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| Posted: 10 Dec 2011 12:57 AM PST  Chevrolet Camaro Miltary Tribute Chevrolet presenterà oggi una realizzazione speciale su base Camaro, battezzata Military Tribute e realizzata per celebrare i veterani e i mutilati di guerra americani. La vettura sarà messa in vendita a gennaio e i suoi proventi saranno donati all'Achilles Freedom Team, squadra di soldati-atleti che hanno subito mutilazioni attiva in varie discipline sportive.... |
| Posted: 10 Dec 2011 12:57 AM PST  Dit jaar opnieuw record aantal auto's gekloond Hoewel het aantal autodiefstallen zich sinds 2007 (na een forse daling) stabiliseert, zitten andere vormen van voertuigcriminaliteit in de lift. Zo blijft het stelen van airbags en navigatiesystemen populair, maar ook het klonen van auto's vertoont nog steeds een stijgende lijn. Ook dit jaar wordt er weer een record gebroken, met tot nu toe 311 gevallen van klonen.... |
| Posted: 10 Dec 2011 12:57 AM PST  1.000 millones de euros de beneficio anual para Opel en 2016 Filed under: Opel, Industria Ya sabes que las tensiones acerca de Opel vuelan sobre los directivos de la marca europea de GM, que tienen que responder con vitalidad, o verán cómo la General se plantea deshacerse de ellos. La reacción del CEO de Opel ha sido de órdago. En un comunicado interno a los empleados de la marca del rayo ha informado de los tres pilares básicos que quiere de aquí a... |
| Posted: 10 Dec 2011 12:57 AM PST Chinese car sales down by big margin in November From Bloomberg: China's passenger-car sales rose at the slowest pace in six months, as monetary tightening and the removal of government incentives dented demand at Chery Automobile Co. and Honda Motor Co. (7267) Wholesale deliveries, including sport-utility vehicles and minivans, gained 0.3 percent to 1.34 million units last month, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers [...] |
| Posted: 10 Dec 2011 12:57 AM PST China's Auto Industry Has Benefited from WTO Entry From the China Daily: When China wrapped up 16 years of hard bargaining to secure long-awaited membership to the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Dec. 11, 2001, Chinese firms were probably more alarmed than relieved. With tariffs to be slashed and restrictions on foreign rivals to be eased, a shaky future seemed to loom for [...] |
| Posted: 10 Dec 2011 12:08 AM PST  Ventas noviembre 2011: Alemania Filed under: Industria Durante el pasado mes de noviembre las matriculaciones de vehículos nuevos en Alemania se incrementaron en un 2,6% en comparación con el mismo mes del año anterior, alcanzando un volumen total de 269.144 unidades vendidas. Por marcas las más destacadas fueron: SUBEN Kia +77,8% Lancia +401,2% Volvo +35,1% BAJAN Subaru -43,7% Daihatsu -42,9% Mazda -34,1% Continue reading Ventas noviembre 2011: AlemaniaVentas noviembre 2011: Alemania originally appeared on Autoblog Español on Sat, 10 Dec... |
| Posted: 09 Dec 2011 10:32 PM PST Video: l'inaugurazione di un concessionario e il sacrificio di una Cadillac 60 Il concessionario Frank Kent Motor Company ha inaugurato un nuovo punto vendita a Fort Worth, in Texas, dov'è presente fin dal 1935. Il momento clou dell'evento si è registrato quando una Cadillac 60 degli anni '50 è stata sollevata da una gru fino a svariati metri d'altezza ed è stata poi vinta dalla forza di gravità, precipitando a terra nel più spettacolare dei "botti".... |
| Posted: 09 Dec 2011 09:44 PM PST Anderson Germany Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano Anderson Germany has released yet another styling and performance package for the Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano. With the 6.0-liter V12 [...] |
| Posted: 09 Dec 2011 07:22 PM PST Ford Will Recall 128,000 Sedans to Replace Wheel Studs Next month Ford Motor Co. will begin a U.S. campaign to replace lug nuts on 128,000 of its Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan sedans equipped with 17-inch steel wheels. The nuts could break, causing the wheel to vibrate. Under extreme circumstanced, the wheel could eventually fall off the car. Ford says [...] |
| Posted: 09 Dec 2011 06:33 PM PST  Vídeo espía: BMW Serie 3 Coupé/Serie 4 Coupé Filed under: BMW, Fotos espía, Cupés Visto el sedán... ¿visto el Coupé? Nosotros no nos atreveríamos a correr tanto con la de camuflaje que llevan todavía encima los coches de pruebas, todavía rodando bien tapados tras la presentación del nuevo Serie 3 F30. La gente de BimmerPost ha conseguido un nuevo vídeo espía del modelo de dos puertas, y bien merece echarle un vistazo para apreciar mejor detalles como su nuevo pilar... |
| Posted: 09 Dec 2011 05:46 PM PST  Bridgestone: allo studio il pneumatico senza aria Bridgestone svela il prototipo di un nuovo "pneumatico", costruito in resine e materiali compositi, che non necessita di aria in pressione per mantenere la sua architettura. Quest'ultima è assicurata da una sorta di intelaiatura intrecciata, che si porta dal margine interno del pneumatico verso la faccia esterna sul lato del copertone.... |
| Posted: 09 Dec 2011 05:46 PM PST  Nissan Leaf serenaded by singing sockets for first birthday Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Nissan The Nissan Leaf is one year old, and who's there on the happy day to sing its anniversary? Electrical sockets, that's who. More than 20,000 of the little electric buggers have been sold, racking up "more than 32 million gas free miles," according to Nissan Twenty-seven sockets make an appearance in this new commercial to commemorate the occasion - not a bad turnout for a 1-year-old.... |
| Posted: 09 Dec 2011 04:59 PM PST  Video: Four-door supercars line up, drag out their differences Filed under: Sedan, Performance, Videos, BMW, Jaguar, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Luxury The latest BMW M5, Jaguar XFR, Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG and Porsche Panamera S all have lots of things in common. They all have four doors, V8 engines underhood, hail from high-end European automakers known for luxury and performance and can all be had for a wee bit under $100,000. But which one is fastest? Well, that depends on how you're planning to measure speed.... |
| Posted: 09 Dec 2011 04:58 PM PST 2013 Nissan Pathfinder Spied: A Farewell to Frames While the trend among SUVs has long been a migration from truck-based frames to more-carlike unibody crossovers, Nissan's Pathfinder has waffled midstream. The first Pathfinder was truck-based, the second was a crossover—and spawned a cushy Infiniti version—and the third, current-gen model sprouted from a ladder frame once again. For 2013, the Pathfinder will go back [...] |
| Posted: 09 Dec 2011 04:58 PM PST Verging on Immortal: The Chevy/GM Small-Block V-8 Strives to Last Forever (And We Help Build the 100 Millionth Example) I had a bookend experience with the most mass-produced car engine in human history. In 1955, the year Chevrolet introduced its first modern V-8 engine, GM's highest volume brand delivered 1.68 million cars. Since the V-8 cost only $100 or so more than the standard "stovebolt" six, my rough estimate figures that more than a [...] |
| Posted: 09 Dec 2011 04:11 PM PST Nissan Juke-R: i vertici informati solo a progetto avviato. Nuovo video dalla pista I responsabili del programma Juke-R avrebbero condotto l'intera fase di sviluppo senza il via libera dei vertici Nissan. Lo scrive Autoblog.com, riportando le indiscrezioni di una fonte vicina al marchio giapponese. I dirigenti Nissan avrebbero quindi appreso della Juke-R solo a progetto ormai avviato, mostrando evidente scetticismo per un'operazione commerciale del tutto evitabile e irrazionale: in Giappone ci si è infatti chiesti perché destinare la meccanica della GTR ad un "semplice"... |
| Posted: 09 Dec 2011 04:11 PM PST  Rumormill: BMW X6 M550d specs supposedly leak, hits 60 mph in under 5 seconds Filed under: Performance, Europe, Crossover, BMW, Rumormill When the official source of a rumor calls it a rumor, the grain of salt grows proportionately. But according to the crew at BMWBlog, the recently teased BMW X6 M550d will come packing 381 horsepower and a pavement ripping 545 pound-feet of torque. The news comes courtesy of unnamed sources that say the first diesel from the M division will supposedly pack a tri-turbo, six-cylinder diesel... |
| Posted: 09 Dec 2011 04:10 PM PST  Petition to shorten gray market import exemption fails Filed under: Classics, Etc., Government/Legal Because we the enthusiast people didn't gather behind the effort to lower the gray market importation limit from 25 to 15 years, the We The People petition filed a couple of months ago has failed. In order to get the Executive Branch to consider such requests, each petition needs 25,000 signatures and this one didn't get it.... |
| Posted: 09 Dec 2011 04:10 PM PST  Opel anticipa su entrada al mercado chileno Filed under: Opel, Industria Parece que la positiva situación económica por la que pasa Chile ha sido suficiente motivo para que Opel haya decidido adelantar su entrada en este país. Según se ha confirmado, los modelos de la firma alemana llegarán en el primer semestre del año que viene. En un primer momento habrá dos concesionarios en el país, uno en Santiago y otro en Viña del Mar, si bien habrá talleres especializados... |
| Posted: 09 Dec 2011 04:10 PM PST  GM auctioning off Military Tribute Camaro to benefit wounded veterans [w/video] Filed under: Coupe, Performance, Auctions, Etc., Chevrolet, GM, Design/Style General Motors is set to auction off a special Chevrolet Camaro airbrushed by Mickey Harris as a tribute to the nation's armed forces. The design pays homage to all five branches of the country's military with a unique mural, and the vehicle is headed to the Barrett-Jackson classic car auction in Scottsdale, Arizona next month. Proceeds from the auction will go toward the Achilles... |
| Posted: 09 Dec 2011 03:22 PM PST  Official: Ford begins offering crate versions of 2.0-liter four Filed under: Aftermarket, Motorsports, Etc., FordThis is the start of way too much fun. Ford has just announced that it will offer crate versions of a new naturally-aspirated 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine ahead of the powerplant's debut in production engines. Available through Ford Racing, the direct-injection engine makes use of an astronomically-high 12.0:1 combustion ratio to produce somewhere between 160 and 175 horsepower depending on final specification.... |
| Posted: 09 Dec 2011 03:22 PM PST  "Fun to drive" Prius G's coming with help from Toyota GAZOO racing team Filed under: Hybrid, Toyota, Japan There's an entire pantheon of modified versions of the Toyota Prius. From adding extra batteries to make the world's most famous hybrid a plug-in to putting on solar panels to really tweaking the aero, there's no end to what's possible, it seems. Heck, the latest came just the other day when we saw the Toyota Prius GT300 that's bound for the SuperGT. The latest mod comes courtesy of... |
| Posted: 09 Dec 2011 03:22 PM PST The Continental: A Great Tokyo Show, a New Brand from China, and a Clever Peugeot Each week, our German correspondent slices and dices the latest rumblings, news, and quick-hit driving impressions from the other side of the pond. His byline may say Jens Meiners, but we simply call him . . . the Continental. This Conti comes late after a full week in Tokyo at Honda's proving grounds and the [...] |
| Posted: 09 Dec 2011 02:32 PM PST  EEUU quiere un "botón del pánico" para apagar los coches con arranque sin llave Filed under: Industria ¿Es de verdad tan complicado apagar el motor de un coche? Si usa una llave de contacto de toda la vida, es tan sencillo como darle media vuelta, pero ahora que un gran número de coches disponen de sistemas de arranque por botón, algunas personas creen que ha llegado el momento de establecer un protocolo estándar para desactivar el corazón de un automóvil.... |
| Posted: 09 Dec 2011 02:32 PM PST Official: GM auctioning off Military Tribute Camaro to benefit wounded veterans [w/video] Filed under: Coupe, Performance, Auctions, Etc., Chevrolet, GM, Design/Style General Motors is set to auction off a special Chevrolet Camaro airbrushed by Mickey Harris as a tribute to the nation's armed forces. The design pays homage to all five branches of the country's military with a unique mural, and the vehicle is headed to the Barrett-Jackson classic car auction in Scottsdale, Arizona next month. Proceeds from the auction will go toward the Achilles... |
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| Posted: 09 Dec 2011 02:32 PM PST Confirmed: Next-Generation Subaru WRX Will Have Turbocharged 2.0-Liter Flat-Four Subaru has confirmed that the next-generation Subaru WRX, due as a 2013 model, will be powered by a turbocharged version of the new FA direct-injection, 2.0-liter flat-four that debuted in the BRZ sports car. There's no word from Subaru on what will be under the next STI's hood, but it'll almost certainly be a more [...] |
| Posted: 09 Dec 2011 02:31 PM PST  Video: The Iguana 29 is a $290,000 amphibious tank Filed under: Etc., Technology, Videos, Specialty There's a vehicle for you if you have reoccurring nightmares about uncertain river crossings in the classic computer game Oregon Trail. The Iguana 29 is an amphibious vehicle designed to slowly go where no boat has gone before. At the push of a button, the craft can lower two tank treads to pull itself across land at around five miles per hour, or about a quarter of... |
| Posted: 09 Dec 2011 02:31 PM PST  Kettingbotsing met 10 auto's. Afsluitdijk afgesloten Chaos op de Afsluitdijk zojuist. Het is er vanavond retespekglad, en dat is goed te merken. (more…) |
| Posted: 09 Dec 2011 02:31 PM PST  Volvo double-decker buses outperform competition in London Filed under: Hybrid, Transportation Alternatives, Volvo, Europe/EU If you hop on the bus on busy 76 route in London anywhere between Waterloo Station and Tottenham, you're going to be using one of Volvo's hybrid double-decker buses. The 26 buses that Arriva operates along this route use a diesel-hybrid powertrain that, according to Edward Jobson, head of environmental affairs at Volvo Buses, saves Transport for London (which contracts out to Arriva) 34 percent... |
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