| Honda and Acura Recalling 205,000 Vehicles to Fix Faulty Shift Interlock |
Apr 19th, 2013 |
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Honda is recalling nearly 205,000 vehicles to replace the shift interlock in the 2012 and 2013 Honda CR-V, 2012 and 2013 Honda Odyssey, and 2013 Acura RDX. Affecting approximately 128,000 CR-Vs, 59,000 Odysseys, and 17,500 RDXs, effective immediately Honda is reeling the vehicles back in because the interlock could falter, allowing vehicles to be shifted [...]
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| Former Auto Exec Bob Lutz Says Raising the Gas Tax Will Help to Reach MPG Targets |
Apr 19th, 2013 |
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Brash and outspoken, we’ve got to say we miss Bob Lutz and his candidness, which have been missing on a regular basis since he retired from General Motors in 2010. The former executive spoke this week at SAE International’s World Congress, a consortium of auto companies and their engineers, to address the biggest challenge engineers [...]
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| Car loans stretch out to 8 years costing buyers more |
Apr 19th, 2013 |
Meredith Havens looks at Volkswagens on Feb. 22, 2013, at a car dealership in Richardson, Texas. The average new car loan in the fourth quarter of 2012 was 65 ...
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| Emergency declared in wake of Chicago flooding |
Apr 19th, 2013 |
Pat Quinn declared a state of emergency after touring the region by helicopter. Some parts of the metro area had received 9-11 inches of torrential rain since Thursday night. A sinkhole opened on Chicago's Southeast Side, swallowing three cars. Firefighters pulled one person from the 40-foot wide hole who was hospitalized, WGN-TV, Chicago, reported. The third car slid into the hole after ...
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| Chicago downpour rips open sinkhole swallows 3 cars |
Apr 19th, 2013 |
A sinkhole swallowed three cars on the Southeast Side of Chicago on Thursday, April 18, 2013 injuring one person. The injured driver has been upgraded to good condition with minor injuries after being pulled from the hole and taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago Police Department spokesman Michael Sullivan told the Chicago Tribune. WLS-TV in Chicago reported the injured man was ...
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| Marchionne asks world governments to be technology neutral on fuel alternatives |
Apr 19th, 2013 |
Detroit - Fiat-Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne called on governments around the world to remain "technology neutral" and not force automakers' hands as they try to find an alternative to gasoline-powered cars and trucks."Regulators are rushing precipitously toward embracing (electric vehicles) as the only solution," he said during a speech at the Society of Automotive ...
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| Vic and SA urge govts to use Aussie cars |
Apr 19th, 2013 |
VICTORIA and South Australia are urging other states and territories to use Australian-made vehicles in a bid to boost the automotive industry. Victorian Premier Denis Napthine and South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill will use Friday's Council of Australian Governments meeting to press other governments to buy or lease locally made vehicles as often as possible. Holden announced earlier ...
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| Honda recalls nearly 205K vehicles to fix shifters |
Apr 19th, 2013 |
DETROIT -- Honda is recalling nearly 205,000 minivans and SUVs in the U.S. and Canada to fix a problem with the automatic shifters.The recall includes the Honda CR-V small SUV and Odyssey minivan from the 2012 and 2013 model years. Also covered is the 2013 Acura RDX SUV.Honda says the device that stops drivers from shifting out of park without a foot on the brake may not work properly. The ...
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| Mercedes-Benz Bright new China future |
Apr 19th, 2013 |
/enpproperty--> Editor's note: China is the seventh country Hubertus Troska has served in for his career with Daimer AG, however, it's also the first one outside of Germany, for which he takes charge of all of the company's business operations. The executive is fully aware that China is the key if his company wants become number one in the world. The chairman and CEO ...
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| Raising the bar in Chinas auto industry |
Apr 19th, 2013 |
/enpproperty--> In the past decade, foreign automakers have teamed up with China's domestic auto companies in joint ventures to conceive innovative technologies and deliver localized products that have given domestic consumers more choices than ever. This is particularly evident in the premium auto sector, with the latest models gracing the streets of cities across China as consumers ...
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