News for 19 July 2010
Deliveries of the Daimler AG’s Mercedes-Benz E-Class, BMW AG’s new 5-Series and a revamped Audi A8 are being boosted to cope with the demand in the US and China.
Sascha Gommel, a Frankfurt-based analyst with Commerzbank …
Ford Motor Co. entered an out-of-court settlement deal over a patent infringement dispute with Paice, an acronym for Power-Assisted Internal Combustion Engines.
This deal essentially means that the companies were able to avoid a potentially long-term …
Belgian-born US fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg demonstrated her creativity on the MINI. The result is a car that creates a big splash of color on the road. The red MINI is sprinkled with colourful …
Toyota Motor Corp. is asking its dealerships to properly inform car owners about the model’s features so that they don’t make the mistake of regarding them as safety defects.
Toyota cited the many instances that owners …
The Carlsson C25 is the first own developed car by Carlsson and it combines two vehicle concepts which up to now have been considered as incompatible. The Carlsson C25 renders top performances with its 753 …
Ford’s 2011 Explorer model, which is equipped with the 2.0l EcoBoost engine, offers a 30% improvement in fuel consumption figures over the existing V6 units.
With that claim, we can easily estimate that this new Explorer …
The Russian tuning company at ArmorTech who specialize in bullet proofing cars decided to tune the Maybach 57S Coupe. Featuring several styling and performance upgrades, the tuning firm was lucky to get their …
Perhaps it is unfair to consign the last-generation Subaru Impreza WRX STI to a place in history best occupied by the likes of New Coke and the Pet Rock. Yet when Subaru unveiled the 2008 …
The 2011 Hyundai Genesis Coupe is a purpose-built rear-wheel drive sport coupe featuring two performance-focused engines – a 210-horsepower, 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine and a range-topping all-aluminum, 306-horsepower, DOHC 3.8-liter V6 engine.
Revised model lineup …
What is it?
This is the third and final (for now, anyway) version of Hyundai’s all-new Sonata midsize sedan. This one packs what Hyundai has modestly called the “world’s best hybrid system.” It had better be, …
Hard to believe, but the Mazda Miata is 20 years old. And Mazda didn’t let the birthday pass without a party.
On July 17, parked in the inner courtyard of Mazda R&D in Irvine, Calif., were …
Ford says its all-new 2011 Explorer, due in showrooms this fall, will offer best-in-class fuel economy with its direct-injection, 2.0-liter Eco Boost four mated to a six-speed automatic transmission. Ford says the truck will deliver …
The power output of the smart fortwo BRABUS version has been increased from 72 kW to 75 kW. Despite this, at 119 g CO2 per 100 kilometres (combined figure) even the more powerful engine remains …
The Quattroporte Sport GT S Awards Edition, based on the Quattroporte Sport GT S, aims to combine in one car all the features that have made the Trident flagship a benchmark for its segment. The …
According to a July 12 letter sent by Toyota Motor Corp. to the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, it will fix about 600,000 Sienna minivans recalled over the risk of corrosion in a cable …
As you may know already, last Friday, Nikkei newspaper announced that Honda will stop selling the Legend sedan in Japan but also its sister from the United States, the Acura RL.
Due to this report, Acura …
