| MG 3 light hatch debuts coming to Oz late-2013 |
Apr 22nd, 2013 |
light hatchback made its official debut at the Shanghai motor show. Based on the MG ZERO concept, the MG 3 was designed and engineered in the UK, but it will be built in China. The four-metre-long MG 3 seats four, and after "hundreds of thousands of miles of testing on European roads" is claimed to deliver "impressive levels of body control, sharpness and a willingness to corner ...
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| Lexus GS300h cheaper hybrid a chance for Australia |
Apr 22nd, 2013 |
Lexus IS300h , which will form part of the third-generation luxury mid-sized range when it launches in Australia in October. A 133kW/221Nm 2.5-litre four-cylinder Atkinson-cycle petrol engine pairs with an electric motor to give the Lexus GS300h a maximum power output of 164kW. Lexus estimates combined cycle fuel consumption as low as 6.0 litres per 100km and average ...
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| MEC retains $45m Mitsubishi business |
Apr 22nd, 2013 |
MEC has announced that it has retained its big media accounts with Mitsubishi Motors Australia and the South Australian Government. The $45 million Mitsubishi business was won following a three-month pitch against Starcom, which included a costing exercise and two pitch presentations. MEC has handled Mitsubishi’s media account in Australia for more than 20 years, with the agency ...
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| UPDATE Old auto repair shop total loss in Sunday blaze |
Apr 22nd, 2013 |
A man was sent to the hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries trying to recover items from an old auto repair shop that caught fire Sunday evening.Smith County Fire Marshal Jim Seaton said the fire sparked at the former Belcher's Auto Ranch, on the 8500 block of Farm-to-Market Road 850, just after 5 p.m.He said the fire was called in by a neighbor, who then went to the property ...
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| Auto Shanghai Chinas Biggest Auto Show This Year Kicks Off |
Apr 22nd, 2013 |
Auto Shanghai, one of the world's auto shows this year, kicked off in Shanghai on Sunday with hopes among more than 2,000 exhibitors for faster increases in sales this year in the world's largest auto market. Auto sales in China grew 4% last year, down from its double-digit gains before the global financial crisis began to sap the country's own economic growth. China's GDP ...
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| New-energy cars on the Auto Shanghai 2013 |
Apr 22nd, 2013 |
Foreign and domestic automakers are keeping new-energy cars in the limelight at the 15th Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition (Auto Shanghai), which is being held from April 21 to ...
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| Matt Kenseth holds off Kasey Kahne of Enumclaw in NASCAR event | Auto racing |
Apr 22nd, 2013 |
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Matt Kenseth knew he had a front-running car Sunday. It was simply a matter of getting there in the STP 400, a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race. When a caution flag came out with several leaders on pit road and Kenseth found himself leading the pack into the pits, he had a feeling things were going his way. Kenseth won the race off pit road after taking two tires under ...
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| Honda Concept M China-bound MPV revealed in Shanghai |
Apr 22nd, 2013 |
has made its world premiere at the 2013 Shanghai auto show, previewing a future production people-mover due to go on sale exclusively in China from next ...
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| Icona Vulcano 708kW hybrid supercar ignites Shanghai auto show |
Apr 22nd, 2013 |
Vulcano supercar teams aggressive Italian design with high-performance hybrid powertrain technology developed by former Ferrari technical director Claudio Lombardi. Despite being a one-off, Icona has detailed two petrol-electric powertrains for the front-engined ...
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| QA Bill Gates on Flying Cars the Malaria Epidemic and Article-Writing Robots |
Apr 22nd, 2013 |
Peter Thiel , expressing his dissatisfaction with technology’s progress, recently noted, ';We wanted flying cars, instead we got 140 characters.'; Do you agree with ...
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