| Missouri trucking accident results in two deaths |
Apr 9th, 2013 |
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Driver fatigue is now suspected as a contributing factor in a deadly trucking accident that recently left two dead in southwestern Missouri.
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| South Koreas auto exports fall |
Apr 9th, 2013 |
Seoul, April 8 : South Korea's automobile exports fell in March as top automaker Hyundai Motor and its affiliate Kia Motors shortened working hours of their employees under an agreement with labour unions, a government report showed ...
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| Ford says Focus tops world car sales in 2012 |
Apr 9th, 2013 |
April 9 (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co said its Focus model was the world's best-selling passenger car in 2012, boosted by demand from China and the United States, citing data from automotive consulting firm Polk.The carmaker sold 1,020,410 Ford Focus compact cars last year, it said on Tuesday. ()More than one out of four Focus cars were sold in China, with registrations in the world's ...
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| General Motors-Holden to eliminate 500 more jobs in Australia |
Apr 9th, 2013 |
GM's Australian subsidiary, General Motors-Holden (GMH), announced yesterday that it will eliminate 400 more jobs from its assembly plant in the Adelaide suburb of Elizabeth in South Australia, and 100 engineering positions from its development and design facility in Melbourne, Victoria. The sackings will take the number of job losses in the Australian car industry to close to 2,000 in the ...
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| Vancouver considers shared lane for bikes cars on MacArthur |
Apr 9th, 2013 |
VANCOUVER, Wash. – What most cyclists would like to see on MacArthur Boulevard is a lane for cars, a lane for bikes and room on the side for parking. It could happen. But what also could happen is that a chunk of MacArthur from Andresen to Lieser would become a "sharrow." That would mean one lane for cars and one lane for bikes and cars together. City engineers are still ...
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| GM hopes to woo new customers with Impala sets 70 retail sales goal |
Apr 9th, 2013 |
General Motors Co.'s Chevrolet brand is aiming to boost the lease rate on its flagship 2014 Impala sedan from about zero today to at least the segment average of about 35 percent, a Chevy executive said Monday.The 2013 Impala is mostly a fleet vehicle; 70 percent of sales are to fleet customers. But Chevy wants to sell 70 percent of the all-new 2014 Impala - just hitting dealerships - to ...
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| Ford Focus cruises to top of global sales |
Apr 9th, 2013 |
Buoyed by the Chinese market, Ford Motor Co.'s Focus compact car outsold all other vehicles in 2012 by a wide margin, according to data released today by market researcher R.L. Polk & Co.The Dearborn automaker sold more than 1 million Focus cars worldwide last year, topping the No. 2 best-seller and perennial sales champion, Toyota Motor Corp.'s Corolla compact car, by more than ...
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| Smaller SUVs driving auto sales |
Apr 9th, 2013 |
Pickups aren't the only vehicles driving this year's auto sales growth.Compact crossovers - like the Ford Escape, Honda CR-V and Toyota RAV4 - grew at a faster rate than the overall industry through the first three months of 2013.These small SUVs are largely favored over the gas-guzzling full-size SUVs that were the norm a decade ago. Based on compact-car platforms, the new crossovers ...
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| Volvo S60 Polestar Swedish super sedan coming to Oz |
Apr 9th, 2013 |
Dropping jaws last year when it debuted in Sweden, the limited edition Volvo S60 Polestar teams a modified version of Volvo's turbocharged T6 in-line 3.0-litre six-cylinder engine with a six-speed manual transmission to deliver a 0-100km/h time of 3.9 seconds and a top speed of over 300km/h. While pricing and on-sale dates are yet to be mentioned, Volvo UK managing director Nick ...
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| Top convertibles for 2013 |
Apr 9th, 2013 |
Of all automotive indulgences, convertibles are the sweetest. Although they're typically more expensive, heavier and more impractical than their sedan counterparts, drop-tops offer more smiles per gallon. Even as automakers strive to meet increasing governmental and consumer demand for more efficient sedans and crossovers, they still save their most expressive efforts for convertibles, which ...
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