| Jaguar F-Type to start from $139000 |
May 2nd, 2013 |
will kick off in Australia with a range of three variants priced from $139,000 plus on road costs. Three variants of the F-Type convertible sports car will be available in Australia - F-Type, F-Type S and F-Type V8 S. They are powered by Jaguar's new 3.0-litre V6 supercharged petrol engine in 250kW and 280kW outputs and its 5.0-litre V8 Supercharged petrol producing 364kW of ...
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| Customers Want New Technology In Their Cars But Will They Pay For It |
May 2nd, 2013 |
TROY, MICHIGAN (WWJ) – When customers shop for technology in their cars, what they prize most is anything that improves fuel economy. "We’re finding that these features actually resonate quite strongly with customers," said Mike VanNieuwkuyk, executive director of global automotive at J.D. Power and Associates. "There’s a high degree of interest in managing our ...
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| NASCAR appeals panel upholds penalties against Penske Racing |
May 2nd, 2013 |
Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano. The appeals panel instead upheld the points penalties and crew suspensions handed down last month against Keselowski's No. 2 team and Logano's No. 22 team for illegal parts found on their cars at Texas Motor Speedway. NASCAR spokesman Kerry Tharp said the panel -- composed of former NASCAR ...
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| Pickups spur increase in April auto sales |
May 2nd, 2013 |
Overall sales grew 8.5 percent to nearly 1.3 million. While that's the industry's best April total since 2007, the pace slowed from the first three months of this year. On an annualized basis, April sales were 14.9 million, the first month below 15 million since ...
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| UPDATE 1-Magna Ontario auto plant resumes production after blast |
May 2nd, 2013 |
Wed May 1, 2013 5:58pm EDT May 1 (Reuters) - Magna International Inc said on Wednesday it is resuming operations at a Toronto-area auto parts plant that was earlier shut down by an explosion and fire that injured nine people. Magna said the "minor arc flash explosion" at its Dortec Industries plant, located in the town of Newmarket, some 35 miles (55 kilometers) north of Toronto, was ...
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| British woman has driveway installed behind lamp post |
May 2nd, 2013 |
A British great-grandmother is asking officials to move a lamppost blocking the driveway she had put in 10 days after the post was installed. Kathleen Annals said she decided to have a driveway put in at her Andover, England, home so family members would be able to park when they visit, but she realized after the driveway was installed by workmen that the surface was inaccessible by cars because ...
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| Magna auto parts factory explosion sends five to hospital |
May 2nd, 2013 |
Magna International Inc., North America's largest auto-parts maker, said an explosion at a Newmarket, Ontario, factory sent five employees to the hospital.The injuries are not life-threatening, Tracy Fuerst, a spokeswoman for the Aurora, Ontario-based firm said Wednesday by telephone."The investigators are on site," Fuerst said. "When they're done with their ...
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| Explosion injures 9 at Newmarket auto parts plant |
May 2nd, 2013 |
Nine employees were injured at a Newmarket auto parts plant after a small explosion on Wednesday morning. York Regional Police said six of the injured employees were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, and the other three were treated at the scene.All six hospitalized workers were released on Wednesday ...
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| Auto skills day at Cuyamaca College on Saturday |
May 2nd, 2013 |
The 34th annual event starts at 8:30 a.m. in the automotive technology building on the Rancho San Diego campus, bringing 64 students from six local high schools out to challenge themselves and test their skills against one ...
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| News Wrap April Showed Best Car Sales in Six Years |
May 2nd, 2013 |
In other news Wednesday, April was the best month for car sales in six years. Ford's U.S. sales rose 18 percent, while Chrysler and GM saw an 11 percent raise. Also, a wave of bombings across Iraq killed at least 15 people. The attacks are just the latest in a surge of sectarian violence that erupted last ...
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