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| Posted: 21 Oct 2011 01:00 AM PDT  Opel Zafira Tourer: la nostra prova su strada Cresciuta nelle dimensioni, migliorata ulteriormente sotto il profilo della flessibilità e della versatilità degli interni, leggermente ritoccata nella denominazione per sottolineare il salto generazionale compiuto in occasione di questo aggiornamento. La nuova Opel Zafira Tourer che abbiamo provato sulle strade della Baviera è un prodotto molto diverso dal modello che va a sostituire. La monovolume media di Opel, contraddistinta da un design espressivo e dinamico, strizza l'occhio alla Ampera e soprattutto alla... |
| Posted: 21 Oct 2011 01:00 AM PDT Audi A1 1.6 TDI heading to showrooms If the super quick and frugal 1.4-litre TSI Audi A1 didn't tickle your fancy, Audi Australia is adding a 1.6 TDI variant for diesel lovers. Powered by a 1.6-litre turbocharged diesel engine, the little Audi produces 66kW and 230Nm of torque. To s... |
| Posted: 21 Oct 2011 01:00 AM PDT 2012 Audi R8 – Lighter, More Powerful and Even More Captivating Good Easy to drive; powerful engine choices; comfortable interior; slick manual shifter. Bad Unintuitive electronics interface; rough shifting R Tronic transmission; limited storage capacity. Introduction 2012 Audi R8 is a driver oriented mid-engine sportscar of the company, which is designed and engineered with extreme performance in mind and with other high performance exotic sportscars in [...] |
| Posted: 21 Oct 2011 01:00 AM PDT Mercedes-Benz C 63 AMG Coupe arrives After the recent launch of the C-Class Coupe, Mercedes-Benz has brought the C 63 AMG Coupe to Australia with a starting price of $154,800. The Mercedes-Benz C 63 AMG sedan has always been one of our favourite cars here in the CarAdvice office. Be it th... |
| Posted: 21 Oct 2011 01:00 AM PDT Peugeot 308, 508 e-HDi micro-hybrids on sale in Australia Peugeot has launched its ultra-efficient micro-hybrid diesel technology in Australia, with the first examples of the Peugeot 308 e-HDi and Peugeot 508 e-HDi now in local showrooms. Peugeot's e-HDi technology is available in the 308 Series II Access h... |
| Posted: 21 Oct 2011 12:18 AM PDT  SAAB: overnamebod Pang Da en Youngman afgeslagen Het gaat niet goed met Saab, gisteren werd een nieuw dieptepuntje bereikt toen bleek dat Guy Lofalk de vrijwillige reorganisatie wil afbreken en Muller en de zijnen dat weer moeten gaan aanvechten. Vandaag komen we erachter dat Victor Muller een overnamebod van de Chinezen heeft afgeslagen. (more…) |
| Posted: 21 Oct 2011 12:18 AM PDT Japan Adds $158 Billion to Disaster Recovery Funds Japan's government has approved a special 12.1 trillion yen ($158 billion) budget to rebuild areas damaged by March's earthquake and tsunami. The proposal goes to the country's parliament at the end of next week for review. The latest supplemental budget is Japan's third since the disaster and the country's second-largest special [...] |
| Posted: 21 Oct 2011 12:18 AM PDT Toyota Affiliate to Assemble Minivans in Indonesia Toyota Motor Corp. plans to begin assembling its Noah and Voxy minivans in Indonesia as early as next year, according to The Nikkei. The Tokyo-based newspaper says the carmaker's Toyota Auto Body Co. affiliate will initially assemble a few thousand vans per year in the country. Production is expected to move [...] |
| Posted: 21 Oct 2011 12:18 AM PDT Saab's Future Fades as Chinese Investors Cut Offer Two Chinese companies that had agreed to buy 53.9% of Saab Automobile AB for €245 million are now offering to buy the company outright for a fraction of that sum, reports Bloomberg News. The news service, which cites unidentified sources, says Saab rejected the unspecified new bid from Pang Da Automobile [...] |
| Posted: 21 Oct 2011 12:18 AM PDT VW: Giving Up Stake in Suzuki "Out of the Question" Volkswagen AG says it has no intention of selling its 19.9% stake in Suzuki Motor Corp. back to the Japanese carmaker, even though the partnership between the two companies has been paralyzed by cross claims of breach of contract. Hans Demant, who heads international projects for VW, tells Automobil Produktion there [...] |
| Posted: 21 Oct 2011 12:18 AM PDT Volvo Cars Reports Third-Quarter Operating Loss Volvo Car Corp. says its revenue in the third quarter grew 6% from a year earlier to 26.9 billion kronor (€2.9 billion) as unit sales rose 28% to 103,100 units. But the company swung to an operating loss of 763 million kronor (€84 million) from an operating profit of 748 million [...] |
| Posted: 21 Oct 2011 12:18 AM PDT Ford's U.S. Labor Costs to Rise Less than 1% Ford Motor Co. says its new four-year contract with the United Auto Workers union will increase the company's labor costs less than 1% per year. The contract calls for lump-sum bonuses and benefit changes that will reduce Ford's net income by $270 million (€196 million) this year, $60 million (€44 million) [...] |
| Posted: 21 Oct 2011 12:18 AM PDT Japan Adds €115 Billion to Disaster Recovery Funds Japan's government has approved a special 12.1 trillion yen (€115 billion) budget to rebuild areas damaged by March's earthquake and tsunami. The proposal goes to the country's parliament at the end of next week for review. The latest supplemental budget is Japan's third since the disaster and the country's second-largest special [...] |
| Posted: 21 Oct 2011 12:18 AM PDT GM Launches Global Review of Chevrolet Advertising General Motors Co. says it has put the global creative advertising work for its Chevrolet brand up for review. News reports say GM wants to coordinate its message around the world and reduce the number of agencies it uses to cover the more than 140 markets where Chevy is sold. Last [...] |
| Posted: 20 Oct 2011 11:36 PM PDT  Ventas septiembre 2011: Argentina Filed under: Industria Durante el pasado mes de septiembre las matriculaciones de vehículos nuevos en Argentina se incrementaron en un 31,5% en comparación con el mismo mes del año anterior, alcanzando un volumen total de 80.500 unidades vendidas. Por marcas las más destacadas fueron: SUBEN Smart +500% Porsche +500% Jeep +102,5% BAJAN BMW -95,5% Suzuki -98,2% SEAT -93,7% Continue reading Ventas septiembre 2011: ArgentinaVentas septiembre 2011: Argentina originally appeared on Autoblog Español on Fri, 21 Oct... |
| Posted: 20 Oct 2011 10:55 PM PDT  Land Rover Defender: il modello attuale in produzione fino al 2017 Secondo alcune informazioni raccolte dai colleghi di Autocar, l'attuale gamma della Land Rover Defender potrebbe rimanere in produzione almeno fino al 2017. Una fonte interna a Land Rover avrebbe detto: "Una serie di modifiche alla legislazione ci permetterà di mantenere l'attuale Defender in produzione più a lungo di quanto pensassimo".... |
| Posted: 20 Oct 2011 10:14 PM PDT  Peugeot 308 berlina Durante l'imminente Chengdu Motor Show Peugeot esporrà la 308 berlina, riservata al solo mercato cinese dov'è la terza nuova vettura del Leone negli ultimi 18 mesi. La 308 Sedan viene offerta con i motori benzina da 1.6 (108 CV, 142 Nm) e 2.0 litri (150 CV, 200 Nm), entrambi abbinati ad un cambio manuale oppure automatico.... |
| Posted: 20 Oct 2011 10:14 PM PDT Ford Focus 200km/h crash test: video Various crash test facilities around the world are set up to test the safety of new vehicles. In Australia, most front end crash tests are conducted at 64km/h. Here's a video of a crash test conducted at 120mph, or just under 200km/h. It may seem... |
| Posted: 20 Oct 2011 10:14 PM PDT Wang Chuanfu: BYD will treat problems seriously when there is heavy pressure Wang Chuanfu, president of BYD, admitted at a recent media conference that they made some strategic mistakes in the previous years, such as ignorance of product quality, and will see 2011-2012 as the adjustment period. He also said that the company's growth slowdown in the recent two years is not a bad thing, and it [...] |
| Posted: 20 Oct 2011 10:14 PM PDT WA Government criticised over vehicle registration sticker abolition The Western Australian Government is under fire over its scrapping of vehicle registration stickers. WA Magistrate Wayne Tarr said the abolition of rego stickers was "a stupid idea" and labelled it a "fundraising campaign" during his sentencing... |
| Posted: 20 Oct 2011 10:14 PM PDT Floods force Japanese carmakers to suspend production in Thailand Japan's major vehicle manufacturers have been forced to stop production in Thailand as floods continue to wreak havoc on the region. Japan Automobile Manufacturer's Association chairman Toshiyuki Shiga confirmed all nine Japanese carmakers with pla... |
| Posted: 20 Oct 2011 09:33 PM PDT Ram Adds Two Trims for the Power Wagon and a New 1500 Mossy Oak Edition to its 2012 Lineup Ram Truck has announced that a new special-edition 1500 Mossy Oak edition and two additional trim levels for the mud-slinging Power Wagon will join its lineup for 2012. The Ram 2500 Power Wagon is a capable off-roader and for 2012, two new trim levels are available to bookend the until-now lone SLT model. |
| Posted: 20 Oct 2011 09:33 PM PDT Chevy Launches Global Advertising Review General Motors Co. says it has put the global creative advertising work for its Chevrolet brand up for review. News reports say GM wants to coordinate its message around the world and reduce the number of agencies it uses to cover the more than 140 markets where Chevy is sold. The [...] |
| Posted: 20 Oct 2011 09:33 PM PDT Fitch Boosts Ford's Credit Rating Fitch Ratings has raised its rating of Ford Motor Co. and Ford Motor Credit Co. by one rung to BB+, one step shy of investment grade. The ratings agency cites Ford's strong results, steady debt reduction and the four-year contract that the United Auto Workers union ratified this week. Fitch says [...] |
| Posted: 20 Oct 2011 09:32 PM PDT Drunk, dangerous NSW drivers face harsher penalties with kids in cars Drunk and dangerous drivers in New South Wales will be subject to harsher penalties if they commit crimes with children in their cars. NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell confirmed the introduction of tougher penalties yesterday. Mr O'Farrell said the Crim... |
| Posted: 20 Oct 2011 08:51 PM PDT SpeedART working on new Porsche 911 Earlier this month at the Frankfurt Motor Show, the 2012 Porsche 911 was debuted among all car enthusiasts. We have [...] |
| Posted: 20 Oct 2011 08:10 PM PDT Volkswagen Up! fits 16 people in record attempt Volkswagen has taken its smallest new car, the Volkswagen Up!, and crammed in 16 people in an attempt to break an unofficial world record. The three-door Volkswagen Up! is 50mm shorter than the Volkswagen Polo and is a strict four-seat hatch. Yes, four... |
| Posted: 20 Oct 2011 08:10 PM PDT Vehicle safety features protect men better than women: study Women are more likely to be injured in car crashes than men because vehicle safety features are designed primarily for men. That's the word from three researchers at the University of Virginia, who studied US crash data from 1998 to 2008 to determine... |
| Posted: 20 Oct 2011 06:48 PM PDT Maserati Cinqueporte: Italian SUV gets production name Maserati has registered the name 'Cinqueporte' and is expected to apply it to the production version of the Maserati Kubang concept SUV. Cinqueporte literally translates to 'five door'. Maserati first unveiled the Maserati Kuban... |
| Posted: 20 Oct 2011 06:48 PM PDT HDT Special Vehicles VL/VE Group A Plus Pack Retro Commodore HDT Special Vehicles has launched the final vehicle in its Heritage Series of VE-based retro racer Commodores, arguably saving the best and most historic for last. The VL/VE Group A Plus Pack is the sixth in HDT's born-again range, paying homage to t... |
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