| Nissan women “generally dissatisfied” with cars |
Sep 12th, 2013 |
Nissan says that women are generally dissatisfied with the state of automotive industry, with their needs and wants largely ignored. "Lets face it, women have been largely ignored by the auto industry and our own research shows they are generally dissatisfied." said senior manager of advanced planning & strategy at Nissan North America, Rachel Nguyen. The company's deputy ...
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| Infiniti our competition is too rationally driven |
Sep 12th, 2013 |
Infiniti says its German rivals are too rationally driven, clinical and cold. A weakness the Japanese luxury manufacturer hopes to exploit. "There is no question our competition produce outstanding quality automobiles, technologically well engineered. But, we believe they are too rationally driven." said Allen Lu, managing director of Infiniti for Asia and Oceania. Speaking to the ...
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| Honda awards digital projector to Michigan drive-in theater |
Sep 12th, 2013 |
American Honda Motor Co. Inc. said Thursday that it has awarded a new digital projector to the Cherry Bowl Drive In Theatre in Benzie County as part of ...
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| Frances Renault teams up with electric car pioneer |
Sep 12th, 2013 |
PARIS (AFP) - French automaker Renault and the Bollore family group that runs a successful pay-as-you go electric car network in Paris, are teaming up to develop technology.In a statement, the groups said they had agreed to develop car sharing systems for electric cars and cooperate on the manufacturing of the Bollore Bluecar that has become a common sight in Paris since the launch of the Autolib ...
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| Why Toyota of Lewisville got a new owner |
Sep 12th, 2013 |
The Toyota of Lewisville dealership got a new out-of-state owner who is a big Dallas Cowboys fan. Dallas Cowboys fan Robert L. Johnson bought his fourth North Texas car dealership for many reasons. Buying Toyota of Lewisville from Rene Isip adds to the dealerships the Washington, D.C.-area businessman owns in Fort Worth, Burleson and Waxahachie. The 74,000-square-foot Lewisville dealership ...
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| Nismo coming to Australia in the future |
Sep 12th, 2013 |
Nissan Australia says Nismo is right for Australia, just not right now. Speaking to CarAdvice at the Nissan 360, Nissan Australia's General Manager of corporate communications, Peter Fadeyev, said Nissan is certainly interested in bringing Nismo to Australia, but it's a complete project that needs further study. "Nismo is certainly a work in progress for our country. Australia ...
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| BMW M helpless against local A45 AMG pricing but pondering M2 |
Sep 12th, 2013 |
. Asked whether the 'M performance' package that sits below proper M cars looks as though it gives buyers less than a fully-fledged AMG product available for similar money, Pries confessed that in Europe the A45 is positioned well above an M135i so it therefore isn't a problem. "It is beyond our control if one of our competitors tends to be fairly price aggressive in one ...
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| Audi wants to fill gap between TT and R8 coupes |
Sep 12th, 2013 |
will need to put into production a sports coupe to fill the gap between the Audi TT and Audi R8 before 2017, chairman of the board at Audi AG Rupert Stadler has claimed. Speaking at the Frankfurt international motor show, Stadler replied a steadfast "yes" to both the question of whether Audi could build the sport quattro concept shown, and whether he would like to see the car put into ...
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| Fuel economy emission stickers come to used cars |
Sep 12th, 2013 |
The Department of Transportation and the Environmental Protection Agency are teaming up to make a new fuel economy window sticker for used cars and trucks beginning in model year 2012. They are asking consumers to pick between two labels: One version gives cars and trucks a grade from A+ to D. The government agencies are working up a new rule that would take into account electric and plug-in ...
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| Update Cleanup underway after freight cars carrying flammable liquid derail at Alyth yard |
Sep 12th, 2013 |
The Calgary Fire Department and other authorities investigate between six and eight overturned tanker cars at Alyth yard. Roads in the Inglewood area were shut down during the ...
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