| Toyota recalling about 370000 pickup trucks for seat belt issue |
Aug 8th, 2013 |
Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday it is recalling about 370,000 of its pickup trucks due to a seat belt problem. The company said screws attaching the seat belt pre-tensioner to the retractor on 2005-2011 Toyota Tacoma Access Cab trucks can become loose over time due to repeatedly and forcefully closing the access door. Should the screws come all the way out, the pre-tensioner ...
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| Neb. officials hold surprise inspection on trucks |
Aug 8th, 2013 |
NORTH PLATTE, Neb. -- The Nebraska State Patrol has taken more than a dozen trucks out of service following a surprise inspection in North Platte.A special enforcement team conducted more than 50 inspections Wednesday. They discovered more than 170 violations and instructed 16 trucks off the road.Officials say the reasons for taking a truck out of service includes bad brakes or tires, or other ...
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| Holden Combo discontinued no plans for replacement |
Aug 8th, 2013 |
Opel and Vauxhall launched a new-generation Combo (below) - effectively a rebadged version of the Fiat Doblo - at the end of 2011, but Matthews said Holden had no plans to introduce that vehicle to our market, effectively killing off the 18-year-old ...
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| Oldest CTA rail cars ride into retirement Thursday |
Aug 8th, 2013 |
The perplexing folding doors that many CTA passengers hate are closing for the last time on the transit agency’s oldest rail cars Thursday, and the public is invited aboard (for the normal fare) to take a ceremonial, end-of-an-era ride. An eight-car 2200 Series train will coast into retirement starting at 10:05 a.m. Thursday on an abbreviated Blue Line trip, nonstop from the Rosemont ...
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| State governments to determine penalty for General Motors Road Ministry |
Aug 8th, 2013 |
Whatever Rajan's personal inclinations may be, the finance ministry will force him as RBI governor to attempt many things at the same time. This will raise the risk of doing none of them ...
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| What’s the price of driving Honda is best GMC ranks lowest |
Aug 8th, 2013 |
GasBuddy.com , a website that uses data from volunteers, gas stations and other sources to keep track of gas prices across the U.S., ranked more than 750 vehicles from the 2013 model year based on the cost of fuel per mile driven. The survey used the average gas price in July -- $3.59 per gallon -- and measured vehicles based on their combined city and highway mileage, as calculated by the ...
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| Toyota Corolla Axio Fielder Japan-only hybrid duo launched |
Aug 8th, 2013 |
Toyota Hybrid System II propulsion unit. Teaming a 54kW/111Nm 1.5-litre Atkinson-cycle engine with a 45kW/169Nm electric motor and an underfloor-mounted nickel-metal hydride battery for a total output of 73kW, the hybrids claim fuel efficiency equivalent to 3.0L/100km. A cooled exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system also features to further improve ...
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| GM China sales growth accelerates to 11.1 on demand for Buicks |
Aug 8th, 2013 |
General Motors Co., the largest foreign automaker in China, said sales growth in the country accelerated last month as deliveries of Buick vehicles expanded at the fastest pace this ...
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| Peugeot 208 GTi Review |
Aug 8th, 2013 |
Marketing can't make the legend. That was the implicit acknowledgement in the local presentation for the Peugeot 208 GTi , the small hot hatch launching beneath a big ancestral shadow. The 205 GTi of the 1980s was a legend because it introduced new levels of steering and handling talent to the small hatch class, and it looked - and still looks - superb. Its 206 and 207 successors, ...
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| Opel reveals turbocharged 1.0-litre three-cylinder engine |
Aug 8th, 2013 |
. Due to make its world premiere at next month’s Frankfurt motor show, the 85kW 1.0-litre engine is the first of an all-new family of small-displacement direct injection petrol engines that will power ...
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