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Main > Car Makers News > Other > Detroit auto show's electric promises belie internal combustion reality | detnews.com | The Detroit News Listening, watching and reading the international media's reporting on the Detroit car show, you could be forgiven for thinking that we will soon all be zipping around noiselessly in environmentally neutral electric cars. Ford said it will have battery-powered vans in 2010 and an electric Ford Focus-size sedan in 2011. Mercedes Smart already has a battery-powered little city runabout. BMW's electric Mini, being evaluated on the road by prospective customers mainly in California, is said to achieve 150... Full article... Article added: 2009-01-26 06:38:15 Article Views Rating: 152 Main > Car Makers News > Other > CarTatts give auto custom look | detnews.com | The Detroit News Unlike your arm, neck, back or leg, your car can get a tattoo that can be painlessly removed. East Coast-based CarTatts, LLC produces a line of easy-to-apply or remove tattoos for cars and other vehicles. "The company is a year and a half old, but the idea had been cooking for a few years," said Rosemarie Monaco, co-founder and chief executive. Monaco runs a marketing agency. One of her clients does commercial vehicle wraps, like those that turn city buses into rolling billboards. When Monaco discovered... Full article... Article added: 2009-01-26 06:38:12 Article Views Rating: 224 Main > Car Makers News > Audi > Audi and Prada Work Together Two strong companies: the German automaker, Audi, and Italian high fashion clothing company, Prada, - announced about their plans to work together. There have not been made any joint projects, but the representatives of the companies say Audi and Prada are going to work in sport and cultural areas together.According to Peter Schwarzenbauer, Audi manager for marketing and sales, the automaker and fashion company are planning to have a “long-term partnership”.The first joint project will take... Full article... Article added: 2009-01-20 11:04:53 Article Views Rating: 348 Main > Car Makers News > Audi > Audi A4 is fiercer than Germany's top manufacturers | detnews.com | The Detroit News Few competitions are fiercer than the compact sports sedan face-off between Germany's big three luxury manufacturers: BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Audi. Engineers and designers at all three companies strive to dazzle prospective customers with state-of-the-art performance and safety innovations. The one-upmanship focuses on two types of technology: One that is invisible and makes up for driver errors and shortcomings. The other type of technology deals with controls for navigation, climate and audio that can... Full article... Article added: 2009-01-19 14:46:59 Article Views Rating: 283 Main > Car Makers News > Mini > Vermont winters stall Mini Cooper | detnews.com | The Detroit News Dear Tom and Ray: I am a middle-aged OK, middle-aged-plus woman who drives a Mini Cooper S with a manual transmission. I purchased it last year for whatever psychological reasons post-hormonal women do things like that. I love driving it, but it is totally impractical, since I own a sheep farm in Vermont at the top of a hill. I am thinking of trading it in for a Volvo C30 -- yes, I know that is impractical as well, but it is a bit heavier, so perhaps it is safer. What are your thoughts as to the... Full article... Article added: 2009-01-16 06:07:13 Article Views Rating: 278 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Genesis Will Not Become a Convertible Although Genesis coupe would look nice without a top and there were rumors about an upcoming one, the manager of product public relations at Huyndai Motor America, Miles Johnson, says there will be no such car. Several websites were writing about the convertible Genesis as a 2009 plan for the Korean automaker, but the manager claims there have been no talks about this in the company since the New-York auto show. According to Mr. Johnson, “It was developed as a global car. The wind in your hair doesn't... Full article... Article added: 2009-01-07 09:36:19 Article Views Rating: 130 Main > Car Makers News > Lexus > Lexus LS600h AWD vs Mercedes C320 CDI 4Matic A feature of this months issue of "Auto Motor und Sport" is a winter handling comparison between the Lexus LS600h, Mercedes C320 CDI 4Matic and six other automobiles. We at Newsbot have focused on the Lexus and Mercedes.We begin with the LS600h, which has a very simple and conventional AWD systems design with certain features that could have been copied from Audi's revolutionary Quattro system: a central torsion distributor and limited slip differential with a bias towards rear power distribution... Full article... Article added: 2009-01-03 09:19:56 Article Views Rating: 247 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Pinifarina cancels contract manufacturing to focus on electric vehicles The only remaining contract manufacturer of Italy in activity, Pininfarina, on Tuesday approved a modified industrial plan which calls for the cancellation of contract manufacturing when present productions will cease and focus solely on making electric vehicles.The modified plan emerged before creditor banks lately approved a financial aid for the firm that saved it from a bankruptcy filing.In an announcement, Pininfarina said it would not seek a new contract manufacturing orders after the present... Full article... Article added: 2009-01-03 09:19:51 Article Views Rating: 117 Main > Car Makers News > Audi > 2009 Audi A4 Avant: A wagon with heart | detnews.com | The Detroit News I really should get a Sun Pass. In Florida, the Sun Pass is the electronic thingy you put on your dash and it pays tolls or other charges on your credit card or something. We don't have anything like it in the greater Detroit area because we don't collect tolls or even repair roads. But other enterprising states use this popular device to speed up traffic, collect revenue and convict commuting criminals -- just watch "Law and Order." I don't know exactly how it works, and I may not like the idea of The... Full article... Article added: 2009-01-03 09:19:37 Article Views Rating: 208 Main > Car Makers News > Audi > Audi Raises Prices for A6 and S6 As many other auto manufacturers Audi did not have good sales year and according to the November report the 2008 sales were 35% down comparing to the 2007. But this fact didn’t upset the company enough to go away from the idea of raising prices on Audi S6 and A6[source] Full article... Article added: 2008-12-24 05:44:23 Article Views Rating: 241 |
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