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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 ... 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 ... Toyota raises profit forecast to $3.5bn - Toyota Motor Corp raised its full-year profit forecast by more than a third as it cuts costs, trims spending and expects Japanese government schemes to boost sales. Japan's No 1 automaker now ... New ASCS Sprint racing team formed - Two-time ASCS National Sprint Car Champion Jason Johnson and 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series Champion Ricky Stenhouse Jr. have announced that they have partnered to launch an all-new team called ... 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 ... Toyota raises annual profit forecast, eyes sales recovery - Toyota Motor Corp raised its full-year profit forecast by more than a third as it cuts costs, trims spending and expects Japanese government schemes to boost sales, though the guidance was still ... 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 ... Government to limit use of cars - Government agencies have been told to stop using official vehicles one day a week based on their license plate numbers, according to a notification for an energy-saving and emission reduction ... 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 ... Toyota Execs Tell Dealers 19 New Models on Way, Including Next Avalon - 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 ... 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 ... Toyota boosts earnings forecast for current fiscal year - Earthquakes, floods, a strong Japanese yen – just about everything has conspired to hold Toyota Motor Corp. back. But with the world’s No. 3 automaker recovering from the natural ... 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 forecasts stronger results as disaster woes fade - (AP) 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 ... 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 ... Chrysler's hourly employees to get bonuses early - Chrysler Group LLC CEO Sergio Marchionne praised the spirit of cooperation between his company and its factory workers in the United States and said hourly employees will receive their annual ... 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 ... Car sales make strong start to 2012 - Official figures show that new car sales made a strong start to 2012, up 6.5% in January compared with the same month last year. The Central Statistics Office said 14,507 new cars were registered ... Toyota posts 51% surge in Q3 profit - (MENAFN) Toyota Motor Corp said that third-quarter operating profit soared 51 percent to USD1.95 billion, beating earlier forecasts, reported Reuters.Japan's top carmaker added that in the ... 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, ... Brisk U.S. Sales Lift Toyota's Profit Forecast for the Year - Toyota Motor raised its annual profit forecast Tuesday despite a decline in its quarterly profit, as brisker sales in the United States gave the Japanese automaker a much-needed lift after a year ... Fisker Automotive lays off workers while renegotiating government loan - 2012 Fisker Karma Fisker Automotive, an electric car maker that received a half-billion-dollar loan from the federal government, said Monday that it has laid off workers in Delaware and ... 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 ... Toyota posts lower 3Q profit but raises outlook - Bloomberg reports that the forecast still falls short of analysts' expectations, but it reflects confidence after last year's results were hurt by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan and ... 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 ... Chrysler’s ‘half-time in America’ ad sparks furore - Clint Eastwood in Chrysler's controversial 'it's half-time in America" ad, which aired during Super Bowl XVLI on Sunday. So what exactly was Chrysler Group selling in its ... Automakers stand out at Superbowl - Eastwood, Chrysler: No political message in Super Bowl ad But there were differences, Calkins said."It has the feel of a political ad because it was really speaking to the big issues facing our ... Mitsubishi Motors to end Europe production - TOKYO -- Japan's Mitsubishi Motors said Monday it would stop manufacturing automobiles in Europe by the end of 2012, blaming a difficult operating environment in the debt-hit ... Honda Civic SUV planned - Honda has taken note of Nissan's success with the Dualis and wants to replicate a similar type of sales victory with its latest project - a new crossover based on the Honda Civic. Our ... Toyota Q3 jumps, sees "tough race" in North America - A 2013 Toyota Prius V hybrid is displayed on the final press preview day for the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan, January 10, ... Mahindra’s XUV500 registers over 25,000 bookings in second phase - XUV 5OO in the second phase of its bookings. The company had re-opened bookings for XUV 5OO from the 25th of January to 3rd of February across 19 cities in India, namely Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, ... M&M readies bid for bankrupt Saab - Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M ), which is among the four companies to show interest in Swedish automaker Saab, has signed a confidentiality agreement with the bankrupt company and is in the ... Pols miss Chrysler ad's true message - Leave it to the politicians and their minions to selectively interpret Chrysler Group LLC's "Halftime in America" Super Bowl ad starring Clint Eastwood.Team Obama is touting the ... GOP, Dems play political football with Chrysler spot - Las Vegas -Chrysler Group LLC CEO Sergio Marchionne defended the company's Super Bowl ad against Republican claims it was endorsing the Obama administration.Democrats and the White House ... 'I'd do it again' - Las Vegas- Former President George W. Bush defended his decision to bail out General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC at the end of his administration."I'd do it again," Bush told ... UAW's Bob King to serve on Opel board - General Motors Co. will name United Auto Workers President Bob King to the supervisory board of its German subsidiary, Adam Opel AG, according to a source familiar with the situation.The supervisory ... Ford to sell $1B in bonds - Ford Motor Co. is marketing $1 billion of bonds backed by loans to car dealers as the relative yields investors demand to own the debt drop to a six-month low, according to a person familiar with ... Lanair announces winner of waste oil promotion - Lanair's Free Waste Oil Heater. Located in Berlin, WI at 713 Broadway Street, they chose an MX-200 Waste Oil Heater for its building as the winning prize. Berlin Oil has been in business ... I-CAR introduces course, webcast on high-strength steel repairs - I-CAR will introduce its newest course, Best Practices for High-Strength Steel Repairs (SPS09) on February 27 and will follow that up with a free webcast Feb. 28 under the same title. The ... Food trucks lack letter grades - Meet San Diego's food trucks The explosion of San Diego's gourmet food trucks, serving everything from seared ahi and grass-fed sliders to New England lobster rolls, has brought them a ... Legislative Summit to discuss Right to Repair, NLRB, Magnuson-Moss - A ftermarket Legislative Summit in Washington, D.C., March 14-15, will have a unique opportunity to discuss issues critical to the competitive future of the independent aftermarket face-to-face ... Obama administration proposes small business assistance - small- business growth. The administration’s package: Eliminates taxes on capital gains from investments in small businesses Provides a 10 percent tax credit for companies that ... Continental conducting contest to name TrukFix program's mascot - Bragging rights for creative prowess and ownership of an iPad 2 are at stake in a new contest from Continental that seeks to name the mascot of its emergency road service program for commercial ... Bosch hosts weekly Facebook contest - Iridium Spark Plugs to one contest winner drawn at random each week during the promotion, which runs from Jan. 9 to April 1, 2012. The prize alternates each week. To enter the contest, ... Yokohama raising prices by up to 8 percent on its consumer tires - Yokohama is increasing prices by up to 8 percent on all of its consumer tires sold in the U.S., which include passenger car, performance and light truck tires. The increase will go into effect ... Service King names VP of Houston market - Service King Collision Repair Centers , was named vice president of the Houston market. The announcement was made by Chris Abraham, president of Service King, who in November 2008, began ... Polk shares data with email marketing company - Polk has entered into a business agreement with CityTwist, one of the largest national email marketing companies in the U.S., to provide proprietary in-market timing and consumer brand affinity ... 3M donates $125,000 in tape to 112 schools - Collision Repair Education Foundation (CREF) to 112 secondary and post-secondary collision programs nationwide. ';In today’s tough economic climate and educational budget cuts, ... Mitsubishi to wind up Europe plant over debt - PHOTO/FILE A Mitsubishi Outlander sports model produced by NedCar, a Japan's Mitsubishi Motors production unit in the Netherlands. The Japanese car-maker has decided to withdraw production in ... President Bush tells dealers he would aid Chrysler and GM again - President George W. Bush answers questions from 2011 NADA Chairman Stephen W. Wade during the general session at the NADA Convention and Expo in Las Vegas Feb. 6, 2012. / ... Will The Yen's Rise Hurt Toyota and Honda - If you were paying attention in our Japan lesson in the School of Pipsology, you can skip on right ahead and see the cool stuff.If not, then shame on you! Here's a quick crash course on the ... 'I'd do it again' - Las Vegas- Former President George W. Bush defended his decision to bailout General Motors Corp. and Chrysler Group LLC in the waning days of his administration."I'd do it again," ... Now the bankers form a line to bash No 10 - The two main Palestinian factions are to form a transitional unity government to prepare for elections this year. But the breakthrough raised many ... As small-car sales expand, Ontario’s importance shrinks - TM-N said Monday that it has added a second shift at its plant near Tupelo, Miss., which is scheduled to crank out its full capacity of 150,000 compact Corolla models this year, compared with just ... Too many kids breathe others’ smoke in cars, CDC says - CHICAGO o Texting while driving, speeding and back-seat hanky-panky aren't all that parents need to worry about when their kids are in cars: Add secondhand smoke to the ... Salt Lake City Police cars tagged by vandals - Sometime Saturday night someone spray painted the letter "TCG" on two patrol cars at two different addresses. The letters "BK" also were painted on the right front fenders of the ... Cars That Broke Through the Super Bowl Clutter - Image by Getty Images via @daylife Including pre-game, 52 auto spots appeared during NBC's telecast, pitching everything from Hyundais and Toyotas to Volkswagens and Dodge Ram trucks. And if ... Toyota Earnings Seen Lower, Could Upgrade Guidance - , is expected to report weaker quarterly earnings on Tuesday, hurt by a stronger yen and recent floods in auto-making hub Thailand, but investors will be hoping for an upgrade to its full-year ... Copyright © 2012, Typojoe.com. All Rights Reserved. |