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Main > Car Makers News > Holden > Pontiac mulls G8 GXP Coupe based on Holden concept Last month Holden celebrated its 60th anniversary with the unveiling of the Coupe60 concept car, a two door version of the VE Commodore sedan that many suspect will eventually spawn a successor to Australia’s Monaro Coupe. Holden has denied rumors of a new Monaro, as well as its Pontiac GTO cousin for that matter, but a number of reports claim the Coupe60 is actually based on a former Pontiac design and that officials are now considering building the car. Most of the engineering work is complete... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-02 05:24:05 Article Views Rating: 2474 Main > Car Makers News > Ford > Aussie Ford Falcon prototypes spotted in U.S. Ford has confirmed development of its future RWD program will be spearheaded by an American design team in Detroit and not by its Australian division as earlier suspected. That doesn’t mean the Aussies won’t have an influential role in the gestation of America’s future RWD fleet as evidenced by the pair of FG Ford Falcon prototypes spotted testing in the Detroit area. The sighting of the Falcon test-mules in the U.S. backs recent reports that Ford’s new RWD architecture will borrow... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-02 05:23:17 Article Views Rating: 311 Main > Car Manufactures > Renault > Three Renault SUVs in the next three years It seems that the Koleos is not the only SUV coming from Renault. According to Patrick Le Quement, he company’s vice president of design, Renault will add three more SUV in the line-up: "We are developing a range of SUV crossovers and the Koleos sits right bang in the middle. There will be an addition to the Megane range, when the new cars arrive over the next 18-months. A bigger brother for the Koleos is something we are looking at."Koleos’ big brother will be built on Nissan Murano platform... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-01 09:42:39 Article Views Rating: 414 Main > Car Makers News > Ford > Ford fitting electric power steering to 90% of models Ford has made a commitment to fit 80 to 90% of its future vehicles with electric power steering EPS systems by 2012. Currently the 2008 Ford Escape, Mercury Mariner, and their respective hybrid models are fitted with EPS, and next in line to receive the fuel-saving device are the Ford Fusion, Mercury Milan and Lincoln MKZ line of cars. The EPS system helps correct for road irregularities and improves overall handling and steering feel as well as improving fuel economy. Unlike common hydraulic-powered... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-01 07:50:55 Article Views Rating: 208 Main > Car Makers News > Other > NBC greenlights Knight Rider weekly series You'll see more of him this Fall. Click above for a gallery of the new KITT. var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/television/NBC_greenlights_Knight_Rider_weekly_series'; The Knight Rider TV movie was not good. The updated, Shelby Mustang-based KITT looked undeniably cool when not in Ugly... er... Attack Mode, at least, but the acting was wooden and the writing was a horror show. Still, the ending completely set up a potential ongoing story. Today comes word that the ratings were apparently good enough for... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-01 05:38:29 Article Views Rating: 133 Main > Car Makers News > Other > UK Department for Transportation to set standards for satnav systems The UK's Department for Transportation DfT is trying to put an end to situations like the one you see above. A woman headed to a christening party, paying attention to her satnav -- and little else, apparently -- drove down a road marked "Unsuitable for motor vehicles," and then drove into a swollen river because that's what her navi told her to do. The DfT wants satnav makers to improve their directions, and also wants them to start providing alternate routes depending on the particular car. In... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-01 05:38:29 Article Views Rating: 149 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Alfa may buy closed factory from Big 3 for U.S. production The Italians are coming, the Italians are coming! And when they get here in the guise of Alfa Romeo, they will be looking for a factory where the 8C and other cars wearing the cross and serpent can be built. Alfa is looking at two options regarding a U.S.-based factory: buy one of GM, Ford, or Chrysler's closed factories, or expand a Case New Holland factory.Case New Holland, which is actually owned by Alfa, makes agricultural machinery and construction equipment. It already has 11 plants in the U.S.... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-01 05:38:29 Article Views Rating: 140 Main > Car Makers News > Other > De Tomaso Pantera revival could be based on the Gallardo click on the pic above for a gallery of 11 shotsWe've heard rumblings of a De Tomaso Pantera revival for the last year or so, and now reports are appearing that suggest that the new car, if it ever sees the light of day at all, may not be the same Ford-powered mid-engined supercar that we've come to know and love. We could deal with the idea that the name might have to be changed to Panthera instead of Pantera, but basing the once Ford-powered classic on Lamborghini architecture as our source suggests... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-01 05:38:29 Article Views Rating: 145 Main > Car Makers News > Other > CARB backs off a bit on ZEV Mandate, orders 66k PHEVs sold by 2014 The California Air Resources Board CARB voted last week to revise its ZEV zero-emissions vehicle Mandate that was first adopted in 1990 and has since been changed five times now. The newest revisions ease up on automakers, now calling for 7,500 zero-emission vehicles to be sold in California between 2012 and 2014, down from 25,000 that were called for in the last revision made in 2003. A zero-emissions vehicle includes a pure electric vehicle or one powered by a hydrogen fuel cell, though CARB also... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-01 05:38:29 Article Views Rating: 165 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Hedge fund halts withdrawals WASHINGTON -- A $2 billion New York hedge fund with large auto sector holdings told investors they could temporarily not withdraw funds, amid heavy losses in its auto and airline holdings. "The actions we have taken will allow us to protect the funds and their investors from the external short-term pressure of the broader financial markets," New York-based Pardus Capital Management LP said in an e-mailed statement. "The funds have been disproportionately affected by recent market volatility." Pardus... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-01 05:38:28 Article Views Rating: 117 |
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