| Hondas Amaze outperforms other car brands in initial bookings |
May 3rd, 2013 |
Honda Cars (HCIL) has reported sales of 8,488 cars in April, 2013 as against 7,075 cars in the same period last year, registering a growth of 20 per cent on year-on-year basis. In this encouraging figure for the company sales of 4852 Honda Amaze sedans in April ...
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| General Motors apologises for ‘racist’ Chevrolet Trax commercial |
May 3rd, 2013 |
Trax ad centres around its soundtrack; a song called Booty Swing by Austrian DJ Parov Stelar that includes the lyrics "In the land of Fu Manchu" where the girls sing "ching, ching, chop-suey". The South China Morning Post has been among the most vocal critics of the commercial, using the word "racist" in the header of an article slamming its existence. The ad was ...
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| Car sales April 2013 Australian large cars continue market struggle |
May 3rd, 2013 |
struggled in April’s new-car sales as locally built large cars continued their seemingly irreversible downward spiral. Ford sold just 717 Falcons last month and the 53-year-old nameplate is in danger of falling below the 10,000 mark for 2013 on its current selling rate, which is reflected by a year-on-year decline of 28 per cent. Toyota’s Aurion managed only 469 units in April, ...
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| General Motors narrows its loss in Europe |
May 3rd, 2013 |
Cars moved along the assembly line at the General Motors plant in Kansas City, Kan. GM’s net income fell 14 percent in the first ...
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| Honda sales stay on roll in April up 7 on strong CR-V RDX demand |
May 2nd, 2013 |
Honda's strong April sales were led by its East Liberty-made CR-V and Acura RDX, pictured. Two East Liberty-made crossovers helped Honda Motor Co. (NYSE:HMC) notch an April sales boost. American Honda Motor Co., the automakers sales arm, said Wednesday total sales in April were up 7.4 percent to 130,999 vehicles, driven by record results for the East Liberty-made CR-V, the Acura RDX, which ...
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| Nissan sales jump 23 Leaf enjoys second-best month |
May 2nd, 2013 |
Nissan North America's U.S. sales jumped 23.2 percent in April, the Franklin-based division of the auto giant announced today. Nissan sold 87,847 vehicles last month, up from 71,329 a year ago. Sales of Nissan-branded vehicles increased to 80,003 sales, up from 64,200 a year ago. "We expect to have gained market share in April due to our strong retail performance, which we have full ...
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| Driving with pets increases crash rates study says |
May 2nd, 2013 |
As the head of the U.S. Department of Transportation, Ray LaHood repeatedly stated his goal to reduce distracted driving, such as talking while driving. A new study adds one more to his list of driving no-nos: Pets, particularly for senior drivers.Researchers at the University of Alabama-Birmingham say that both overall and at-fault crash rates for drivers 70 years of age or older were higher for ...
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| 2014 Jaguar F-Type First drive |
May 2nd, 2013 |
Jaguar design chief Ian Callum and his team have made the new F-TYPE sports car resolutely modern, avoiding retro details or blatant references to the legendary E-TYPE. For more than a half-century, the world has awaited a new sports car ...
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| Grand Theft Auto 5 Could be Rockstars Most Ambitious Game Since Grand Theft Auto 3 |
May 2nd, 2013 |
Grand Theft Auto III (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The game world is full of promises. Words like "innovative" and "groundbreaking" are thrown around like candy. We're starting to get those promises from Grand Theft Auto 5 and, as always, I'm wary. How incredible will this be, really? Now that some journalists have gotten to see the game in action, it's becoming ...
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| Rolls-Royce to provide engines for SriLankan Airlines refit |
May 2nd, 2013 |
The Sri Lankan government have opted for a $2.5bn (1.6bn) contract for Airbus aircraft supply, which will be fitted with Rolls-Royce engines. Photograph: Pa/Rolls ...
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