| Report: Ford Moving Next-Gen Fiesta Production To Thailand |
May 18th, 2013 |
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Flexibility is the name of the game in today’s global auto industry, with factories configured to change production mix between different models based on sales and customer demand. Some plants build radically different models, a good example being Ford’s Flat Rock, Michigan plant, which produces the Ford Fusion, as well as the Mustang, two models [...]
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| Toyota Begins Production of U.S.-Bound Yaris In France |
May 18th, 2013 |
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European-built cars sold in the U.S. typically have a prestigious or rarefied air to them, usually hailing from Germany, Italy or the U.K. The Volkswagen Golf has been one of the lowest-priced models to come across the Atlantic in recent years. But soon, Toyota’s entry-level model in the U.S., the humble Yaris, noted for its [...]
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| Volvo Pairs with Swedish House Mafia, XC60 Featured in New Video |
May 18th, 2013 |
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Volvo announced it has partnered with electronic music group Swedish House Mafia to create a new music video. The video, for the song “Leave the World Behind” will be used to introduce the refreshed 2014 Volvo XC60 to a global audience. Though the group recently broke up, Swedish House Mafia teamed up with Swedish singer [...]
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| 2014 Porsche Cayman First drive |
May 18th, 2013 |
The 2014 Porsche Cayman's curves are dominated by air scoops. Two large scoops accentuate the front end; the two side scoops are functional, feeding air through a low-restriction intake to the Cayman's 6-cylinder ...
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| CEO General Motors will soon rejoin SP 500 |
May 18th, 2013 |
He spoke to business graduates at Notre Dame General Motors is still in the "early innings" of its recovery, but it won't be long before it rejoins the S&P 500 largest companies and gets its bond rating back to investment grade, GM CEO Dan Akerson said Saturday.Speaking at the commencement for business graduates at Notre Dame, Akerson noted GM's 13 consecutive profitable ...
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| Floatable cars for tsunami |
May 18th, 2013 |
Tsunami ‘Noah’s Ark ';: It would be a great idea for the infrastructure ministry to make special lifeboats for evacuation during tsunami. But we could save many more lives if car companies would make a new car or adapt an existing model to float for many hours or even days. Families would at least be able to get into their cars if there wasn’t enough time to escape the ...
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| Green diary rescue Pedal power electric cars OFA on climate change |
May 18th, 2013 |
Every week Daily Kos diarists write dozens of environmentally related posts. Many don't get the readership they deserve. Helping improve the odds is the motivation behind the Green Diary Rescue. In the past seven years, there have been 226 of these spotlighting more ...
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| Week in Review: GM SUVs, Big Benzes, and Honda Hits the Track |
May 18th, 2013 |
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We understand that time is valuable, and for your benefit, we’ve composed a list to highlight the most important news each day of the past week. Kicking things off was an NHTSA announcement that traffic fatalities are gearing up to break a devastating record. Thankfully the next few days brought happier news with the spy [...]
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| SUV passengers considerably safer |
May 18th, 2013 |
Passengers in SUVs are now known to be more likely to survive a serious crash. A new study conducted by the University of Buffalo in the US has found the driver of the SUV is as much as 10 times more likely to survive in a head-on collision where a passenger car is involved. While automakers have taken steps to improve safety in normal passenger cars, such as changing bumper designs on ...
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| Akerson GM close to returning to SP 500 |
May 18th, 2013 |
General Motors Co. Chairman and CEO Dan Akerson said Saturday that he thinks the company is close to returning to the S&P 500 index. Akerson made the remark during a commencement speech to the University of Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business. "We've delivered 13 consecutive profitable quarters, we're on the cusp of regaining our investment grade credit rating and ...
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