| Most people dont get further than 500mtrs from their cars |
Aug 30th, 2013 |
A new survey suggests that nearly a fifth of British adults never venture more than 500 metres from their car, indicating that people are getting out and about much less than previous generations. According to the report from the National Trust which shows, nine out of ten adults agreed that the majority of children walk less now than when they were children, while 61 percent said they ...
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| Alcoa Expands Tennessee Operations to Meet Increasing Aluminum Demand for Auto Production |
Aug 30th, 2013 |
Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam, U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander, Congressman John Duncan and other local and state officials joined Alcoa Chairman and CEO Klaus Kleinfeld today to break ground on a $275 million expansion of Alcoa’s Tennessee Operations to meet growing aluminum demand for auto production. Aluminum, already the number two material used to build cars, is expected to nearly double ...
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| BMW X5 M50d third-gen flagship diesel SUV officially revealed |
Aug 30th, 2013 |
have been released, revealing the diesel flagship’s unique styling ahead of its local arrival later this year. Sitting above the new rear-wheel-drive X5 sDrive25d, the xDrive30d and xDrive50 in ...
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| Daimlers Mercedes-Benz set to beef up sales network in China |
Aug 30th, 2013 |
By Norihiko Shirouzu CHENGDU, China | Thu Aug 29, 2013 8:59pm EDT CHENGDU, China Aug 30 (Reuters) - Daimler AG's Mercedes-Benz will try to reach deeper into China's inland-west region and small "lower-tier" cities for growth as part of a broader turnaround plan for the world's biggest auto market, according to people familiar with the matter. The initiative, due to be ...
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| Gumpert on the brink of collapse as investor withdraws funding report |
Aug 30th, 2013 |
Nurburgring-blitzing Gumpert Apollo - announced overnight the investor that was to save the company from insolvency has pulled out of the deal, leaving Gumpert without financial backing. Reports out of Germany suggest Gumpert has been forced to lay off its remaining 19 workers as a result, with funding and orders for new vehicles both drying up. ...
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| Hondas minivan first to get top IIHS safety rating |
Aug 30th, 2013 |
The 2014 Honda Odyssey has achieved a top safety rating that the refreshed minivan was designed to achieve. It becomes the first minivan to receive the top safety pick designation from the Insurance ...
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| Kia Niro city SUV concept revealed |
Aug 30th, 2013 |
Nissan Juke and other sub-compact SUVs. Designed at the Korean car maker’s Frankfurt design studio under the direction of its chief designer in Europe, Gregory Guillaume, Kia says the Niro concept "combines a mischievous character in a clearly robust and substantial yet stylish body ...
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| Detroit Electric to build first cars overseas in Holland |
Aug 30th, 2013 |
Detroit Electric says it will build its first electric sports cars overseas in ...
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| Demo derby Americas crash time |
Aug 30th, 2013 |
The demolition derby is a pastime easily as American as baseball. Why? It cuts to the quick of car culture's dark side, drawing on the same grim, universal instincts that transform minor highway collisions into miles-long snarls of rubbernecking traffic. We like to watch and always have, ever since the first organized demo derbies in the 1940s and '50s. But along with the enduring ...
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| UPDATE 3-Renaults Tavares steps down after hinting at U.S. move |
Aug 30th, 2013 |
Thu Aug 29, 2013 6:10pm EDT * CEO Ghosn to assume duties temporarily * Tavares quits COO role with immediate effect By Laurence Frost and Gilles Guillaume PARIS, Aug 29 (Reuters) - Renault SA's second-in-command, Carlos Tavares, quit on Thursday, two weeks after he dismayed colleagues by hinting he might join one of the U.S. carmakers. Tavares, chief operating officer at the French auto ...
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