| India’s auto market struggles to find next gear |
Apr 11th, 2013 |
Click here to read more international insights. There are almost four times more people in India than the U.S., but last year there were almost eight times more cars sold in America. In spite of the potential, India's car market has gone into reverse. The 1.9 million cars sold there over the past 12 months was down 7 per cent from a year earlier, the country's auto industry body said on ...
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| Toyota Honda Nissan and Mazda issue massive global recall |
Apr 11th, 2013 |
Photo credit: Honda | The 2002 Honda Odyssey was one of several Honda vehicles included in a recall of 3.4 million vehicles April 11, 2013 by Japanese automakers Honda, Toyota, Nissan and Mazda. The recall was issued because of faulty air ...
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| High interest rate responsible for dip in annual car sales Experts |
Apr 11th, 2013 |
citizen journalist . Beig added, "I think there is loss of craze towards buying a new car. Consumers will buy it when they like to. They seem to be happy with their existing models. They are in no rush to buy new car. There is also a feeling of overall depression that the market is not optimistic. The market is slightly pessimistic about everything not just only about cars." Passenger ...
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| GM sees annual African car sales heading toward the 2 million mark |
Apr 11th, 2013 |
Annual vehicle sales in Africa will rise nearly 20 percent in the next two years to hit the 2 million mark as the continent's burgeoning middle class trades up from motorbikes and jalopies to new cars, the regional head of General Motors said.The US car giant sold 180,000 vehicles on the continent last year, giving it a 10 percent market share and putting it narrowly behind rival Toyota, ...
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| Japan firms recall 3.4m autos |
Apr 11th, 2013 |
Four Japanese automakers including Toyota Motor Corp and Honda Motor Co are recalling a total of around 3.4 million vehicles worldwide due to defective airbags supplied by Takata Corp, the companies said.Takata has also supplied the faulty airbags to foreign carmakers, said Toyohiro Hishikawa, spokesman for the Tokyo-listed components maker, declining to identify them. The firm's shares ...
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| US hybrid automaker Fisker Automotive prepared to file Chapter 11 |
Apr 11th, 2013 |
Fisker Automotive could file for bankruptcy protection as soon as this week as the US Department of Energy pressures the green-car startup to pay back nearly $200 million in government loans.The DOE appears to be pushing a Chapter 11 filing soon by Fisker, several sources close to the company said on Monday. The company's attorneys have drawn up bankruptcy documents and are ready to file in ...
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| Buying Cars Is Awful Why Tesla Will Do Better |
Apr 11th, 2013 |
not what it appears to be - it's an ad for Pepsi Max. In fact, Jeff Gordon is not even driving the Camaro in the spot. Even though it's a put-up instead of a genuine undercover video, the spot raises an interesting question: why did 33 million people find the scenario so amusing? After all, it seems like a cruel prank. A professional racecar driver is sent to scare the life out of an ...
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| 2014 Mercedes-Benz S-class offers back massage high-end audio |
Apr 11th, 2013 |
The new 2014 Mercedes-Benz S-class has all that you look forward to in a personalised car, which means you can have back massage, high-end audio and enough gadgetry to keep you interested while engaged with the car. The 2014 Mercedes-Benz S-class is expected to redefine luxury, if some industry experts are to be believed.With new features and more safety systems in 2014 Mercedes-Benz S-class, the ...
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| 2013 Lexus GX 460 Premium review notes: Real smooth considering its underpinning |
Apr 11th, 2013 |
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NEWS EDITOR GREG MIGLIORE: It's fun to take the wheel of a monster truck every now and then, and this 2013 Lexus GX 460 Premium has a comfortable, commanding presence.
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| Report: Ford Rep Sees U.S. Potential for Compact Trucks |
Apr 11th, 2013 |
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Ever since Ford discontinued Ranger production, enthusiasts have been wondering if and when the automaker will return to the segment. While there’s still no definitive answer to that question, Ford’s truck program marketing manager Doug Scott talked with Automotive.com about the challenges the automaker must overcome if we will ever see a compact Ford truck [...]
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