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| Posted: 27 Dec 2011 12:43 AM PST  La Scuderia Ferrari te desea Feliz Navidad Filed under: Ferrari, Competición Como casi todos los equipos, la Scuderia Ferrari tiene su propia serie WebTV en vídeo a través de YouTube, donde nos mantiene actualizados de todas sus novedades, evoluciones y éxitos, cuando los hay. Y claro, con la llegada de la época navideña, también llega el momento de felicitarnos la navidad, y demostrarnos cómo la gente de la fábrica de coches de carreras de Maranello se viste para la... |
| Posted: 27 Dec 2011 12:42 AM PST Toyota Launches Aqua/Prius C in Japan Toyota Launches Aqua/Prius C in Japan - as well as TRD and Modellista versions |
| Posted: 27 Dec 2011 12:42 AM PST Toyota GT86 gaat los in alle windstreken In de sneeuw, op de 'Ring, op andere circuits, op de openbare weg, het maakt niet uit: de Toyota GT86 doet het overal. Mieters, is het niet? (more…) |
| Posted: 26 Dec 2011 11:55 PM PST  Ventas noviembre 2011: Argentina Filed under: Industria Durante el pasado mes de noviembre las matriculaciones de vehículos nuevos en Argentina se incrementaron en un 20,9% en relación al mismo mes del año anterior, alcanzando un total de 62.210 unidades vendidas. Por marcas las más destacadas fueron: SUBEN Citroën +39,6% Alfa Romeo +66,6% Volvo +64,7% BAJAN Suzuki -98,3% Chrysler -99,1% SEAT -97,9% Continue reading Ventas noviembre 2011: ArgentinaVentas noviembre 2011: Argentina originally appeared on Autoblog Español on Tue, 27 Dec 2011... |
| Posted: 26 Dec 2011 11:55 PM PST Complete job listings for people Money is a very important factor in preparing for retirement. Many of today's retirees back to work, or because they are tired of doing nothing at home, or the desire to return to work due to financial problems. Are you worried that when you retire, you will be bored or broke, or both? |
| Posted: 26 Dec 2011 07:22 PM PST China's Industrial Output to Climb 11% Next Year China predicts its industrial output, which expanded nearly 14% this year, will grow 11% in 2012. China's central government figures that an 11% increase in industrial production would be enough to achieve a target of 8% growth in China's gross domestic product next year. China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology [...] |
| Posted: 26 Dec 2011 07:22 PM PST Indonesia Pursues Japanese Auto Investment Indonesia is promoting itself to Japanese carmakers as an attractive alternative to Thailand, where months of flooding continue to disrupt production, notes The Nikkei. Trade Minister Gita Wirjawan tells the newspaper that Indonesia can provide "relocation opportunities" for Japanese companies that want to remain in the region but are rethinking their [...] |
| Posted: 26 Dec 2011 07:22 PM PST Brazil Surpasses U.K. As World's 6th Largest Economy Brazil outgrew the U.K. this year to become the world's sixth-largest economy, according to London-based Centre for Economics and Business Reseach Ltd. CEBR tells BBC Radio 4 that the British economy is likely to surpass France 2016. The U.K. slipped behind fifth-place France in 2008 amid that year's banking crisis. Brazil's gross [...] |
| Posted: 26 Dec 2011 05:08 PM PST  Video: 2012 BMW M5 gets dyno'd, all ate up with power Filed under: Sedan, Performance, Videos, BMW, Luxury A German tuning outfit called PP-Performance has put the 2012 BMW M5 on a Maha dyno, and the numbers returned were 444 horsepower at the wheel, 553 at the engine, and a "corrected number" of 574 hp. Max torque came in at 532 pound-feet (721 Newton/meters). Compare those figures to the official numbers of 560 horses and 502 lb-ft.... |
| Posted: 26 Dec 2011 05:07 PM PST Honda Revisits Design, Assembly Methods to Cut Vehicle Weight Honda Motor Co. is modifying its design and assembly methods to reduce the weight of future vehicles by 2%-10%—or as much as 450 lbs, according to The Nikkei. Honda debuted the techniques in its new N Box minivehicle. The little front-drive van went on sale in Japan two weeks ago. The [...] |
| Posted: 26 Dec 2011 03:37 PM PST Kia Launches Korea's First Production EV Kia Motors Corp. has introduced the Ray EV, South Korea's first production electric vehicle. The city car is an electrified version of Kia's Ray microvan that went on sale in Korea in November. Kia plans to build 2,500 Ray EVs in 2012, mostly for government agencies. The cars are being produced [...] |
| Posted: 26 Dec 2011 03:37 PM PST  Report: Ford F-150 EcoBoost hits 100,000 sales Filed under: Car Buying, Truck, Ford Ford bet big on the combination of light duty pickup trucks and boosted V6 power, and it appears the gamble has paid off. The Detroit News reports that Ford has already reached 100,000 F-150 sales in 2011, just as the automaker promised it would. Overall EcoBoost models accounted for 40 percent of all F-150 sales, which is impressive considering that the boosted mill comes with a $895... |
| Posted: 26 Dec 2011 02:51 PM PST  TRD da algo de chispa al Toyota Aqua Filed under: Toyota, Utilitarios, Híbridos, verdes y alternativos Haz clic en la foto para saltar a la galería Que el Toyota Aqua entra mejor por los ojos que el propio Prius no es precisamente un secreto. El primo pequeño del híbrido por excelencia se ha visto notablemente beneficiado por sus inferiores dimensiones y un aire notablemente más juvenil, pero tampoco estaría de sobras un poco más de salero.... |
| Posted: 26 Dec 2011 02:51 PM PST  GM schedules 21-week idle of three truck plants Filed under: Truck, Plants/Manufacturing, Chevrolet, GM, GMC Four of General Motors' full-size truck plants, three of them in the U.S., will go intermittently silent for a total of 21 weeks in order to retool for 2013 model year production. The Fort Wayne, Indiana and Flint, Michigan plants have both been in the news lately as recipients of multi-million dollar investments for just this purpose. Fort Wayne will shut down for nine weeks over... |
| Posted: 26 Dec 2011 02:06 PM PST Report: GM schedules 21-week idle of three truck plants Filed under: Truck, Plants/Manufacturing, Chevrolet, GM, GMC Four of General Motors' full-size truck plants, three of them in the U.S., will go intermittently silent for a total of 21 weeks in order to retool for 2013 model year production. The Fort Wayne, Indiana and Flint, Michigan plants have both been in the news lately as recipients of multi-million dollar investments for just this purpose. Fort Wayne will shut down for nine weeks over... |
| Posted: 26 Dec 2011 01:20 PM PST  La Comisión Europea y los fabricantes, enfrentados por los futuros límites de ruido Filed under: Industria Casi siempre que hablamos de emisiones hablamos en términos de gramos de CO2 expulsados por km, pero hay otro tipo de contaminación que supone un riesgo para la salud de los ciudadanos: las emisiones sonoras. No hace falta decir que si eres lector habitual tú también te deleitarás con los borboteantes gorgoritos de un HEMI a medias revoluciones o los relinches de un italiano sobrerrevolucionado, lo cual no quita... |
| Posted: 26 Dec 2011 01:20 PM PST  More reasons to choose car-sharing: serious health benefits Filed under: Transportation Alternatives, UK The next time you go visit your doctor for a check-up, go ahead and take a car-sharing vehicle. Why? Because that way you can say that you're actively engaging in a mode of transportation that helps your health. According to a recent report by researchers at the University College London (UCL), making "rational, economic decisions about the most appropriate mode of travel for each individual journey (on foot,... |
| Posted: 26 Dec 2011 12:32 PM PST  Video: Ferrari gets into the Christmas spirit Filed under: Motorsports, Etc., Videos, Ferrari It's never too late for some Christmas cheer from the Ferrari Formula One team, and it's certainly not too early to hear about what it expects to do in the 2012 season. After a brief intro, the 15-minute(!) video turns to Ferrari CEO and Italian prime ministerial candidate Luca di Montezemolo's musings on 2011, starting with "I've been extremely unhappy with what happened" this year, admitting... |
| Posted: 26 Dec 2011 11:43 AM PST Video Nissan GT-R: i 3 restyling a confronto I giapponesi di Best Motor TV hanno organizzato un confronto in pista tra i 3 diversi model-year di Nissan GT-R. I tre restyling della supercar nipponica si differenziano principalmente per la potenza generata dal 3.8 litri V6 biturbo. La prima generazione, arrivata sul mercato nel 2007 in Giappone, nel 2008 in Usa e nel resto del Mondo nel 2009 vanta 485 cavalli e 588 Nm di coppia.... |
| Posted: 26 Dec 2011 11:42 AM PST España: Audi lanza un diésel "básico" en la gama A8 Filed under: Audi, Industria, Sedanes y berlinas La gama del Audi A8 se completa en estos días en el mercado español con una versión de acceso que destaca tanto por el menor precio de adquisición y unos consumos muy reducidos. Las primeras entregas tendrán lugar en enero y sólo se podrá adquirir con carrocería corta. El nuevo motor es el 3.0 TDI V6 de 204 CV con el cual es capaz de alcanzar... |
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| Posted: 26 Dec 2011 10:54 AM PST  What automotive ads went viral in 2011? Filed under: Etc., Marketing/Advertising, Chrysler, Volkswagen It's been a serious year for automotive advertising. From dancing hamsters to big-name talent like Jennifer Lopez, Eminem and Dr. Dre, we saw automakers go all out in an attempt to lure buyers to their showrooms. But which spots garnered the most eyes? SkiddMark.com has taken the time to rank the top ten most popular automotive commercials of 2011 on YouTube, and it likely comes as... |
| Posted: 26 Dec 2011 10:54 AM PST  Rumor: Skoda presentará el nuevo Octavia en Frankfurt 2013 (y habrá versión RSR) Filed under: Skoda, Salón del Automóvil de Frankfurt, Sedanes y berlinas, Familiares Haz clic en la foto para saltar a la galería El Skoda Octavia aún tiene varios años por delante de vigencia, pero la publicación alemana Auto Motor und Sport ya ha puesto fecha de presentación a la nueva generación de la exitosa berlina media checa: septiembre de 2013. Según la revista, Skoda hará debutar el Octavia Mk3 en el Salón del Automóvil... |
| Posted: 26 Dec 2011 10:05 AM PST Name That Shifter, No. 56 It's Monday, and that means it's time to present this week's shifter. You'll have until mid-day Wednesday to identify the make and model of the vehicle from whence this shifter came. The first person to respond correctly in the... |
| Posted: 26 Dec 2011 09:17 AM PST  Report: Pikes Peak Hill Climb contemplating expansion to two-day event Filed under: Motorsports 2012 will be the first year that the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb will be held on an entirely paved road, and while many who have long been involved with the event are bemoaning the loss of the gravel sections, the full tarmac course has peaked interest in the race.... |
| Posted: 26 Dec 2011 09:17 AM PST  Portland, Oregon, February 1974 After coming across David Falconer's shots of the fuel crisis last week, we spent some time trawling through his other photos for the EPA's Documerica project and found these two junkyard scenes taken in February 1974. "Stacked autos are crushed and shipped to Japan, then return to the United States as Toyotas and Datsuns to begin the cycle once again," Falconer wrote.... |
| Posted: 26 Dec 2011 09:17 AM PST  Top 10: de vetste conceptcars van 2011 Ook in 2011 waren er de nodige autoshows, en al met al zijn daar toch even 16 pagina's(!) met concepten uit voort gekomen. We hebben de 10 mooiste/meest spraakmakende conceptcars op een rijtje gezet. (more…) |
| Posted: 26 Dec 2011 08:28 AM PST  Mercedes inicia la exportación del Clase E chino a otros países Filed under: Mercedes-Benz, Industria, Sedanes y berlinas Parece que los fabricantes más reputados no tienen dudas sobre la calidad de realización de sus productos fabricados en China y ya se atreven a comercializarlos fuera de aquellas fronteras. Hace unos días te contábamos que Honda exportaba el Jazz desde este mercado a Canadá, y ahora decimos lo mismo del Clase E Largo, aunque el destino no ha sido especificado. Fabricados por Beijing Benz, una... |
| Posted: 26 Dec 2011 07:41 AM PST  Curiosità: Honda produce le automobili più "resistenti" alle buche La compagnia assicurativa Warranty Direct ha commissionato una ricerca per stabilire quale marchio produce le automobili meno soggette ai danni da "pot-holes", ovvero le buche stradali che tormentano gli automobilisti britannici scelti quale campione del sondaggio. La prima posizione di questa originale classifica è stata assegnata alle vetture Honda, che hanno subito danni solo nell'1.4% dei casi, mentre Toyota e Hyundai completano un podio tutto orientale e precedono Nissan, Kia e... |
| Posted: 26 Dec 2011 07:41 AM PST  Report: Mini dumps rally driver due to budget issues Filed under: Motorsports, Hirings/Firings/Layoffs, Mini We were pretty surprised to find out just a few days ago that Mini's new rally team had, for some reason, failed to sign up for next year's World Rally Championship. "Inexplicable" is what we called it at the time, but the latest reports coming out of the UK where the team is based could serve to cast some light on the situation. Not only has the outfit... |
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