| Toyota Sticks to Low-Risk Even as Profits Soar |
May 8th, 2013 |
refuses to be tempted away from its low-risk growth strategy, even as the world's bestselling carmaker is likely to show that it met its mid-term profit goals in the year ended March, aided by the weaker yen. Toyota is expected to post on Wednesday an annual operating profit of 1.26 trillion yen ($12.69 billion) according to Thomson Reuters StarMine's SmartEstimates, with an operating ...
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| 2013 Toyota RAV4 Test Drive And Review Newly Familar |
May 8th, 2013 |
2013 Toyota RAV4: Newly Familiar I go back and forth about which compact crossover SUV to recommend to my friends, family and readers. Lately, I've been leaning toward ...
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| Volkswagen Golf GTI 370kW ‘Design Vision’ concept teased |
May 8th, 2013 |
Volkswagen Golf Design Vision GTI concept builds on the styling and engineering of the all-new Golf GTI Mk7 and explores the popular hot-hatch's potential as a racecar. The standard GTI's 162kW/350Nm 2.0-litre turbocharged four-cylinder engine and front-wheel drive layout makes way for a twin-turbocharged 3.0-litre V6 that produces a whopping 370kW of power and 560Nm of ...
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| Seoul shares open up gains capped autos weak |
May 8th, 2013 |
SEOUL | Tue May 7, 2013 8:10pm EDT SEOUL May 8 (Reuters) - Seoul shares opened 0.4 percent higher on Wednesday after Wall Street extended its rally to notch up record highs and South Korean lawmakers ratified a supplementary budget. Rises were limited as large-cap automakers, including Hyundai Motor, continued to be weighed down by weakness in the Japanese yen. The Korea Composite Stock ...
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| Forget Google Glass Search Engine Discusses Driverless Cars With Tesla |
May 8th, 2013 |
SpaceX , has told Bloomberg that his car company is considering adding a driverless model to their lineup and has been discussing such possibilities ...
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| Renault to complete range overhaul within five years |
May 8th, 2013 |
will completely renew its passenger car line-up within five years, with some models set for the chopping block, others to be completely changed in concept, and all poised to adopt a new corporate identity. ...
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| New Spock in Audi S7 vs. old Spock in Mercedes-Benz CLS |
May 8th, 2013 |
Funny short film filled with lots of "Star Trek" references shows challenge between new Spock in an Audi S7 vs. old Spock in a Mercedes-Benz CLS.. (With cameos by the Audi driverless car and Bilbo ...
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| Denver to roll out campaign to curb auto-pedestrian collisions |
May 8th, 2013 |
Denver's mayor, police chief and other local leaders on Wednesday will roll out a safety awareness campaign they hope will slow the high rate of auto-pedestrian collisions in the city.Heads Up, as it's called, is "a billboard campaign, but it's so much more," said Amber Miller, spokeswoman for the Michael Hancock. "It's a citywide marketing campaign."Much ...
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| Car sales go up a gear fuelling optimism over economic revival |
May 8th, 2013 |
The Society of Motor Manufacturers (SMMT) said that vehicle registrations jumped 14.8 per cent in April on the same month in 2012. That represents the strongest growth in 14 months. UK new car registrations have been growing since the beginning of 2012. In the first four months of the year, they were up 8.9 per cent on 2012. In the rest of the European Union, new registrations have been in ...
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| Police Speeding driver hid in car trunk |
May 8th, 2013 |
Police in Florida said an officer pulled over a speeding car and was baffled to find the vehicle empty until the driver was discovered hiding in the trunk. Highland Beach Police said an officer pulled the red Mitsubishi over for speeding Sunday and searched the area when he saw there was no one inside, the South Florida Sun Sentinel reported Tuesday. Police saw the vehicle take off speeding ...
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