| Rolls-Royce reunited with family of first owner after 70 years |
Aug 19th, 2013 |
Gustave-Alain Miesegaes , the son of the first owner of the Rolls-Royce travelled all the way from his home in Switzerland to attend a motor show in Tewkesbury, UK where he will be able to have a glimpse of the vehicle. Miesegaes, whose father bought the Phantom II Continental when it was new, came across a picture of the car on the show's website. Roger Head, the car's current owner, ...
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| Detroit A journey through America’s erstwhile auto industry hub |
Aug 19th, 2013 |
hotels I could find were expensive business fortresses, an overpriced bed and breakfast, and one or two motels that looked like pictures of crime scenes. We settled on Dearborn instead, the suburb of Detroit that Henry Ford called home. It can also be surprisingly hard to find ...
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| UPDATE 1-Strike over wages hits South African auto sector |
Aug 19th, 2013 |
Mon Aug 19, 2013 2:49am EDT * Toyota says 80 pct of its S. Africa workforce on strike * Car industry contributes about 6 pct of nation's GDP CAPE TOWN Aug 19 (Reuters) - Workers downed tools on Monday at the South African unit of Japanese auto maker Toyota , the company said, signaling the start of a nationwide strike in the auto sector over wages. The strike, which could affect over 30,000 ...
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| Karachis elite are getting bomb and bullet-proof luxury cars |
Aug 19th, 2013 |
Karachi: As an unprecedented wave of killings and kidnappings hits Karachi, the Pakistani city's elite are splashing out to have their luxury cars made bomb and bulletproof.The sprawling metropolis of 18 million people on the Arabian Sea is Pakistan's economic heart, with ranks of factories, import-export wheeler-dealers and slick bankers.But it is also the crucible of the ...
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| Car sales down in July Bendigo and Adelaide bank profit rises Midday Roundup |
Aug 19th, 2013 |
Car sales in Australia dropped 3.5% in July, as new figures show more than 93,000 people are zooming along in their new wheels. Australian Bureau of Statistics figures show fewer people bought cars in July, compared to June, with the biggest declines in sales coming from the Australian Capital Territory, Queensland and New South Wales. The only state to increase its number of car sales was the ...
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| Petersen Automotive Museum offers details of renovation plan |
Aug 19th, 2013 |
A rendering of a new facade proposed for the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles. The design is part of a plan to remodel the museum and update its ...
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| Three cars ignite in Coliseum parking lot during As game |
Aug 19th, 2013 |
Three vehicles were destroyed at the O.co Coliseum Saturday night and several others damaged when a vehicle that parked near a hot grill from a tailgate party caught fire, according to an Oakland fire official. The fire was reported around 7:12 p.m., according to Battalion Chief Darin White. A Jeep that had parked directly over or adjacent to a hot Weber grill in Lot A on the 66th Avenue side ...
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| Dream cars take Mercedes Benz to top of luxury chart |
Aug 19th, 2013 |
This unassuming garment is top of everyone's mind across the country, thanks to SRK's Chennai Express, whose song Lungi Dance is as gratingly stereotypical as the ...
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| Petrol cars overtake diesel cousins in sales after over two years |
Aug 19th, 2013 |
Menezes, who has been with UK-headquartered Diageo for about 13 years, was paid total remuneration of 7.8 million pounds (Rs 75 crore) in the last financial year ended June 30, ...
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| DHL walkout likely to hit Tata Motors-owned JLR factories in Britain |
Aug 19th, 2013 |
The 50-50 JV between Starbucks and Tata Global Beverages will more than treble its authorised capital to Rs 220 crore. Starbucks has already signed two dozen properties, including in the suburbs of Mumbai & ...
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