| Latest NHTSA Crash Tests Yield Mixed Results |
Sep 17th, 2013 |
Of a dozen 2013 and 2014 models vying for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's five-star safety club in the latest round of testing, less than half made the cut. NHTSA's crash tests examine vehicles' safety performance in frontal and side collisions, as well as roof strength in rollover accidents. Both ...
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| Harvard of Korea turns out more grads aiming for Hyundai |
Sep 17th, 2013 |
For generations, a Seoul National University degree typically led to a job in law, the civil service or with a high-paying foreign company. Manufacturers like Hyundai Motor Co. ...
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| Rolls-Royce engine enhancement gets FAA certification |
Sep 17th, 2013 |
Federal Aviation Administration type certificate, the company said. The new type certificate for the engine confirms that the company's T56 enhancement program has met or exceeded all FAA requirements for the L-100/382, which is the commercial variant of the C-130 military transport. Rolls-Royce said it also has completed all requirements to achieve U.S. Air Force engine qualification and ...
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| Honda rescues five drive-ins from extinction ups ante to four more |
Sep 17th, 2013 |
Honda's Project Drive-In saves a piece of Americana by supplying the 99W Drive-In in Newberg, Ore., with a digital cinema system. With more than 2 million votes cast in Hondas Project Drive-In campaign, the car company has decided it can do better than equip five ozoners with digital cinema systems. The program has revealed the initial recipients of the business-saving technology and unveiled ...
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| Auto sector drags European shares off five-year high |
Sep 17th, 2013 |
Auto stocks dragged European shares off a five-year high today when data showing a drop in car sales last month doused recent investor optimism on the ...
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| Europes 2012 Auto Sales Lowest On Record But Bugatti Bentley And Porsche Selling Well |
Sep 17th, 2013 |
European auto sales are down significantly, with only Kia Motors and Daimler reporting growth in the first seven months of 2013. But sales of Volkwagen's premium brands Bugatti, Lamborghini, Bentley and Porsche saw sales leap from 254 units in the same period last year to 4,237 between January and ...
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| Subsidies for green cars |
Sep 17th, 2013 |
China plans to promote the use of renewable energy cars in large cities and key regions in 2013-15 and subsidize green cars according to a new standard, the MIIT said Tuesday. The promotion of electric, plug-in hybrid and battery-fueled vehicles will be mainly focused on big cities and areas that suffer serious air pollution, such as Beijing, North China's Hebei Province and East ...
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| How Eiji Toyoda Created The Modern Version Of Toyota |
Sep 17th, 2013 |
Eiji Toyoda standing in front of the Toyota AA, its first car, in 1989. (Image credit: AFP/Getty Images via @daylife) By Micheline Maynard The word came from Japan early Tuesday: Eiji Toyoda, a member of the family that founded ...
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| Edmonton police kept busy dealing with cases of children left alone in cars |
Sep 17th, 2013 |
EDMONTON -- Charges have been laid after police in Edmonton had to deal with their fourth case in a week involving children left alone in a vehicle.Officers were called Monday afternoon to a south-end supermarket where two children, age nine and two, had allegedly been left while their mother went shopping.Police say the youngsters were in the vehicle for about half an hour with the engine ...
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| Crash control Even cheap cars get luxury tech features |
Sep 17th, 2013 |
16 minutes ago When the new 2014 Dodge Durango comes to market later this month, it will include a safety feature called the Adaptive Cruise Control, a system that brings the vehicle to a complete stop in heavy traffic, then starts it moving again when traffic clears.The 2014 Chevrolet Impala has a similar system that slams on the brakes to avert an accident the driver might not have time to ...
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