| Nissan gaining US market share in March |
Mar 28th, 2013 |
NEW YORK — Nissan said Wednesday it expects to pick up market share in the all-important US market this month, but it still remains far from its target. The Japanese automaker expects to sell more than 132,000 cars in March, which would take its market share to 8.8-8.9 percent, up from just 7.8 percent in January, Nissan’s director of sales for the US Jose Munoz said on the sidelines ...
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| 2013 Mercedes-Benz GL-Class review |
Mar 28th, 2013 |
The 2013 Mercedes-Benz GL enters its second generation, with a new design and a completely new or revised engine lineup. Still, the 2013 GL's length, width and height are within an inch of the first generation. For a while in the 1990s and early 2000s, it appeared as though the SUV was going to overtake cars in sales and suck up the world's oil reserves in the ...
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| Subaru WRX concept leaked |
Mar 28th, 2013 |
have leaked online ahead of the highly anticipated sports car’s unveiling at the 2013 New York auto show. First seen on French website Blog Automobile, the unverified images purportedly reveal the exterior design of the ...
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| 2013 BMW 3 Series Touring Review |
Mar 28th, 2013 |
Luxury wagons such as the new BMW 3 Series Touring remain relatively niche models in Australia, struggling to match their popularity in Europe as Australians mostly snub them in favour of SUVs. BMW, for example, is only hoping to convince a paltry 500 Australians a year to forgo the ever-popular SUV for the traditional family hauler. Granted, Aussie buyers won't get the all-wheel drive ...
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| Audi A3 sedan all-new body shape breaks cover in New York |
Mar 28th, 2013 |
Audi 's three-box and coupe design philosophies, the 4.46m-long A3 sedan has short overhangs, sharper door lines and slightly larger wheel arches flares than the ...
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| Auto makers look to Asean market |
Mar 28th, 2013 |
While this year's Bangkok International Motor Show could set a new sales record of 60,000 orders, major auto-makers are not only looking at the Thai market but also all of Asean. "Asean is such an important growth opportunity for Ford within our Asia-Pacific region," Alan Mulally, president and chief executive officer of Ford Motor Company, said yesterday. "Our plan and ...
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| City gears up to become auto industry hub |
Mar 28th, 2013 |
ng doesn't want the name of either of the world's most famous automobile cities tied to Chengdu, Sichuan province. "We want to make Chengdu a unique international automobile hub in our own way," said Chen, deputy officer of ...
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| For Powering Cars Solar-Electric Is ‘Orders Of Magnitude’ More Efficient Than Biofuels |
Mar 28th, 2013 |
a recent study determined that electricity generated by solar beats out biofuels for powering cars under myriad scenarios. The report, put together by a team from the University of California, Santa Barbara and the Norwegian University of Science and ...
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| Honda minivan comes with a built-in vacuum |
Mar 28th, 2013 |
If we said the new 2014 Odyssey minivan sucked, Honda might just take that as a compliment. The updated Odyssey Touring Elite model debuting at the New York Auto Show will introduce a new feature likely to have significant appeal to family buyers - the first in-car ...
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| Self-driving cars could solve the oil crisis |
Mar 28th, 2013 |
FORTUNE -- Earlier this month, President Obama proposed spending $2 billion over the next decade to find an alternative to operating cars and trucks on oil -- an idea that has been catnip to the political class. Previous presidents and congresses have sought favor with voters by spending on gas-electric hybrids, biofuels, advanced batteries, fuel cells, solar, and other technologies. So far, no ...
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