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Main > Car Makers News > Porsche > Volkswagen outlines terms of planned merger with Porsche | detnews.com | The Detroit News Europe's biggest carmaker, Volkswagen AG, will acquire a 42 percent stake in sports car manufacturer Porsche AG this year as part of a plan to merge the feuding carmakers by 2011. The deal, announced by Volkswagen on Thursday, ends a long takeover fight that had pitted the descendants of Ferdinand Porsche against each other. "Volkswagen and Porsche today took a decisive step toward a joint future," Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn said in a statement. "As a group with now 10 strong, independent brands... Full article... Article added: 2009-08-17 04:19:56 Article Views Rating: 83 Main > Car Makers News > Other > MX-5 Miata owns the entry-level sports car market | detnews.com | The Detroit News For two decades, despite challenges here and there, Mazda's MX-5 Miata has owned the popular-priced sports car market. It was a sensation when it appeared in 1990 as the embodiment of the traditional open two-seater, dominated for generations by roadsters and convertibles from Great Britain. They included the Austin-Healey Sprite, 100 and 3000; Lotus Elan; MG TC, TD, A, B and Midget; Triumph TR and Spitfire, and Sunbeam Alpine and Tiger. All offered top-down exhilaration with a low center of gravity and... Full article... Article added: 2009-08-17 04:19:54 Article Views Rating: 71 Main > Car Makers News > Buick > Buick's stellar LaCrosse is fit for a king | detnews.com | The Detroit News The 2010 Buick LaCrosse is the best car no one will buy. It's a shame really. The redesigned large sedan is top notch, a car fit for a king, or at least an emperor. People should line up at Buick dealerships in droves to order the new LaCrosse, which arrives this month. It's well-priced, sharp-looking and comes with a stellar interior, perhaps the best inside makeover General Motors Co. has ever completed. But they won't. When Buick tested the new LaCrosse against the competition, vehicles such as the... Full article... Article added: 2009-08-17 04:19:49 Article Views Rating: 44 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Custom $4,000 grille sets a Camaro apart | detnews.com | The Detroit News When we first saw the $4,000 price tag on the Camaro Marquise Collection grille for Chevrolet's 21st century muscle car, we wondered if people really would invest that much to customize the look of a car with a base price sticker of less than $23,000. Turns out, they will, and they are. "We used the same thinking we did when we developed the Bentley-look grille for the Chrysler 300," said Tommy Gaut, general manager of Strut, which produces automotive jewelry, especially for very high-end vehicles such... Full article... Article added: 2009-08-17 04:19:45 Article Views Rating: 28 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Picking the best among the classic Mustang, Camaro and Challenger | detnews.com | The Detroit News Lots of cars used to come strapped with muscle, they've been on display along Woodward Avenue all week. With big V-8s crammed under their hoods, they bubbled with power at every stop light. But times have changed. Direct injection has replaced scoops, and computers have replaced cables. Wrenching just about any new car today requires a lab coat and degree from MIT. But for the first time in nearly 10 years, the modern interpretations of three classic pony cars are available as new models: the Mustang... Full article... Article added: 2009-08-17 04:19:41 Article Views Rating: 28 Main > Car Makers News > Other > MX-5 Miata owns the entry-level sports car market | detnews.com | The Detroit News For two decades, despite challenges here and there, Mazda's MX-5 Miata has owned the popular-priced sports car market. It was a sensation when it appeared in 1990 as the embodiment of the traditional open two-seater, dominated for generations by roadsters and convertibles from Great Britain. They included the Austin-Healey Sprite, 100 and 3000; Lotus Elan; MG TC, TD, A, B and Midget; Triumph TR and Spitfire, and Sunbeam Alpine and Tiger. All offered top-down exhilaration with a low center of gravity and... Full article... Article added: 2009-08-17 04:19:37 Article Views Rating: 30 Main > Car Makers News > Honda > 2010 Honda Civic - new rendering Honda will unveil the next generation ninth Civic in 2010. Here is an exclusive rendering of what reports suggest the future car may looks like. Based on the OSM Concept unveiled by Honda at the British Motor Show, the future little Honda will likely look more aggressive in its European form and hopefully this look will spill over into North America.Although Honda has not announced plans to bring the hatchback version of the Civic back to the U.S., we chose this rendering to give us all something to... Full article... Article added: 2009-08-14 07:14:15 Article Views Rating: 523 Main > Car Makers News > Mazda > 2010 Mazda 3 - Car News The next Mazda 3 arrives amid lofty expectations. At Car and Driver we’re big fans of the current model. The 3 took second place in a comparison test of sensible four-doors, and the Mazdaspeed 3 has had a position on our 10Best list for the past two years. In fact, the 3 is so popular that the automaker claims it accounts for almost a third of annual Mazda sales. Mazda has released a handful of pictures in anticipation of the sedan’s debut at the 2008 Los Angeles auto show the hatchback that... Full article... Article added: 2009-08-11 06:21:18 Article Views Rating: 225 Main > Car Makers News > Nissan > Nissan rolls out electric car | detnews.com | The Detroit News YOKOHAMA, Japan -- Nissan Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn made a quiet entrance Sunday at the Japanese automaker's new headquarters building -- driving the company's zero-emission vehicle on stage for its inaugural public viewing. Nissan Motor Co.'s environmentally friendly automobile -- a blue hatchback with a sporty design and a recharging opening in the front -- is set to go on sale in Japan, the U.S. and Europe next year. Designer Shiro Nakamura said the vehicle was intentionally designed to avoid a... Full article... Article added: 2009-08-03 06:15:03 Article Views Rating: 113 Main > Car Makers News > BMW > 2009 BMW Z4 boasts hideaway hard top | detnews.com | The Detroit News The proportion of hard tops to soft tops for convertibles and sports cars continues to evolve -- but not in the way you might think. Increasingly, manufacturers are equipping their droptops with folding metal contraptions, despite their complexity and cost. The latest example: the 2009 BMW Z4, the first roadster from the Bavarian manufacturer with a hideaway hard top. It succeeds the Z4 Roadster and Coupe. Others that have recently installed hard tops include Volkswagen's Eos, Infiniti's G37, Chrysler's... Full article... Article added: 2009-08-03 06:14:58 Article Views Rating: 71 |
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