NadineMotors.blogspot.com's Facebook Wall

[Advertisement]

NadineMotors.blogspot.com's Facebook Wall


Posted: 11 Jan 2012 01:47 AM PST


Lincoln MKZ Concept - Salone di Detroit 2012
Il significato ed i contenuti della Lincoln MKZ vanno ben oltre il termine "concept car". Si tratta infatti di una vettura cardine, fondamentale nell'economia di un marchio appannato e dai non convincenti risultati commerciali, che riparte proprio dalla MKZ e dalle sue novità tecniche e stilistiche. Questa berlina utilizza infatti la medesima piattaforma della Ford Fusion e come la vettura dell'Ovale sarà proposta con le motorizzazioni EcoBoost da 1.6 e 2.0...

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 01:47 AM PST


Frits Hessing: "Ik ben kapot gemaakt"
Nu Hessing failliet is en de epische showroom langs de A2 leeggehaald zal worden is het tijd om een schuldige aan te wijzen, als het aan Frits ligt tenminste. De boosdoener in dit hele verhaal: mijnheer Louwman. (more…)

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 01:47 AM PST


2013 Infiniti JX
Introduction 2013 Infiniti JX will shake up the status quo when the pioneering seven-passenger luxury crossover sport utility vehicle joins the company's lineup in spring 2012. It is an upcoming midsize luxury crossover SUV that offers comfortable seating capacity for seven passengers and will be launched by Nissan, Japanese automobile manufacturer's division called Infiniti.

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 01:47 AM PST


El mejor Honda se fabricará en... ¿Ohio?
Filed under: Honda, Industria, Cupés, Deportivos, Acura Tal y como lo lees, y tal y como comentasteis en los comentarios durante su presentación, el NSX se fabricará, muy probablemente, en la planta de Ohio que Honda posee, en lugar de hacerlo en Japón, como a muchos nos gustaría. Cuestionado sobre esta curiosa decisión, el CEO de Honda alegó tres factores fundamentales. El primero es el industrialmente más obvio: Honda quiere fabricar sus coches...

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 01:47 AM PST


Fiat busca un tercer pilar para su grupo, PSA y Volvo, los candidatos
Filed under: Chrysler, Fiat, Industria Diría que Marchionne es a los periodistas de la prensa económica del motor lo que Justin Bieber (¿se escribe así?) es a las quinceañeras. Cuando aparece en un Salón, se forma un corrillo a su alrededor de personajes ansiosos por captarle en fotos, escuchar sus impresiones y palabras, sus ironías......

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 12:57 AM PST


Nuova Audi A3: foto ufficiali degli interni
Audi anticipa la nuova generazione di A3 svelandone gli interni e le loro caratteristiche principali nel corso del CES, Consumers Electronics Show in Las Vegas : il loro stile rappresenta un'evoluzione in chiave high-tech rispetto all'architettura attuale. Rimane la forte presenza di elementi circolari, sia nella strumentazione che nella componentistica....

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 12:57 AM PST

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 12:57 AM PST


Audi muestra intencionadamente detalles del nuevo A3 en el CES
Filed under: Audi, Compactos Si sigues a nuestra publicación hermana Engadget, sabrás que mientras nosotros nos ocupamos del Salón de Detroit, ellos están cubriendo en Las Vegas el CES, el evento más importante del plantea en cuanto a tecnología y gadgets electrónicos. Audi ya nos tiene acostumbrados a hacer acto de presencia por aquellos lares, y este año no iba a ser menos. En 2010 mostró allí su nuevo MMI que se vería...

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 12:57 AM PST


DOE's Chu: One Million-EV Goal Still Within Reach
President Obama's goal of getting one million electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles on American roads by 2015 is still possible, says Energy Secretary Stephen Chu. He says the U.S. has a "good shot" of hitting that target by 2016 because of "plummeting" battery prices. Chu fells reporters at the Detroit auto [...]

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 12:56 AM PST


Lexus, Ford Win Design Awards at Detroit Auto Show
The Lexus LF-LC concept car and next-generation Ford Focus sedan have been chosen as this year's winners of the EyesOn Design Awards for best-designed concept and best-designed production vehicle, respectively. The winners were announced last night in conjunction with the Detroit auto show.  Last year's honors went to the GMC Granite [...]

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 12:56 AM PST


Bosch Sells Remaining Foundation Brakes Business
Robert Bosch GmbH says it has agreed to sell the remainder of its foundation brakes operations to KPS Capital Partners, an American private equity firm, for an undisclosed price. The unit generated sales of about €850 million in 2010. Bosch has been trying to shed the unit, which makes brake discs, [...]

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 12:56 AM PST


Car Sales in Turkey Grew 14% Last Year
Car and van sales in Turkey climbed to 864,400 units last year from 758,200 units in 2010 in spite of a sharp downturn last month, according to the country's association of vehicle distributors. Car sales advanced 16% to 593,500 units in 2011, but year-on-year volume fell 11% to 89,000 units in [...]

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 12:08 AM PST


Kia cee'd: prima immagine della nuova generazione
La seconda generazione della Kia cee'd verrà presentata in forma ufficiale durante il salone di Ginevra (8-18 marzo 2012) e sarà disponibile nelle concessionarie a partire dal secondo trimestre del 2012, ovvero cinque anni dopo il lancio dell'attuale serie. Kia ha reso note queste informazioni e diffuso al contempo la prima immagine ufficiale, senza comunicare ulteriori dettagli riguardanti la gamma motori ed il listino prezzi....

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 12:08 AM PST


Pininfarina leeft nog, komt met de Cambiano Concept
Voor de Autosalon van Genève heeft de carrosseriebouwert een geheel nieuwe auto aangekondigd. "Ecovriendelijk" is daarbij het toverwoord. (more…)

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 11:20 PM PST


Buick Encore - Salone di Detroit 2012
Buick ha presentato al Salone di Detroit la Encore, crossover gemello della Opel Mokka che verrà presentata al Salone di Ginevra. L'auto è basata sulla piattaforma Gamma II,la stessa della Chevrolet Sonic, alla quale i tecnici Buick hanno apportato alcune modifiche per adattarla al tipo di vettura. Il motore è un quattro cilindri 1.4 litri turbo, lo stesso della Sonic, accoppiato ad un cambio automatico Hydramatic a sei rapporti....

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 11:20 PM PST


Ventas 2011: Noruega
Filed under: Industria Durante el pasado año 2011 las matriculaciones de vehículos nuevos en Noruega se incrementaron en un 8,0% en comparación con el mismo ejercicio del 2010, alcanzando un volumen total de 138.345 unidades vendidas. Por marcas las más destacadas fueron: SUBEN Mitsubishi +67,8% MINI +104,3% Lexus +166,5% BAJAN Mazda -37,0% Th!nk -58,6% Daihatsu -60,9% Continue reading Ventas 2011: NoruegaVentas 2011: Noruega originally appeared on Autoblog Español on Wed, 11 Jan 2012 02:06:00 EST....

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 11:20 PM PST


Audi A6 Allroad is helemaal nieuw
Goed nieuws voor de liefhebbers van ongeverfd kunststof. Audi heeft de A6 Avant namelijk aan alle kanten opgepompt. Tadaa, de nieuwe A6 Allroad was geboren. (more…)

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 11:20 PM PST


2012 Honda Jazz Vibe on sale in February
Honda will introduce the Japanese-built Honda Jazz Vibe to Australia in February as it aims to counter limited availability of its city car caused by last year's Thailand floods. Honda Australia usually sources its Jazz vehicles from the Ayutthaya pl...

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 11:20 PM PST


Automakers prefer the US market for profit
From Bloomberg: Three years after sales tumbled to the lowest in more than a quarter-century, the U.S. auto market may be emerging as the safest bet for predictable and profitable growth as China, India and Brazil slow. "The U.S. is now the high-growth market in the world as much as India or China," said Xavier [...]

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 11:20 PM PST


2013 Audi A3 interior unveiled, exterior revealed accidentally
The interior of the new 2013 Audi A3 has been officially unveiled while the exterior has been revealed inadvertently during a computer demonstration at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. The 2013 Audi A3 will feature various …...

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 11:20 PM PST


Renault-Nissan-AvtoVAZ Alliance Sells Record 8 Million Units
Alliance partners Nissan and Renault and their Russian partner AvtoVAZ say they boosted combined global sales to a record 8.03 million units last year, up 10% from 2010. Renault-Nissan CEO Carlos predicts the group will post another sales record this year. The alliance's 2011 sales probably rank third among the top-selling [...]

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 11:20 PM PST


Volvo Seeks Partner in Small-Car Development
Volvo Cars AB is looking for a partner to help develop its next generation of compact cars and SUVs, CEO Stefan Jacoby tells Reuters. Volvo's current crop of small models is scheduled to go out of production by 2017, the news service says. Those vehicles share components with former owner Ford [...]

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 11:19 PM PST


Continental Predicts 8% Sales Growth
Continental AG expects its revenue to rise 7%-8% this year from about €30 billion in 2011, buoyed by higher vehicle production in Asia and North America, Bloomberg News reports. CEO Elmar Degenhart says the forecast assumes global vehicle output in 2012 will increase as much as 4% from about 75 million [...]

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 11:19 PM PST


Ford Shrinks U.S. Lincoln Dealer Base
Ford Motor Co. says it has shed more than 175 Lincoln dealerships in the major American car markets to reduce competition among outlets. The brand now has 325 dealerships in metropolitan areas and a total of about 990 nationwide. Ford said in July it planned to prune Lincoln's dealer ranks. The [...]

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 11:19 PM PST


Encore for the Buick Encore in Detroit – and in China
This week the Chinese automotive media are on holiday, the vast majority of media outlets have sent their teams over the Pacific to the America's mo-town to cover the Detroit Auto Show. Chinese journo's have given the new Ford Fusion a great deal of coverage and also the new Buick Encore, a compact SUV that [...]

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 10:31 PM PST


Volkswagen Jetta Hybrid ed E-Bugster Concept: tutte le foto ufficiali - Salone di Detroit 2012
Volkswagen si è presentata al Salone di Detroit del 2012 con due novità in anteprima mondiale. Entrambe caratterizzate da un forte accento sull'ecologia, la Jetta Hybrid e la E-Bugster Concept scandiscono con modi diversi il "commitment" di Volkswagen per la riduzione dei consumi e delle emissioni: laddove la prima si presenta nella sua consueta veste di razionale berlina tre volumi, la seconda tenta di unire l'originalità e il dinamismo del nuovo...

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 10:31 PM PST


BAIC's Electric MPV Sighted Ahead of Production
Beijing Auto Industry Works (BAIC) has an uphill battle on its hands, the state owned car company is relatively late in getting its own brand of vehicles to the market when compared to its rivals at FAW and SAIC, both of whom have been running their own brands for a number of years.

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 10:31 PM PST


GM Aims to Boost Stake in Shanghai Venture Soon
CEO Dan Akerson says General Motors Co. expects to buy an additional 1% of its joint venture with Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. in the "coming months" to attain a 50% stake. Shanghai GM was created in 1997 as a 50:50 venture. GM sold a 1% stake to SAIC in 2009. The [...]

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 10:31 PM PST


GM Aims to Boost Stake in Shanghai Venture Soon
CEO Dan Akerson says General Motors Co. expects to buy an additional 1% of its joint venture with Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. in the "coming months" to attain a 50% stake. Shanghai GM was created in 1997 as a 50:50 venture. GM sold a 1% stake to SAIC in 2009. The [...]

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 10:31 PM PST


Lamborghini Gallardo LP600 GT3 by Reiter Engineering
This Lamborghini Gallardo LP600 GT3 is the latest creation from German racing team Reiter Engineering aimed at taking on some of the world's most famous 24-hour events. 'LP600' refers to the 600PS (441kW) Reiter engine tune of Lamborghini's 5.2...