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Main > Car Makers News > Other > Magna Is Building Parts for Mercedes SLS Magna Steyr is a big company, known for building parts for such vehicles as BMW X3, Saab 9-3 convertible, Chrysler 300C and Jeep Grand Cherokee. It also gained popularity in headlines after having teamed up with Russian VAZ and purchased Opel from General Motors. Now the company is growing more and plans to start partnership with other auto manufacturers. The Canadian-Austrian auto parts giant has settled an agreement with Mercedes-Benz which gives it permission to build aluminum bodies for... Full article... Article added: 2009-10-19 06:02:17 Article Views Rating: 78 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Automakers are using more recycled materials | detnews.com | The Detroit News Detroit's automakers are finding new uses for worn-out jeans, discarded plastic bottles and manufacturing rubbish -- they're recycling them for use in new vehicle parts. With the rage over going green hitting the marketplace, auto companies are looking for ways to make their vehicles more sustainable, not just under the hood but behind the wheel. They're incorporating more recycled materials into interiors, upholstery and moldings, and partnering with suppliers to develop new bio-based products to... Full article... Article added: 2009-10-19 06:02:16 Article Views Rating: 74 Main > Car Makers News > Jeep > Jeep excluded from new California 'cool car' rules | detnews.com | The Detroit News -- Soft-top convertible Jeep Wrangler fans breathe easy: you will still be able to buy one in the Golden State. The California Air Resources Board said Friday that when it issues its final "cool car" regulations, which will require vehicles to reduce the amount of heat entering vehicles starting in the 2012 model year, it will exempt soft-sided plastic windows. "The Cool Cars regulation only applies to rigid windows and will not affect the flexible glazing on vehicles such as the Jeep Wrangler," the... Full article... Article added: 2009-10-19 06:02:16 Article Views Rating: 44 Main > Car Makers News > Aston Martin > Driving trio of Aston Martins is a royal treat | detnews.com | The Detroit News They are royalty: Elegant, refined and just a touch snobby. They think they are better than us. And really, they are. Even their name has an acceptable amount of arrogance in it. Aston Martin. You can hear the lilt, the long draw on the A and crisp T. Aston Martin. For one day, I got a chance to try out three of the 2010 models -- the DBS, the DB9 and the V-8 Vantage -- totaling $625,350 worth of cars. If somebody is going to drive nearly three-quarters of a million dollars in cars, I figured I should... Full article... Article added: 2009-10-19 06:02:16 Article Views Rating: 25 Main > Car Makers News > Chrysler > CAW optimistic on Chrysler | detnews.com | The Detroit News Leaders of the Canadian Auto Workers union left a six-hour meeting with Chrysler Group LLC executives with substantially more optimism about the future of the automaker than they had going in. "I left feeling pretty good, and, frankly, I went there pretty down," said CAW President Ken Lewenza, describing Thursday's meeting with Chrysler Chief Executive Officer Sergio Marchionne, which stretched from a scheduled three hours into six and included an impromptu dinner. Lewenza said the five union leaders... Full article... Article added: 2009-10-19 06:02:14 Article Views Rating: 24 Main > Car Makers News > Subaru > Subaru grows its midsize Legacy | detnews.com | The Detroit News Americans love midsize cars. We buy more of them than any other kind of car. Last year, more than 3 million midsize cars were sold, outselling every segment except crossovers -- but that's probably because no one really knows what a crossover is. And out of all of the midsize cars sold, five nameplates made up nearly half of them. Thirty-seven other models made up the rest. See, there are more than a few alternatives to the popular choices. Take the 2010 Subaru Legacy as just one example. Few other... Full article... Article added: 2009-10-19 06:02:06 Article Views Rating: 29 Main > Car Makers News > Ford > Ford Flex is for those needing a bigger people-hauler | detnews.com | The Detroit News There's something about the 2010 Ford Flex. Entering its second model year, the Flex is Ford's answer to people who need a big people hauler. It stretches more than 200 inches and can carry up to seven people, depending upon how it's configured. Though I would suggest selecting the captain's chairs for the second row because they are so comfortable. For the vehicles it replaces -- the minivan and Taurus X the crossover formerly known as the Freestyle -- the Flex offers a much more stylish solution. But... Full article... Article added: 2009-10-19 06:02:04 Article Views Rating: 22 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Small cars need work to outdo '90s model | detnews.com | The Detroit News I have this hot car fantasy that just won't go away. Oddly, it doesn't involve a Porsche 911 and an autobahn. Nor an Audi TT on the Pacific Coast Highway. Not even -- in what will come as a shock to many who know my "Mad Men" fixation -- Don Draper and a 1963 Cadillac Eldorado. No, I daydream about downshifting off Ford Road and wheeling my own 1997 Escort to the apex of the crescent-shaped drive at Ford Motor Co.'s Dearborn headquarters, eagerly awaited by a huddle of senior managers and designers. In... Full article... Article added: 2009-10-19 06:02:02 Article Views Rating: 14 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Pest control pickup takes a bow | detnews.com | The Detroit News Bryan Baker was watching "Verminators," a Discovery Channel television reality show about a pest control company, ISOTECH Pest Management Inc. What caught Baker's attention wasn't just the bugs, rodents and other crawly creatures that were being exterminated, but the fact that ISOTECH's pickups were equipped with truck caps produced by A.R.E., the Massillon, Ohio-based company where Baker works as director of marketing. Baker did some checking and learned that 90 percent of ISOTECH's fleet of more than... Full article... Article added: 2009-10-19 06:02:01 Article Views Rating: 22 Main > Car Makers News > Other > A 'cheaper' Corvette that doesn't compromise | detnews.com | The Detroit News There's always been a Corvette void. It's that dead space between models that other carmakers have filled -- making their offerings look less expensive and, thus, more attractive. The rocket ship $100,000 ZR1 sits atop the mountain, while the fiery $75,000 Z06 remains parked nearby, looking slightly agitated. Then there's the $49,000 base model Corvette -- the Cooper Manning of the Corvette family. It's the oldest, but no one brings it up in conversations about performance. Even the $26,000 price... Full article... Article added: 2009-10-19 06:01:55 Article Views Rating: 15 |
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