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13 June 2007 posted in Chrysler 7 views
Chrysler erwägt upping Garantie-und Gewährleistungsansprüche zu Was gibt's die heißesten neuen Trend in Motown? Die Erhöhung der Länge der Ihre Garantie-und Gewährleistungsansprüche. Hyundai wandte sich die Hitze, wenn es begann mit seiner 10-year/100000 Meile ...
Tags: kia, ford, chrysler, hyundai, detroit news, marketing, general motors, 3 years, business case, Motoren, quelle, flotte, sommer, meilen, jahr 2000
11 January 2007 posted in China 3 views
Changfeng wants to bring Chinese pickups/SUVs to the US Changfeng Motor Company took a pair each of SUVs and pickup trucks to the NAIAS in Detroit as a first salvo at attacking the US market. Changfeng is a state-owned manufacturer that used to build vehic ...
Tags: hyundai, no doubt, emissions, pininfarina, quality issues, 3 years, gripes, naias, material quality, perception, pickup trucks, 80s, wal mart, resentment, rock bottom, source drive, chinese army, changfeng motor company, sales organization, acceptability
27 November 2006 posted in Green 4 views
Plug it in, plug it in: Nissan to sell electric car in 3 years Japanese newspaper Nihon Keizai Shimbun is reporting that Nissan is developing an all-electric subcompact car that it plans to sell by 2010. The electric car is being developed completely in-house and ...
Tags: toyota, fleet, nissan, altima, 3 years, electric car, hybrid system, hybrid synergy drive, synergy, nihon keizai shimbun, lithium ion batteries, lithium, compact cars, greencarcongress, autobloggreen, nissan hypermini, city of pasadena california, subcompact car, city of pasadena
30 October 2006 posted in Japan 6 views
Two more Toyota plants coming to North America First the Tundra, then a Camry in NASCAR, now they are building trucks in Texas?! The line between domestic and import cars will become even fuzzier as Toyota continues its assault on becoming the num ...
Tags: lexus, nascar, camry, corolla, sport utility, 3 years, solara, avalon, yaris, sequoia, tundra, assembly plants, auto manufacturer, manufacturing plants, san antonio texas, lexus rx350, laughing all the way to the bank, laughing all the way, import cars, america first
28 May 2006 posted in Etc. 10 views
Sioux Falls named City Safest for Driving Sioux Falls, South Dakota, population 137,000, has been named by Allstate Insurance as the safest city for driving in the nation. A motorist in Sioux Falls experiences an accident once every 14.3 year ...
Tags: insurance, cell phone users, teenagers, 10 years, 3 years, population, traffic enforcement, allstate, allstate insurance, source aol, sioux falls south dakota, safest city
5 April 2006 posted in Plants/Manufacturing 8 views
Russian domestic auto industry gets a boost Reuters reported Wednesday that Russia's largest automaker AvotVaz and its second-largest bank VTB have teamed up to implement a $4-5 billion dollar automotive "mega-project" to produce new ...
Tags: cars, joint venture, chinese automaker, reuters, nissan, 3 years, russia, new engines, largest automaker, auto market, auto production, domestic auto industry, automaker chery, uphill battle, plant source
2 December 2005 posted in Gadgets 5 views
Nissan develops self-repairing paint Nissan Motor unveiled Friday a new clearcoat paint that repairs small scratches on car surfaces. Nissans "Scratch Guard Coat" is based on an elastic resin that not only protects the paint under the cl ...
Tags: surfaces, nissan, 3 years, nissans, car wash, nissan motor, clearcoat paint, scratches on car, resin, guard coat
20 October 2005 posted in SUVs 9 views
Bob Lutz - SUV contrarian GM vice chairman Bob Lutz, never one to shy away from a controversy, came out with a vigorous defense of GM's SUV strategy on Wednesday. Lutz, pictured at right with the 2007 Tahoe, was responding to ...
Tags: detroit auto show, gm, crossover, models, segment, suvs, bob lutz, improvements, 3 years, vice chairman, eggs, market share, fuel efficiency, controversy, new trucks, chairman bob, 2007 tahoe, vigorous defense
23 September 2005 posted in Aftermarket 8 views
Goodyear plans three more years of cost cutting Robert Keegan, chairman and CEO of Goodyear Tire and Rubber, the world's largest tire company, announced today that its 3 year-old turnaround efforts would continue for another 3 years. A key element ...
Tags: goodyear, 1 billion, ceo, 3 years, turnaround, element, productivity, goodyear tire and rubber, robert keegan, plant closings, engineered products, core businesses, tire company
15 September 2005 posted in Hybrids/Alternative 5 views
Hyundai claims it will catch up with Toyota within 2-3 years on hybrids First, I would like to apologize about the fact that this is yet ANOTHER blog on hybrids. It seems like the only thing in the news these days is hybrids and Frankfurt, and as you know, Randall an ...
Tags: job, toyota, hybrids, hyundai, hybrid version, blog, 3 years, partnerships, frankfurt, automotive manufacturers, neck and neck
10 November 2004 posted in Car Buying 6 views
Buy a Mazda once and then never again All I can hear is Nelson from the Simpsons saying "ha-ha" when I read this one. Mazda scored fourth lowest in last year's J.D. Power (ooh! I hate them so much!) study on owner retention. Lower than Ma ...
Tags: automaker, american operations, suzuki, mazda, oldsmobile, mazda 6, j d power, coo, ooh, duh, isuzu, 3 years, simpsons, crap