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Main > Car Makers News > Other > Britain new car sales down 37 percent in November | The Detroit News | detnews.com LONDON -- New car sales in Britain fell 37 percent in November compared to the same month in 2007, with total sales hovering just above 100,000, another sign the automotive sector is being hit hard by the financial crisis, an industry group said Thursday. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders said sales to the private market were off 45 percent. For the year to date, total sales were down 10.7 percent compared to last year. "November has been another difficult month for the motor industry and... Full article... Article added: 2008-12-04 15:50:49 Article Views Rating: 154 Main > Car Makers News > Alfa Romeo > First Alfa Romeo Competizione Comes to the U.S. Alfa Romeo plans to make only 500 units of 8C Competizione and deliver some of them to the U.S. The limited edition car has 4.7-liter eight cylinder engine which outputs 450 horsepower and six-speed robotized transmission. 8C’s have to be ordered directly from Alfa Romeo’s headquarters in Modera, Italy. The Maserati facility has been specifically restructured for the production of the Competizione which started in the beginning of autumn. After all the 500 units are made Alfa Romeo will cease the... Full article... Article added: 2008-12-04 15:19:01 Article Views Rating: 324 Main > Car Makers News > Alfa Romeo > Alfa Romeo 8C Spider 500 rpm. The pyramid seats are upholstered chic Frau flower furring an parochial and innovative prearrangement concerning the weave, goodwill which the leather is bound for a natural fibre, creating a look relative to great visual impact. An unmistakable pullman well-built to measure for the owner's personality. Since always, gear comfort and dynamic performance are qualities specific in alfa romeo cars: trendy this inessive superego have alter into veritable musty points. Starting in there with... Full article... Article added: 2008-11-28 10:46:36 Article Views Rating: 418 Main > Car Makers News > Ford > Ford adds plant shifts | The Detroit News | detnews.com Workers at some Ford Motor Co. factories in Metro Detroit are getting rare good news this holiday season. As the Dearborn automaker ramps up production of its new F-150 pickup, it's adding shifts at some plants and recalling hundreds of idled workers out of its jobs bank. Ford told workers at its axle plant in Sterling Heights that it will add a second shift on Dec. 8. "We've been going nowhere but downhill for a year and half," said Sterling Heights worker Brian Pannebecker. "Now we're finally getting... Full article... Article added: 2008-11-27 08:21:32 Article Views Rating: 176 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Macomb auto suppliers, state rep to meet | The Detroit News | detnews.com ROMEO -- In light of the financial turmoil within the auto industry, manufacturing suppliers also have found themselves in trouble. State Rep. Kim Meltzer, R-Clinton Township, and some Macomb County auto parts manufacturers will meet at 11:30 a.m. Monday to discuss concerns within the supply industry as Congress discusses a potential bailout. If the Big Three file for bankruptcy, that would lead to dire consequences for suppliers, Meltzer said. "It's not just the Big Three affected," she said Tuesday... Full article... Article added: 2008-11-26 06:44:09 Article Views Rating: 126 Main > Car Makers News > Ford > LA AUTO SHOW: Ford Takes the Wraps Off Of The 2010 Mustang Muscle goes modern for 2010 as the Ford Mustang – America's favorite muscle car for 45 years straight – hits the streets with a new exterior design; new world-class interior featuring well-crafted materials and updated technology; and a V-8 with even more horsepower and an even throatier signature Mustang exhaust sound. Combine those elements with the new Mustang's improved handling characteristics, more standard safety and technology features and its already-strong safety and quality... Full article... Article added: 2008-11-19 07:12:17 Article Views Rating: 254 Main > Car Makers News > Other > 2009 Car of the Year in Europe Last year Fiat 500 became the European Car of the Year. An Italian car is a pretty obvious result for an award like this. This year it is a little different. There were seven finalists this year judged by 59 jurors. The COTY jury is made out of motorist journalists from 23 European countries. The award ceremony took place in Paris, on November 17. Opel Insignia was announced 2009 Car of the Year in Europe, which was great news for General Motors after all the sad stages the company is going through... Full article... Article added: 2008-11-19 07:11:38 Article Views Rating: 114 Main > Car Makers News > Opel > Automobile Year - 2009 Over the rank of the best in Europe, as always, were very severe struggle. Among the applicants, and the sixth generation of folk «Golf», and already successful make noise in the Old World pretty Fiesta, and once again more than a serious candidate from the Italians from Alfa Romeo - MiTo. But the best was the Opel. But the Germans have long been won this contest. The latter, who was able to climb to the summit, a Volkswagen Golf - in the distant 1993. Opel succeeded in what had been unable... Full article... Article added: 2008-11-19 06:17:32 Article Views Rating: 376 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Auto briefs General Motors Corp . has reached an agreement with shareholders to settle securities litigation for $277 million, according to federal court records. The agreement, disclosed in a quarterly regulatory filing Thursday, would settle a federal lawsuit filed in April 2006 alleging GM and others violated standard accounting practices. GM would pay half the money into an escrow account within 30 days of preliminary approval of the settlement by a U.S. District Court judge in Detroit. The other half would be... Full article... Article added: 2008-08-08 07:29:56 Article Views Rating: 241 Main > Auto Shows > Other > Pininfarina's Sintesi design revealed The Manufacturer says … “Our source of inspiration [for the Sintesi] was man’s freedom over technology, a car in which technology gives creative freedom back to the designer and allows us to explore new forms and future sce narios.” The Critics Say... “Pininfarina’s latest work [is] a cutting-edge technology showcase … designed to explore new typologies of mobility, active safety and packaging solutions.”Overview We try to avoid reviewing concept... Full article... Article added: 2008-07-21 11:14:37 Article Views Rating: 664 |
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