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| Posted: 15 Feb 2012 01:01 AM PST  Lotus Elise Vs Husqvarna 511 SMR: il Video confronto di Autoblog I.S.A.M. (Anagni) - In ambito motoristico uno dei confronti storicamente più intriganti e divertenti è senza dubbio quello tra auto e moto, una sfida non facile da valutare in termini assoluti, ma lo scontro diretto stuzzica da sempre (e non poco) l'interesse e la fantasia di migliaia di appassionati. Oggi, abbiamo voluto riproporre l'ennesimo duello con due mezzi molto particolari, entrambi si basano su una grande semplicità tecnica votata alla leggerezza... |
| Posted: 15 Feb 2012 01:01 AM PST  Fijnstof-alert: Benzinemotoren viezer dan diesels? Ophef bij de oosterburen, en dan vooral bij het Duitse ADAC. Uit een aantal metingen en steekproeven van deze organisatie blijkt dat het aantal fijnstofdeeltjes van direct ingespoten benzineblokjes soms hoger ligt dan bij dieselmotoren. En die smerige benzineblokjes komen daar nog mee weg ook, want normen zijn er haast niet voor deze aardklootvernielers.... |
| Posted: 15 Feb 2012 01:01 AM PST 2012 MINI Cooper – The World's Fastest Small Premium Car Advantages Highly customizable; sharp handling; ground-breaking convertible roof; stellar fuel economy; endearing retro styling; excellent all-around performance in John Cooper Works and S trim levels. Disadvantages Weak base audio; poor rearward visibility; lacks rear legroom; noisy and stiff ride. Introduction 2012 MINI Cooper offers driving enthusiast with combination of untraditional attitude, fun to drive performance [...] |
| Posted: 15 Feb 2012 12:17 AM PST  Irmscher Opel Insignia ST Cross4 Irmscher parteciperà al salone di Ginevra (8-18 marzo) con l'inedita Opel Insignia ST Cross4, versione destinata ad occupare il medesimo segmento delle Audi A4 Allroad e Volkswagen Passat Alltrack e riconoscibile per il kit estetico dall'impronta rustica e campagnola. La segmento D tedesca utilizza ora cerchi in lega da 20 pollici e trae beneficio da un impianto frenante potenziato e dal nuovo assetto (ribassato di 30 mm), mentre a livello estetico... |
| Posted: 14 Feb 2012 11:32 PM PST  SRT: questo il logo della nuova Viper. Si chiamerà Stryker Il responsabile design per il marchio SRT giura di non averci pensato due volte. "Dopo aver osservato il primo bozzetto io e Joe Dehner (capo dello stile per Dodge e RAM, nda) abbiamo esclamato pressoché all'unisono 'ci siamo', è il disegno giusto – rivela Mark Trostle –. Ci bastò infatti una sola occhiata per valutare la bontà del lavoro svolto da Vince.... |
| Posted: 14 Feb 2012 11:32 PM PST  Audi RS4 Avant: nu is 'ie officieel [heel veel foto's] Smaakte de eerste vier foto's van de nieuwe RS4 naar meer? Uitkomst! Een verse lading en meer info over dit bakbeestje staat klaar. (more…) verwante verhalenDe Audi A7 e-tron van Kees JansmaAlfa Romeo Disco Volante Concept 2012Renault Twingo R.S. en Gordini R.S. zijn ook gefaceliftBMW M6 Coupé en Cabrio: meer foto's & video'sAudi RS4 Avant: 450 pk & veel bagageruimte |
| Posted: 14 Feb 2012 11:32 PM PST  Ventas enero 2012: Rusia Filed under: Industria Durante el pasado mes de enero las matriculaciones de vehículos nuevos en Rusia se incrementaron en un 20% en comparación con el mismo mes del año anterior, alcanzando un volumen total de 154.406 unidades vendidas. Por marcas las más destacadas fueron: SUBEN VW +118,0% Great Wall +141,8% Chery +160,2% BAJAN IZH -24,0% TAGAZ -62,9% VORTEX -99,9% Continue reading Ventas enero 2012: RusiaVentas enero 2012: Rusia originally appeared on Autoblog Español on Wed, 15... |
| Posted: 14 Feb 2012 11:32 PM PST Volkswagen targets 100 production plants by 2018 The head of production at Volkswagen Group says the automotive giant will have 100 vehicle production plants around the world by 2018 and is targeting an annual capacity of 10 million vehicles. Volkswagen's takeover of German truck manufacturer MAN, ... |
| Posted: 14 Feb 2012 10:49 PM PST Romney: Detroit Would Have Fared Better Without Bailout Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has renewed his position that the bailout of General Motors and Chrysler was a bad idea. In an op-ed column in The Detroit News, Romney attacks the Obama administration's bailout as "crony capitalism" that benefited labor unions at the expense of bondholders. He contends that without [...] |
| Posted: 14 Feb 2012 10:49 PM PST Passenger Vehicle Sales Rise 10% in Mexico Domestic sales of cars and light trucks in Mexico grew to 75,300 units last month from 68,800 units in January 2010, according AMIA, the country's auto trade group. January sales rose 12% to 18,500 units at Nissan, 10% to 13,900 units at GM, 2% to 9,900 at Volkswagen and 1% to [...] |
| Posted: 14 Feb 2012 10:49 PM PST Sylphy Testing in China The Nissan small car range has had an overhaul in the past few months, the Japanese company has introduced the new Tiida and new Sunny and will soon introduce a new Sylphy sedan. Nissan's small car range has proved to be exceedingly popular over the past two years and has continually pushed the company's sales [...] |
| Posted: 14 Feb 2012 10:06 PM PST  Cadillac: nessuna XTS-V nei piani della casa Sembra che Cadillac abbia deciso di non produrre una variante sportica della XTS. L'ammiraglia presentata allo scorso Salone di Los Angeles non seguirebbe così quanto fatto con la CTS in passato rimanendo un'auto orientata alla comodità ed allo spazio interno. A riportare queste indiscrezioni è stato il sito wardsauto dopo un'intervista fatta al Salone di Chicago con Don Butler, vice presidente della sezione marketing del marchio americano.... |
| Posted: 14 Feb 2012 10:06 PM PST MAN Predicts Weaker Results in 2012 German truckmaker MAN AG warns that its revenue may shrink slightly this year and operating margins are likely to narrow to 8.5% from 9% in 2011. The company cites a sluggish commercial vehicle market in Europe and an expected 15% drop in demand in Brazil as stricter emission standards take effect. MAN's [...] |
| Posted: 14 Feb 2012 10:06 PM PST U.S. Auto Dealer Network Stabilizes The number of car dealers in the U.S., which fell sharply in 2009 and 2010, rose 0.6% to about 17,770 outlets last year, according to Urban Science's annual Automotive Franchise Activity Report. The main contributors to the gain were Fiat and Chrysler's Dodge, Jeep and Chrysler brands, which added 135 and [...] |
| Posted: 14 Feb 2012 10:06 PM PST VW Global Sales Flat in January Volkswagen AG says its namesake car brand delivered 419,200 vehicles worldwide last month compared with 418,600 units in January 2010. Sales across Europe rose to 125,500 units from 124,500 units a year earlier. Demand declined 8% in Germany to 39,600 units and slid 3% in the rest of western Europe to [...] |
| Posted: 14 Feb 2012 08:41 PM PST Toyota Prius C to become Australia's cheapest hybrid Toyota expects the all-new Prius C light car to become the cheapest hybrid in Australia when it launches in late March. Toyota Australia executive director sales and marketing Matthew Callachor says the Yaris-sized Prius C will be "thousands of dolla... |
| Posted: 14 Feb 2012 08:41 PM PST Tata Profit Soars on Strong Jaguar Land Rover Demand Tata Motors Ltd.'s net earnings climbed 41% to a record 34.1 billion ($685 million) rupees in the fiscal third quarter ended Dec. 31, fueled by strong sales of Jaguar and Land Rover vehicles in China. The Mumbai-based company's revenue jumped 44% to 452.6 billion rupees ($9.1 billion). Income from Tata's Jaguar [...] |
| Posted: 14 Feb 2012 08:41 PM PST New SRT Viper snake logo revealed Chrysler performance subdivision SRT has revealed the updated snake badge that will adorn the all-new Viper supercar. Known as 'Stryker', the new serpent logo becomes the third in the Viper family, following 'Sneaky Pete', who lived from 1992 t... |
| Posted: 14 Feb 2012 08:41 PM PST Gasoline Demand Drops to Seven-Year Low Americans purchased 8 billion barrels of gasoline per day last week, down 3% from the previous week to the lowest level since MasterCard Inc.'s SpendingPulse report began tracking the data in July 2004. The report's running four-week average of gasoline demand declined for the 47th week compared to year-earlier consumption. SpendingPulse says [...] |
| Posted: 14 Feb 2012 07:58 PM PST 2012 Nissan Navara on sale Nissan Australia has released the new 2012 Nissan Navara, which comes with equipment upgrades and a wider spread of diesel availability throughout the range. Nissan's robust 3.0-litre turbo-diesel unit, producing 170kW and 550Nm, is now available... |
| Posted: 14 Feb 2012 07:16 PM PST U.K. Government Would Fight Vauxhall Plant Closing Britain's Dept. for Business tells the Financial Times it would attempt to block any effort by General Motors Co. to shutter its Vauxhall assembly plant in Ellesmere Port, England. The facility employs about 2,800 workers. The Wall Street Journal reported last week that GM plans to step up restructuring of its [...] |
| Posted: 14 Feb 2012 06:33 PM PST Facelift Besturn B70 to launch this year The B70 has been on the market since 2006 and its starting to show, the 70 is based on the last generation Mazda6 and was designed by the Italian designer Giugiaro at Italdesign. For one of the first 'big name' brands from state owned Chinese automotive manufacturers the B70 has proven to be a hit, [...] |
| Posted: 14 Feb 2012 05:49 PM PST Energy Conversion Devices Files for Bankruptcy Energy Conversion Devices Inc., a solar technology company, has filed for Chapter 1, citing its current capital structure and legacy costs. Auburn Hills, Mich.-based ECD also was known for inventing the modern nickel-metal-hydride battery. But the company sold its Ovonic Battery unit to BASF SE for $58 million the day before [...] |
| Posted: 14 Feb 2012 05:49 PM PST  SEAT llevará el pequeño Mii también a México Filed under: SEAT, Industria, Utilitarios, Compactos, Hatchbacks El más pequeño de la familia SEAT será comercializado también en México durante este mismo año. No sabemos los motores ni opciones con las que estará disponible el Mii, pero supondrá un vehículo importante para aquellos clientes a los que el Ibiza se les iba de precio. Además del pequeño Mii, este año también serán comercializados los nuevos León, otro modelo estrella de la firma y... |
| Posted: 14 Feb 2012 05:49 PM PST BorgWarner Sets Annual Sales, Profit Records BorgWarner Inc. net earnings surged 46% to a record $550 million last year from $377 million in 2010 as sales grew 26% to a record $7.1 billion. Sales increased 11% to $1.3 billion at the company's engine unit and 27% to $420 million at its drivetrain unit. The continuing shift in [...] |
| Posted: 14 Feb 2012 05:06 PM PST  Audi RS4 Avant Dopo aver svelato la TT RS plus, Audi mostra al mondo la nuova RS4 Avant. La terza generazione della super giardinetta tedesca rispetta tutte le promesse che vi abbiamo anticipato in questi mesi: sotto al suo cofano scalpita il V8 4.2 FSI ad iniezione diretta ed alto regime di rotazione, capace di erogare l'elevatissima potenza di 450 CV a 8.250 rpm e ben 430 Nm di coppia massima fra i 4000... |
| Posted: 14 Feb 2012 05:06 PM PST  Video: Canadian takes over seven years to dig out basement using R/C construction equipment Filed under: Etc., Toys/Games, Humor Radio-controlled cars and trucks truly are a labor of love. An expensive hobby no matter which way you slice it, the costs get exponentially higher the more scale accurate you try to make your machines. And when you're talking R/C construction equipment, we'd wager that hundreds of dollars quickly turn into thousands of dollars. Now that we've established that R/C machinery is an expensive hobby, let's talk about... |
| Posted: 14 Feb 2012 05:06 PM PST  If you were 95% dependent on imported oil, you'd want EVs, too Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Green Culture The state of Hawaii is ramping up efforts to encourage electric-vehicle adoption by increasing the number of electric vehicle and charging station rebates it gives out this year. There's little wonder why this is important, since Hawaii is the country's most oil-dependent state and is looking to boost renewable-energy use. Under Hawaii's "EV Ready" program, publicly accessible electric-vehicle charging stations will be installed in all of the state's... |
| Posted: 14 Feb 2012 05:06 PM PST 2014 Volkswagen Passat spy shots Volkswagen has been spotted testing a prototype version of the upcoming Volkswagen Passat in extreme winter conditions in Europe. The next-generation Passat will be built on Volkswagen Group's new MQB platform, which will underpin the new Audi A3... |
| Posted: 14 Feb 2012 05:06 PM PST  El Audi RS4 Avant nos visita antes de hora Filed under: Audi, Salón del Automóvil de Ginebra, Deportivos, Familiares Haz clic en la foto para saltar a la galería [Actualización: Todas las fotos oficiales (y son unas cuantas). En cuanto a su fecha de lanzamiento, podemos contarte que saldrá a la venta en otoño, a un precio de 76.600 euros en Alemania.] No debería haber hecho acto de presencia hasta más tarde, bien metidos en la media noche si seguimos los horribles horarios... |
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