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Main > Car Makers News > Porsche > 2009 Frankfurt Auto Show: 2010 Porsche 911 Porsche is going to Germany with two editions of the 911 model: 911 Turbo and renewed GT3 RS. Both of the vehicles are claimed to have great fuel-efficiency, however, the actual numbers are kept in secret till the 2009 Frankfurt Auto Show. The 2010 Porsche 911 Turbo has a 3.8-liter flat-6 boxer engine which outputs 494 horsepower and delivers 516 pound-feet of torque. The manufacturer is proud to point out that the CO2 emissions in the new car are reduced by almost 18 percent. A lot of option features... Full article... Article added: 2009-08-27 07:30:21 Article Views Rating: 88 Main > Car Makers News > Trabant > 2009 Frankfurt Auto Show: the Return of Trabant A German team of car specialists has decided to revive the classic Trabant in a new electric-car look. At the 2007 Frankfurt Auto Show the small car firm Herpa made a survey on whether auto fans would like to see a redesigned Trabant. Almost 10,000 people responded agreeing that the car should exist in the future. Trabant was built in East Germany in 1957-1991. It could not remain in the present world without changes because the car has a two-stroke engine which was absolutely environmentally... Full article... Article added: 2009-08-27 07:30:19 Article Views Rating: 95 Main > Car Makers News > Chrysler > Chrysler, Fiat to share Frankfurt Auto Show spotlight | detnews.com | The Detroit News Chrysler Group LLC and Fiat SpA will offer the public a family portrait of sorts at next month's Frankfurt auto show. To mark the alliance of the two automakers, cemented on June 10 after Chrysler LLC exited bankruptcy, the brands of both companies will share a display hall at the Frankfurt show, which opens to the press on Sept. 15. That means Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep, for the first time, will be in the same building with members of the Fiat Group, including Fiat, Alfa Romeo, Abarth, Lancia, Ferrari... Full article... Article added: 2009-08-27 07:30:16 Article Views Rating: 94 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Germany invests millions in race for battery-powered car | detnews.com | The Detroit News -- Forget that they're cramped, have a limited driving range and outstrip the average consumer's pocketbook. The race is on to create a viable electric car. Germany -- home to brands including Volkswagen, Porsche and BMW -- became the latest country to fast track development of electric cars, the government approving a plan Wednesday that aims to put 1 million of them on the road by 2020. The goal is ambitious. Of the 41 million cars in the country, only 1,452 are electric, and Germany is entering an... Full article... Article added: 2009-08-27 07:30:15 Article Views Rating: 69 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Marchionne makes himself at home with new condo | detnews.com | The Detroit News Sergio Marchionne is a man with two jobs and now two homes on two continents. The chief executive officer of Chrysler Group LLC in Auburn Hills and Fiat SpA in Turin, Italy, has purchased a condo in Metro Detroit, where he is spending a lot of time restructuring the ailing U.S. automaker. Purchasing a place to call home in Birmingham can be seen as a commitment to the area as well as to the automaker, which was not the case with the last man whose job it was to turn Chrysler around. Marchionne "needs to... Full article... Article added: 2009-08-27 07:30:13 Article Views Rating: 72 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Big 3 sales fade as 'clunkers' wraps up | detnews.com | The Detroit News -- The Detroit Three automakers' share of "cash for clunkers" sales fell sharply, compared to foreign nameplates, in the final week of the $3 billion incentive program. General Motors Co., Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler Group LLC sold 38.6 percent, or about 266,000 of the nearly 700,000 clunker replacements. That's far below their combined 45.3 percent share of 2009 auto sales. The U.S.-based companies said they were hampered by a comparative shortage of small, fuel-efficient vehicles that buyers were... Full article... Article added: 2009-08-27 07:30:13 Article Views Rating: 36 Main > Car Makers News > Chrysler > Nissan, Chrysler cancel deal | detnews.com | The Detroit News Nissan Motor Co. and Chrysler Group LLC have dropped their plans to produce vehicles for each other. The two automakers agreed early last year to pool their volumes in the full-size pickup and subcompact segments, but doubts about the projects arose after Chrysler teamed up with Italy's Fiat SpA. "For the past several months, teams from both companies have been studying the viability of the projects in light of significant changes in business conditions since the projects were announced," the two... Full article... Article added: 2009-08-27 07:30:12 Article Views Rating: 47 Main > Car Makers News > Chrysler > Chrysler Town and Country is made for vacations | detnews.com | The Detroit News -- The best way to go up north is in a minivan. Sure, there may be cooler cars, faster SUVs and much more stylish vehicles, but a minivan gets the job done like no other. And the king of Michigan minivans is the 2009 Chrysler Town and Country -- it's an anointment by default since Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Co. dumped their minivan business. A Town and Country makes any trip into Michigan's hinterlands easier because it basically becomes a giant cargo hauler. It's the Pods of vehicles. The Stow... Full article... Article added: 2009-08-27 07:30:06 Article Views Rating: 42 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Battery grants might recharge state's talent base | detnews.com | The Detroit News -- As a business professor and former auto executive in Michigan, Gerald Meyers has seen his share of former colleagues and students leave the state. The state's economy has been shrinking along with its struggling auto industry. And the brain drain is well-documented as the state struggles to keep its own college graduates, much less attract degreed newcomers. "I can speak for my students, who are predominantly leaving the state," said Meyers, a University of Michigan business professor and former... Full article... Article added: 2009-08-18 10:50:19 Article Views Rating: 111 Main > Car Makers News > Chrysler > Choice of Chrysler Mexico plant acceptable | detnews.com | The Detroit News Chrysler Group LLC's decision to build the Fiat 500 in Mexico may avoid stiff opposition because its overall product plan will include assembling other new vehicles in the United States and Canada. The Mexican choice is more palatable to union members because when Chrysler reveals its full product plans this fall, there will be products for plants in all three countries. General Motors Co. faced a backlash when it considered importing small cars from China, prompting its decision to build small vehicles... Full article... Article added: 2009-08-18 10:50:16 Article Views Rating: 117 |
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