| Auto Review Mercedes CLA-Class Is Reasonably Priced |
Nov 1st, 2013 |
The 2014 Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class is clearly modeled on the "four-door coupe" styling pioneered by the larger Mercedes-Benz CLS, but starts at just $29,900. The base CLA 250 is rated at 208 horsepower and can attain 60 mph in 6.9 seconds. (MERCEDES BENZ | ...
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| Focus on saving automotive industry misguided Professor |
Nov 1st, 2013 |
I was recently in the Golf plant in Wolfsburg : you hardly see any people there. Robots do the jobs you couldn’t imagine years ago that robots could do. And the automotive innovation would certainly not come from Australia. In Europe it will mostly come from Germany and Korea, and Japan is also very strong. And it may be in the future that with automatic cars, self-controlled cars, it ...
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| 2014 Audi A8 Review |
Nov 1st, 2013 |
The 2014 Audi A8 range has been updated with revised exterior styling, new safety technologies, improved interior trim and personalisation options, and updated powertrains that increase performance and reduce emissions. It's at first hard to tell the facelifted Audi A8 from the five-year-old original. It certainly typifies Audi's - sometimes too? - evolutionary design changes. ...
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| Isuzu MU-X world premiere gallery |
Nov 1st, 2013 |
MU-X LS-T (pictured) gets all the goodies like the seven-inch touchscreen with satellite navigation and reversing camera, as well as a ceiling-mounted entertainment system with a 10-inch DVD monitor for rear-seat ...
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| Hero MotoCorp Maruti slated to report sizzling sales numbers for October |
Nov 1st, 2013 |
Maruti Suzuki in passenger vehicles, are slated to report sizzling numbers for the month of October. ET learns that Hero MotoCorp, the country's largest two-wheeler maker has posted the highest ever sales (wholesale despatches) of 6 lakh units in October, whereas Maruti Suzuki is expected to report a healthy 6-8% growth in despatches with retail sales crossing over 1 lakh units in October, ...
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| Toys for your driveway Cars don’t have to be practical |
Nov 1st, 2013 |
But it is a toy. That's not such a bad thing. The Bible and the likes of the great C.S. Lewis may have counselled the need to put away childish things, but toys have their place. Thus, I see room in this world for the Abarth and its ilk and I see it with perfect clarity. This is a car with style and purpose, though if your purpose is to move the contents of your house, forget it. The Abarth ...
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| Nissan slashes profit outlook reshuffles management |
Nov 1st, 2013 |
Nissan Motor Co<7201.T> said Chief Operating Officer Toshiyuki Shiga would step aside from the No.2 post to a job handling external affairs in a management makeover as the company grapples with quality issues amid an ambitious drive to boost market share.Japan's second biggest automaker by sales volume said in a statement that Shiga, 60, would become vice chairman. Chief Executive ...
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| Car sales rose in October |
Nov 1st, 2013 |
The number of new cars sold in the Netherlands in October rose 37% compared with the year-earlier period. However, over the ten months of 2013 so far, sales are down 10% on the previous year. Orders only began picking up in September, according to the Telegraaf. In October, 36,764 new cars left the showrooms, compared with 26,786 in October 2012. According to the paper, car dealers' order ...
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| Nigeria Oduah - Bulletproof Cars Were Not for Me |
Nov 1st, 2013 |
Investigations into the controversial purchase of two BMW bulletproof cars by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) witnessed a dramatic twist yesterday as the Minister of Aviation, Ms. Stella Oduah, finally appeared before the House of Representatives Committee on Aviation, where she denied her alleged complicity in the transaction. Oduah whose inability to appear before now had ...
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| Nissan Motor Co. reports higher profit but cuts earnings outlook as recalls add to costs |
Nov 1st, 2013 |
TOKYO -- Nissan Motor Co., Japan's second-biggest automaker, cut its earnings forecast Friday to reflect tougher than expected conditions in many markets and expensive recalls. The company posted a 107.8 billion yen ($1.1 billion) net profit for the July-September quarter, a meager 2 percent increase from 105.7 billion yen a year earlier. Quarterly sales rose 16 percent to 2.5 trillion yen ...
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