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Main > Car Makers News > Volkswagen > Volkswagen Routan minivan After years of popularity among families as the quintessential people and stuff hauler, the minivan class is in a definite decline. The minivan first became a significant part of the American automotive marketplace in the mid-1980s with the introduction of the Dodge Caravan. For years it reigned as the king of family movers, and for good reason. Most minivans can carry at least seven passengers, and if space for stuff is needed, seats can be folded flat, folded into the floor, or even removed all... Full article... Article added: 2009-04-21 06:08:11 Article Views Rating: 338 Main > Car Makers News > Volkswagen > Volkswagen Tiguan R Line In the States, Volkswagen's Tiguan has been struggling to find buyers, but over in Europe, there the cute-ute has been going gangbusters, enjoying wait-list levels of popularity. No surprise, then, that it's Europe that will get a racier looking model first. Dubbed "R Line," the pumped-up Tiguan is primarily an appearance package, not really a full-blown performance model. In any case, the Tig benefits from a reworked front-end including a revised splitter and a matte chrome-finish grille... Full article... Article added: 2009-04-16 06:36:00 Article Views Rating: 388 Main > Car Makers News > Cadillac > Cadillac Converj Concept After our May 2008 story on the Cadillac CTS coupe, $4.50/gallon gas brought down sales of big, powerful cars and trucks. Then the most dismal financial crisis since the Great Depression brought down sales of virtually everything else, from pickups to Priuses to iPods.Amid the mayhem, General Motors delayed the production CTS coupe to at least summer 2010, three years into the life cycle of the sedan on which it is based. Meanwhile, President Obama says he's willing to grant California a waiver on... Full article... Article added: 2009-04-13 06:50:49 Article Views Rating: 369 Main > Car Makers News > Ford > 2009 Ford Focus SES Coupe Remember the SVT Focus, Ford's affordable, 170-horse pocket rocket of 2002-04? We do. There's a large cadre of performance enthusiasts out there who still haven't forgiven Ford for making that car go away. We wish we could tell you it's coming back, but not so -- at least on the current, revised-for-2008 Focus platform. In the meantime, the Blue Oval types are serving up a semi-sportier version that makes a fine base for your own SVT-inspired concoction.Save for a few badges, the 2009 Focus SES Coupe is... Full article... Article added: 2009-04-13 06:17:47 Article Views Rating: 916 Main > Car Makers News > Smart > 2008 Smart ForTwo This picture makes the Smart look like a potted plant. Or Sideshow Bob, or for the kiddies, Corbin Bleu. Just thought I'd point that out. Any way, I had the chance to drive our beloved ForTwo home last night. But along the way, I had to pick up a deathly ill Magrath from the doctors we think it's ebola. Of course, when you're going to be sitting with Typhoid Gary for 25 minutes, being in the smallest enclosed space on wheels is just a fantastic idea. Had we been in the Flex, I would've made him sit in... Full article... Article added: 2009-04-10 06:32:22 Article Views Rating: 488 Main > Car Makers News > Audi > Audi Sportback Concept Audi is clearly proud of its Sportback philosophy, which it defines as "the sporting elegance of a coupe, the versatility of a five-door model, sophisticated technology and pronounced sportiness."First applied to the Audi A3, and more recently on its A1 Sportback concept seen at the 2008 Paris show, the Four Ring brand's latest Sportback-inspired intrepretation -- the Audi Sportback Concept unveiled at the 2009 Detroit show -- is by far the most luxurious and daring of its five-door efforts to... Full article... Article added: 2009-04-07 05:36:27 Article Views Rating: 474 Main > Car Manufactures > Volkswagen > Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles achieves new record values in sales, turnover and profits in 2008 · 503,000 deliveries to customers in 2008 · Operative profit up by 23 percent · Market share expected to increase in 2009 · Business year 2009 reflects difficult market situation · Long term growth objectives stay in place... Full article... Article added: 2009-03-27 17:00:31 Article Views Rating: 216 Main > Car Parts > Other > Hi-Tech Modular Hybrids Citroën, now part of PSA Peugeot Citroën, has often marched to different drummer with its different designs like the Traction Avant, 2CV, and DS21. It has done it again with the PSA Peugeot Citroën HYmotion4 system. Unlike other hybrids with the electric motor integrated with the transmission, Hymotion4 uses an internal combustion engine to drive either the front or rear wheels and an electric motor to drive the other axle. This is not the first Citroen to use two independent powerplants... Full article... Article added: 2009-03-25 06:38:23 Article Views Rating: 339 Main > Car Makers News > Alfa Romeo > Alfa Romeo MiTo Review and Prices Consumer Guide’s Impressions of the 2011 Alfa Romeo MiToIf all goes well, the headline-grabbing Fiat-Chrysler alliance will deliver a stylish premium small car to lead the U.S. return of a storied Italian brand. MiTo is Alfa Romeo’s answer to the BMW Mini Cooper--and will need to be as popular to give the new partnership a chance.What We Know About the 2011 Alfa Romeo MiToAlfa Romeo is known for sports cars like Dustin Hoffman’s iconic ride in “The Graduate,” but it... Full article... Article added: 2009-03-05 06:45:25 Article Views Rating: 441 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Survival of the fittest trumps everything at Geneva this year | detnews.com | The Detroit News GENEVA, Switzerland - You can forget the environment, electric cars, fuel cells, hybrids which plug in and those that don't; the theme at the annual Geneva Car Show this year will be survival of the fittest. The European industry faces the worst downturn in living memory, as consumers put off buying cars, worried sick about job security. As they prune their budgets and brace for stormy economic weather, the last thing people are about to do is buy a new car. The current wheels will surely last another... Full article... Article added: 2009-02-27 15:55:38 Article Views Rating: 227 |
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