| AIRSHOW-Lockheed Mitsubishi sign deal for F-35 assembly in Japan |
Jun 19th, 2013 |
Wed Jun 19, 2013 5:02pm EDT PARIS, June 19 (Reuters) - Lockheed Martin Corp has signed a contract with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd to begin work on a final assembly and checkout plant (FACO) for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter in Japan, the top U.S. arms maker said on Wednesday. Steve O'Bryan, Lockheed vice president of the $392 billion F-35 program, announced the contract agreement at the ...
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| Monsters University Aint Cars 2 Thankfully |
Jun 19th, 2013 |
Terrorizing children in their bedrooms remains the existential concern of the toothy blobs, hams, and pom-pom-furred Wild Things that populate Monsters movies, many of whom look like gummy nothings long stuck to the bottom of Pixar's junk drawer. Their very lives depend upon coaxing night-screams from human kids, a premise rich enough for Seuss or Borges. Is it too much to ask, then, that a ...
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| Lotus Exige S Review |
Jun 19th, 2013 |
If you want the purest driver’s car that's legal to use on public roads, Lotus remains one of the few go-to badges. While the majority of sports car makers today keep half an eye on comfort and luxury features, the new Lotus Exige S is further proof the Proton-owned British company is content to appeal to the minority rather than the masses. Reducing mass has been a Lotus mantra since ...
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| General Motors is 1 in quality |
Jun 19th, 2013 |
It was a significant accomplishment for a company whose questionable vehicle quality in the past was part of what put it on a path of steady market share declines, financial losses and eventually a 2009 bankruptcy and federal ...
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| Defiant Chrysler says recalled vehicles arent defective |
Jun 19th, 2013 |
Less than a day after announcing a massive recall of 1.56 million Jeeps, Chrysler again struck a defiant tone, saying that the trailer hitches it agreed to install won’t protect motorists in high speed crashes and that the recalled vehicles are not, in fact, ...
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| Hertz launches dream cars in the US |
Jun 19th, 2013 |
PARK RIDGE, N.J. - The Hertz Corporation, the world's largest general use airport car rental brand, today announced the launch of Hertz Dream Cars, a line of ultra-high-end performance vehicles that redefine the premium car rental experience. The new fleet and broad range of markets offer greater access to high performance luxury vehicles than ever before, while the VIP rental experience ...
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| Automotive giant GM plans to invest US$11 bil. in China |
Jun 19th, 2013 |
SHANGHAI--General Motors will invest US$11 billion in China through 2016, executives said Wednesday, as the U.S. car giant broke ground on a plant to produce luxury Cadillacs for the world's biggest auto ...
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| European car sales reach 20-year low for May as recession continues |
Jun 19th, 2013 |
The European automaker's association said Tuesday that passenger car sale demand dropped by 5.9 percent in the European Union to 1.042 million units. That was lowest level since May 1993 when sales dropped below 1 million. For the first five months of the year, sales dropped 6.8 percent to 5.07 million. Sales in Europe's strongest economy, Germany, dropped a worrying 9.9 percent in May. ...
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| GM Rises Nissan Plummets in New J.D. Power Quality Study |
Jun 19th, 2013 |
Voice recognition systems and faulty Bluetooth pairing are as aggravating as ever, J.D. Power and Associates' new Initial Quality Study reported today. Tech-focused Ford remains well below average in the agency's 33-brand ranking, but GM's four brands -- Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet and GMC -- all rated above average. The influential study, which enters its 27th year for 2013, ...
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| Students Design StudioTorino Mercedes-Benz SL Concept |
Jun 19th, 2013 |
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“Shooting brake” is one of the most preposterous names used in the auto industry, but the idea of an elongated-roof coupe/wagon is rather alluring, at least to some. Recently, StudioTorino, an Italian one-off sports car and coach builder supervised a group of six students in cooperation with Mercedes-Benz, to produce a new Mercedes-Benz SL Concept [...]
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