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Main > Car Manufactures > Volkswagen > Volkswagen To Defend Dakar Honour With Five Race Touaregs Volkswagen will field five Race Touaregs as the team bids to defend one of the most challenging international motorsport events, the Dakar Rally. Taking place across the South American continent for the second consecutive year, the 31st ‘Dakar’ Rally will see the five Volkswagen teams encountering some of the most demanding terrain on the planet. The 2010 ‘Dakar’ Rally course starts from Buenos Aires in Argentina on 1 January. The five teams will be tested... Full article... Article added: 2009-11-17 13:31:10 Article Views Rating: 42 Main > Car Makers News > Nissan > Nissan, Houston energy firm team up on car charging grid | detnews.com | The Detroit News Nissan Motor Co. and electricity provider Reliant Energy of Houston have signed an agreement to team up to promote a charging infrastructure for electric cars. The partnership was announced at the American debut of Nissan's LEAF electric car at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. Nissan expects to start selling zero-emission, battery-powered electric cars in small numbers next year, primarily to fleets, and in larger numbers in 2012. "The Renault-Nissan Alliance has committed to becoming a global leader in... Full article... Article added: 2009-11-16 07:55:32 Article Views Rating: 49 Main > Car Makers News > GM > GM repays $297.6 million to Germany for Opel loan | detnews.com | The Detroit News General Motors Co. today repaid 200 million euros $297.6 million in German government aid that kept its carmaker Adam Opel GmbH afloat this year. GM also said it will repay another 400 million euros $595 million by Nov. 30. The payment comes more than a week after GM's board of directors voted to keep Opel instead of selling it to Canada's Magna International Inc. and its Russian partner, Sberbank. The 1.5 billion euro $2.2 billion bridge loan was intended to keep Opel operating until a deal was... Full article... Article added: 2009-11-16 07:55:31 Article Views Rating: 49 Main > Car Makers News > Rover > Range Rover Sport retains a certain mystique | detnews.com | The Detroit News There's just something about Land Rover. A few years ago, when SUV sales fell through the floor, Land Rover seemed immune. Even during this tight economy, as car sales have plummeted, Land Rover, a luxury SUV maker, reported a 6.6 percent increase in sales for October. Oh, it's taken its bumps and bruises along the trail -- as has every truck maker in recent history. But every day, another person falls under Land Rover's spell of crossing the Sahara to attend a Hollywood premiere. The 2010 Range Rover... Full article... Article added: 2009-11-16 07:55:28 Article Views Rating: 48 Main > Car Makers News > Chrysler > Chrysler to revamp fading midsize cars | detnews.com | The Detroit News Chrysler Group LLC is counting on significantly higher sales of its midsize sedans to meet ambitious growth targets outlined last week in its five-year business plan, but the automaker has not been competitive for at least a decade in the market's largest vehicle segment. The Auburn Hills automaker, whose U.S. sales have fallen 39 percent this year, has been particularly stung by poor quality and consumers leaving for other brands. Chrysler executives are quick to admit to their struggles and... Full article... Article added: 2009-11-16 07:55:26 Article Views Rating: 51 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Brazil pushes sugar ethanol at U.S. pumps | detnews.com | The Detroit News -- Who could resent the attention being showered on electric cars? Stylish and clean, they're the darling of the renewable-energy crowd, which is hailing the scheduled roll-out of several e-powered models next year as a major blow against global warming. Well, Eduardo Leao, for one. He's executive director of Brazil's largest sugar-industry association, called UNICA, and he insists that cane-based ethanol produced in massive quantities by his members is a better alternative fuel for the environment than... Full article... Article added: 2009-11-16 07:55:22 Article Views Rating: 50 Main > Car Makers News > GM > GM speeds repayment of loans to taxpayers | detnews.com | The Detroit News GM Chairman Edward Whitacre Jr. said recently payback would be "sooner than you think." Last Updated: November 16. 2009 1:00AM GM speeds repayment of loans to taxpayers Carmaker to pay $1B per quarter, starting Dec. 31, as finances gain David Shepardson / Detroit News Washington Bureau -- General Motors Co. will announce today it will begin repaying its $6.7 billion in government loans ahead of schedule -- a sure sign that the Detroit automaker's finances are improving since its exit from bankruptcy in... Full article... Article added: 2009-11-16 07:55:15 Article Views Rating: 49 Main > Car Makers News > Other > 2010 Camaro SEMA show's car of the year | detnews.com | The Detroit News The 2010 Chevrolet Camaro was the car of the year at the recent Specialty Equipment Market Association SEMA Show in Las Vegas, where vehicle customizers and automotive aftermarket parts and accessories companies tricked out at least 50 versions of GM's modern muscle car to showcase their ideas and products. General Motors Co.'s Chevrolet Division and GM Performance Parts were there as well, not only showing how GM's own designers and engineers would customize and personalize the car, but previewing some... Full article... Article added: 2009-11-16 07:55:03 Article Views Rating: 37 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Keep the satellite radio system | detnews.com | The Detroit News Never mind the push-button starters or hands-free phones. Pull the plug on the novelty foot-well lighting and cut down on cup holders. Keep your heated seats. Just don't take my satellite radio away. I am the reverse of what marketers call an 'early adopter,' but a few years ago I ordered $129 worth of clearance satellite radio equipment from a mail-order catalogue. The big brown box arrived on my doorstep two days later and a love affair commenced. Actually, since I decided to install it myself rather... Full article... Article added: 2009-11-16 07:54:56 Article Views Rating: 12 Main > Car Makers News > Rover > Range Rover Sport retains a certain mystique | detnews.com | The Detroit News There's just something about Land Rover. A few years ago, when SUV sales fell through the floor, Land Rover seemed immune. Even during this tight economy, as car sales have plummeted, Land Rover, a luxury SUV maker, reported a 6.6 percent increase in sales for October. Oh, it's taken its bumps and bruises along the trail -- as has every truck maker in recent history. But every day, another person falls under Land Rover's spell of crossing the Sahara to attend a Hollywood premiere. The 2010 Range Rover... Full article... Article added: 2009-11-16 07:54:43 Article Views Rating: 15 |
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