| Fast five face jail cars seized in Dubai |
Oct 7th, 2013 |
The General Department of Traffic of the Dubai Police recently arrested three drivers for racing, performing dangerous road stunts and endangering the lives of other road users.Police patrol teams caught the three 20-year-old drivers while they were having their weekly race on the Al Khawaneej Road after midnight in their different types of Mercedes cars. Acting on a number of complaints from ...
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| VicRoads grounds trucks from crash fleet |
Oct 7th, 2013 |
Nearly 50 trucks have been grounded in Victoria as an audit continues into the trucking company linked to fatal crash in Sydney. VicRoads has inspected 128 vehicles from the Cootes Transport fleet and issued 114 defect notices for problems including oil and air leaks and brake and suspension defects. Forty-eight vehicles have been grounded. The VicRoads audit follows an investigation launched ...
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| Tanzania Trucks Jam Kibaha in Fee Protest |
Oct 7th, 2013 |
BUS and truck owners have called on Works Minister Dr John Magufuli and his Transport counterpart, Dr Harrison Mwakyembe to meet them and find a solution to the abolition of five per cent of allowable weight by cargo and passenger vehicles plying the country's roads to avoid commotion. Tanzania Bus Owners Association (TABOA) Secretary General Enea Mrutu and Tanzania Truck Owners Association ...
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| Mercedes sales soar 15.9 percent in September |
Oct 7th, 2013 |
Stuttgart-based Mercedes-Benz has reportedly sold a record number of cars in September. The luxury carmaker said that it sold 1, 42, 994 vehicles during September, up by 15.9 percent for the same month a year before. According to news.com.au, September sales rose 6.7 percent in the US, Mercedes' biggest single market, and 21.2 percent in China, while in Germany it rose only 1.5 percent. The ...
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| Rise of 17 in new private cars licensed |
Oct 7th, 2013 |
New figures from the Central Statistics Office show that the number of new cars licensed for the first time rose by 17% to 3,257 in September compared to the same time last year. The CSO figures show that a total of 66,570 new private cars were licensed in the year to September, down 7% on the same time last year. Today's figures also reveal that the number of imported used cars jumped by ...
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| Mitsubishi Motors to sell pickup trucks in Myanmar in 2014 |
Oct 7th, 2013 |
TOKYO | Mon Oct 7, 2013 5:41am EDT TOKYO Oct 7 (Reuters) - Mitsubishi Motors Corp will start selling its pickup trucks in Myanmar around January next year, it said on Monday, joining the rush by global carmakers to offer new vehicles in the Southeast Asian country's nascent auto market. Mitsubishi Motors, which already has a shop in Yangon that provides after service to used ...
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| Food trucks cook up $650M in annual sales report |
Oct 7th, 2013 |
Food trucks generate about $650 million in revenue annually, according to a new report from the National League of Cities. The food truck frenzy thats caught on in the past few years has fed economic appetites, according to a new report from the National League of Cities, the Tampa Bay Business Journal reports. Food trucks described in the report as mobile food vending generate about $650 ...
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| Rolls-Royce the British maker of aircraft engines wins 2 maintenance contracts from US government worth up to $496 million - AFP |
Oct 7th, 2013 |
A reflection of a Rolls Royce Trent 900 turbofan engine is seen at an event to mark the arrival of a British Airways Airbus A380 at Heathrow Airport in London on July 4, ...
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| Ashok Leyland launches 7-seater multi purpose vehicle Stile |
Oct 7th, 2013 |
Ten upcoming car launches you would love to know about Are you planning to buy a car? Consider these ten upcoming launches and facelifts before ...
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| Chiyoda Acquires Interest in MPDC Gabon from Mitsubishi |
Oct 7th, 2013 |
Chiyoda Corporation (Chiyoda) (Head Office: Yokohama, President & CEP: Shogo Shibuya) announced Friday that it has acquired 2,475 shares (equivalent to 25 percent of issued shares) of MPDC Gabon Co. Ltd. (hereafter MPDC) from Mitsubishi Corporation. MPDC holds participating interests in two offshore blocks in Republic of Gabon, including a 50 percent interest in Baudoroie Merou block and a ...
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