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Main > Car Makers News > Other > Survey: More U.S. cars make grade | detnews.com | The Detroit News There may be fewer people buying cars from Detroit's Big Three -- but they're enjoying them more. According to a University of Michigan survey, people who purchased vehicles from the automakers are happier with their cars and trucks than a year ago, as domestic vehicles close the satisfaction gap with their imported competitors. The improvements in satisfaction come from Detroit's most-disgruntled customers giving up on the domestic automakers, leaving a core of buyers who appreciate their recent... Full article... Article added: 2009-08-18 10:50:15 Article Views Rating: 119 Main > Car Makers News > Ford > 2010 Ford Fiesta RS Calling all fast Ford fans – get ready for the ultimate Fiesta. Following our sensational pictures of the ST in Issue 994, Auto Express can now give you the best look yet at an even hotter version – the RS. Taking Fiesta performance to new heights, the exciting model will be a stripped-out, lightweight pocket rocket. It’s effectively a hardcore version of the ST, promising few creature comforts but amazing handling and even more driver appeal. The newcomer is set to rival... Full article... Article added: 2009-08-18 05:53:07 Article Views Rating: 301 Main > Car Makers News > Mercury > 2010 Mercury Milan-Hybrid 2010 Mercury Milan and 2010 Mercury Milan Hybrid has been unveiled by Ford. With the 2.5-liter I-4 engines, 2010 Mercury Milan may develops 175 hp. While with an upgraded 3.0-liter V6 engine, 2010 Mercury Milan may outputs 19 hp more. The 2010 Mercury Milan also comes some similar equipment as Ford Fusion Sport. The featured equipment includes SYNC, SIRIUS with Travel Link and Blind Spot Information System with Cross Traffic Alert. Unfortunately, we don’t have any information yet about the 2010... Full article... Article added: 2009-08-17 06:17:23 Article Views Rating: 191 Main > Car Makers News > Fiat > Fiat Takes over One More Company The Italian automobile company, Gruppo Bertone or Carozzeria Bertone specializes on car styling, coach building and manufacturing. Since 1912 it has been improving the images of various Italian cars among which are Lamborghini Miura, the Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint and the Fiat X1/9. It has also done some designing work for foreign manufacturers like Volvo, Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz, Skoda and Citroen.Since early 2008 Bertone has been under court protection from bankruptcy. Several representatives... Full article... Article added: 2009-08-17 04:19:59 Article Views Rating: 141 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Does Volt Really Use 230 mpg? This Tuesday General Motors has announced that the new hybrid Chevrolet Volt is going to do 230 mpg in the city driving. The manufacturer said that “a draft EPA federal fuel economy methodology for labeling plug-in electric vehicles” was used in the development testing of the car. Earlier it has become known that the Volt design team is moving faster than it was planned and the hybrid should come out even earlier than it was projected. GM Vice President Bob Lutz is alarmed about all the events... Full article... Article added: 2009-08-17 04:19:58 Article Views Rating: 73 Main > Car Makers News > GM > GM's culture change has a ways to go | detnews.com | The Detroit News The new GM doesn't wear ties, doubtless a painful hit to the sales of Hermes and Ermenegildo Zegna. But if open collars are a harbinger of a sharper, faster and hipper culture, a prerequisite for success in the cutthroat auto industry, that's only what they are -- a harbinger. Watching CEO Fritz Henderson's frank admission this week that bankruptcy-slimmed General Motors Co. didn't fully appreciate the perception gulf between would-be customers and its competitive cars and trucks gives new meaning to... Full article... Article added: 2009-08-17 04:19:57 Article Views Rating: 68 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 > GM > GM to revive plant with battery pack production | detnews.com | The Detroit News -- A former drag strip for muscle cars will become the home of General Motors Co.'s battery pack plant for electric vehicles -- fitting for a company reinventing itself. The whir of electric motors represents the future for GM and a more fuel-conscious auto industry in general. The $43 million plant on the former Detroit Dragway -- now an industrial park -- will package battery cells for the Chevrolet Volt and other electric vehicles that showcase GM's new direction. "This facility represents the... Full article... Article added: 2009-08-17 04:19:55 Article Views Rating: 66 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 > Other > Japanese sales climb in 'clunkers' program | detnews.com | The Detroit News -- Japanese automakers have gained significant ground on domestic automakers in the U.S. government's $3 billion "cash for clunkers" program. General Motors Co., Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler Group LLC saw a dropoff in sales while those of foreign rivals rose in the latest tally of "cash for clunkers" sales, as Toyota Motor Corp. dethroned GM as the top seller. Toyota has sold 18.9 percent of vehicles purchased through the clunkers program, surpassing GM's 17.6 percent. Through the first two weeks of the... Full article... Article added: 2009-08-17 04:19:53 Article Views Rating: 39 |
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