| The Ultimate Auto Rivalry |
Aug 23rd, 2013 |
The Ford versus Chevy rivalry is the automotive equivalent of the Yankees and Red Sox, but as with Major League Baseball, the players change from season to season. As technology and designs rapidly change, today's Fusions and Malibus have little to do with their predecessors. That is, except for two very special cars: The Ford Mustang and the Chevrolet Camaro. These rear-wheel drive, ...
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| Rolls-Royce launches Rs 4.60-crore Wraith in Maharashtra |
Aug 23rd, 2013 |
Rolls-Royce today rolled out its new model 'Wraith', priced at Rs 4.60 crore, in Maharashtra, and said it will expand its dealerships from three to five by year-end. ...
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| Durban Toyota workers reject wage offer |
Aug 23rd, 2013 |
';The strike continues until the workers accept an offer from the employer,'; KwaZulu-Natal National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) regional secretary Mbuso Ngubane ...
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| Film Notes Honda project aims to save drive-ins |
Aug 23rd, 2013 |
Aug. 23--Drive-ins survived the introduction of television, cable, VCRs, DVDs, changing car sizes and movies few people wanted to see anywhere, but they may not be able to live through the pricey switch from film to digital projection. That will cost an estimated $75,000 per screen and projector and, in an effort to help, Honda is sponsoring a national campaign to save drive-ins by raising ...
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| Koch Front Group Catfishes Millennials With Misleading Social Media Campaign To Save Food Trucks |
Aug 23rd, 2013 |
A Generation Opportunity petition to ';Free the Foodtrucks'; Generation Opportunity, a secretive Koch-funded anti-government group aimed at ';Millennials who love freedom,'; built a massive social media following through a misleading campaign to get users to ';like'; abstract concepts like ';being American.'; Now, it is seeking to expand its social media ...
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| Toyota joins Daimler in boycotting coolant |
Aug 23rd, 2013 |
Japanese automaker Toyota has decided to join German rival Daimler in boycotting a new air-conditioning coolant deemed more environment-friendly in Europe, Toyota's German unit told AFP on Friday. Toyota will revert to an older coolant for its Prius Plus, Lexus GS and GT86 models in Europe, said a spokesman for Toyota Germany. Since January 1, EU norms demand that car makers use refrigerants ...
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| How One Mans Relentless Enthusiasm Inflated The Airbag At Honda |
Aug 23rd, 2013 |
Leadership module in Asia this past May, I was privileged to meet Kobayashi San - the inventor of the car airbag at Honda Corp. Here was a man in his 70's with so much vibrance and energy. It's little wonder that in his younger days he was able to find the energy to save thousands of lives by stubbornly holding to his belief that his invention would work. All around him people said he ...
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| Tata Motors to go global with next-generation passenger cars |
Aug 23rd, 2013 |
has embarked on an ambitious strategy that will see its next generation of passenger vehicles elevate the brand from an Indian market niche to a serious player on the global automotive ...
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| Luxury car segment has potential to double in Australia BMW |
Aug 23rd, 2013 |
believes the increasing number of affordable compact luxury cars has the potential to double sales in Australia's premium car segment. The German car maker's local boss, Phil Horton, says the premium market is already growing more rapidly than the overall market - up 14 per cent year to date compared with three per cent for all passenger cars and SUVs. Horton says luxury cars have ...
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| 2014 Jeep Patriot Family Checklist |
Aug 23rd, 2013 |
subscribes to a "what you see is what you get" philosophy, which is good, because it might have let me down otherwise. This compact SUV is an affordable choice for families, but its pokey engine and small cargo area should make Jeep think twice. My school-aged kids liked this SUV's rugged angles and the Deep Cherry Red paint that flattered the iconic Jeep's rounded headlights ...
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