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| Posted: 04 Oct 2011 01:35 AM PDT  Volkswagen BuggyUp!, ahora con extra de fotos Filed under: Volkswagen, SUV, crossovers y todoterrenos Tras confirmar el lanzamiento de la versión de cinco puertas del Up!, Volkswagen ha publicado una nueva galería de una variante del Up! que pudimos ver en Frankfurt, el BuggyUp!, y nos ha dejado con tres palmos de narices. Y es que no es normal que a estas alturas las marcas emitan fotos oficiales cuando ya han pasado unos cuantos días del Salón. Podemos sacar dos... |
| Posted: 04 Oct 2011 01:35 AM PDT Fiat Plans New Engine for Alfa Romeo Fiat SpA says it is developing a new 1.8-liter, 300-hp gasoline engine specifically for its Alfa Romeo unit. The turbocharged, direct-injection powerplant will go into production in early 2013 at Fiat's plant in Pratola Serra, Italy. Fiat says the all-aluminum design, which is intended for both transverse and longitudinal installations, will [...] |
| Posted: 04 Oct 2011 01:35 AM PDT American Auto Sales Jump 10% Automakers sold 1.05 million light vehicles in the U.S. last month compared with 959,000 in September 2010 as sales of light trucks climbed 16%, according to Autodata Corp. Passenger car sales crept up 3%. Last month's annualized sales pace of 13.1 million units compares the 12.1 million in August and 11.8 [...] |
| Posted: 04 Oct 2011 01:35 AM PDT UAW: "Very Close" to Ford Contract Agreement The United Auto Workers union says it thinks it is very close to reaching a four-year national contract agreement with Ford Motor Co. The UAW says in a Facebook posting that it aims to distribute details of a tentative agreement this afternoon to local union leaders gathered in Detroit. The union [...] |
| Posted: 04 Oct 2011 01:35 AM PDT Nardelli: Cerberus Could Have Fixed Chrysler Former CEO Bob Nardelli tells The Detroit News that Chrysler Group LLC's former owner, Cerberus Capital Management, would have done a better job of turning around the automaker if the Obama administration had given it the chance. The private equity firm, which bought 80.1% of Chrysler in August 2007, lost its [...] |
| Posted: 04 Oct 2011 01:35 AM PDT U.S. Factory Activity Expands American manufacturing accelerated in September, aided by growth in exports, according to the Tempe, Ariz.-based Institute for Supply Management. The group's factory activity index climbed one point from August to September to 51.6, marking the 26th consecutive month of growth. A reading above 50 indicates expansion. Gauges of employment and supplier deliveries [...] |
| Posted: 04 Oct 2011 01:35 AM PDT Fiat Shifts Jeep Plans for Italian Factory Fiat SpA is moving ahead with plans to prepare its factory in Mirafiori, Italy, to produce Jeep SUVs beginning in the second half of 2013. But the vehicles won't be the midsize replacements for the Jeep Patriot and Compass initially planned. The successors to those vehicles, which are produced in Belvedere, [...] |
| Posted: 04 Oct 2011 01:35 AM PDT Chrysler Engine Workers Vote to Join National UAW Pact Workers at Chrysler Group LLC's Global Engine Manufacturing Alliance plant in Dundee, Mich., have voted overwhelmingly to become part of 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 in a separate UAW [...] |
| Posted: 04 Oct 2011 01:35 AM PDT Auto Incentives Edge Higher Carmakers offered incentives averaging $2,450 per vehicle sold in the U.S. last month, up 3% from August but 4% less than in September 2010, according to online auto data provider Edmunds.com. From August to September, domestic brands hiked incentive spending 2% to an average $2,990 per vehicle. Chrysler reduced spending 3% [...] |
| Posted: 04 Oct 2011 01:35 AM PDT American Construction Spending Rises Spending by U.S. builders rose 1.4% from July to August to an annual rate of $799 billion, reversing a percentage decline of the same magnitude the previous month, the Dept. of Commerce reports. August's spending level was up 4.8% from an 11-year low in March but is still barely half the [...] |
| Posted: 04 Oct 2011 01:35 AM PDT NHTSA Steps Up Probe of Saturn Steering The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has upgraded its investigation of reports of a power steering defect in General Motors Co.'s Saturn Ion sedans to an engineering analysis, which is often the precursor to a recall. The probe involves 382,500 cars from the 2004-2007 model years. NHTSA says a defect [...] |
| Posted: 04 Oct 2011 12:56 AM PDT  Bentley Continental GT2 Bentley realizzerà una versione estrema della nuova coupè, probabilmente destinata ad essere chiamata Continental GT2. La sigla non è tuttavia legata, almeno per ora, ad un impegno nelle competizioni turismo della Continental GT, quando ad una operazione ben più complessa rispetto al precedente modello Suportsports. L'intenzione di Bentley, confermata in una intervista dal CEO Wolfgang Durheimer e riportata da AutoExpress, è quella di proporre ai clienti più esigenti un allestimento per... |
| Posted: 04 Oct 2011 12:56 AM PDT  Bentley Continental GT2 is onderweg Dat de Bentley Continental GT bepaalt geen vedergewichtje is mag wel duidelijk wezen. Zelfs de 2011-editie is niet onder de 2.3 ton uitgekomen toen deze op een weegschaal werd gedropt. Zou er daarom markt zijn voor een Conti die zowel sneller als lichter is? Ja, wij denken ook van wel.... |
| Posted: 04 Oct 2011 12:18 AM PDT  #DWDD snapt Wouter's humor niet Gisteravond werden nietsvermoedende De Wereld Draait Door-kijkers plots geconfronteerd met onze Chef Bandenrook. Wouter was namelijk te zien in de rubriek 'De TV draait door'. Iets met een foutieve spelling in één van onze rijtesten. Jup, want zelfs daar maken we spelvauten. (more…) |
| Posted: 04 Oct 2011 12:18 AM PDT U.K. May Raise National Speed Limit U.K. Transportation Secretary Philip Hammond says the British government is pondering a plan to raise the country's national speed limit on motorways to 80 mph from 70 mph. The current limit was set in 1965. Hammond notes that vehicles have become considerably safer since then, and the U.K. roadway fatality rate [...] |
| Posted: 04 Oct 2011 12:18 AM PDT Fiat Plans New Engine for Alfa Romeo Fiat SpA says it is developing a new 1.8-liter, 300-hp gasoline engine specifically for its Alfa Romeo unit. The turbocharged, direct-injection powerplant will go into production in early 2013 at Fiat's plant in Pratola Serra, Italy. Fiat says the design, which is intended for both transverse and longitudinal installations, will meet [...] |
| Posted: 04 Oct 2011 12:18 AM PDT Ford-Sollers Venture to Start SUV Production in 2012 Ford Motor Co. and Sollers OJSC say their 50:50 joint venture will begin assembling Ford Explorer SUVs in the Republic of Tatarstan next year. The Ford Sollers partnership, which was launched in February, aims to produce as many as 350,000 Ford brand cars and light commercial vehicles per year by 2014. |
| Posted: 04 Oct 2011 12:18 AM PDT September Car Sales Climb 10% in U.S. Carmakers sold 1.05 million light vehicles in the U.S. in September compared with 959,000 a year earlier. Demand for trucks jumped 16%, and car sales advanced 3%, according to Autodata Corp. Last month's annualized sales pace of 13.1 million units compares to 12.1 million in August and 11.8 million in September [...] |
| Posted: 04 Oct 2011 12:18 AM PDT Volvo Will Close Convertible Plant in 2013 Volvo Car Corp. says it will shut down the plant it co-owns with Pininfarina SpA in Uddevalla, Sweden, in 2013. The factory produced 10,000 convertible versions of the Volvo C70 in 2010. Volvo says the facility is running at only 65% of capacity this year. CEO Stefan Jacoby says the such [...] |
| Posted: 04 Oct 2011 12:18 AM PDT Fiat Exits Italian Business Lobby Fiat SpA confirms it will withdraw from Confindustria, Italy's largest business lobbying group, on Jan. 1 because of the organization's indecision about supporting labor reforms. Fiat signaled its intent in June to quit the organization. CEO Sergio Marchionne says in a letter to the group that Fiat "cannot afford to operate [...] |
| Posted: 03 Oct 2011 11:39 PM PDT Video: debutta il Performance Media System AMG Il corredo tecnologico delle Mercedes SLS AMG Coupè e Cabrio prevede un nuovo sistema d'informazione e infotainment, chiamato Performance Media System AMG e disponibile in opzione a 3.570 euro. Questo accessorio interagisce con lo schermo del Comand e riproduce alcuni dati specifici, fra cui la temperatura del liquido di raffreddamento e dell'olio motore, la coppia e la potenza erogata, la posizione del pedale sull'acceleratore e l'accelerazione gravitazione sulle quattro direttrici.... |
| Posted: 03 Oct 2011 11:01 PM PDT  Lamborghini: prime conferme per il SUV. Accontonata l'Estoque? Stephan Winkelmann posticipò la decisione a fine 2011, rivelando un'ancora provvisoria mancanza di intenti nel scegliere quale modello affiancare alle Gallardo e Aventador. Oggi, a scadenza imminente, la promessa del numero 1 Lamborghini viene espressa attraverso la candidatura del SUV, ritenuto più appetibile di un'eventuale berlina ispirata alla Estoque. Lo conferma Christian Mastra, responsabile del Toro per la regione Asia-Pacifico.... |
| Posted: 03 Oct 2011 11:01 PM PDT  Ventas septiembre 2011: Italia Filed under: Industria Durante el pasado mes de septiembre las ventas de automóviles nuevos en Italia cayeron en un 5,7% en relación al mismo mes del año anterior, alcanzando un volumen total de 146.388 unidades vendidas. Por marcas las más destacadas fueron: SUBEN SsangYong +367,7% Porsche +136,3% Jeep +473,2% BAJAN Dodge -99,3% Chrysler -98,7% Daihatsu -66,7% Continue reading Ventas septiembre 2011: ItaliaVentas septiembre 2011: Italia originally appeared on Autoblog Español on Tue, 04 Oct 2011 01:58:00... |
| Posted: 03 Oct 2011 09:45 PM PDT  Kia Soul: nuove foto del facelift Svelata già lo scorso aprile per il mercato americano al Salone di New York, la Kia Soul ristilizzata per il Model Year 2012 si fa vedere in una nuova serie di scatti che ne mostrano le differenze rispetto al modello attuale. Ritoccata in qualche dettaglio estetico, la Soul porta al debutto anche un nuovo propulsore, l'interessante 1.6 aspirato a iniezione diretta da 140 CV che ha già fatto la sua comparsa... |
| Posted: 03 Oct 2011 07:13 PM PDT  Autoblog Podcast #250 goes live at 10PM Eastern We're almost ready to record Episode #250 of the Autoblog Podcast. Check out the topics below and you can join us live via UStream, as well. Thanks for listening! Discussion Topics for Autoblog Podcast Episode #250 Lamborghini Crossover beating Estoque for production likelihood New small Porsche to get 1.9-liter four Is Google going to perfect the autonomous car? Scanners in the road ratting you out to Big Brother Live broadcasting by UstreamAutoblog Podcast #250 goes live at... |
| Posted: 03 Oct 2011 05:19 PM PDT  Fiat fabricará un nuevo Jeep pequeño en Mirafiori Filed under: Alfa Romeo, Fiat, Jeep, Industria, Subcompactos, SUV, crossovers y todoterrenos Por fin podemos dar por cerrado este asunto y dedicarnos a otra cosa. Después de oír en varias ocasiones que Mirafiori cedería a Estados Unidos la producción de varios todocaminos para hacerse cargo del nuevo Topolino, Fiat ha confirmado que su planta turinesa finalmente será el lugar de nacimiento de varios coches distintos, al menos dos de ellos de tipología... |
| Posted: 03 Oct 2011 05:19 PM PDT  Video: Mythbusters answers which is greener, cars or motorcycles? Filed under: Etc., Videos, Motorcycle Using portable emissions equipment, a wide sampling of cars and bikes from the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s and with the help of Dr. Kent Johnson of UC Riverside, the Mythbusters team claims they proved motorcycles are dirtier than cars. Doing so meant gathering data in real-world driving conditions along a 75-percent freeway, 25-percent city driving loop in and on the vehicles from different eras.... |
| Posted: 03 Oct 2011 05:19 PM PDT  UK trend: youths care less and less about driving, owning a vehicle Filed under: Etc., Green Culture, UK Young people don't drive. That's the gist of a British study, which found that vehicles - once tied to the act of becoming an adult - now matter less for the UK's under-21-year-old crowd. According to The Guardian: In Britain, the percentage of 17- to 20-year-olds with driving licenses fell from 48 percent in the early 1990s to 35 percent last year.... |
| Posted: 03 Oct 2011 05:19 PM PDT 2012 Buick LaCrosse vs. La Crosse, Wisconsin Battle of the Midwest Heavyweights: Buick LaCrosse vs. La Crosse Wisconsin. Who wouldn't salivate at the prospect of spending a week or so prying into both the refreshed 2012 edition of Buick's curvy two-year-old entry-luxury sedan and Wisconsin's mostly rectilinear brick-and-mortar, 161-year-old, 12th-largest metropolis? No wonder this unlikely pair of name-alikes posed an intriguing and [...] |
| Posted: 03 Oct 2011 05:19 PM PDT Alfa Romeo's New 1.8-Liter Turbo Four Might Come to the U.S.—But Probably in a Dodge or Chrysler In typical form, Fiat managed to raise both of this writer's eyebrows in a single day. First, it announced that Alfa Romeo will begin production of a new 1.8-liter turbocharged four-cylinder gasoline engine in 2013. (More on why that's weird in just a second.) But hidden in the news was a mention that Fiat's sporty [...] |
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