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Main > Car Makers News > Other > Luxury car crossovers expected to revive sales | detnews.com | The Detroit News The new car market may be severely depressed but automakers are counting on one segment to buck the downward trend. The industry expects consumer interest in small premium crossovers to grow and consequently the number of entries in the sector is expanding dramatically. The upscale small sport utility vehicle format was successfully established several years ago by Lexus with the RX300, and since then a few primary rivals have emerged, such as the Acura MDX, Infiniti EX35 and BMW X3. But this year a... Full article... Article added: 2009-02-05 07:31:56 Article Views Rating: 158 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Cargo carrier takes weight off | detnews.com | The Detroit News Serge Agopian and his family and friends were talking one day about how easy it was to wheel their groceries from the store to their vehicles in a shopping cart, but how cumbersome it was to make many trips from the car to the kitchen once they got home. There must be an easier way, they thought. Agopian, of Oxnard, Calif., did more than think about it. He went to work and created the Autocart portable cargo carrier and started a company to build it. The company is Jackson Cargo Management Solutions... Full article... Article added: 2009-02-05 07:31:56 Article Views Rating: 137 Main > Car Makers News > Honda > Honda celebrates 40 years in Australia Honda Australia today celebrates its 40th birthday.From its humble beginnings in a two-bedroom flat in the Melbourne suburb of South Yarra, Australia is now one of Honda’s leading markets. Honda Australia’s first General Manager, Mr. Hidehiko Shiomi, set up business in a Millswyn Street flat and represented half of the initial workforce. His colleague at this time was Mr. David Morwood. There are now over 500 people employed by Honda in Australia including the motorcycle, power... Full article... Article added: 2009-02-04 06:57:33 Article Views Rating: 349 Main > Car Makers News > Volkswagen > Auto Tuning: Volkswagen Golf from Abt New Volkswagen Golf VI is already expecting the customers at the European dealerships, but North America will have to wait for the auto’s coming a little more. Although the U.S. buyers will be meeting the vehicle later, they will have an option to order a tune-up package from the German tuner as soon as they purchase the auto.Abt Sportline equipped Golf VI with new grille, side sills, front apron, rear valance and spoiler. The tuner offers a choice of 18- or 19-inch wheels.VW makes the SUV with... Full article... Article added: 2009-02-03 07:09:26 Article Views Rating: 394 Main > Car Makers News > Audi > Audi Q5 in North America Audi plans to launch the North American sales of highly advertised compact SUV, Q5, in March. The manufacturer says it will be an equal competitor to the other foreign sport-utility autos like BMW X3, Lexus RX 350 and Infiniti EX35.Q5 has a 3.2-liter V6 FSI direct injection engine that outputs 270 horsepower. The manufacturer also equipped it with Quattro all-wheel drive and six-speed Tiptronic transmission.Audi is proud to introduce Q5 in the U.S. with its first Generation 3 MMI and navigation... Full article... Article added: 2009-02-03 07:09:26 Article Views Rating: 357 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Auto briefs | detnews.com | The Detroit News North Dakota's House has defeated a proposed 5 percent state tax exemption for new Ford Motor Co. , Chrysler LLC and General Motors Corp. cars and trucks. The measure got its first legislative hearing last week. It was put on the fast track for a vote because car dealers said it was delaying some customers' buying decisions. Representatives voted 64-29 on Monday to defeat the measure. It offered the 5 percent tax break for new vehicle sales and leases until June 30, 2010. Some lawmakers doubted whether... Full article... Article added: 2009-02-03 07:09:24 Article Views Rating: 190 Main > Car Makers News > Lexus > Lexus 2009 GS 450h exudes luxury and attitude | detnews.com | The Detroit News So must be the creed of the drivers of America's No. 1 selling luxury brand. While I have no statistical data to support my theory that Lexus drivers collectively exhibit the worst roadside manners in the U.S., I have plenty of anecdotal evidence: The Lexus driver on her cell phone in California who nearly ran me off the road in Westwood. The South Florida Lexus driver on his cell phone using the emergency lane to bypass traffic. Other Lexus drivers cutting me off, tailgating me or the never even seeing... Full article... Article added: 2009-02-03 07:09:20 Article Views Rating: 233 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Eleven Finalists for World Car of the Year Are Announced The results of the fifth annual World Car of the Year WCOTY competition will be announced at the2009 New-York Auto Show in April, but the journalists have already made the list of the 11 finalists. It is interesting that only European and Japanese autos are participating this year leaving American, Asian Chinese, Korean and Indian and Australian manufacturers behind. The majority of candidates for WCOTY Award come from Europe. They are German Audi A4, Volkswagen Golf VI and BMW 7 Series, French Citroën... Full article... Article added: 2009-01-30 07:07:54 Article Views Rating: 193 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Auto briefs | detnews.com | The Detroit News Automotive research site Edmunds.com predicts January 2009 sales will show a 30 percent decline from year-earlier levels, due in part to slumping demand from fleet customers. Compared with December 2008 levels, Edmunds predicts U.S. auto sales will be 18 percent lower at 730,000 cars and light trucks. Estimated U.S. sales declines range from 23 percent for Honda Motor Co . to 48 percent for Chrysler LLC . AutoNation profits in quarter, loses for yearAutoNation Inc. , the nation's largest automotive... Full article... Article added: 2009-01-30 07:07:53 Article Views Rating: 129 Main > Car Makers News > Honda > Honda quarterly profit slumps, cuts annual target | detnews.com | The Detroit News TOKYO -- Honda Motor Co.'s net profit tumbled 90 percent in the October-December quarter from a year earlier, hit by the global economic slump. Japan's No. 2 automaker also cut its net profit forecast for the current fiscal year through March by 57 percent, to 80 billion yen $888.9 million from 180 billion yen. Honda released its quarterly earnings Friday, which showed its net profit was 20.24 billion yen during the latest quarter, versus 200 billion a year earlier. Like other carmakers, Honda is... Full article... Article added: 2009-01-30 07:07:52 Article Views Rating: 184 |
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