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Posted: 10 Jan 2012 01:06 AM PST


Acura ILX Luxury Compact Sedan
Al Salone di Detroit Acura, marchio di lusso Honda per il mercato americano, presenta la ILX Luxury Compact Sedan, basata sulla Civic commercializzata in USA. L'auto, tolto qualche orpello da show-car, si presenta praticamente pronta per andare in produzione: potrebbe essere lanciata sul mercato a stella e strisce già in primavera....

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 01:06 AM PST


Detroit 2012: Acura ILX (¿Honda Accord?)
Filed under: Honda, Salón del Automóvil de Detroit, Sedanes y berlinas, Acura Pincha la imagen para ver la galería Este que ves aquí es el reemplazo del Acura TSX, o lo que es lo mismo, el nombre del Accord europeo para el mercado estadounidense, por lo que nos podemos hacer rápidamente a la idea de que este nuevo ILX sea también el nuevo Accord (en Ginebra saldremos de dudas)....

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 01:06 AM PST


Jos Verstappen raapt soap: meer strafbare feiten
Jos Verstappen werd al verdacht van poging tot doodslag op zijn ex-vriendin, maar dat is slechts één van vier strafbare feiten waar Jos van verdacht wordt. Jos laat ondertussen ook van zich horen: "Ik deed het niet express." (more…)

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 01:06 AM PST


Detroit 2012: Hyundai Genesis Coupe 2012, más potencia, nueva cara
Filed under: Hyundai, Cupés, Deportivos Pincha la imagen para ver la galería Ha costado, pero finalmente, con motivo del Salón de Detroit 2012, Hyundai ha oficializado su Genesis Coupe "remasterizado". Y es que llevamos meses con las fotos filtradas a cuestas, pero ahora ya tenemos el catálogo completo de imágenes oficiales, unido al dossier de prensa que nos invita a conocer las novedades del deportivo de tracción trasera coreano, que se actualiza en...

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 01:06 AM PST


Fisker Announces Additional Funding
Fisker Automotive Inc. says it has received another $110 million in financing from unidentified investors. The Anaheim, Calif.-based company says it now has $876 million in private investment, including $133 million it received last month. Fisker has begun limited deliveries of its $95,900, 420-hp Karma sport sedan, which is assembled by [...]

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 01:06 AM PST


Chrysler, Fiat Would Consider Third Partner
Fiat-Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne says the two companies are open to expanding their alliance to include another European automaker. He says a third partner could help achieve the economies of scale needed to compete in the global auto industry. Marchionne says a three-way alliance could be part of an urgently needed [...]

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 01:06 AM PST


China's Export, Import Growth Slows
China's exports grew 13% year over year in December, down from 14% in November and 16% in October, according to the government's commerce ministry. At the same time, growth in imports slowed to 12% year over year in December from 22% in November and 29% in October. Zhong Shan, China's vice-minister [...]

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 01:06 AM PST


Analysts Cautiously Optimistic About Global Auto Growth
The global auto industry will expand over the next few years—perhaps led by the U.S.—in spite of an uncertain economic climate, according to speakers at the Society of Automotive Analysts outlook conference in Detroit. They say the recovering American market and slower growth in emerging markets should be enough to offset [...]

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 01:06 AM PST


Chrysler IPO Still About a Year Away
Fiat-Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne tells the Detroit Free Press that Chrysler still expects to hold an initial public offering late this year or in 2013. Marchionne told the newspaper last month that Chrysler has not yet started talks with a union retiree healthcare trust about purchasing the trust's 41.5% stake in [...]

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 12:15 AM PST


Chrysler 700C - Salone di Detroit 2012 Live
La totale assenza di informazioni e dettagli tecnici non semplifica certo l'approccio iniziale con un'automobile già di per se misteriosa, figlia di un corso stilistico ormai abbandonato e ripescata dagli annali nemmeno fosse un capolavoro di stile richiesto dal MOMA. La Chrysler 700C è forse la vettura più enigmatica e oscura dell'intero salone di Detroit....

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 12:15 AM PST


Más sobre la nueva plataforma compacta de tracción trasera del Grupo Fiat
Filed under: Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Descapotables, Cupés, Deportivos, Abarth Poca gente se ha percatado, pero hay algo muy interesante en proceso de diseño y desarrollo en el seno del grupo Fiat-Chrysler, desde el punto de vista de los apasionados al mundo del motor. Y es que más allá del deportivo Alfa Romeo 4C, y su chasis monocasco en fibra de carbono de alta tecnología, diseñado íntegramente por la compañía italiana tras prescindir...

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 12:15 AM PST


Volkswagen overklast Toyota maar GM is het grootst
Volkswagen strijdt al een tijdje om Toyota voorbij te streven als grootste autobouwer ter wereld en dat is nu gelukt. Helaas voor VW is GM nog groter. (more…)

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 12:15 AM PST


Ventas 2011: Francia
Filed under: Industria Durante el pasado año las matriculaciones de vehículos nuevos en Francia cayeron en un 2,1% en relación al 2010. En total fueron comercializadas 2.204.065 unidades, es decir, 47.604 unidades menos que en periodo anterior. Si centramos la atención sólo en diciembre, los resultados fueron bastante peores y el mercado cayó un 17,8% en relación al mismo mes del año anterior, con un total de 187.653 unidades matriculadas.Continue reading Ventas 2011:...

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 11:25 PM PST


Lexus LF-LC Concept - Salone di Detroit 2012
LinkedTube Lexus diffonde nuove immagini ufficiali della conturbante LF-LC Sports Coupè Concept, una sportiva a motore anteriore dotata dell'avanzato sistema propulsivo Lexus Hybrid Drive collegato alle ruote posteriori: di quest'ultimo, purtroppo, non sono stati rilasciati dettagli tecnici. Secondo il marchio di lusso di casa Toyota, questa 2+2 vorrebbe configurarsi come un compendio fra prestazioni, stile e tecnologia....

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 11:25 PM PST


Analysts Cautiously Optimistic About Auto Growth
The global auto industry will expand over the next few years—perhaps led by the U.S.—in spite of an uncertain economic climate, according to speakers at the Society of Automotive Analysts outlook conference in Detroit. They say the recovering American market and slower growth in emerging markets should be enough to offset [...]

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 11:25 PM PST


Toyota Full Hybrid Yaris wordt realiteit in Genève
Schrapers opgelet! Toyota claimt met bovenstaand hybride gebakje de zuinigste benzineauto en goedkoopste hybride op de markt in haar portfolio te zullen gaan hebben. (more…)

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 11:25 PM PST


Dodge Dart Has a Fiat Soul
Chrysler Group LLC's new Dodge Dart small car borrows heavily from Fiat SpA's parts bin. The car will succeed the Dodge Caliber, a compact five-door hatch that went out of production in November. The Dart rides on an Americanized version of Fiat's Alfa Romeo Giulietta platform that is longer and wider [...]

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 11:25 PM PST


Volvo Touts U.S.-Tailored Plug-In Hybrid System
Volvo Car Corp., which previously announced it will introduce a diesel-electric plug-in hybrid powertrain in Europe this year, also is developing a gasoline-electric variant for the American market. Volvo is showing the latter system as an XC60 crossover concept at the Detroit auto show. Both architectures use a piston engine to [...]

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 11:25 PM PST


VW Aims to Boost U.S. Sales 13% This Year
Volkswagen AG, which sold 444,200 vehicles in the American market last year, aims to top 500,000 units in 2012. The company's Audi luxury car unit accounts for about 26% of the group's total U.S. volume. Meeting that goal would be a bit step toward reaching VW's target of selling 1 million [...]

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 11:25 PM PST


Analysts Cautiously Optimistic About Auto Growth
The global auto industry will expand over the next few years—perhaps led by the U.S.—in spite of an uncertain economic outlook, according to speakers at the Society of Automotive Analysts outlook conference in Detroit. They reason that the recovering U.S. vehicle sales and moderate growth in emerging markets should be enough [...]

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 11:25 PM PST


Ford Confirms EcoBoost Mustang in the Works
While there have been rumors of an EcoBoost-powered Mustang ever since Ford coined the EcoBoost name, the company's executives have been pretty mum on the subject. But at an event in conjunction with the first press preview day of the 2012 Detroit auto show, the company's chief product man, Derrick Kuzak, acknowledged the existence of [...]

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 11:25 PM PST


Ford Confirms EcoBoost Mustang in the Works
While there have been rumors of an EcoBoost-powered Mustang ever since Ford coined the EcoBoost name, the company's executives have been pretty mum on the subject. But at an event in conjunction with the first press preview day of the 2012 Detroit auto show, the company's chief product man, Derrick Kuzak, acknowledged the existence of [...]

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 11:25 PM PST


Ford Confirms EcoBoost Mustang in the Works
While there have been rumors of an EcoBoost-powered Mustang ever since Ford coined the EcoBoost name, the company's executives have been pretty mum on the subject. But at an event in conjunction with the first press preview day of the 2012 Detroit auto show, the company's chief product man, Derrick Kuzak, acknowledged the existence of [...]

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 11:25 PM PST


Chrysler Touts Plan for Flexible Hourly Pay in U.S.
Chrysler Group LLC says it is talking to the United Auto Workers union about replacing the current two-tier wage system with a single pay standard that fluctuates with the company's profitability. CEO Sergio Marchionne tells reporters the system would reduce the need for layoffs in tough times.  The UAW's contract with [...]

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 10:36 PM PST


Audi Q3 Vail Concept - Salone di Detroit 2012
LinkedTube Audi ha scelto il nome di una località sciistica statunitense per anticipare l'aspetto ed i contenuti tecnici della Q3 ad alte prestazioni, versione di cui si mormora da alcuni mesi e che verrà presa in consegna dai reparti S o RS. La Q3 Vail Concept utilizza il medesimo propulsore cinque cilindri delle RS3 Sportback e TT-RS, qui abbinato alla trazione integrale quattro ed al cambio doppia frizione S Tronic a...

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 10:36 PM PST


2012 Subaru BRZ: Review
Subaru Australia teased us for months about whether it would bring the BRZ sports car to Australia before deciding – as first revealed by CarAdvice – that it wouldn't disappoint local driving enthusiasts. After we enjoyed our first st...

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 10:36 PM PST


2012 Subaru BRZ: Review
Subaru Australia teased us for months about whether it would bring the BRZ sports car to Australia before deciding – as first revealed by CarAdvice – that it wouldn't disappoint local driving enthusiasts. After we enjoyed our first st...

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 10:36 PM PST


Honda Expects its U.S. Sales to Rebound 25% This Year
Honda Motor Co. says it aims to boost its American sales this year to 1.43 million vehicles this year from 1.15 million in 2011 on the strength of new models and restored dealer inventories. Honda's U.S. sales fell 7% last year as the market grew 10% because its output was hampered [...]

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 10:36 PM PST


Chrysler IPO Still About a Year Away
Fiat-Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne tells the Detroit Free Press that Chrysler still expects to hold an initial public offering late this year or in 2013. Marchionne also told the newspaper last month that Chrysler has not yet started talks with a union retiree healthcare trust about purchasing the trust's 41.5% stake [...]

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 10:36 PM PST


Chrysler IPO Still About a Year Away
Fiat-Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne tells the Detroit Free Press that Chrysler still expects to hold an initial public offering late this year or in 2013. Marchionne also told the newspaper last month that Chrysler has not yet started talks with a union retiree healthcare trust about purchasing the trust's 41.5% stake [...]