| Mercedes-Benz investigating Google Glass technology |
Jul 31st, 2013 |
technology into its future vehicle range. Despite Google Glass still being in the development phase, the German marque is already working on one project that would combine Glass with ...
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| Honda posts 5.1 rise in Q1 operating profit |
Jul 31st, 2013 |
Japan and as it sees a boost in profits from a weakening yen. Japan's third-biggest automaker by sales volume posted an operating profit of 185.0 billion yen ($1.9 billion) for its April-June first quarter, compared with 176.01 billion yen a year earlier. The result was below the average estimate of 209.3 billion yen in a Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S poll of four analysts. For its fiscal year ...
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| Honda quarterly profit slips despite solid sales |
Jul 31st, 2013 |
TOKYO (AP) Honda Motor Co.'s net profit for the first quarter of its fiscal year slipped 7 percent, although its auto sales grew in every region except Japan. Tokyo-based Honda reported Wednesday a 122.4 billion yen ($1.25 billion) profit for the April-June period. The Japanese automaker also got a perk from a favorable currency rate. The company said it invested in research and new plants and ...
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| Chrysler reduces full-year targets despite second-quarter sales rise |
Jul 31st, 2013 |
Chrysler’s sales picked up in the second quarter thanks to strong US demand for pick-up trucks and sports utility vehicles (SUVs), but the company still cut its full-year sales and profit targets after a slower-than-expected start to the ...
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| Indigenous Australians over-represented in serious crash data |
Jul 31st, 2013 |
(AIHW) has released a report that reveals Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians are more likely to be injured in land transport accidents than other Australians. The report, compiled from data collected between 2005 and 2010, shows that Indigenous Australians are 2.8 times more likely to be fatally injured, and 1.3 times more likely to be seriously injured, in land transport ...
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| Mexican man sues Ford after Focus is used as drug mule |
Jul 31st, 2013 |
as a drug mule. Ricardo Magallanes spent six months in federal prison in El Paso, Texas, after customs officers discovered 50.8kg of marijuana in the boot of ...
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| Honda keeps global vehicle sales forecast revises yen assumptions |
Jul 31st, 2013 |
TOKYO, July 31 | Wed Jul 31, 2013 2:30am EDT TOKYO, July 31 (Reuters) - Japan's Honda Motor Co Ltd stuck to its global vehicle sales forecast for the year ending in March 2014 at 4.43 million, although it tweaked its foreign exchange assumptions for the year. The automaker now expects a yen exchange rate of 96 to the dollar, compared with an earlier forecast of 95, while it revised ...
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| Citroen DS3 Cabrio Australian specifications revealed |
Jul 31st, 2013 |
Citroen DS3 Cabrio will be offered in two trim levels, DStyle and DSport. The DS3 DStyle teams an 88kW/160Nm 1.6-litre four-cylinder petrol engine with a four-speed automatic transmission. Combined cycle fuel consumption is rated at 5.9 litres per 100km. The DS3 DSport pairs a turbocharged 115kW/240Nm version of the same engine with a six-speed manual transmission and returns consumption ...
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| Alfa Romeo Spider details of MX-5-based soft-top revealed |
Jul 31st, 2013 |
4C sports car. While the report says the Italian and Japanese soft-tops will share windscreens, windscreen structures, front bulkheads, engine compartments and front and rear axles, the Alfa Romeo is set to be slightly longer. Both are believed to be around four metres long and 1.7 metres wide, though, and weigh between 1000-1100kg. Sources also revealed that the new Spider's design, ...
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| Mitsubishi ordered to compensate Koreans for forced labour |
Jul 31st, 2013 |
An appellate court Tuesday ordered Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. to compensate the families of five former Korean employees who were subjected to forced labour during Japan's colonial rule. In a retrial, the Busan High Court ruled that the engineering and aviation behemoth should provide each family with 80 million won (US$72,000) in overdue salary and other damages. The ruling marked ...
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