| Toyota says 15 Prius hybrid will be light economical |
Aug 30th, 2013 |
DETROIT -- Toyota Motor Corp., which introduced most consumers to hybrid technologies with its Prius more than 15 years ago, said on Wednesday that the next generation of that popular series will offer improved fuel economy due to smaller, lighter critical parts that cost ...
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| UPDATE 1-Daimlers Mercedes-Benz sees double-digit growth in China market |
Aug 30th, 2013 |
Fri Aug 30, 2013 2:53am EDT By Norihiko Shirouzu CHENGDU, China Aug 30 (Reuters) - Daimler AG's Mercedes-Benz expects to see growth of up to 15 percent in China's luxury car segment this year, a senior executive said, and is trying to grab a bigger share of that market by expanding into the inland-west and smaller cities. The company plans to open 75 new dealer outlets this year, nearly ...
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| New Cars Feature Reclaimed Wood |
Aug 30th, 2013 |
Pininfarina's most recent concept car, the BMW Gran Lusso Coupe, has accents crafted from 2,000-year-old kauri logs dredged from a New Zealand ...
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| China becoming an auto-society |
Aug 30th, 2013 |
Beijing, Aug 30 : Chinese are getting increasingly drawn to automobiles and turning the country into an auto-society literally, a development credited to the country's economic ...
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| Toyota fast-tracking safety upgrades to improve crash performance report |
Aug 30th, 2013 |
RAV4 were all rated ‘poor’ - the lowest possible rating - in the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s (IIHS) recently introduced small overlap frontal impact crash test, leaving the trio trailing behind most of their competitors. Speaking with industry journal Automotive ...
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| 2014 Mitsubishi ASX extra features mechanical tweaks revised prices |
Aug 30th, 2013 |
ASX variants are now cheaper than before, with the entry-level front-wheel-drive petrol manual down $1000 to $24,990 and the flagship Aspire all-wheel-drive diesel auto down $3000 to ...
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| Auto Review Lexus ES Better Bang for Buck |
Aug 30th, 2013 |
For 2013, the Lexus ES has grown beyond its roots as a low-priced Lexus. Its newfound size and style put it on an equal footing with its larger stable ...
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| Bosch eClutch promises smoother shifts fuel savings manual hybrids |
Aug 30th, 2013 |
has developed a new system it says closes the gap between manual and automatic transmissions. Dubbed eClutch, the system is based on an electronically controlled clutch that works to decouple the transmission from the engine via an actuator. Claimed by its manufacturer to net a 10 per cent saving in fuel consumption and make driving a manual car in stop-start traffic easier, the Bosch eClutch ...
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| Heads up Denver auto-pedestrian crashes nearly quadruple in 4 years |
Aug 30th, 2013 |
As Denver and state leaders spend millions of dollars on pedestrian and cyclist safety, the number of collisions continues to grow at an alarming rate. Even worse, more and more drivers are leaving the scene of accidents.Hit-and-run cases involving pedestrians have nearly quadrupled in four years, and the drivers who eventually get caught are often allowed to avoid prison time through plea ...
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| Americans are driving less as automobile culture wanes |
Aug 30th, 2013 |
Even more telling, the average number of miles drivers individually rack up peaked in July 2004 at just over 900 per month, according to a study by Transportation Department economists Don Pickrell and David Pace. By July of last year, that had fallen to 820 miles per month, down about 9 percent. Per capita automobile use is now back at the same levels as in the late ...
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