| Auto stocks lead European shares to 4th straight weekly gain |
May 17th, 2013 |
Fri May 17, 2013 12:39pm EDT * FTSEurofirst 300 up 0.2 pct, Euro STOXX 50 up 0.4 * Indexes up for 4th consecutive week * U.S. data pushes FTSEurofirst 300 to new 5-yr high * Auto stocks lead cyclical rally after sales increase By Francesco Canepa LONDON, May 17 (Reuters) - A rally in auto stocks and strong U.S. data helped European shares set a 5-year high on Friday and record their fourth ...
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| Discover volcanic luxe in Iceland and art-deco cars in Nashville |
May 17th, 2013 |
Thingvellir, Iceland: Set amid the volcanic landscape of Mount Hengill, less than an hour drive from Reykjavik, ION is geared to adventurous travellers who prefer natural wonders to nightlife. Guests of the ultra-modern hotel can go fly fishing, diving and white-water rafting, tour the Gullfoss waterfall, geysers and glaciers, and explore Thingvellir National Park with a hiking guide or on ...
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| Live Test Drive auto chat today |
May 17th, 2013 |
Join the auto conversation today. Chat live with Test Drive columnist James R. Healey. You can use the big gray box below to ask questions ahead of time, or during the chat. It starts at 2 p.m. EST. ...
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| European car sales rise but it is a dead cat bounce |
May 17th, 2013 |
For the first time in a year and a half, car sales in Europe rose, but without an almost 15 percent increase in Britain they would have been negative again. Indeed the rebound in April was weak – one analyst called it a ';dead cat bounce'; – and was linked to several one-off factors which suggests we are not looking at a sustained recovery. Last year demand for new cars in ...
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| 2013 Audi RS 5 Photo Gallery |
May 17th, 2013 |
Cars.com's test cars are parked amid a vast sea of vehicles in a multistory parking tower; Audi's RS 5 was easy to spot with its unmistakable LED headlights, aggressive grille, carbon fiber accents and Sepang Blue pearl paint. Likewise, its throaty exhaust note is hard to miss. The ...
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| Peugeot settles with CGT Union on terms of factory shutdown |
May 17th, 2013 |
PSA Peugeot Citroen, Europe's second- largest automaker, reached a deal with a striking union on closing a car factory in France, removing one of the last obstacles to a plan to cut 11,200 domestic jobs. Peugeot rose to the highest price in 10 months after the CGT agreed to end a walkout by its 130 members at the plant on the outskirts of Paris. The strike had cut the site's production ...
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| Tesla Working to have EVs Refuel Faster than Gas Cars |
May 17th, 2013 |
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk has announced a way for the Tesla Model S to be recharged faster than a gas car can be refueled in a Twitter post last week. The company has been working on a battery-swapping feature to help relieve the range anxiety that many owners feel about their electric vehicles. The technique [...]
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| 2014 Jeep Cherokee Production Pushed Back One Month |
May 17th, 2013 |
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Chrysler Group LLC has announced that production for the new 2014 Jeep Cherokee will be delayed by a month, but that sufficient inventory will be ready by the fall. Chrysler is trying to iron out issues that arise when launching a new vehicle. The Cherokee replaces the Jeep Liberty, making it the brand’s most important [...]
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| Fiat Mulling Idea to Move Headquarters from Italy to United States |
May 17th, 2013 |
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When Fiat took over Chrysler back in 2009, there were rumblings that the Italian automaker would bring the Pentastar back to Turin. Now, as Italy’s economic turmoil rages on, it appears that Fiat is kicking around the idea of ditching its home of more than 100 years in Lingotto–and its roof-top–track for greener pastures in [...]
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| BMW’s Z4 GTE Picks Up Where the M3 GT Left Off—Winning |
May 17th, 2013 |
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It’s going to break the hearts of many M-sters, but the last of the current-generation M3s are spoken for. And we’re not likely to see the F30-generation-sedan M variant until near the end of this year. On top of that, the coupe version, the M4, won’t make its first public appearance until some time next [...]
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