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Main > Car Makers News > Lotus > 2009 Lotus Evora With its stunning visual impact, exhilarating all-round dynamic performance, innovative chassis technology and high levels of luxury, packaging and convenience, the Evora heralds an exciting new era for Lotus.The first all-new Lotus since the iconic Elise made its debut in 1995... Full article... Article added: 2008-08-14 07:36:04 Article Views Rating: 823 Main > Car Makers News > Lexus > Lexus Leaps Forward In JD Power and Associates VDS Dependability Study Deterioration in vehicle quality during the first three years of ownership—determined by comparing long-term dependability rates to initial quality problem rates—strongly affects overall customer satisfaction as well as customer willingness to recommend their vehicle model, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2008 Vehicle Dependability StudySM VDS released today.The study, which measures problems experienced by original owners of 3-year-old 2005 model year vehicles, finds that, on... Full article... Article added: 2008-08-08 07:30:22 Article Views Rating: 255 Main > Car Makers News > Lexus > Lexus leads J.D. Power dependability for 14th straight year Click above for results 2008 J.D. Power Dependability StudyJ.D. Power and Associates has just released its 2008 Vehicle Dependability Study that attempts to measure vehicle quality throughout the first three years of owning a vehicle, and for the 14th year in a row Lexus leads all manufacturers with a rating of just 120 problems per 100 vehicles PP100. This year's runner up, surprisingly, is Mercury, though it's a distant second at 151 PP100. Cadillac 155 PP100, Toyota 159 PP100 and Acura 160 PP100... Full article... Article added: 2008-08-08 07:30:19 Article Views Rating: 262 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Switzerland considers banning sportscars SUVs everything Switzerland is not the most car-friendly place on earth. Odd, then, that after Monaco, the mountainous country is one of the most popular residence choices for F1 drivers. But this just puts it over the top. The Swiss Green Party is proposing legislation that would effectively ban supercars. Most sportscars, actually. And SUVs. More than a few luxury sedans, too. Even some small hatchbacks. The proposed regulations would ban any vehicle over 4800 lbs in weight, producing more than 250 grams of CO2 per... Full article... Article added: 2008-08-08 07:30:16 Article Views Rating: 188 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Auto briefs General Motors Corp . has reached an agreement with shareholders to settle securities litigation for $277 million, according to federal court records. The agreement, disclosed in a quarterly regulatory filing Thursday, would settle a federal lawsuit filed in April 2006 alleging GM and others violated standard accounting practices. GM would pay half the money into an escrow account within 30 days of preliminary approval of the settlement by a U.S. District Court judge in Detroit. The other half would be... Full article... Article added: 2008-08-08 07:29:56 Article Views Rating: 241 Main > Car Makers News > Ford > Ford revs in quality survey Ford Motor Co.'s three domestic brands all received above-average marks in J.D. Power and Associates' influential annual survey of vehicle dependability, but several General Motors Corp. brands slipped in the rankings and all Chrysler LLC brands remained well below the industry average, led by a steep decline for Jeep. Toyota Motor Corp. continued to dominate the top of the chart, with its luxury Lexus brand holding on to first place with 120 problems reported per 100 vehicles. Ford's Mercury brand --... Full article... Article added: 2008-08-08 07:29:54 Article Views Rating: 256 Main > Car Makers News > Suzuki > Suzuki shows Alto minicar ahead of Paris Motor Show debut Suzuki has released the first image of its all-new Alto minicar, which the carmaker plans to debut at November’s Paris Motor Show before a global launched pegged for early next year. As expected, the production Alto shares much in common with last year’s A-Star concept that was developed together with Suzuki’s Indian subsidiary Maruti and showcased at last December’s Auto Expo in New Delhi. Suzuki is expected to build two different versions of the Alto - a low-cost model to be manufactured... Full article... Article added: 2008-08-08 07:29:50 Article Views Rating: 2616 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Pininfarina CEO killed in motorcycle accident The CEO of Pininfarina, Andrea Pininfarina, was killed early this morning after the motorbike he was riding on collided with a car near the company’s Cambiano design center in Turin, Italy. While details are still scarce, preliminary local police reports claim the car crashed into Pininfarina’s motorbike at 8.15am local time. Andrea Pininfarina was the grandson of the design studio’s original founder, Battista Farina, and son to the chairman of the company, Sergio Pininfarina who was inducted... Full article... Article added: 2008-08-08 07:29:47 Article Views Rating: 118 Main > Car Makers News > Hyundai > Hyundai Genesis Coupe to feature Brembo brakes Update: Hyundai has announced that its upcoming Genesis Coupe will be available with a high-performance brake package from Brembo. For the Coupe’s front 18in wheels, Brembo engineers developed 13.4in x 1.1in 340mm x 28mm rotors and four-piston fixed calipers. The rear wheels, meanwhile, are fitted with 13in x 0.78in 330mm x 20mm rotors and smaller four-pot calipers. Original: Hyundai held a special event recently where it invited a total of 20 different aftermarket performance tuners to measure up the... Full article... Article added: 2008-08-08 07:29:45 Article Views Rating: 238 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Hundreds of wary Axle workers flee HAMTRAMCK -- Instead of a gold watch or a slice of retirement cake, Jim Brown held a dish rag in his hands during his final days with his American Axle colleagues. The Hamtramck resident washed plates and served food to his fellow strikers during a bitter 12-week walkout against American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc. by the United Auto Workers. The strike ended May 22, but Brown has yet to return to the Detroit Forge plant where he worked for more than 13 years -- neither to his job as a machinist... Full article... Article added: 2008-07-21 08:44:31 Article Views Rating: 130 |
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