| Porsche 911 Carrera Carrera 4 exhaust recall affects 47 cars in Oz |
May 6th, 2013 |
models have been recalled locally due to a fault with the cars’ exhaust systems. According to the official recall notice published on the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) website, ...
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| Toyota to post around $13 bn annual profit Report |
May 6th, 2013 |
Nikkei business daily reported on Monday. That figure will be 150 billion yen more than the forecast the automaker made in February, the Nikkei, said without citing its sources. Toyota's annual operating profit has not exceeded 1 trillion yen since ...
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| Luxury cars cost more in China than US |
May 6th, 2013 |
Retail prices for three luxury car brands including Mercedes-Benz, Audi and BMW are 64 percent higher in China than in the US, according to a recent comparison made by the Wall Street Journal. Automakers said that higher prices are due to higher taxes levied in China. Yet when taxes are excluded, prices in China are still 37 percent higher, said the ...
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| Private cars get longer lifespan |
May 6th, 2013 |
/enpproperty--> Private cars will no longer have to be retired after 15 years of use, according to the new mandatory standards that took effect on May 1. Instead, the upper limit for a private car is set at 600,000 kilometers, which would mean some 30 years for an ordinary family car that travels about 20,000 km a year. The new regulation also stipulates that after their 15th year of use, cars ...
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| Volvo offers free fuel servicing in end of financial year sweeteners |
May 6th, 2013 |
is offering new vehicle buyers several sweeteners before the end of the financial year including free servicing, fuel and roadside assistance. ...
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| David Ragan wins NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event at Talladega | Auto racing |
May 6th, 2013 |
David Ragan was a surprising winner of the NASCAR Sprint Cup race in Talladega, Ala. Kasey Kahne of Enumclaw and Greg Biffle of Vancouver, Wash., were among drivers involved in a massive wreck early in the Aaron's ...
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| GM Ford invest in new plants in Russia to take advantage of growth |
May 6th, 2013 |
Russia is a giant diamond in the rough for automakers struggling to climb out of the financial muck in most of Europe."It's one of the few markets in Europe that is still growing," said Carol Thomas, a U.K.-based analyst for market researcher LMC Automotive. "And if you add in former Soviet markets, it's pretty significant."Russia is largely an untold story, taking a ...
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| Mother’s Day Cars 10 Top Auto Writers Pick Their Ideal Mom Mobile |
May 6th, 2013 |
t Stick Shift, we have a tradition of commemorating festive occasions--such as Passover, Easter, and Thanksgiving--in an offbeat, automotive fashion. Yet no "holiday" gets our engines revving quite like Mother's Day. But Mother's Day is really all about family. So this year, we got the whole mishpuchah together--10 of our favorite automotive journalists--and asked them to ...
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| Pit stop troubles cost Karthikeyan Auto GP podium |
May 6th, 2013 |
Narain Karthikeyans round three of the AutoGP World Series at Hungaroring culminated with a fourth place finish in race two. After a strong performance at the preceding round in Marrakech, Morocco where the Indian had qualified on the front row and set a new lap record, expectations were high for the race at the Formula 1 venue on the outskirts of the Hungarian capital, but the team was left to ...
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| Cheered by Chrysler success Fiat makes another risky bet |
May 6th, 2013 |
A Fiat logo is seen on the wheel of a Fiat car in Turin in this picture taken February 10, 2013. Shares of Italian automaker turned negative in midday trading after its U.S. unit Chrysler posted worse-than-expected first quarter results on April 29, ...
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