| J.D. Power ranks top quality cars |
Jun 19th, 2013 |
Watch: 2014 Chevy Impala - Seriously, it rocks These days, when owners experience a problem with a brand new car, it rarely has to do with something breaking. Most of the time, it's a designed-in problem that can't be fixed. According to J.D. Power and Associates' latest Initial Quality Survey, actual defects - meaning things that broke or malfunctioned - were the problem only ...
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| Farmers up in arms against land acquisition for Marutis auto hub in Gujarat |
Jun 19th, 2013 |
Tension is simmering among the farmers of around 44 villages in Mandal Becharaji area, where the state government is all set to come up with an autohub.While land has already been allotted to Maruti Suzuki in Hansalpur, the government is mooting to acquire more land for a proposed Special Investment Region (SIR). A delegation of the farmers met Gujarat revenue minister at the Secretariat in ...
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| 4 arrested 1 sought in auto theft ring |
Jun 19th, 2013 |
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - The Marion County Prosecutor announced charges Wednesday against five men suspected of stealing cars in and around the Indianapolis area. The charges stem from a year-long, undercover investigation by Lawrence Police, Indiana State Police, the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department and the National Insurance Crime Bureau. Authorities say seven allegedly stolen vehicles ...
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| Bosch forms lithium-ion battery JV with GS Yuasa Mitsubishi |
Jun 19th, 2013 |
FRANKFURT | Wed Jun 19, 2013 2:10pm EDT FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German industrial group Robert Bosch GmbH ROBG.UL said on Wednesday it had agreed to work on next-generation lithium-ion batteries with Japan's GS Yuasa International Ltd. (6674.T) and Mitsubishi Corporation (8058.T). The companies intend to set up a joint venture to conduct research and development and provide sales and ...
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| Fiat-Chrysler CEO hints Tennessee could be home for headquarters |
Jun 19th, 2013 |
Would Fiat-Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne seriously consider moving the combined company's headquarters to Tennessee once the merger of the two automakers is completed? Speculation that Marchionne would pull Fiat out of Italy or the firmly entrenched Chrysler out of its longtime Auburn Hills, Mich., home has been swirling in the auto industry and economic development circles since ...
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| Renault promises savings on new car architecture |
Jun 19th, 2013 |
has pledged to slash the cost of developing future models by 30-40 percent as it rolls out a new generation of vehicle architectures with alliance partner ...
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| Jeep recalls 2.7M cars despite Chryslers early defiance |
Jun 19th, 2013 |
Photo credit: AP | The 2005 Jeep Liberty Renegade is among the models the government requested Chrysler recall to fix fuel tanks that could leak and cause fires in rear-end ...
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| Driverless Cars Do You Bet On Google Or Mercedes-Benz |
Jun 19th, 2013 |
Sebastian Thrun director of the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and co-inventor of Google Street View. Thrun’s team at Stanford created the robotic vehicle Stanley which won the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge and its US$2 million prize from the United States Department of Defense. The team developing the system consisted of 15 Google engineers, has equipped a test fleet of at ...
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| Recall Alert 2013 Tesla Model S |
Jun 19th, 2013 |
electric vehicles due to a problem with the seats that could cause seatbacks to come loose in an accident, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Affected vehicles were manufactured between May 10 and June 8, 2013. An improper method for aligning the left-hand seatback striker to the bracket may have weakened the weld between the bracket and the frame of the vehicle. In ...
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| 2013 Mini Cooper S Paceman All4 Photo Gallery |
Jun 19th, 2013 |
using terms like "odd-looking" and "impractical" but also "fun to drive." Such is life for a vehicle that projects a bit of its own identity crisis: not exactly a coupe but not quite an SUV, and more or less a Countryman minus a couple of doors and a sleeker roof. The version we tested was the S Paceman All4, the model's optional all-wheel-drive version among ...
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