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Posted: 06 Oct 2011 02:25 AM PDT


Saab todavía no ha recibido el crédito prometido desde China
Filed under: Saab, Industria Como un obrero desesperado que mira todos los días su cuenta corriente en busca de esa paga que nunca llega, Saab todavía sigue esperando la lluvia de millones que le fue prometida por Youngman. A pesar de que el fabricante chino se comprometió a tener un crédito puente valorado en 70 millones de euros para que los suecos pudieran seguir funcionando durante su reestructuración, el dinero todavía no...

Posted: 06 Oct 2011 02:25 AM PDT


White Remains World's Favorite Car Color
About 21% of all 2011 vehicles are white, making that color the world's most popular, according to PPG Industries' annual automotive color trend report. Silver and black tied for second with 20% each. As always, the top color preference varies by region. In North America, for example, the top three colors [...]

Posted: 06 Oct 2011 02:25 AM PDT


Kim Kardashian rolt in een 458 Italia
Platinum Motorsports heeft Kim "badonkadonk" Kardashian voorzien van een licht gemodificeerde 458 Italia. De aanpassingen leiden gelukkig niet teveel af, iets wat we van haar decolleté niet kunnen zeggen. (more…)

Posted: 06 Oct 2011 02:25 AM PDT


Mazda, Nissan to Debut Ultra-High-Strength Steel
Mazda Motor Corp. and Nissan Motor Co. announced this week they are phasing in the use of ultra-high-strength steel as a way to reduce the weight of structural components. Mazda says it will begin using steel rated at 1.8 gigapascals (GPa) early next year to form bumper beams for the new [...]

Posted: 06 Oct 2011 02:25 AM PDT


Don't Need Your Car Right Now? Rent It Out!
General Motors Co. is partnering with San Francisco-based RelayRides on a scheme in which owners who aren't using their Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet and GMC vehicles can temporarily rent them out to others. Car owners who sign up for the program, which starts early next year, would set the hourly rental rates [...]

Posted: 06 Oct 2011 02:25 AM PDT


Nissan Reveals GT-R-Powered Super Juke Concept
Nissan Motor Co. and British motorsport developers RML Group (Ray Mallock Ltd.) are co-developing a high-performance concept of the Nissan Juke crossover vehicle called Juke-R. The car features flared wheel arches, redesigned front and rear bumpers, a split rear wing and a modified dashboard that houses the instrumentation and 7-inch LCD [...]

Posted: 06 Oct 2011 02:25 AM PDT


Toyota Says Flexible Production Will Counter Strong Yen
Toyota Motor Corp. tells The Wall Street Journal it will cut production costs in Japan with more flexible manufacdturing techniques so it can continue to profitably export vehicles made there—even if the yen strengthens to 80 to the dollar. Toyota said previously that a one-yen swing in the yen-dollar exchange rate [...]

Posted: 06 Oct 2011 02:25 AM PDT


Toyota Turns to Flexible Production to Offset Strong Yen
Toyota Motor Corp. tells The Wall Street Journal it will cut production costs in Japan with more flexible manufacturing techniques so it can continue to profitably export vehicles made there—even if the yen strengthens to 80 to the dollar. Toyota said previously that a one-yen swing in the yen-dollar exchange rate [...]

Posted: 06 Oct 2011 02:25 AM PDT


Honda to Cut Exports from Japan by 50%
Honda Motor Co. President Takanobu Ito tells the Asahi Shimbun that the carmaker intends to at least halve its exports of Japanese-made vehicles over the next 10 fiscal years. Honda built 992,000 vehicles in Japan last year, 31% of which (305,000 units) were exported. Ito says that proportion will shrink to [...]

Posted: 06 Oct 2011 02:25 AM PDT


Saab: Still No Money From China
Struggling Saab Automobile AB tells Reuters it has not yet received the €70 million bridge loan it arranged last month from China Youngman Lotus Automobile Co. Saab was granted court protection from its creditors two weeks ago. The loan is part of a deal that would give Youngman licensing rights to [...]

Posted: 06 Oct 2011 02:25 AM PDT


Daimler Guarantees Jobs Through 2016
Daimler AG has agreed to guarantee the jobs of its current fulltime employees through 2016. The pledge covers about 130,000 workers. The plan, which is part of a €2 billion cost-cutting program launched two years ago, allows Daimler to use temporary ...

Posted: 06 Oct 2011 02:25 AM PDT


Renault Will Boost Capacity 36% in Brazil
Renault SA says it will invest €212 million in its assembly plant in Curitiba, Brazil, to add 100,000 units of annual capacity by 2013. The factory current builds more than 280,000 Logan sedans, Sandero hatchbacks, Sandero Stepway crossovers and Megane Grand Tour II wagons per year. The facility will add production [...]

Posted: 06 Oct 2011 01:46 AM PDT


Ferrari Pinin Concept all'asta il 26 ottobre a Londra
La Ferrari Pinin Concept del 1980, prima ed unica sedan del cavallino, andrà presto all'asta. Costruita per celebrare il cinquantesimo anniversario di Pininfarina, in principio non era dotata di motore. In seguito le venne donato un 12 cilindri boxer 5.0 da 365 CV. Elegante e lussuosa, la vettura è dotata di comfort come la seconda radio con cuffie dedicata ai passeggeri posteriori....

Posted: 06 Oct 2011 01:46 AM PDT


UAW Shifts Focus to Chrysler Contract Talks
President Bob King joined the United Auto Workers' bargaining team at Chrysler Group LLC on Wednesday, signaling that the union has shifted contract talks with the company into high gear. Chrysler, which has yet to post regular quarterly net profits since emerging from bankruptcy in mid-2009, has said it can't afford [...]

Posted: 06 Oct 2011 01:46 AM PDT


American Gasoline Prices Continue to Tumble
The average U.S. price of gasoline has dropped 26 cents from a month ago to $3.40 per gallon nationwide, according to the AAA Daily Fuel Gauge Report. Pump prices have drifted down gradually from their 2011 peak of $3.99 in May. The trend has benefited sales of pickup trucks and SUVs, [...]

Posted: 06 Oct 2011 01:45 AM PDT


GM Partners with Car-Sharing Firm RelayRides
General Motors Co. has agreed to team up with RelayRides, a San Francisco-based peer-to-peer car-sharing firm, to allow owners of Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet or GMC models to rent their vehicles to others when they don't need them. Car owners who sign up for the program, which starts early next year, would [...]

Posted: 06 Oct 2011 01:45 AM PDT


Moody's Weighs Possible Ford Ratings Upgrade
Moody's Investors Service says it may raise Ford Motor Co.'s credit rating if the company's tentative contract with the United Auto Workers union is ratified. The agency also is reviewing its rating of Ford Motor Credit Co. Moody's currently gives Ford and its finance arm corporate credit ratings of Ba2, two [...]

Posted: 06 Oct 2011 01:45 AM PDT


Honda Aims to Slash Exports from Japan
Honda Motor Co. tells the Asahi Shimbun that it intends to reduce exports from Japan to 10%-20% of domestic production over the next decade in an effort to blunt the damage from the strong yen. Last year the company shipped about one-third of its domestic output—305,000 vehicles—to markets overseas. President Takanobu [...]

Posted: 06 Oct 2011 01:45 AM PDT


Saab: Still Awaiting Money From China
Struggling Saab Automobile AB tells Reuters it has not yet received the €70 million ($93 million) bridge loan it arranged last month from China Youngman Lotus Automobile Co. Saab was granted court protection from its creditors two weeks ago. The loan is part of a deal that would give Youngman licensing [...]

Posted: 06 Oct 2011 01:45 AM PDT


Daimler Guarantees Jobs Through 2016
Daimler AG has agreed to guarantee the jobs of its 130,000 current fulltime employees through 2016. The pledge will allow Daimler to use temporary workers for as much as 8% of its production workforce. The arrangement is part of a €2 billion ($2.7 bi...

Posted: 06 Oct 2011 01:45 AM PDT


Toyota Still Top Auto Brand Worldwide
Toyota remains the world's most valuable automotive brand, according to Interbrand's annual analysis. Coca-Cola tops the New York City-based branding consultancy's list for the 12th consecutive year with an estimated brand value of $71.9 billion. Toyota ranks 11th at $27.8 billion. Other automotive brands on this year's Top 100 Best Global Brands [...]

Posted: 06 Oct 2011 01:45 AM PDT


Renault Will Boost Capacity 36% in Brazil
France's Renault SA says it will invest €212 million ($283 million) in its assembly plant in Curitiba, Brazil, to add 100,000 units of annual capacity by 2013. The factory current builds more than 280,000 cars and crossover vehicles per year. Renault has targeted Brazil, India and Russia as high-priority markets in [...]

Posted: 06 Oct 2011 01:45 AM PDT


White Remains World's Favorite Car Color
About 21% of all 2011 vehicles are white, making that color the world's most popular, according to PPG Industries' annual automotive color trend report. Silver and black tied for second with 20% each. As always, the top color preference varies by region. In North America, for example, the top three colors [...]

Posted: 06 Oct 2011 01:07 AM PDT


Opel Insignia Sports Tourer OPC: il video test di Autoblog
LinkedTube Dopo il test della nuova Opel Insgnia OPC, vi proponiamo il video da noi realizzato durante la prova su strada. L'auto, come già evidenziato, si dimostra estremamente valida nei tratti più veloci, riuscendo a garantire, oltre che ottime performance e velocità molto elevate, anche un altissimo comfort di marcia ed un' enorme stabilità alle alte velocità. Tra i sui punti di forza annoveriamo sia la cura degli interni, ergonomici, intuitivi nei comandi...

Posted: 06 Oct 2011 01:06 AM PDT


Rumor: Motor 2.0 de 280 CV para los nuevos sedanes de GM
Filed under: Cadillac, Chevrolet, Sedanes y berlinas No somos pocos los que lamentamos la desaparición del estupendo motor LNF 2.0 de 260 CV de General Motors (arriba). Este rabioso Ecotec, que en buenas manos se puede empinar por encima de los 300 CV de forma "fiable", se puede decir que nació y murió con los caprichosos deportivos de Bob Lutz, los Pontiac Solstice y Saturn Sky (que llegaría a Europa extrañamente remarcado...

Posted: 06 Oct 2011 01:06 AM PDT


Audi test de nieuwe A3 in Nederland!
Twee testwagens werden gisteren op Nederlandse bodem vastgelegd door een oplettende automobilist. Audi is druk bezig met de ontwikkeling van de nieuwe A3 en de familiebanden met de Golf worden nu wel héél duidelijk. (more…)

Posted: 06 Oct 2011 12:27 AM PDT


Rumor: El Bugatti Galibier se va finalmente a 2015
Filed under: Sedanes y berlinas, Deportivos, Bugatti Haz clic en la foto para saltar a la galería Es sabido por todos (y no sólo eso, sino también oficial) que el admirado concept Galibier de 2009 se ha encontrado con un par de piedras en su camino hacia los concesionarios de Mónaco y Dubái....

Posted: 06 Oct 2011 12:27 AM PDT


Seat bevestigt productie IBX
Is het verrassend? Nee. Maar laten we hopen dat met de komst van de IBX -de strak gelijnde SUV die we begin dit jaar in Genève zagen- Seat weer een beetje mee kan gaan doen op de automarkt. (more…)

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 11:49 PM PDT


Ferrari: tributo alla Targa Florio
Ferrari ha pubblicato il video del tributo alla Targa Florio 2011. All'evento hanno partecipato moltissimi appassionati con le loro vetture del Cavallino Rampante. La manifestazione durata tre giorni ha visto le supercar italiane attraversare meravigliosi paesaggi siciliani. Tra i momenti più suggestivi vanno menzionati sicuramente le prove speciali compiute tra la lava dell'Etna, il passaggio nelle foreste dei monti Nebrodi e sul lungomare che porta da Cefalù a Palermo con l'attraversamento...

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 11:49 PM PDT


Los modelos más vendidos en España durante septiembre
Filed under: Industria Analizadas ya las marcas e incluso las novedades más recientes en España, las estadísticas que te traemos hoy son las relativas a los modelos más vendidos dentro de sus respectivos segmentos. Entre los destacados hay que mencionar el buen inicio del Evoque, que ha conseguido un muy buen primer mes, y eso que no hay unidades para cubrir la demanda. URBANOS Fiat 500 262 Toyota Aygo 204 Smart ForTwo 146 ...