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Main > Car Makers News > Other > Small cars need work to outdo '90s model | detnews.com | The Detroit News I have this hot car fantasy that just won't go away. Oddly, it doesn't involve a Porsche 911 and an autobahn. Nor an Audi TT on the Pacific Coast Highway. Not even -- in what will come as a shock to many who know my "Mad Men" fixation -- Don Draper and a 1963 Cadillac Eldorado. No, I daydream about downshifting off Ford Road and wheeling my own 1997 Escort to the apex of the crescent-shaped drive at Ford Motor Co.'s Dearborn headquarters, eagerly awaited by a huddle of senior managers and designers. In... Full article... Article added: 2009-10-19 06:02:02 Article Views Rating: 39 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Pest control pickup takes a bow | detnews.com | The Detroit News Bryan Baker was watching "Verminators," a Discovery Channel television reality show about a pest control company, ISOTECH Pest Management Inc. What caught Baker's attention wasn't just the bugs, rodents and other crawly creatures that were being exterminated, but the fact that ISOTECH's pickups were equipped with truck caps produced by A.R.E., the Massillon, Ohio-based company where Baker works as director of marketing. Baker did some checking and learned that 90 percent of ISOTECH's fleet of more than... Full article... Article added: 2009-10-19 06:02:01 Article Views Rating: 47 Main > Car Makers News > Other > J.D. Power study: Young folks may love cars less | detnews.com | The Detroit News Is the love affair between cars and young people starting to cool? That could be the case, according to a new study of auto-related online commentary among teens and young adults by J.D. Power and Associates. Between January and August, the market research company analyzed hundreds of thousands of "conversations" on auto-related sites such as Autoblog, personal blogs and social networks such as Twitter and Facebook. The goal was to gauge the perceptions of Generation Y those born in the 1980s and 1990s... Full article... Article added: 2009-10-19 06:01:58 Article Views Rating: 37 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Car the center of designer's space | detnews.com | The Detroit News -- An MRI exam of Holger Schubert's head might reveal an inner space of bare, winter-white walls, polished concrete, wall-to-ceiling glass and halogen lighting. "I like very pure, minimalistic, empty space," says the 41-year-old product designer. Schubert's home, under construction on two acres in the Brentwood neighborhood of West Los Angeles, will be a symphony in spareness: three glass boxes as the main living quarters, a pool house with cantilevered roof, a Japanese tea house and a glass-walled... Full article... Article added: 2009-09-17 13:17:59 Article Views Rating: 342 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Analysts predict the sales shape of 2010 | detnews.com | The Detroit News -- Auto executives and analysts are digging deep into the alphabet to find the letters to describe the kind of recovery they expect from the industry's deepest downturn in 30 years. "I think we're going to have a different recovery shape in Western Europe, central Europe and Eastern Europe," said Wayne Brannon, head of General Motors Co.'s Chevrolet brand in Europe. "A lot of people are telling me that Western Europe is turning the corner. I expect we'll have solid U-shaped growth." Many other... Full article... Article added: 2009-09-17 13:17:59 Article Views Rating: 312 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Cosmetic repair firms join forces | detnews.com | The Detroit News Sometimes you see a new product or business and think, "Wow, that's a really good idea. Why haven't I seen that before?" This was exactly the case when I heard about what Larry Smith was launching. Smith is the affable owner of Autometric Collision, on the board of the Meadow Brook Concours, and one of Detroit's pre-eminent car nuts. His collection includes all manner of vehicles ranging from the advanced 1938 Stout Scarab engineered by William B. Stout, the man behind the legendary Ford Tri-Motor... Full article... Article added: 2009-09-17 13:17:59 Article Views Rating: 314 Main > Car Makers News > Other > 2009 Frankfurt Auto Show: Citroën Revolte The 2009 Frankfurt Auto Show had a lot of great vehicles which might become stars of the new generation. One of them is Citroën Revolte, the plug-in hybrid which became a “graphic quotation” of the famous 2CV, one of the most popular cars in France. Citroën design chief, Carlo Bonzanigo says that Revolte was created specifically for the show because they had to come up with something that could compete the other powerful presentations. The hybrid was named Revolte because it represents “a... Full article... Article added: 2009-09-17 13:17:59 Article Views Rating: 308 Main > Car Makers News > Toyota > Toyota's nickel bet | detnews.com | The Detroit News Toyota Motor Corp., the biggest seller of hybrid autos, is sticking with nickel as the preferred battery material for most of the vehicles after three years of secretly testing Prius hatchbacks with lithium-ion packs. Toyota last month ended road tests of 126 Priuses in the U.S., Japan and Europe that began in 2006, Jana Hartline, a company spokeswoman said. Details of the program, in which the cars' nickel metal hydride batteries were replaced with more expensive lithium models, weren't released... Full article... Article added: 2009-09-17 13:17:58 Article Views Rating: 323 Main > Car Makers News > Chrysler > Fiat chief to reveal Chrysler plan in Nov. | detnews.com | The Detroit News -- Sergio Marchionne, chief executive of Fiat SpA and Chrysler Group LLC, told reporters here that he would present a restructuring plan for the U.S. automaker in November. Marchionne, who spoke briefly with reporters during a tour of the Frankfurt Motor Show, did not elaborate. Asked about Fiat's goal to create a group with sales of between 5 million and 6 million vehicles, Marchionne said that could be achieved with Chrysler once the economy and car markets stabilize Fiat owns 20 percent of Chrysler... Full article... Article added: 2009-09-17 13:17:58 Article Views Rating: 305 Main > Car Makers News > Other > House approves green auto research bill | detnews.com | The Detroit News -- The U.S. House overwhelmingly approved a bill Wednesday to boost government funding for green vehicle research -- the latest effort by Congress to aid the struggling auto industry. The bill, which cleared the House on a 312-114 vote, authorizes $2.9 billion over five years, including $550 million in the budget year starting Oct. 1 for the Energy Department to research and develop advanced technology vehicles and components. That's more than $200 million above the current yearly vehicle research... Full article... Article added: 2009-09-17 13:17:57 Article Views Rating: 310 |
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