| Hyundai i30 three-door released $19990 driveaway |
Jul 1st, 2013 |
Hyundai i30 . dropping the range's entry point by $1000. Badged the Hyundai i30 Special Edition, the three-door is priced at $19,990 driveaway with a six-speed manual transmission and $22,190 with a six-speed automatic, dropping the i30 range entry point by $1000. The i30 SE is powered by a 1.6-litre four-cylinder petrol direct injection (GDi) engine delivering 98kW at 6300rpm and 163Nm at ...
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| Ford Fiesta three-cylinder turbo and ST on the way but diesel dropped |
Jul 1st, 2013 |
range will arrive in September, with new engines and models to accompany the styling redesign. At the top of the lineup will be the new Ford Fiesta ST ...
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| 2014 Mercedes-Benz CLA45 AMG Is Key To Gen Y Says Mercedes AMG CEO Ola Kalenius |
Jul 1st, 2013 |
Mercedes held the press drive for its new 2014 CLA45 AMG at the Bilster Berg Drive Resort in Germany. The hatchback version shown here won't be coming to the United States, only a so-called "four-door coupe" will. (Credit: Matthew de Paula) The 2014 CLA45 AMG marks a new era for Mercedes-Benz's in-house performance division. It doesn't have rear-wheel-drive, which is a ...
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| Auto Special BMW Driving sustainable growth |
Jul 1st, 2013 |
BMW is striving to "maintain sustainable and profitable growth in China," said Peter Van Binsbergen, senior vice-president of sales and marketing at BMW Brilliance. Assigned to the position on April 1, Binsbergen made the remark after the BMW 5 Series Li Supreme Sound edition was launched on June 23 in the Southern Chinese metropolis of Guangzhou. This is the first time that BMW ...
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| James Bond and Matthew Broderick cars up for sale |
Jul 1st, 2013 |
James Bond's gadget-laden Lotus Esprit driven by Roger Moore in the 'Spy Who Loved Me' and a replica Ferrari stolen and steered by Matthew Broderick in 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' are up for auction. Moore's sports car is the only one of its type and is special because it is also a working submarine, the Age reported. The car has been listed for sale through RM Auctions and will go under the ...
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| Hamilton blasts F1 bosses as drivers threaten boycott of German GP over safety concerns |
Jul 1st, 2013 |
British F1 racer Lewis Hamilton has expressed his unhappiness at the sport's ruling body over safety concerns, after tyres of five cars exploded in Sunday's British Grand Prix. According to the Mirror, Hamilton had been leading the race until his Pirelli tyres exploded, with safety cars being sent to rescue the Englishman ensuring that he came back to finish fourth in a race won by teammate Nico ...
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| Peugeot 208 T16 Pikes Peak Loeb wins smashes record |
Jul 1st, 2013 |
Peugeot 208 T16 Pikes Peak , the nine-time World Rally Champion covered the famous 20-kilometre, 156-turn course at an average speed of 145km/h to complete the ‘Race to the Clouds’ in 8min 19.878sec. Significantly quicker ...
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| French car sales plunge 11.3 hitting Peugeot |
Jul 1st, 2013 |
PARIS (AFP) - The market for new cars in France plunged by 11.3 percent in the first six months of the year, hitting the struggling Peugeot group particularly hard, trade data showed on Monday.But French auto manufacturers grouped in the CCFA trade body said they expected sales to improve by the end of the year to show an annual fall of 8.0 percent.The president of the CCFA, Patrick Blain, told a ...
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| French car sales down 9 percent in June - CCFA |
Jul 1st, 2013 |
PARIS (Reuters) - French car sales fell another 9 percent in June year-on-year and more than 11 percent in the first six months of 2013 overall, its main industry body said on Monday, expressing hope the market may be close to bottoming out.New car registrations slid to 190,199 cars last month from 208,909 in June 2012, representing a 4.4 percent decline when adjusted for the number of working ...
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| Citroen C5 Tourer Review |
Jul 1st, 2013 |
It isn't back-handed to call the Citroen C5 Tourer one of the most obviously French new cars on the market. In the often bland mid-sized class, this sub-$50,000 turbo-diesel wagon is brimming with character. But it is also full of tangible features that make it successful in being what the badge on its rump says - a Tourer. Only two years ago ...
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