NadineMotors.blogspot.com's Facebook Wall |
| Posted: 14 Oct 2011 12:28 AM PDT  Kentekenbewijs wordt vervangen door chipkaart Na het overdonderende succes van de OV chipkaart moeten ook automobilisten erin geloven: er komt een chipkaart die het traditionele kentekenbewijs moet gaan vervangen. (more…) |
| Posted: 14 Oct 2011 12:27 AM PDT Icahn Buys Stake in Navistar Billionaire investor Carl Icahn has purchased a 9.8% stake in truck and diesel engine maker Navistar International Corp. Icahn disclosed his holdings in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, in which he said he believes Navistar shares are undervalued. Icahn tells the SEC he has held talks with [...] |
| Posted: 14 Oct 2011 12:27 AM PDT Private Equity Firms Eye Cooper Standard At least three private equity firms are among the potential bidders for Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc., the parent of auto supplier Cooper-Standard Automotive Inc., Reuters reports. The news service cites unidentified sources who say New York City-based Carlyle Group and Cerberus Capital Management and Los Angeles-based Platinum Equity are interested in the [...] |
| Posted: 14 Oct 2011 12:27 AM PDT UAW: Majority of Early Voters Reject Ford Contract The United Auto Workers union says the nearly 7,200 its members at Ford Motor Co. who have voted on a tentative national agreement with the company opposed ratification by a 55:45 margin. Although the tally represents only 18% of the UAW's 41,000 Ford members, the typically low voter turnout at union [...] |
| Posted: 14 Oct 2011 12:27 AM PDT Magna Cooperating With Anti-Trust Probe Canada's Magna International Inc. says it is cooperating with a U.S. Dept. of Justice anti-trust investigation of the automotive tooling industry. Magna says the Justice Dept. has requested documents related to tooling bids, including those from a project in which the company's Cosma International unit acted as a tier one tooling [...] |
| Posted: 13 Oct 2011 11:46 PM PDT Mitsubishi: 1000 i-Miev elettriche nella città americana di Normal Mitsubishi ha creato una vera e propria città per auto elettriche. Si tratta ovviamente di una iniziativa pubblicitaria ma pensiamo sia interessante perchè la I-Miev, chiamata semplicemente "i" per il mercato Nord Americano, diventerà l'auto più comune nel paese di Normal, un nome profetico per la gioia dei creativi del marketing.... |
| Posted: 13 Oct 2011 11:06 PM PDT  Project Kahn Mercedes SLK 200 Project Kahn presenta la sua interpretazione della nuova Mercedes SLK, in questo caso una SLK 200 con pacchetto AMG già elaborata da Brabus. Kahn è intervenuto in questo caso su alcuni componenti del frontale, ora in fibra di carbonio con lo splitter anteriore ed aggiungendo i cerchi in lega RS600 da 20″ di colore nero, abbinati a pinze freno di colore rosso.... |
| Posted: 13 Oct 2011 11:06 PM PDT  Ventas septiembre 2011: Alemania Filed under: Industria Durante el pasado mes de septiembre las matriculaciones de vehículos nuevos en Alemania se incrementaron en un 8,1% en comparación con el mismo mes del año anterior, alcanzando un volumen total de 280.689 unidades vendidas. Por marcas las más destacadas fueron: SUBEN Jaguar +52,1% Lancia +99,0% SEAT +49,4% BAJAN Lada -33,7% Daihatsu -46,3% Subaru -27,5% Continue reading Ventas septiembre 2011: AlemaniaVentas septiembre 2011: Alemania originally appeared on Autoblog Español on Fri, 14 Oct... |
| Posted: 13 Oct 2011 11:06 PM PDT America's Trade Deficit Barely Budges The U.S. trade gap narrowed by a mere $20 million to $45.6 billion from July to August, the Dept. of Commerce says. Exports and imports both declined by less than 1% to $177.6 billion and $223.2 billion, respectively. The politically sensitive U.S. trade deficit with China grew 7% month over month [...] |
| Posted: 13 Oct 2011 11:06 PM PDT Developer Cites Advanced in Split-Cycle Engine Concept Tour Engine Inc. says simulations suggest its next-generation split-cycle engine concept could achieve a brake thermal efficiency of nearly 56% compared to roughly 33% for conventional piston engines. The patented Tour Engine uses opposing cylinders, a "cool" one to handle intake and compression and a "hot" one for combustion and expansion. |
| Posted: 13 Oct 2011 11:06 PM PDT Teens are 50-percent more likely to crash in first month of driving unsupervised, here's why… In the first month of unsupervised driving, teens are 50 percent more likely to crash compared to a full year of driving experience and twice as likely to crash as they are after two years of experience, according to a... |
| Posted: 13 Oct 2011 09:48 PM PDT  Saab: arrivano i fondi della cinese Youngman Saab ha annunciato ieri di aver ricevuto la prima tranche dei fondi in arrivo dalla cinese Youngman. Anche se costantemente appesa a un filo, la storia della casa svedese prosegue dunque. Sempre sull'orlo della caduta negli ultimi tempi, il costruttore prosegue nel suo processo di riorganizzazione e annuncia di aspettarsi un secondo pagamento entro la settimana e il terzo entro il 22 ottobre. Lassù in Scandinavia sono inoltre in attesa dello sblocco... |
| Posted: 13 Oct 2011 08:52 PM PDT Saab Gets First Installment of Bridge Loan Saab Automobile NV has received a portion of a hoped-for €70 million ($96 million) bridge loan to help keep it alive as it restructures. The loan, backed by Zhejiang Youngman Lotus Automobile Co., is being paid in installments through next week, according to Saab. The company did not explain the reason [...] |
| Posted: 13 Oct 2011 08:52 PM PDT Mexico's Car Production Grows 14% Mexico's auto industry built 225,300 vehicles last month—14% more than it produced in September 2010, reports AMIA, the industry's trade group. AMIA says 86% of the total output was exported. Mexico's dealer group, AMDA says domestic car sales ... |
| Posted: 13 Oct 2011 08:52 PM PDT Car Sales Jump in China Passenger vehicle sales in China last month climbed 9% year over year to 1.3 million units, says the China Assn. of Automobile Manufacturers. The increase follows advances of 6% in June and 7% in July and August. Total motor vehicle sales, including buses and commercial vehicles, climbed 6% to 1.7 million [...] |
| Posted: 13 Oct 2011 08:52 PM PDT Mexico's Car Production Grows 14% Mexico's auto industry built 225,300 vehicles last month—14% more than it produced in September 2010, reports AMIA, the industry's trade group. AMIA says 86% of the total output was exported. Mexico's dealer group, AMDA says domestic car sales ... |
| Posted: 13 Oct 2011 07:56 PM PDT Car Sales Climb in China Passenger vehicle sales in China last month rose 9% year on year to 1.32 million units, says the China Assn. of Automobile Manufacturers. The increase follows advances of 6% in June and 7% in July and August. Total vehicle sales, which include buses and commercial vehicles, climbed 6% to 1.65 million [...] |
| Posted: 13 Oct 2011 07:56 PM PDT Economic Slowdown Expected in Germany Germany's economy, which expanded 3.6% last year, will grow only 0.8% in 2011, predict eight European economic institutes—six of them in Germany. In April the group had forecast 2% growth. The institutes, which advise the German government on economic policy, warn of a "clear rise in uncertainty" that will reduce domestic [...] |
| Posted: 13 Oct 2011 07:56 PM PDT Court Approves Bankruptcy Fees for "Old GM" A federal bankruptcy judge has approved $123 million in fees to the lawyers and consultants to Motors Liquidation Co., which owns the assets and debts General Motors Co. left behind in Chapter 11 in 2009, The Detroit News reports. But the judge put conditions on about $3 million in fees charged [...] |
| Posted: 13 Oct 2011 06:34 PM PDT Winnebago Quarterly Profit Tumbles Winnebago Industries Inc. netted $4 million in the fiscal fourth quarter ended Aug. 27 compared with $5 million in the same period of 2010. Revenue grew 6% to $131 million. Operating profit shrank to $2 million from $5 million. The Forest City, Iowa-based maker of recreation vehicles attributes its lower earnings [...] |
| Posted: 13 Oct 2011 05:53 PM PDT  Fotos espía: Gazoo Racing aprieta su Toyota FT-86 Filed under: Toyota, Fotos espía, Cupés, Deportivos Haz clic en la foto para saltar a la galería Si te preguntas qué está haciendo Gazoo con un FT-86, nos tememos que el Tobaru nunca formó parte de tu lista de la compra. Y es que, para mayor sorpresa, la escuadra nipona se encuentra estos días en Nürburgring probando el nuevo coupé de tracción trasera de Toyota, antes de su presentación en formato racing...... |
| Posted: 13 Oct 2011 05:53 PM PDT Toyota Australia, unions reach in principle agreement: Strike cancelled Toyota Australia and the unions have reached an in principle agreement over employee pay rates. The deal should bring to an end the industrial action that has hampered local production and factory retooling work over the past six weeks. Toyota Australia this morning confirmed an in principle agreement had been reached with the unions, [...]Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.... |
| Posted: 13 Oct 2011 05:53 PM PDT Nissan working on safety tech to help drivers avoid hitting the accelerator instead of the brake Nissan is working on three new safety technologies called Acceleration Suppression, Multi-Sensing System, and Predictive Forward Collision Warning System, all of which aim to reduce the risk of accidents, including incidents involving pileups and drivers accidentally hitting the accelerator pedal instead of the brake pedal. Acceleration Suppression, using systems from the Around View Monitor setup [...]Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.... |
| Posted: 13 Oct 2011 05:13 PM PDT  Video: Mercedes takes us behind the scenes of a concept car Filed under: Concept Cars, Videos, Hatchback, Mercedes-Benz, Design/Style It's not easy designing and building a car from the ground up, and that's especially true when the resulting machine is meant to usher in a new styling direction for an established automotive marque or to put on display the latest bits of technological wizardry and high-fashion materials.... |
| Posted: 13 Oct 2011 05:13 PM PDT  UK energy secretary: proposed 80 mph speed limit should only apply to electric vehicles Filed under: EV/Plug-in, MPG, UK A proposed increase of the speed limit on UK roads - to 80 miles per hour - is not without controversy, concerns and complaints. How about this for an unlikely solution? UK energy secretary Chris Huhne reckons the proposed 80-mph limit motorway should only apply to electric vehicles.... |
| Posted: 13 Oct 2011 05:13 PM PDT  Chicago Ford Plant Gives Early No To New Pact Chicago Ford Plant Gives Early 'No' To New PactLocal 551 of Chicago's Ford Plant gave a resounding "no" to the new four-year labor contract. Local 551 represents about 6 percent of Ford's United Auto Workers (UAW) employees and according to secretary-treasurer Scott Houldieson of Local 551, the two-tier pay scale was one of the biggest reasons the plant's workers voted against it.... |
| Posted: 13 Oct 2011 04:32 PM PDT  Rumormill: Volkswagen Beetle Convertible to debut in LA? Filed under: LA Auto Show, Convertible, Volkswagen, Rumormill According to Kicking Tires, Volkswagen has confirmed that it will debut two new production vehicles at the upcoming LA Auto Show. One of those is very likely to be the highly anticipated convertible version of VW's latest Beetle - LA is as fitting a place to unveil such a sun-worshiping machine as any. The second production car is much more difficult to put a finger... |
| Posted: 13 Oct 2011 04:32 PM PDT  Report: Thailand flooding halts Honda and Toyota auto production Filed under: Japan, Plants/Manufacturing, Honda, Toyota Japanese automakers are having a rough year coping with Mother Nature. First it was earthquakes in Japan, and now flooding in Thailand. Since late July, typhoons in Southeast Asia have caused billions of dollars of damage, and now production at three Toyota plants and one Honda facility has been halted, according the the Associated Press. While Toyota's plants in eastern Thailand haven't been directly affected by the... |
| Posted: 13 Oct 2011 04:32 PM PDT  Pininfarina abandona la producción de automóviles Filed under: Industria Lo dábamos ya por hecho, porque el plan industrial de Pininfarina así lo contemplaba, pero ya es oficial: el carrocero italiano abandonará definitivamente la producción de automóviles por encargo para convertirse en una firma de diseño e ingeniería. La mayoría de los fabricantes de coches han tomado en sus propias manos el montaje de vehículos descapotables y series especiales, bien a través de plantas lejos de alcanzar su capacidad... |
| Posted: 13 Oct 2011 03:51 PM PDT  Lotus: una Elise modificata all'insegna dell'"add lightness" Il sito di compra/vendita Cars.com ha pubblicato l'annuncio di una originalissima Lotus Elise, modificata dal proprietario e trasformata in barchetta da pista. All'assenza del tetto si aggiungono ulteriori 34.200 dollari in accessori, fra cui un compressore Eaton, freni Alcon, un differenziale Quaife e due sedili a guscio. Questa vettura ha percorso finora 11.000 miglia ed è in vendita a 28.977 dollari, cifra tutto sommato equa considerando il valore della conversione. Lotus: una... |
| You are subscribed to email updates from Nadine Motors To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
| Google Inc., 20 West Kinzie, Chicago IL USA 60610 | |
