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Picking the best among the classic Mustang, Camaro and Challenger | detnews.com | The Detroit News Lots of cars used to come strapped with muscle, they've been on display along Woodward Avenue all week. With big V-8s crammed under their hoods, they bubbled with power at every stop light. But times have changed. Direct injection has replaced scoops, and computers have replaced cables. Wrenching just about any new car today requires a lab coat and degree from MIT. But for the first time in nearly 10 years, the modern interpretations of three classic pony cars are available as new models: the Mustang... Article added: 2009-08-17 04:19:41 Article Views Rating: 28
MX-5 Miata owns the entry-level sports car market | detnews.com | The Detroit News For two decades, despite challenges here and there, Mazda's MX-5 Miata has owned the popular-priced sports car market. It was a sensation when it appeared in 1990 as the embodiment of the traditional open two-seater, dominated for generations by roadsters and convertibles from Great Britain. They included the Austin-Healey Sprite, 100 and 3000; Lotus Elan; MG TC, TD, A, B and Midget; Triumph TR and Spitfire, and Sunbeam Alpine and Tiger. All offered top-down exhilaration with a low center of gravity and... Article added: 2009-08-17 04:19:37 Article Views Rating: 30
Italians Turn a Car into a Boat Two fifty-year-old Italian men want to see which car does best as a boat. They have been caught with a Maserati in the Tyrrhenian Sea and since the car did not have appropriate sea vessel documents, it was confiscated by the coast guard officials. Marco Amoretti and Marcolino De Candia have tried this trick before. They have sailed on the car boats made from Volkswagen Passat and Ford Taurus in 1999. The sailors say at that time they traveled across the Atlantic Ocean from the Canary Islands to the... Article added: 2009-08-03 06:15:11 Article Views Rating: 140
GAZ Group Builds a Diesel Engine Plant Governments of different countries give loans to auto manufacturers this year to support their work and stop serious unemployment. Russian authorities also want to help the major automaker, GAZ Group, to rise from heavy debts. The government gives $180.2 million to build a diesel engine plant in Yaroslavl, 155 miles northeast from Moscow.The first-of-a-kind in Russia plant will assemble 4.0 to 6.6-liter engines which are considered to be medium size for diesel motors. Many of them will be used for GAZ... Article added: 2009-08-03 06:15:10 Article Views Rating: 184
Auto Recall: Roush Mustang Has Brake Problem Even tuners sometimes make mistakes. In April the Mustang tuner Roush started selling the new package which increases the price of 2010 Mustang by $15,000 and changes the outside and inside look of the car, puts new wheels and suspension. After the examination National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has announced that all 2010 Mustang with Roush package including Roush 427R Mustang, Roush Stage 1 Mustang and Roush Stage 2 Mustang have to be recalled for the loose bolts on the brake kit. The... Article added: 2009-08-03 06:15:08 Article Views Rating: 135
Mustang Is Going to Race in NASCAR Although Mustang is America’s favorite sport car, it is popular among amateurs, not racers. However, the manufacturer plans to change this fact by putting the Mustang on the NASCAR racing track in 2010 Nationwide Series.The director of Ford North America Motorsports, Brian Wolfe, explains that they were talking with the NASCAR arrangers for quite some time about the Mustang and its participation in the race. “We both saw it as a way of differentiating the series from Sprint Cur. We loved the... Article added: 2009-08-03 06:15:07 Article Views Rating: 150
U.S. House OKs $2B for clunkers | detnews.com | The Detroit News -- The U.S. House beefed up the wildly popular "Cash for Clunkers" initiative on Friday, adding $2 billion to the program. But in the Senate, grumbling over the growing cost, clouded its chances of a speedy approval for the president's signature. The car-rebate program, which started Monday as a way to stimulate new auto sales and get gas guzzlers off the road, proved to be so popular that dealers and Washington policymakers feared the initial $1 billion set aside was nearly exhausted. Without enough... Article added: 2009-08-03 06:15:06 Article Views Rating: 118
Government takes over Metaldyne pensions | detnews.com | The Detroit News The government's insurer of pensions took over plans Friday covering more than 10,000 workers and retirees at Metaldyne Corp. Plymouth-based Metaldyne, which filed for bankruptcy protection in May, is the latest troubled auto supplier to drop its pension obligations, following Troy-based Delphi Corp. which did so last week. The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. said Metaldyne was unable to pay its pension costs and that its plans are seriously underfunded. The Metaldyne pension plan is about 53 percent... Article added: 2009-08-03 06:15:06 Article Views Rating: 118
P-51 Mustang roars at Oshkosh | detnews.com | The Detroit News Ford Motor Co. raised $250,000 for the Experimental Aircraft Association's Young Eagles program Thursday, auctioning off this one-of a kind aviation-themed Mustang at the organization's AirVenture gathering in Oshkosh, Wis. The Mustang AV-X10 "Dearborn Doll," which sports a paint scheme inspired by the World War II P-51 Mustang fighter and the 10-millionth engine to roll off the line at Ford's Romeo Engine Plant, was purchased by Tom Gonzalez of Fort Lauderdale, Fla. [source] Article added: 2009-08-03 06:15:06 Article Views Rating: 108
Cash for Clunkers Is Nearly Over Cash for Clunkers is up and running, but many believe that it will not last as long as it was supposed to. The arrangers of the program had two limits: either run it till November 1, or till the time the Department of Transportation will run out of money set apart for CARS: $1 billion.Americans really loved the program and by the amount of “clunkers” given up at the participating dealerships it becomes obvious that the program will not last long. According to rumors the Department of... Article added: 2009-08-03 06:15:06 Article Views Rating: 124 |
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