| European car sales rally 5.5 as markets hope for debt ceiling deal - live |
Oct 16th, 2013 |
The European Central Bank has reportedly rebuffed a proposal from Greece to address its funding shortfall next year, raising the fear of yet more austerity to ...
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| CEO Amid tough competition Toyota North America CEO content with current slice of US market |
Oct 16th, 2013 |
NEW YORK - After five up and down years, Jim Lentz thinks Toyota is right where it's supposed to be. Five years ago, the company unseated General Motors as the world's biggest automaker and its cars dominated much of the U.S. market with a reputation for bulletproof reliability. Toyota even weathered the Great Recession with relative ease. Then came a series of embarrassing safety ...
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| Walkinshaw W497 955Nm tuned HSV unleashed |
Oct 16th, 2013 |
has launched its first supercharged packages for the VF Commodore and Gen-F, offering peak outputs just shy of 500kW and 1000Nm. The Walkinshaw W457 package boosts output of ...
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| Kia Cerato Koup Turbo – Pricing Specifications |
Oct 16th, 2013 |
Kia Australia has launched its first performance model with the introduction of the Kia Cerato Koup Turbo. The last of the Cerato family, the Koup is available in four configurations, consisting of two engines and two transmission choices. The base model Kia Cerato Koup Si is powered by a 2.0-litre four-cylinder naturally aspirated engine that delivers 129kW of power and 209Nm of torque. ...
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| Toyota Australia slashes jobs demands cost-cutting |
Oct 16th, 2013 |
Toyota announced yesterday that it will sack another 100 workers at its Altona plant in Melbourne, scaling back production while demanding wage cuts and productivity speed-ups. Max Yusada, the president and CEO of the company's Australian division, implied that Toyota will close all manufacturing in the country unless its demands are met. Toyota's moves again raise the prospect that ...
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| Nissan to recall Infiniti vehicles in China |
Oct 16th, 2013 |
Japanese car maker Nissan will recall 4,367 imported Infiniti cars in the Chinese mainland because of defects with the anti-lock braking system (ABS), China's leading quality watchdog said Tuesday. The cars to be recalled are the JX 35 model and were produced between Aug 3, 2012 and Sept 20, 2013, according to a statement from the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection ...
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| Saudi women to protest national driving ban |
Oct 16th, 2013 |
. An online petition has attracted more than 15,700 signatures since being launched less than four weeks ago, with many men also supporting the cause. The protest comes after Eman al-Nafjan, a Saudi woman whose blog has called for women to defy the driving ban, was detained in Riyadh last Thursday. Al-Nafjan filmed her female friend driving and then live-tweeted her interaction with police. ...
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| Nissan X-Trail Pathfinder Hybrid Pulsar SSS sedan coming Q2 2014 |
Oct 16th, 2013 |
have been confirmed for Australian showrooms in the second quarter of 2014 as the Japanese car maker continues the renewal and diversification of its local ...
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| Google Apple autonomous driving systems trusted above car makers’ |
Oct 16th, 2013 |
developed by a tech company than a traditional car maker. In a study conducted by US advisory firm KPMG, drivers from Los Angeles, Chicago and New Jersey said they would be more willing to drive a self-driving car employing a system developed by Apple or Google, rather than one by ...
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| 2014 Camaro Z28 to hit dealers early next year |
Oct 16th, 2013 |
The new Z/28 is more than 300 pounds lighter than GM's supercharged Camaro ZL1 and features GM's 7-liter LS7 V-8 engine, certified at 505 horsepower and 481 pound-feet of torque. Air conditioning is an option. ...
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