| Japanese man slashes 1000 tyres to meet women |
Apr 23rd, 2013 |
A Japanese man reportedly slashed the tyres of around 1000 parked cars driven by women as a way to start conversations with them. According to RocketNews24, Yoshihito Harada, 25, declared that the news was true and he indeed did do it. Harada appeared in the Nagoya district courthouse last week on charges relating to five incidents that claimed that he used a screw driver or similar sharp ...
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| UPDATE 1-Japan govt warns Mitsubishi Motors over recall delays |
Apr 23rd, 2013 |
TOKYO, April 23 (Reuters) - Japan's transport ministry told Mitsubishi Motors Corp on Tuesday that it must conduct vehicle recalls more quickly after discovering multiple problems in past cases, on the same day that the carmaker filed for another recall.The ministry, which investigated the automaker in December, concluded that the carmaker delayed for two years seeking the cause of an ...
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| Automotive and wireless apps help drive pressure sensors to rise to top of MEMS market in 2013 says IHS |
Apr 23rd, 2013 |
Microelectromechanical system (MEMS) pressure sensors will achieve accelerated growth in 2013 and become the leading type of MEMS device, driven by increasing use in automotive and the fast-growing handset space, according to IHS ...
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| Sebastian Vettel hits planned Russian Formula One circuit |
Apr 23rd, 2013 |
Infiniti Red Bull Racing teammate Mark Webber finished seventh - Vettel drove part of the new Sochi Olympic Park Circuit located in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, in ...
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| Volkswagen wants bigger slice of Australian car market |
Apr 23rd, 2013 |
may have made significant sales progress in Australia in recent years, but one of the company's senior board members says the brand should be selling even more vehicles locally. The German car maker was the eighth most popular brand here in 2012, with 54,835 sales and a five per cent market share.That's double what VW was selling just five years ago, and compares with just 12,357 sales ...
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| Smart Fortwo by Jeremy Scott city car with wings takes flight |
Apr 23rd, 2013 |
has been unveiled at the Shanghai auto show ahead of a limited production run of the quirky winged city car. Doing its best impersonation of a 1950s Cadillac, ...
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| TomTom CEO sees no signs of recovery in car sales |
Apr 23rd, 2013 |
Reuters © A TomTom navigation device is seen in this photo illustration taken in Amsterdam February 28, 2012. REUTERS/Robin van Lonkhuysen/United ...
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| Shanghai Cuisine: A Roundup of The Cars You Need to Know About from This Year’s Motor Show |
Apr 23rd, 2013 |
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China is still an emerging market when it comes to new cars, yet it has become one of the most pivotal when it comes to automakers going out of their way to meet the needs of the buying public. That’s because a decade ago, China was selling a few million cars to the elite few. [...]
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| Buick Riviera Concept: Hybrid Power, Hydraulic Styling [2013 Shanghai Auto Show] |
Apr 23rd, 2013 |
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China is Buick’s biggest market, so it makes sense for the automaker to debut its latest concept at the Shanghai auto show. The resurrection of the storied Riviera name, however, caught us a bit by surprise, especially considering Buick had applied the badge to a concept car some six years ago. Designed by Shanghai GM [...]
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| Kia Forte-Based Horki Concept is Just for China – 2013 Shanghai |
Apr 23rd, 2013 |
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Kia is introducing a completely redesigned compact sedan at the 2013 Shanghai auto show, but we’re not talking about the Forte. Instead, we’re referring to the understated Kia Horki DYK concept, which debuts in Shanghai and is, in fact, based on the new 2014 Kia Forte’s platform. Like Ford with the Escort concept, the Horki [...]
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