| Mercedes-Benz B-Class achieves highest ever ANCAP safety score |
May 17th, 2012 |
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crash tested by European affiliate Euro NCAP last year , earned a total score of 36.78 out of 37 when assessed according to ANCAP's criteria in the latest round of testing, easily earning it ...
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| Fisker Defends Karma in Garage Fire |
May 16th, 2012 |
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, but they are unable to pinpoint the exact source. Last week, an ex-GM engineer agreed; Jon Bereisa told Automotive News that a design flaw with the car's tight engine and exhaust packaging ...
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| New Best-Seller? GM Adds Second Shift for 2013 Cadillac ATS |
May 16th, 2012 |
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It’s clear GM has big expectations for the 2013 Cadillac ATS. With the new ATS set to take on the king of the luxury compacts later this year, Cadillac has confirmed that GM has added a second shift with 600 new workers at its Lansing, Mich. Plant in order to meet the expected high demand [...]
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| Honda Introduces Segway-like Uni-Cub Personal Mobility Device |
May 16th, 2012 |
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Let’s be real for a second: walking around your office building is a drag. If only there were a device that acted as a seat and a motorized wheelchair, but for able-bodied people. Enter the Honda Uni-Cub, an all-electric personal mobility device might be almost better than walking. Honda’s no stranger to these sorts of [...]
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| GM stock up nearly 5% after Warren Buffett's firm invests |
May 16th, 2012 |
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Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, laughs during an interview with Liz Claman of the Fox Business Network in Omaha, Neb., Monday, May 7, 2012. / AP Photo/Nati ...
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| Protecting Autoworkers From Back And Shoulder Injury By Tilting Cars On The Assembly Line |
May 16th, 2012 |
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Letting autoworkers sit while they reach into a car's interior could help prevent shoulder and back strain - but another solution might be to tilt the entire car so that workers can stand ...
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| Ally's U.S. auto lending operations not for sale, CEO says |
May 16th, 2012 |
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Ally Financial's U.S. auto lending operations are "absolutely not" for sale, the company's CEO, Michael Carpenter, said Tuesday.Carpenter said the decision to place its mortgage ...
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| 2012 Hyundai Elantra Subject of NHTSA Probe for Side Airbag Issue |
May 15th, 2012 |
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The 2012 Hyundai Elantra has caught the attention of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration after an airbag allegedly injured a driver in a crash. So far, the federal agency has received one complaint involving the car’s side curtain airbag. The driver suffered lacerations to the face and ear after the airbag deployed, and pictures [...]
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| Ally to shed a quarter of its assets after ResCap bankruptcy, emerge 'much leaner' |
May 15th, 2012 |
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Detroit-based Ally Financial expects to remove more than a quarter of its assets from its balance sheet through the bankruptcy filing of subsidiary Residential Capital and the sale of its ...
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| Peugeot 208 CC & SW unlikely |
May 15th, 2012 |
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With the arrival of the Peugeot 4008 small SUV this month and the planned release of 208 in Australia later this year, Peugeot Australia expects to increase its overall sales volume to 7,000 units ...
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