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Automotive RSS FeedsThe VW Beetle is rubbish - Volkswagen has thrown its weight behind a project to cover a New Beetle in waste. Spark plugs, motherboards, bottle tops, you name it, it's there. If by chance you're reading this in Mumbai or Germany, there's a chance to see the car for yourself....Feed Source: www.just-auto.com How car show launches usedtabe... - Superb archive photo, apparently from the 1951 Chicago motor show, of the public launch of the Kaiser Silver Dragon.
Milestone info from Hemmings.com - looks like quite a lot of money was spent even for the time; just count the people on stage and the orchestra.... European capacity questions will get louder - With the European car market facing a decline in 2012, the focus is set to swing to that hoary old chestnut, excess production capacity. In a rising market, capacity utilisation may be going up and that can swing things so that vulnerable plants are kept in production. The 'rising tide' makes them look better than they really are and companies may feel that they can do without the distraction of shutting a plant and all the fuss it generates. But when the market is going down and capacity utilisation is deteriorating, it's less easy to put the issue to one side and carry on as normal.
Sergio Marchionne has been pretty vocal in lambasting the industry in Europe for not addressing overcapacity. And he is not at all happy about the pricing situation in Europe, either. Others are at fault, naturally.
GOLDING’S TAKE: Marchionne tells rival car makers to... Spare tyres becoming optional extras - The sealant and compressed air can be injected through the tyre valve but the result achieved will depend on the cause of the puncture and how far and fast the flat tyre has been driven on.
In other words, tyre inflator kits only work on small punctures over short distances. A major blow-out cannot be repaired using an inflator kit. If you find yourself in a remote rural spot out of reach of a cell phone signal, you could be facing a long walk to get help.
Yet with automakers under pressure to produce more fuel-efficient cars, it is hardly surprising to see them eliminating the spare wheel, thereby shedding up to 30 pounds in one stroke. While some motorists may be surprised to discover their spare wheel is missing from the boot (trunk), automakers say it is not unsafe to go without.
Here in the UK, there is no specific legal requirement for automakers to include a spare wheel with a vehicle. The only law regarding spare wheels is that, if a ve... When is a target not a target? - Just how do the average CO2 rules and targets in the EU apply to car manufacturers?
The people at cleangreencars.co.uk have a helpful guide.
In 2012, only the lowest polluting 65% of each manufacturer’s range have to meet the official target of 130g/km. Full compliance is not due until 2015. The EU is fond of quoting “130g/km of CO2 by 2012”, but this is simply not the case, they point out. Many will miss the target this year, but the range of loopholes means that fines are unlikely.
Car manufacturers who make heavy cars have a higher target. Take the example of Mercedes: with an average weight of 1661 KG, its current target is 143g/km of CO2, not 130g/km of CO2.
Manufacturers who sell less than 300,000 cars in the EU do not have to meet the target anyway. So, a company that sells fewer than that can continue producing an average of, say 160g/km of CO2, without fear. The only restriction for these companies is that their CO2 ha... Solar windows 1, Prius mirrors 0 - Just when you think you've heard it all, comes this from California Solar windows 1, Prius mirror housings 0.... Trip to the cinema, courtesy of General Motors - I caught the Steven Spielberg directed epic 'War Horse' last night at the flicks.
General Motors' UK PR people kindly invited me (thank you Denis Chick and Uta Deutsch, enjoyed the pre-movie tapas!), along with a few others, on the grounds that Vauxhall had provided some vintage cars for the movie.
The 1911 Vauxhall C-Type “Prince Henry” ( named after Prince Henry of Prussia who sponsored early reliability trials) and 1918 Vauxhall D Type Army Staff Car both feature. The film trailer features the Prince Henry racing against the War Horse across Dartmoor. Watch the trailer here.
Denis Chick, Vauxhall Motors’ Director of Communications said: “Steven Spielberg loved the C-Type Prince Henry but due to its non-conventional controls, an expert was on hand to drive on set to master the centre-mounted throttle and outside gear changes. Mecha... Dodge Dart Mark One - There's been a lot of mention of the new Dodge Dart on j-a recently following the Alfa Romeo Giulietta platform-based car's debut - replacing the Caliber hatchback but a true successor to the Neon sedan - at Detroit earlier this month.
The name's not new, though, and was once appended to a model line rather larger and way more powerful. Here's a trip down memory lane for those of us of a certain age.
These US Chryslers didn't just stay in North America, either. Chrysler Australia built its own Valiant tagged versions of the Dart two-door coupe body shell and similar models, some also using the Dart nameplate, were also built and sold in South Africa, South America and ... Replace the blue form with the red form NOW! DVLA - The DVLA - UK equivalent of the US DMV - has just mailed me, and presumably every other (30m?) vehicle owner in the UK, a new 'red' V5C form, aka logbook, a record of the legal registered 'keeper' as we are referred to over here. I must, a leaflet enclosed in the envelope says, "immediately" destroy my old 'blue' V5C.
Turns out a batch of the old blue forms - presumably blank - has been nicked and the DVLA says it is doing this to prevent fraud.
Questions arise: who forgot to lock a door and allowed the old ones to be pinched in the first place; are they still working for the DVLA on my taxpayer dime, and how much is all this costing the poor old taxpayer anyway? We really should be told.... GMC has a (pricier) future - It's looking increasingly like GM is going to reinvent GMC division as an upscale truck brand.
Regular readers might recall that I wondered aloud about the likelihood of GM culling the brand. For the record, I still wonder about the need for Cadillac when the company has done such an amazing job with Buick in China, plus reinventing it in the US - why not push the latter further upscale?
Back to GMC. Mark Reuss, General Motors' president of North American operations, is being reported as saying that GMC has to "pay its way". To that end, the replacement for the GMC Sierra will apparently become pricier than its twin, the Chevrolet Silverado. Let's see if GMC can make this strategy work. Ford couldn't, not at first. Now it has sort of succeeded by having a rethink: the Lincoln Mark LT failed in the US market, but is still made in tiny numbers for Mexic... Chery crows about sales record - One of my factors for how seriously I take a company's claims is its media-facing website. So it's worth noting that Chery Auto has suddenly lifted its game, as well as its sales.
Were I being kind, I would say that the state-run firm hasn't always had the clearest information on the releases it makes available to the likes of me. I'm all for balance and anyone learning from mistakes so feel compelled to report that Chery has lately been communicating far better. The latest news shows that.
So here's what's impressed me: in calendar 2011, the company claims it sold 'around 643,000' vehicles, of which a record 160,200 were in 'overseas markets'. It wasn't always that well worded, believe me. And here's the impressive bit, which also shows just how the company's SKD and CKD plants are doing the world over - YoY overseas markets' sales are said to be up by a combined 73 percent.
There's still some work to go. The headline of Chery's press release is as follows:... Natural gas prices plunge: which car brands could benefit? - The UK's Financial Times reports the Nymex February gas contract falling to US$2.402 per million British thermal units earlier on Thursday. That's got me thinking about CNG-fuelled cars.
Well, Honda is in pole position in the US market with such vehicles. The old Civic sedan was available in CNG-fuelled form but the sales numbers were never anything to get excited about. Then, American Honda got clever when it came to replacing it, making the new model available in all 50 states for the first time. That was back in October. Slowly, sales have been building. If I were Honda's ad agency I would be hassling the client with suggested campaigns right now, linking the Civic to news reports of plunging traded-gas prices.
'Forget the Civic Hybrid, hey we sold fewer than 5,000 in 2011 anyway, embrace the Civic Natural Gas'. Yes, perhaps my tagline needs work. There again, maybe the car itself could do with a snazzier model name.
If Honda misses this opp... Curious Citroen cinemagraphs - There is something oddly fascinating about Citroen's 'cinemagraphs', still images but with one moving element inside them.
We reported on this before when Citroen issued some of these images to help promote the DS5.
Some more of these subtly animated images have been released that include actions by football players (from Arsenal). Wasn't there an episode of Star Trek in which time apparently stood still, but some people were on a different scale, whizzing around at normal pace as I say, curiously fascinating.
... Hyundai crowbarred off its perch. By Kia. - Last week Dave and self were manning a very busy news desk whilst Graeme and Simon were over in Detroit. Which is my excuse for having taken a week longer than I normally do to glance at the major markets' monthly registrations numbers. So it is that I am only just noticing something big having happened in Korea.
After many, many years, the Hyundai Sonata has been knocked out of the number one slot. The Sonata, which is also a major seller in the USA, is proving to be less popular with the home market crowd. To be fair, car buyers' tastes in South Korea have been shifting in recent years and the car itself is getting close to the mid-point of its lifecycle.
More competition, a gradual opening of the market to foreign competitors but especially the ongoing wave of much-improved new cars are also to blame for the Sonata's fall. Its tumble isn't a big problem for Hyundai, mind. Even though sales plunged by 31 percent to 104,248 units, the larger and higher-margin Grandeur... Fiat's search for a third partner - It certainly is interesting to hear Sergio Marchionne again speaking about the primacy of industrial scale economies, of big automotive alliances and of his preference for Fiat-Chrysler to add a third partner.
PSA is being talked about as a possible suitor yet again. But the big difficulty there is that the gains would require capacity rationalisation in Europe that looks politically troublesome, especially when economies are in a weak phase. Both Fiat and PSA are relatively reliant on the weak European market, share plenty of model/segments overlap. Could be tricky to get the consolidation benefits that look good on paper.
Perhaps adding a strategic partner with a strong position in another world region would make sense? Suzuki on the rebound from VW?
Come to think of it, wasn't the diesel engine deal in which Fiat supplied Suzuki's Indian operation one of the things that put strain on VW-Suzuki'... The BMW 335Li does not officially exist - A long wheelbase version of the new BMW 3 Series is said to be set for a global debut at AutoChina 2012 in April.
BMW might possibly not thank for me informing you that pics of the LWB 3er are all over the web but it's so clearly a well proportioned car that I couldn't not share the news.
Might we see the 3 Series iL exported? I don't see why not. After all, BMW began to ship Shenyang-built long wheelbase 5 Series sedans abroad last month.
As is the case with other major shows throughout this year, we'll publish and republish a constantly updating list of world premieres before and during Bejing's biennial event. I'm currently sniffing around my own sources as well as nagging the official press departments for confirmations of debutantes. The list as ever will only contain models and concepts that have been announced by manufacturers. See our recent... 'Scandal of upbeat car industry news grows' - How great has it been to see so many positive news stories emerge from the Detroit motor show? Might there be something deeper going on?
I possibly over-expose myself to media. But as a writer the only real danger with that is if you stop reading and listening to what others are saying. Do that and you slowly start believing mostly in your own bias, and then, far worse, that most unattractive and dangerous of companions, an outsized ego. Oh the irony of having just written that sentence in a blog.
Back to the point. US media, media in other nations, just about anyone that these journalists pushed a microphone at - all seemed to ooze positivity. Remember that word? It seemed to vanish almost without trace around the third quarter of 2008 for the industry that surrounds the sales of new light vehicles in the US market. Now, life is returning. Possibly, and I will whisper it, strongly.
I've been inspired to bash out ... Marchionne generates huge scrum - I finally met James Cain from GM's financial news section yesterday in the RenCen - once I'd finished the obligatory several circuits of the place getting lost.
James was the spokesman for GM during Saab's recent and prolonged demise and was always on the end of a phone to front up to some fairly hostile Swedish reaction to GM's tough stance on licensing issues.
He also had some fascinating insight into how the iconic RenCen - this year thankfully with less motown music everywhere - was built.
Staying with the RenCen theme, last night's Automotive News World Congress dinner in the building, featured an emotional appearance by British racing driver Dan Wheldon's wife. Wheldon - winner of the Indianapolis 500 Borg-Warner Trophy in 2011 - died at the end of last year in a racing accident and the supplier paid tribute to his short life.
I've been in a few media scrums in my time, but last night's bunfight after Fiat/Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne spoke at th... Detroit with a difference - It was Detroit with a difference this year. Different largely because of the weather.
I’ve been covering this show for 20 years or so and the city has almost always been covered in snow and certainly freezing cold – minus 17C on one occasion.
Standing outside the Cobo Hall on the morning of the second press day, the sun was shining and it was unseasonably warm, +7C – almost unheard of. Exactly a year ago, my connecting flight through New York on the way home was cancelled because of snow storms.
The warmth this year spread through to the inside of the Cobo Hall. This was Detroit Show with a buzz about it even though there is small chance of the market returning the 16m plus of the mid-2000s. Now, the industry has shaken out and finds it can still make money in a market hovering around 13m.
No outrageous giant SUVs and pick-ups this year, the Ford Fusion and the Dodge Dart represented a softer, more environmentally-friendly approach to ne... GMC: you thinking what I'm thinking? - General Motors has four US market divisions. Three of those had new products at the Detroit show. We heard nothing about GMC. I wonder
in fact I've been wondering if GMC has a future ever since last year's announcement about the new Chevrolet Colorado for the Wenztville plant in Missouri. What about a replacement for the current model's twin, the GMC Canyon? On that topic there was only silence. The Canyon hasn't been a strong seller so it's reasonable for GM to replace both it and the Colorado with just one vehicle.
I still wonder about GMC, though. As a brand it was outsold by Jeep last year in the US and it has no markets of notable size outside North America. If you were GM, wouldn't you start to think about merging its products into Chevrolet? In fact, that's what's been going on for some years.
All should be resolved within this calendar year. A small crossover, a production version of the Granite concept, is expected for the 2013 model year, plus of... Clint Eastwood says 'no pro Obama political spin' in Chrysler Super Bowl ad - Actor Clint Eastwood has insisted there was "no spin" in the Chrysler Super Bowl advertisement in which he starred, and that the spot was not meant to reflect a message about the Obama administrative ... Auto Show Celebrates Buffalo's Role in the U.S. Auto Industry - Updated Feb 7, 2012 at 11:40 PM EST BUFFALO, NY (WKBW) - From vehicles born in Buffalo, like the Ford Flex and Ford Edge, to cars the run on Western New York injenuity, like the Chevy Malibu -- ... Nissan quarterly profit rises despite floods, yen - A visitor enters a Nissan Motor Co. showroom at Tokyo's Ginza shopping district Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. Nissan is seeing a 3.2 percent rise in fiscal third quarter profit on healthier sales ... Disney to open new area inspired by 'Cars' in June - ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Disney officials say a new area called Cars Land will open in June at Disney's California Adventure in Anaheim.The Orange County Register reports ( http://bit.ly/wyzis5) the ... More power in store for Shelby GT 500 - CHICAGO -- Ford plans to unveil its 2013 Shelby GT 500 convertible that boasts significantly more power than the outgoing model today at the 2012 Chicago Auto Show.The 2013 Shelby GT 500 has a ... Hyundai expands Elantra lineup - The 2012 Hyundai Elantra is shown at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Monday, Jan. 9, 2012. The Hyundai Elantra edged out the Ford Focus and Volkwagen Passat Monday, Jan. 9, ... Toyota raises profit forecast 11% as production surges - Toyota Senior Managing Officer Takahiko Ijichi at a news conference at Toyota's Tokyo headquarters on Tuesday. / Shizuo Kambayashi/Associated ... GM putting new team in charge of Europe; UAW President Bob King to join Opel board - General Motors is putting a new team in place to fix its troubled European operations, setting up the likelihood of more job cuts and even plant closings.When GM reports fourth-quarter earnings next ... Toyota lifts profit forecast as 2011 disaster woes fade - TOKYO -- Toyota's quarterly profit slid 13.5 percent on production setbacks caused by last year's tsunami disaster and the flooding in Thailand, but Japan's top automaker raised its ... Kia Rio three-door hatch, four-door sedan launched - The three-door hatch and four-door sedan variants of the Kia Rio are now available in Australia, completing the line-up that launched in September 2011 ... Mazda3 Maxx Sport Review - The Toyota Corolla had looked set to become the car to make local history, but instead it was the Mazda3. It has been a case of 'when not if' that a small car would finally end the Holden ... GM set to restructure Opel amid substantial losses - General Motors is expected to release poor financial figures for its European Opel/Vauxhall unit with the company demanding deep cuts from European labour unions to insure the future of its European ... Aston Martin Zagato heading to Australia - The Aston Martin Zagato is set for production from September with a limited run of just 150 units. Priced from 330,000 ($487,000) plus delivery, local duty and taxes, the hand-built Vantage based ... Chrysler to pay bonuses a month early - Chrysler Group Chairman and CEO Sergio Marchionne (R-L), Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn, United Auto Workers Region 4 Director Ron McInroy and Belvidere Mayor Frederic C. Brereton sit on stage during an ... B.C. man pleads guilty to selling collectible cars online that he didn’t own - Dozens of RCMP officers surrounded a rural property in central Alberta on Tuesday night after a daylight gun battle that killed one man and sent two Mounties to hospital with bullet ... How Affordable is the Prius c - : One, Two, Three and Four. But how affordable is this sub-$19,000 hybrid versus traditional subcompact cars that get decent mileage without the hybrid system or higher starting price? It turns out ... Cars.com Reviews the 2012 Toyota Prius c - Toyota's smallest hybrid, the Prius c, promises big fuel economy and a small price. But how does it drive? That's what Managing Editor David Thomas discovered during his test of the new ... Auto industry may miss 2011/12 sales target- Industry body - car sales growth expectation of 0-2 per cent in the fiscal year that ends in March if sales continue at their current pace, an industry body executive said on Wednesday. Car sales ... Super Bowl auto ads scoring high online - Automakers' big investment in Super Bowl ads has paid off with more than 80 million viewers on the Internet.That's on top of the 111 million people who saw the ads as they watched the big ... Chrysler's hourly employees to get bonuses Friday - Chrysler Group LLC's 26,000 U.S. hourly employees will get their profit-sharing bonus checks Friday, according to an email CEO Sergio Marchionne sent late Monday to local union leaders, a copy ... New energy supplies may rock orthodox auto beliefs - New discoveries of natural gas threaten to overturn many assumptions about energy supplies and may also bring big changes in the way cars are powered.When the conventional wisdom had it that ... GM exec to turn car buying trip into Disney-like ride - The manager of General Motors Co.'s Orion Assembly Plant, whom executives credit with helping keep the factory from shuttering during bankruptcy restructuring, is being tapped to make the ... Cabot’s Carbon Black Pigment Chosen for Halsan’s Automotive Coatings - Taiwan-based Halsan Paint & Color has chosen EMPEROR 1800 carbon black from Cabot, a global specialty chemical and performance materials company, for use in its next-generation automotive ... The Cars Men Lust After Most - Lust is a relative term. One man's object of desire is another man's reject, and there's no accounting for taste. Cars are like anything else: What you enjoy might not be enjoyed by ... 10 Largest Auto Recalls in History - automakers . Companies that diligently raise a recall flag run the risk that their competition will use the recall as an example of their own brand's superiority; those caught hiding a known ... Angier insurance agent linked to illegal auto title scheme - Lillington, N.C. - A Harnett County insurance agent faces hundreds of charges in what state officials say was a scheme to issue bogus vehicle titles to Latinos.Dalia Soto Urbina, 42, of 35 Good ... Hunt for cars vandal - POLICE are on the hunt for the person responsible for thousands of dollars worth of damage to vehicles parked in an inner-city street on Monday ... TD driving hard for auto loans - Auto mechanics have seen the trend coming, as rising numbers of aging cars show up in their garages. Now the banks are taking notice.North Americans are holding on to their vehicles longer than ever ... Rear axle service simplified - Rear differential service, for regular maintenance or for repair work such as replacing leaking seals, often involves removing rear axles and draining and replacing differential fluid. Frankly, ... Discontinued spare tires could fall flat for unprepared motorists - Tire dealers may have an opportunity to assist their customers in assembling an effective in-car backup kit should they experience a flat tire while on the road. As some automakers are now ... Porsche 911 being readied for Falken's Le Mans competition team - Falken has taken delivery of its American Le Mans Series 2012 Porsche 911 GT3 RSR at Chicago’s O’Hare airport, transporting the car south to the tire maker’s Indianapolis ... Gillard wants auto workers to push Libs - Prime Minister Julia Gillard has told automotive industry workers the government is "all ears" and urged them to continue pressuring the coalition to support the ... Toyota Adds 2nd Production Shift in Mississippi - Toyota's Mississippi plant added a second production shift Monday, marking a milestone for the automaker's newest plant. Toyota Motor Manufacturing Mississippi has about 2,000 working ... Second City spoofs Chrysler ad, says sometimes it takes 2 punches for a KO - The Second City made a short spoof of the Chrysler "Halftime in America" ad, posting it to their YouTube channel today. The ad features an actor speaking in a raspy, deep voice, ... GM promotes Orion Twp. plant manager Alicia Boler-Davis to division VP - Alicia Boler-Davis, 41, the first person to be plant manager and vehicle line executive/vehicle chief engineer simultaneously at GM, speaks with the Detroit Free Press at GM Orion Township Assembly, ... Ex-President George W. Bush tells auto dealers he'd bail out automakers again - LAS VEGAS -- Former President George W. Bush, who extended bridge loans to the auto industry as one of his administration's last acts, told auto dealers Monday he would do it all again.Bush ... Toyota execs tell dealers 19 new models on way, including next Avalon - LAS VEGAS -- Toyota executives told dealers at a convention Monday there are 19 new models coming in 2012, including a new more fuel-efficient Toyota Avalon due in November, according to a dealer in ... The Safest Small Cars - Click for full photo gallery: The Safest Small Cars The good news is that traffic fatalities are at historic lows, thanks in large part to increasingly sophisticated auto designs, advanced safety ... Is Clint Eastwood a Democrat - Democrat? Republican? It's a head scratcher. Actor and director Clint Eastwood shown here at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington in early February ... Renault luxury car to be co-developed with Mercedes-Benz - A new flagship Renault co-developed with Daimler subsidiary Mercedes-Benz is on the way. The vehicle is expected to borrow one of the German carmaker’s platforms, and luxury vehicle ... Volkswagen Golf GTI and R Cabriolet coming - Volkswagen is likely to unveil a production version of a Golf GTI and R Cabriolet at next month’s Geneva Motorshow, according toAutoExpress. If it’s true, it will make for a pair of ... Skoda Superb Scout winter spy shots - Skoda has been spotted testing a prototype version of the upcoming Skoda Superb Scout. This will be a jumped up version of the Superb, sitting on the ... special badges possible but no sub-brand - Hyundai is considering special badges for its higher-end models such as the Genesis Coupe that will be eventually sold in Australia, but the company has ruled out creating a luxury sub-brand that ... Trucks are causing problems - Cronin - Cape Town - Heavy duty trucks are causing many of the road safety and infrastructure problems in Mpumalanga and the North West, Deputy Transport Minister Jeremy Cronin said on ... AMC Pacer Pontiac Aztek Another You pick the worst - Among the bad cars that have been produced in America, what's the worst that was ever sold? A lot of vehicles come to mind. The remarkably ugly 1975 AMC Pacer? Here’s what the ... The Untold Obama Connection - Two members of the creative team that produced the two-minute minute spot for ad agency Wieden+Kennedy donated their personal time in 2008 to make pro-Obama ... Wireless Charging As You Drive For Electric Cars - A Stanford University research team has designed a high-efficiency charging system that uses magnetic fields to wirelessly transmit large electric currents between metal coils placed several feet ... 'I'd Do It Again' - "I didn't want there to be 21 percent unemployment," Bush said Monday in the closing speech at National Automobile Dealers Association convention in Las Vegas, according to Bloomberg. ... Gas Prices Could Hit $4 a Gallon by May - If you think we're out of the woods when it comes to high gas prices, think again. Prices at the pump, which have risen 19 cents over the past four weeks, are said to jump by another 60 cents ... US cars with Soviet parts - The US trade embargo with Cuba is 50 years old and Washington shows no sign of ending it. In Havana, the BBC's Sarah Rainsford asks how Cubans have learnt to adapt. The classic American cars ... Nikkei hits fresh 3-month high, Toyota jumps - yen , which offset worries after Greek leaders delayed a decision yet again on unpopular terms of a new European bailout. The benchmark Nikkei gained 0.7 percent to 8,981.03, hitting a fresh ... Hyundai to return to premium car market with Elantra & Sonata sedans - Sonata sedans over the next couple of months, a top official said. "We would fill the vacuum in the premium car space with two new cars lined up this ... House panel approves bill to block E15 - A House panel approved a bill Tuesday that would block the Environmental Protection Agency from allowing the use of a higher blend of ethanol for use in vehicles without further study.The Science ... Moody's gives Honda's credit negative rating - Honda Motor Co . and its affiliates' credit rating outlook was cut to negative from stable Monday by Moody's Investors Service on concern the automaker faces "significant ... Rolls Royce market buoyant despite recession signals - He seems to have a gifted touch when it comes to British motoring icons as he was instrumental in re-launching the Mini brand between 2000 and 2003 and rescuing it from nostalgic abandon and giving ... Welcome to the university of the future - The Russian Foreign Minister said yesterday that the Syrian President was committed to stopping bloodshed but, even as crowds cheered Sergei Lavrov in Damascus, government artillery was shelling ... Fremont Insurance Co. Ratings Upgraded; Auto Club Group Affirmed - A.M. Best Co. has upgraded the financial strength rating (FSR) to A (Excellent) from A- (Excellent) and issuer credit rating (ICR) to "a" from "a-" of Fremont Insurance Co. ... Too Many Kids Breathe Others’ Smoke in Cars - Texting while driving, speeding and back-seat action aren’t all that parents need to worry about when their kids are in cars: Add secondhand smoke to the list. In the first national estimate ... BBB Offers Advice to Avoid Auto Repair Scams - Updated Feb 7, 2012 at 1:33 PM EST (BBB news release) When your vehicle needs repairs, you don't need a crash course in auto mechanics, but you should know how to find a reliable shop and ... Yukon Gear, Axle supporting driving team - Yukon Gear and Axle will be supporting a team of 13 core King of the Hammers drivers at this years race in Johnson Valley, CA commencing on Feb. 10, 2012. Yukon Gear and Axle will be on the lakebed ... Ride along with Continental Tire at Daytona - The 2012 GRAND-AM season kicks off at Daytona International Speedway for the 50th running of the Rolex 24 At Daytona, January 26 - 29. Over 100 entrants across both the Rolex Sports Car and ... Mercedes-Benz Cars Star in Fashion Social Network - Mercedes-Benz is empowering fashion enthusiasts all over the country to explore their personal style through a social platform that allows for the creation of virtual "sets" powered by ... Super Bowl Auto Ad Crashes Into Politics - The White House and Obama re-election campaign had no role in Chrysler's "Halftime in America" Super Bowl ad, but that doesn't mean they weren't applauding on Monday. The ... Among Super Bowl Ads, the Stars Were the Cars - Lots of dogs and babies appeared in commercial advertisements for Super Bowl XLVI, but game-day ads also increasingly are pointing to social media handles, such as Twitter and Facebook. It's ... Detroit, the metaphor for, well, everything - in her Forbes.com commentary that Detroit has become a movable metaphor for a variety of American issues. Unfortunately, as Maynard points out, the commercial portrayal of Detroit as ... Why Detroit loves Clint Eastwood - Clint Eastwood's Chrysler Super Bowl commercial shouldn't be seen as political. Americans watched the ad and saw Detroit staring back at them - a proud industrial giant, clawing its way ... Emergency meeting looks at rise in students hit by cars - ORANGE CITY -- A disturbing trend in the number of students hit by vehicles since the beginning of the school year has parents in Volusia County worried. Since August, 17 students have been struck ... Chrysler, Dirty Harry and the bailout | Jon Talton - partisan shilling for President Obama. Eastwood and Chrysler deny it. What's undeniable is that Mr. Obama, despite tremendous political pressure to do nothing, used federal money to keep ... 'I'd do it again' - "Sometimes circumstances get in the way of philosophy," said George W. Bush during his speech last week in Las Vegas, referring to his normal stand in favor of free ... Profits slip, but Toyota offers brighter outlook - Surrounded by reporters, executive director Takahiko Ichiji of Japan's auto maker Toyota (C) answers questions during a press conference in Tokyo on February 7, ... How to own Toyota Motor for free - TEL AVIV (MarketWatch) -- In its 75-year-old corporate history, the Japanese automobile maker Toyota Motor has distinguished itself in a number of ways. Sure, it can count as its biggest fan Larry ... Cars That Need a Nose Job - ', 'alt': 'ferrarif12012.jpg', 'source':'Ferrari'} , {'title': 'lotus f1', 'media': {'m': ... Renault-Nissan to buy Russian firm in stages - Renault SA and affiliate Nissan Motor Co. may pay for their planned 50 percent stake in OAO AvtoVAZ over two years as goals are met, according to an executive at the Russian carmaker's ... Toyota Raises Profit Outlook on a Long Road to Recovery - Japan ese earthquake and tsunami and Taiwan floods has come earlier than anticipated, but it still missed analyst expectations. The company bumped its net profit fiscal-year outlook to about $2.61 ... FIAL to reach full capacity at Rajangaon unit post Maruti deal - Fiat India Automobiles Ltd (FIAL), a JV between Fiat and Tata Motors, today said it will achieve 100 per cent capacity utilisation at its manufacturing facility at Ranjangaon, near Pune. The plant ... North Carolina Continues Auto Regulation Debate As Rates Stay Same for 2012 - Auto insurers in North Carolina are once again divided over the prospect of changing how the state sets insurance rates with some insurers advocating for rate deregulation while others are ... Imported Cars in Taiwan Take Record-high Market Share in 2011 - Taipei, Feb. 7, 2012 (CENS)--The market share of imported cars in Taiwan rose to 25% in 2011, with many upscale brands mapping out high growth goals for 2012. In January, several import brands ... Voting now open for 2012 ASA Board elections - Automotive Service Association (ASA) national board of directors are being held now through the end of March. All regular members in good standing with ASA are eligible to vote for one position ... Mopar marks 75th anniversary, unveils four custom vehicles - Mopar engineering lab in Center Line, has revealed four custom vehicles to celebrate the company's 75th anniversary. The custom vehicles include the Mopar '12 ... Federal-Mogul launches Market Connect mobile training for auto technicians - Federal-Mogul , a leader in providing technical training and technician support from its St. Louis Technical Education Center (TEC), has announced that it is enhancing its training and ... 3M contest offers NASCAR tickets, experiences - 3M Ford Fusion team? Want to go to a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series™ race or attend the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champions Week™ or win 10 months of free 3M™ PPS™ products for ... Caliber acquires 101 Collision and its five locations - Caliber Collision Centers acquired its 100th repair facility with an agreement to acquire 101 Collision and its five Southern California locations in Westlake Village, Burbank, Oxnard, Santa ... Auto insurance claims satisfaction steady, J.D. Powers says - Overall customer satisfaction with the auto claims experience remained stable during the fourth quarter of 2011, despite an increase in the number of auto insurance claims and the amount of ... Kia Track-ster concept teaser #2 - first glimpse of the Track-ster last week and this additional image reveals the rear lights and further emphasis the vehicle's flared wheel arches. As with a few of Kia's recent concepts, ... 2012 Red Bull Racing RB8 + Infiniti - The Formula One world champions are back for 2012 with an all-new car, the Red Bull Racing RB8. Since the team’s inception in 2005, Red Bull Racing has gone on to win two back-to-back world ... Clean Systems adds auto-packaging lines - Clean Systems Inc., a De Pere company that supplies cleaning products to car washes and the wider transportation industry, has experienced growth in international and domestic market share, ... Was Clint Eastwood ‘Political’ in Chicago Chrysler Commercial - Super Bowl XLVI commercial featuring Clint Eastwood has sparked innumerous debates about whether it talks about America's most economically distressed city or if it is a campaign ad for ... World's Top Five Most Expensive Cars Sold at Auction [SLIDESHOW] - looks at the top five most expensive cars ever sold at auction. The GTO is not the most expensive. Cars such as the Bugatti Veyron retail new for about £1m, but this is loose change compared ... Dodge Dart Adds Thousands of Jobs Near Chicago - had actor Clint Eastwood declaring America's "second half's about to begin." In Belvidere, Ill., that second half could include nearly 3,000 auto jobs. Most of them will come to ... Mahindra & Mahindra sees FY13 tractor sales rising 8-10 pc - tractor sales to grow 8 to 10 percent in the year to March 2013, said Pawan Goenka, president of the company's automotive and farm equipment sectors, on Tuesday. Mahindra, one of the ... New union officials to negotiate Hyundai wage agreement - CHENNAI: An entirely new team of office bearers of the United Union of Hyundai Employees (UUHE) will hold wage negotiations at the country's second largest car manufacturing ... Applicant with spotless credit record is simply too good to exist - Russia's Foreign Minister arrived in Syria for talks with President Bashar Assad today as the army bombarded the rebel city of Homs for a fifth day. The delegation of Russian officials, led ... Patrol cars targeted in break-ins; weapons taken - Law enforcement officials believe an organized group is responsible for stealing weapons, bulletproof vests and ammunition from several patrol ... Copyright © 2012, Stop Identity Theft Now. 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