| Get Ready for Spring Planting Without Soiling Your Car |
Apr 23rd, 2013 |
Across the parts of the country that are thawing out from a long winter, spring often means trips to the garden center for plants, soil, mulch and other items that could seriously dirty a car's interior. My daughters and I have a major case of spring fever, a serious problem considering we live in the Rocky Mountains where March and April are the snowiest months. I ordered a few beautiful ...
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| Honda Fit Wheel-Theft Trend Hits Home |
Apr 23rd, 2013 |
hatchback with her father last summer. Newman -- a senior editor for Kicking Tires -- said she and her father made a mutually beneficial swap; he found the Fit's seats and suspension uncomfortable, and her family needed its cargo room. But then she woke up one recent morning to a text message from her neighbor: The wheels of her Fit were gone. "I didn't know at the time that Fit ...
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| Food trucks find home in Over-the-Rhine |
Apr 23rd, 2013 |
Cincinnati's food trucks will have more locations in Over-the-Rhine as a result of the passage of a new law. Cincinnati City Council has made a move that will allow more of the citys food trucks to serve customers in Over-the-Rhine and other neighborhoods, Soapbox Cincinnati reports. The Mobile Food Vending Program, which was first piloted in 2010, was passed into law last week, and in 30 ...
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| Subaru Audi and Mitsubishi post strong first quarter performances |
Apr 23rd, 2013 |
Subaru, Audi and Mitsubishi reported their best sales performances during the first four months of the year. Motor Image Pilipinas Inc. (Mipi), the exclusive distributor of Subaru brand of vehicles in the Philippines, registered a record-breaking 94-percent growth after selling 577 units, compared to the 297 units sold in the same period of last year. Subaru sales in March reached an all-time ...
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| Canadian retail sales advanced in February |
Apr 23rd, 2013 |
Retail sales in Canada rose 0.8 percent to $39.5 billion in February, Statistics Canada said Tuesday. Sales of general merchandise provided the biggest push with sales climbing 2.8 percent. Sales at department stores rose 0.8 percent, but sales at gas stations rose 1.9 percent after three months of declines. Gas station sales rose, however, due to higher prices at the pump, Statistics Canada ...
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| Items stolen from unlocked Melbourne cars suspect sought |
Apr 23rd, 2013 |
MELBOURNE -- Police need your help finding the person responsible for breaking into several unlocked cars in a matter of hours. Detectives said the suspect walked through the Edgewood Drive and South Fairway Drive area in the overnight hours from April 21 through April 22. Unfortunately, residents made it easy for him, leaving their car doors unlocked, allowing him to flip door handles to get ...
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| Drive On Electric cars sure to fail as taxis |
Apr 23rd, 2013 |
New York New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is going to test whether small Nissan electric cars can make decent taxis.We'll give him his answer right now and save him another test: They won't. As practical transportation in the round-the-clock grind expected of the city's taxi fleet, they're sure to be losers. How could a taxi driver stand using a vehicle that can only go 73 ...
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| China auto market balloons pollution could choke growth |
Apr 23rd, 2013 |
Ford and General Motors are reviving two familiar nameplates at the Shanghai Auto Show this week in a bid to make inroads in China, where the auto market could soon eclipse the U.S. and European markets combined. The Ford Escort and Buick Riviera remain concept vehicles for now, but both offer hints of what the two U.S. manufacturers may have in store for Chinese consumers. Once a backwater ...
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| Concept cars at the Shanghai Auto Show |
Apr 23rd, 2013 |
Models pose in front of a car at Qoros' stand at the 2013 Shanghai Auto Show, April 21, 2013. Founded in 2007, Qoros is an equal partnership between China's Chery Automobile and Israel ...
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| In pictures Shanghai Auto Show |
Apr 23rd, 2013 |
Technicists set up a Smart Forgeremy auto before the opening of the 15th Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition at Shanghai New International Expo Center in Shanghai city. Wu Hong / ...
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