Pedigree of the Brands - A Different View of the Story... ...Many of us own cars which come from rather famous brands. Plenty of times, even if you hate to admit it, the badge is the main reason to look at a certain car and, in the end, it's the decisive reason in actually choosing the "perfect"model. OK, there ... Continue reading >
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The National Truck Equipment Association (NTEA) Work Truck Show has brought to the public Navistar’s International TerraStar Class 4/5 commercial truck. The new truck has a new range of commercial-duty features, like a MaxxForce 7 V8 diesel engine or the ...
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Nissan Motor Thailand (NMT) has just officially announced that production on the new Nissan March in under way. The event was celebrated with more than 200 guests and employees, including representatives from the Thai government and Trirong Suwanakiri, deputy prime ...
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It’s official, all-electric vehicles are spreading everywhere. Just recently Mitsubishi Motors Australia Limited (MMAL) has announced that it received two full-production i-MiEV electric vehicles.
The vehicles’ arrival into the Port of Brisbane was ...
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US traffic seems to have become safer. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, the number of overall traffic fatalities reported at the end of 2009 reached the lowest level since 1954, dropping for the 15th consecutive quarter.
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Daimler Trucks To Enter New MarketsINDUSTRYDaimler Trucks, the world’s largest heavy trucks manufacturer is planing to expand its business to new markets, such as China, in order to maintain its market leader status. The producer is making efforts to compensate its falling market share - last year, the company’s market share dropped from 15.2 percent to 11 percent, as Bloomberg reports. At the beginning of the year, the German company announced that it had won the Chinese government’s approval for a joint-business with China’s No. 1 commercial vehicle producer, Beiqi Foton Motor. The two companies had decided to create an equally owned joint venture in 2009. The new business is scheduled to build production sites in China, India, Russia and Brazil, and build trucks under both Daimler and Foton ... >> Read more |
Toyota and the AFC champion Indianapolis Colts have just announced that they signed a new three-year contract which maintains the automaker’s status as “Official Vehicle of the Indianapolis Colts.” This has happened after a successful one-year ...
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Yokohama has just announced that it will introduce its new all-position waste and sanitation tire, called MY627W, at the Mid-America Trucking Show (MATS). The show will take place in March 25-27, at the Kentucky Expo Center in Louisville, Kentucky.
The new MY627W is ...
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Everything it’s for sale, as long as you have enough money, at least that’s what Aston Martin thinks. According to autoexpress.co.uk, at the launch of the new Cygnet and DB9 UB-2010, Aston Martin design director Marek Reichman said that he was looking ...
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Fleet sales are extremely important whether we talk about cars, trucks or buses, especially in times of recession. As selling has became more and more difficult, Daimler Buses has just announced an important contract which states that the automaker will deliver a total ...
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Aussies have just received another premium car dealership, as the Audi Centre Newcastle will be officially opened today. Audi Australia’s managing director, Mr Uwe Hagen, along with owner and dealer principal, Mr Wayne Sanders will take part at the opening ...
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The Dealer of the Year Awards have never been more important as they are this year. The recession made car sales drop all over the world and forced dealers to struggle for each sale, especially in the US where premium European brands usually sold big volumes.
BMW of ...
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How does a police squad get a 40,000 pounds Audi Q7? Simple, they seize it. It happened in Glasgow, Scotland, where the police managed to seize the car from a criminal gang operating in the north of the city. The Q7 is now being used by the Strathclyde Police ...
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Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India (HMSI) revealed plans to build a second motorcycle production plant to meet the company's annual 20 percent increase in demand on the local market. HMSI will therefore acquire approximately 240,000 square meters of land within ...
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Mark Reuss, GM North America President, hosted a live webchat to talk about GM North America, its plans and products, giving us some suggestions on the things we should expect from GM in the near future. One possible product that could be released in the next few years ...
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Though most of the media channels insist that some of the world’s economies are recovering, and the depression is over, we can still feel the aftershocks. Just today Ralliart, a Japanese high-performance subsidiary of Mitsubishi, has announced that it is ...
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American carmaker Ford announced it has named a new Ford ASEAN President, effective April 1, 2010. Peter Fleet, the man who will be in charge with managing and growing the integrated operations across Ford's ASEAN markets (Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia ...
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Unfortunately, reports concerning the stuck accelerator pedal on various Toyota models keep coming and although the Japanese manufacturer says its recall goes according to the plan, new incidents occur all over the world. A few days ago, we told you about a runaway ...
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It looks like the Volkswagen Group’s Porsche “throughout your life” commercials, that showed the experience offered by a 911 - from a man’s childhood to his maturity, when he eventually owns one - weren’t just marketing exercises, as ...
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One of the most important tasks for General Motors is now to pay back the government loans it received in both the United States and Canada, while forcing to re-become competitive and refresh the product lineup. GM CEO Ed Whitacre says the US-based manufacturer is ...
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Last year, General Motors announced its decision to walk away from the NUMMI deal and leave Toyota to decide the fate of the joint venture. Just as expected, the Japanese manufacturer decided to shut down the facility, a process that will be completed in 2010. However, ...
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