| Industry Experts Explore Steels Future in Automotive Design at GDIS Seminar |
May 3rd, 2013 |
More than 1,400 steel and automotive experts gathered in Livonia, Mich. yesterday to discuss a key aspect of the automotive industry's future success: advanced steel technologies. Recent research proves that advanced high-strength steel (AHSS) body structures can be as lightweight as aluminum bodies, while meeting all crash performance standards and matching today's ...
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| Evidence of tax claim for cars |
May 3rd, 2013 |
Waheeda Osman, audit specialist at SA Revenue Service (Sars), who conducted an audit into Mpisane’s lifestyle up to the 2007 tax year, testified at the Durban Regional Court on Thursday that Mpisane had lodged claims on luxury passenger vehicles on behalf of her company, Zikhulise Cleaning Maintenance and Transport ...
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| Retail trucks hit road bump in St. Louis |
May 3rd, 2013 |
Emily Ponath took her Rack + Clutch retail truck to the streets last week, despite being unable to hammer out licensing details with the city of St. Louis. The move prompted a blog post from Mayor Francis Slay, who referred to retail trucks as "pirates" and said a way needs to be found to license the trucks, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. Ponath's boutique-on-wheels sold about ...
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| Making trucks more efficient helps Paccar boost its sales |
May 3rd, 2013 |
Mark Pigott, chairman and CEO of Bellevue-based truck builder Paccar Inc., points out the company's newest engine, an 11-liter model that initially will be sold only in Europe. Most trucks sold in North America use larger engines. The new vehicle power plants are part of Paccar's global sales strategy, which Pigott described after the company's April 29 annual meeting. Bellevue-based ...
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| Cars.com Family Reviews the 2013 Toyota Avalon |
May 3rd, 2013 |
With its enormous backseat, comfy front seats and a trunk that's double-stroller ready, the redesigned 2013 Toyota Avalon is ready for family duty, says Cars.com Family reviewer Carrie Kim. This five-seater has a smooth ride, but it also has plenty of power thanks to its 3.5-liter V-6 engine. The one downside Carrie found with this full-size sedan was its price: The Avalon starts at $31,885, ...
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| Honda building transmission plant in Mexico |
May 3rd, 2013 |
Honda's $470 million transmission plant in Mexico won't affect operations in Ohio, officials said. Honda (NYSE:HMC) is building a $470 million transmission plant in Celaya, Mexico, set to be up and running by the second half of 2015, the Dayton Daily News reports. The plant will employ 1,500 and produce about 700,000 transmissions a year, but won't affect operations at Russells Point, ...
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| Firefighters douse Mitsubishi plant fire |
May 3rd, 2013 |
An early morning blaze at an Orlando Mitsubishi plant has been extinguished, according to Orange County Fire Rescue.About 30 employees were at the 100,000 square foot manufacturing plant when firefighters arrived at 2287 Premier Row.Officials are still on scene and investigating the cause of the "heavy fire and smoke," Fire Rescue spokesman John Mulhall ...
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| Tesla Houston auto dealer square off over proposed legislation |
May 3rd, 2013 |
Elon Musk, Tesla CEO Electric carmaker Tesla Motors Inc. and the Texas Automobile Dealers Association are bumping heads over a bill being considered by Texas lawmakers that involves electric car sales. House Bill 3351 filed by State Rep. Eddie Rodriguez, D-Austin, and nicknamed the Tesla bill by the TADA proposes allowing companies that make or distribute electric- or all battery-powered ...
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| Why Are Luxury Car Sales Growing at Record Rates -- In a Recession |
May 3rd, 2013 |
The world has been mired in recession since 2008 -- nowhere more so than in Europe. It might thus come as some surprise that sales of super-luxury cars are booming -- nowhere more so than in Europe. In fact, sales of Bentleys (average price around $300,000) are up 60% this year in the United Kingdom, according to a ...
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| General Motors pulls racist ad calling China as land of Fu Manchu |
May 3rd, 2013 |
London, May 2 : US carmaker General Motors (GM) is withdrawing a TV commercial for its Chevrolet Trax four-wheel drive after its soundtrack was deemed ...
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