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| Posted: 17 Jan 2012 01:15 AM PST  Lexus: un 2012 di novità per riprendersi la leadership di vendite in Nord America Lexus si prepara ad affrontare il 2012 con l'intento di riprendersi la leadership di vendite fra i costruttori premium in Nord America. Un primato perso nel 2011, dopo 11 anni di dominio incontrastato del marchio giapponese su BMW e Mercedes. Per tornare ad essere il "brand da battere", il marchio di lusso della Toyota ha in mente di lanciare una raffica di novità che, a detta di Mark Templin, Lexus general... |
| Posted: 17 Jan 2012 01:15 AM PST  Top Gear seizoen 18: de trailer is live! They're back! De caravans krijgen er weer zwaar van langs en Hammond kruipt weer achter het stuur van een racewagen. Trailer na de klik! (more…) |
| Posted: 17 Jan 2012 01:15 AM PST 2012 Fiat 500 Abarth – A Very Small Car In A Very Big America Faithful to small, yet wicked saying coined for the cars of Karl Abarth in the year 1960, the 2012 Fiat 500 Abarth comes to America with racing traditions, which have made it success on the racetracks and roadways of Europe – aggressive and purposeful styling, world class precision and performance, limited production volume and high [...] |
| Posted: 17 Jan 2012 12:25 AM PST  Porsche: nessun futuro per la roadster d'accesso. Ed intanto Volkswagen prepara una nuova sportiva a motore centrale Il tentativo di preservare immagine e tradizioni del marchio ha suggerito ai vertici Porsche di ritardare lo sviluppo della roadster d'accesso, il cui futuro è ora avvolto da una spessa coltre d'incertezza. "Sarà necessario attendere la prossima generazione di acquirenti prima di lanciare una 'small roadster' – ha ammesso Matthias Mueller, amministratore delegato Porsche –.... |
| Posted: 17 Jan 2012 12:25 AM PST  Autoverkoop Europese Unie is verder ingezakt Er werden in 2011 ruim 13,1 miljoen personenauto's op naam gezet, en dat is een daling ten opzichte van 2010. (more…) |
| Posted: 16 Jan 2012 11:36 PM PST  Ventas 2011: Austria Filed under: Industria Durante el pasado año 2011 las matriculaciones de vehículos nuevos en Austria se incrementaron en un 8,39% en comparación con el mismo ejercicio del año anterior, alcanzando un volumen total de 356.145 unidades vendidas. Por marcas las más destacadas fueron: SUBEN Nissan +28,4% Lexus +77,2% Saab +64,7% BAJAN Daihatsu -39,2% Cadillac -38,9% SsangYong -58,0% Continue reading Ventas 2011: AustriaVentas 2011: Austria originally appeared on Autoblog Español on Tue, 17 Jan 2012 02:31:00 EST.... |
| Posted: 16 Jan 2012 11:36 PM PST  Dronken commissaris achter stuur vandaan geplukt Voorbeeldfunctie in het kwadraat, maar toch beneveld achter het stuur plaatsnemen. Jan Hoogstraten, wat doe je nou? (more…) |
| Posted: 16 Jan 2012 11:36 PM PST 2012 Maserati GranCabrio Sport on sale in Australia The 2012 Maserati GranCabrio Sport is now on sale in Australia, taking the Italian sports car marque's luxury drop-top to a new level. The Sport model is priced from $338,000 before on-road costs, making it $10,000 more expensive than the … Con... |
| Posted: 16 Jan 2012 11:36 PM PST Honda's Thailand plant could cost $630M to repair Honda could be forced to spend more than $630 million to repair its flood-damaged vehicle production factory in Thailand. Honda's Ayutthaya plant in central Thailand was submerged by floodwaters last October in what was the Southeast Asian country'... |
| Posted: 16 Jan 2012 10:49 PM PST  Ferrari: all'asta la F40 di Lee Iacocca - Barrett-Jackson 2011 Da 41 anni a questa parte, l'asta Barrett-Jackson che ogni gennaio si tiene a Scottsdale, Arizona, rappresenta uno degli appuntamenti più attesi a livello mondiale da collezionisti e semplici appassionati delle fuoriserie più esclusive. L'edizione 2012 si preannuncia come al solito ricchissima di pezzi da novanta: oltre a una rarissima Jaguar XJ220 S, quest'anno andrà all'incanto la Ferrari F40 di Lee Iacocca, storico manager dell'auto americana tra i padri della prima... |
| Posted: 16 Jan 2012 10:01 PM PST  Jaguar: all'asta una rarissima XJ220 S - Barrett-Jackson 2011 Il suo 3.5 V6 biturbo era stato portato da 550 a ben 690 CV e il suo peso a secco era stato drasticamente ridotto grazie ad una vastissima cura a base di fibra di carbonio con cui si sostituì buona parte dell'originaria carrozzeria in alluminio. No, la rarissima Jaguar XJ220 S non era una normale supercar.... |
| Posted: 16 Jan 2012 10:01 PM PST Economic Growth Slows in China China's economy expanded 8.9% year over year in the fourth quarter of 2011—the slowest pace since the second quarter of 2009. The country's gross domestic product grew 9.1% in the third quarter of last year. For the full year, China's GDP expanded 9.2% compared with 10.4% in 2010. Analysts say the [...] |
| Posted: 16 Jan 2012 10:01 PM PST Economic Growth Slows in China China's economy expanded 8.9% year over year in the fourth quarter of 2011—the slowest pace since the second quarter of 2009. The country's gross domestic product grew 9.1% in the third quarter of last year. For the full year, China's GDP expanded 9.2% compared with 10.4% in 2010. Analysts say the [...] |
| Posted: 16 Jan 2012 10:01 PM PST Jaguar Land Rover Sales Soar 45% Tata Motors Ltd. says its Jaguar Land Rover unit sold 31,000 vehicles worldwide last month compared with 21,400 units in December 2010. Sales by the two brands soared 61% to 42,100 vehicles in China. Land Rover's global sales surged 53% to 26,300 units in December. Jaguar volume climbed 9% to 4,700 [...] |
| Posted: 16 Jan 2012 10:01 PM PST 2013 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Tested! The Most Powerful Camaro Ever Packs More Than Just Engine Midway down the main straight at Inde Motorsports Ranch outside Tucson, Arizona, the shift lights on the head-up display flash. At 106 mph, we grab fourth gear, and another wave of ferocious acceleration propels the car forward. We graze 130 mph before hitting the brakes and downshifting for Turn Three, a fast right-hand sweeper that [...] |
| Posted: 16 Jan 2012 10:01 PM PST 2013 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Tested! The Most Powerful Camaro Ever Packs More Than Just Engine Midway down the main straight at Inde Motorsports Ranch outside Tucson, Arizona, the shift lights on the head-up display flash. At 106 mph, we grab fourth gear, and another wave of ferocious acceleration propels the car forward. We graze 130 mph before hitting the brakes and downshifting for Turn Three, a fast right-hand sweeper that [...] |
| Posted: 16 Jan 2012 10:01 PM PST VW's Lending Arm Aims to Boost Financing in Europe Volkswagen AG's financial unit hopes to increase its loans and leases of VW, Audi, Skoda and SEAT vehicles in Europe to 40% of sales by 2015 from 30% now, Bloomberg News reports. About 70% of current financing involves loans, and the balance are leased. Frank Witter, chairman of Volkswagen Financial Services, [...] |
| Posted: 16 Jan 2012 10:01 PM PST Jaguar Land Rover Sales Soar 45% Tata Motors Ltd. says its Jaguar Land Rover unit sold 31,000 vehicles worldwide last month, up from 21,400 units in December 2010. Sales by the two brands soared 61% to 42,100 vehicles in China. Land Rover's global sales surged 53% to 26,300 units in December. Jaguar volume climbed 9% to 4,700 [...] |
| Posted: 16 Jan 2012 10:01 PM PST Porsche Shelves Plan for Small Roadster Porsche AG appears to have suspended plans to develop a small mid-engine sports car inspired by its iconic 550 Spyder from the 1950s. Porsche has been hinting for years about a new two-seater that would be positioned below the company's Boxster. CEO Matthias Mueller told Automotive News Europe last February that [...] |
| Posted: 16 Jan 2012 09:15 PM PST Video: quattro Chevrolet Silverado e la demolizione di un porticato Non bastano certo quattro Chevrolet Silverado per replicare l'exploit del "muratore" russo, che abbatté un muro grazie alla sua fide Opel Corsa. Troppo facile e scontato affidarsi alle vagonate di Newtonmetri in loro possesso, senza nemmeno caricare a testa bassa e sollevare le ruote posteriori. I quattro bestioni del Cravattino sono infatti riusciti a demolire con inaspettata facilità il porticato antistante un concessionario in Georgia.... |
| Posted: 16 Jan 2012 08:28 PM PST BMW Launches Global Mini Recall BMW AG is recalling 235,500 Mini cars worldwide to replace an auxiliary water pump equipped with a defective electronic circuit board that could overheat and cause an engine compartment fire. The recall includes 29,900 vehicles in the U.K. and 22,000 units in Germany. The campaign involves Mini Cooper S and John Cooper [...] |
| Posted: 16 Jan 2012 08:28 PM PST Fiat, Koc to Build Car for Turkish Market Fiat SpA and its Istanbul-based partner Koc Holding AS will produce a new small car model designed specifically for the Turkish market at their Tofas joint venture, Hurriyet reports. Tofas Chairman Ali Pandir tells the Turkish newspaper there could be more than one version of the new model, which will replace [...] |
| Posted: 16 Jan 2012 08:28 PM PST State Owned Manufacturers Are The Problem This article by Auto News China's Yang Jian brings quite the argument to the privatization of China's biggest state owned manufacturers, he correctly asserts that the companies biggest weakness is the fact that they are state owned either at the local or provincial level which makes them more keen to listen to government policy rather [...] |
| Posted: 16 Jan 2012 06:55 PM PST  Autoblog Podcast #265 goes LIVE at 10PM Eastern! Filed under: Etc. We're almost ready to record Episode #264 of the Autoblog Podcast. Check out the topics below and you can join us live via UStream, as well, and we've embedded our UStream player after the jump. Thanks for listening! Discussion Topics for Autoblog Podcast Episode #265 VW beats Toyota 2013 Porsche Boxster Big New York debut for Nissan?... |
| Posted: 16 Jan 2012 06:55 PM PST Luxgen M7 MPV spotted out testing Luxgen's rise has been interesting to watch, they have so far followed the 'Roewe Formula' which is of course to come in with high priced cars and then make lower priced cars later, its easier to come in as a high level brand with an expensive car first and then move into cheaper cars at [...] |
| Posted: 16 Jan 2012 06:55 PM PST MG6 Turbo Diesel Spotted in China If you listen to European MG fans all they want is a diesel, and perhaps an automatic gearbox, the current MG6 made in MG UK from kits sent from China offers neither, and thus there hasn't exactly been Apple-like queuing to buy the MG6. Europeans love their diesels, UK'ers love their diesels even more, so [...] |
| Posted: 16 Jan 2012 06:54 PM PST Besturn B90 Sunning Itself in Hainan Ahead of Launch The Besturn B90 is heading into production soon, or so we hear, but in the meantime the Mazda based sedan is testing down in the sunny climes of Hainan rather than the frigid tundra of FAW's hometown in Changchun. Rumor has it the B90 will be using a 2.0L and 2.5L engine from Mazda, and [...] |
| Posted: 16 Jan 2012 06:07 PM PST 2013 Nissan Altima likely for Australia Nissan Australia is considering the next-generation Altima medium-sized sedan for the local market. With the large-sized Nissan Maxima finding only 1923 buyers in 2011, the Japanese company is considering replacing the Maxima with a smaller and potenti... |
| Posted: 16 Jan 2012 06:07 PM PST Porsche 'baby Boxster' delayed as CEO aims to preserve brand image Porsche looks set to delay the launch of its entry-level sports car as the company's CEO fears it could dilute the brand's image. Porsche boss Matthias Mueller told German business newspaper Wirtschaftswoche his brand "probably [needed to] wait u... |
| Posted: 16 Jan 2012 06:07 PM PST Malaysia Sells Proton Stake to Local Conglomerate Malaysia's state investment fund Khazanah Nasional has agreed to sell its entire 42.7% stake in domestic carmaker Proton Holdings to conglomerate DRB-Hicom for 5.5 ringgit per share, or a total of $412 million in cash. The sale is subject to shareholder approval. The companies say the deal will require DRB-Hicom to [...] |
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