficiale Citroen ha diffuso su Facebook il primo teaser ufficiale della C4 Aircross, che sarà svelata tra poche ore. In assenza di informazioni ufficiali, si possono formulare due ipotesi: una versione "all terrain" della C4, con la stessa sigla della C3 Aircross in vendita in Sud America, oppure la più probabile nuova SUV compatta, frutto della collaborazione con Mitsubishi e derivata dalla ASX. Se così fosse, la C4 Aircross sarà presto seguita da... |
| Posted: 29 Sep 2011 12:51 AM PDT  Vídeo: Maserati nos recuerda que el Kubang es algo más que un concept Filed under: SUV, crossovers y todoterrenos, Maserati No por más anticipado, el Kubang se está haciendo fácil de asimilar. El lanzamiento de un SUV de lujo para competir con el Audi Q7 es algo que algunos seguidores de Maserati van a tardar en aceptar, y para que la idea no cause un shock parejo al del prototipo presentado hace unas semanas en Frankfurt, el tridente de Módena ha publicado un vídeo promocional... |
| Posted: 29 Sep 2011 12:13 AM PDT  Skoda MissionL: prima ricostruzione grafica del modello di serie Pragmatica, spaziosa, conveniente e razionale. Quattro parole, una filosofia: la derivata di serie della Skoda MissionL, idea di berlina tre volumi presentata al recente Salone di Francoforte e destinata in primo luogo ai mercati emergenti, sarà un'espressione di estrema concretezza automobilistica. Un caso che un modello del genere arrivi proprio ora?... |
| Posted: 29 Sep 2011 12:13 AM PDT  La familia Quandt, heredera de BMW, reconoce el pasado nazi de su abuelo y el uso de mano de obra esclava Filed under: BMW, IndustriaBasta con revolver un poco en los armarios de cualquier familia para encontrar algún esqueleto. Si además el patriarca en cuestión es alemán e hizo gran parte de su fortuna en la primera mitad del siglo XX, es muy probable que los esqueletos ocultos en su guardarropa sean más reales que figurados.... |
| Posted: 29 Sep 2011 12:13 AM PDT Franse politie neemt 11 supercars in beslag! Twee Bugatti Veyron's, een Rolls Royce Phantom Drophead Coupé, een Ferrari Enzo, die gele 599 GTO, één van de veertig Maserati MC12′s in de wereld, een Porsche Carrera GT en ga zo maar door. Al deze speeltjes werden door de politie in Parijs opgetakeld en in beslag genomen. Auw! (more…) |
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