| Honda Odyssey new details of next-gen people-mover released |
Nov 1st, 2013 |
have been released, revealing more information about its new powertrain and safety technologies ahead of its Australian launch in the first quarter of 2014. First shown in Japanese domestic market ...
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| Hot hatch comparison Ford Fiesta ST v Peugeot 208 GTi v Volkswagen Polo GTI |
Nov 1st, 2013 |
We've seen a hot Fiesta before, in the form of the 2007-10 XR4, then badged so, and like the Focus XR5 Turbo, to align with the company's Oz-only Falcon XR6 Turbo. But with the broad-shouldered local sedan on the way out, the new hot Fiesta, like the new fast Focus, takes on the 'ST' nameplate it has long worn in its native Europe. Available in three-door guise only, the ...
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| Nissan CEO Ghosn to make major announcement |
Nov 1st, 2013 |
-2.65% Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn is expected to make a "major" announcement later Friday, according to news reports. Japan's second-largest auto maker had been slated to release quarterly financial results on Tuesday, but the company unexpectedly said the figures will arrive later Friday. Ghosn cancelled a press event in South Korea and plans to attend Nissan's quarterly ...
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| 92 bodies recovered in Niger after migrants trucks break down in desert |
Nov 1st, 2013 |
DAKAR, Senegal - Nearly 100 African migrants hoping to escape crushing poverty met a grisly end in the desert, officials said Thursday, dying of thirst under the baking sun after their two trucks broke down in the middle of the Sahara before reaching Algeria. It took weeks for authorities to learn of the tragedy and for recovery teams to reach the distant site, where they found a gruesome scene ...
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| Maruti Suzuki October sales up 2 M800 Alto WagonR decline |
Nov 1st, 2013 |
Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) today reported 1.91 per cent increase in total sales for October at 1,05,087 units as against 1,03,108 in the same month last year. The company said its domestic sales increased marginally during the month to 96,062 units as against 96,002 vehicles in October last year. Sales in mini-car segment, including M800, Alto, A-Star and WagonR, declined by 6.8 per cent to 39,379 ...
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| Toyota says Oct China auto sales up 80.6 pct yy |
Nov 1st, 2013 |
Fri Nov 1, 2013 2:20am EDT BEIJING Nov 1 (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp and its two local joint-venture partners sold about 82,400 automobiles in China in October, up 80.6 percent from a year earlier, the Japanese automaker said on Friday. That follows a 63.5 percent year-on-year jump in September and a 4.2 percent fall in August. The sharp rise in sales was due partly to the low base from last ...
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| BMW i3 half of buyers to opt for range extender |
Nov 1st, 2013 |
believes half the buyers of its new i3 electric car will pay a premium for a range extending petrol engine option rather than rely on battery power alone. The BMW i3, the first model from the German car maker's new i brand devoted to sustainable motoring, has a range of about 160km from its lithium-ion battery. This can be almost doubled to about 300km with the two-cylinder bike engine that ...
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| Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn to attend earnings briefing Friday |
Nov 1st, 2013 |
Carlos Ghosn will attend a news conference at 5:30 p.m. (0830 GMT) on Friday to brief on the company's quarterly earnings at its headquarters in Yokohama, a spokesman said on Friday. In an unusual move, Japan's No.2 automaker on Wednesday abruptly changed the date of its earnings announcement from the originally scheduled Nov. 5. The company had earlier said Chief Operating ...
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| October U.S. auto sales could be best since 2007 |
Nov 1st, 2013 |
October U.S. auto sales will likely rise by double-digit percentages when automakers report sales figures today, and the total number of sales from January through October could top 13 million for the first time since ...
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| 9 ways to get your car to 200K miles |
Nov 1st, 2013 |
Just buy anything other than a piece of garbage Detroit produced Cadillac with that failure of an engine, the Northstar V-8.102,000 and blown headgaskets.This is GM's excuse for a luxury car. I suppose they figure if you can afford a Caddy, you can afford the $2500 repair when the car hits 100K.My old Towncar had 170K on the clock when I sold it, the guy I sold it to is still driving ...
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