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Main > Car Makers News > GM > Whether Germans like it or not, GM won't be going away | detnews.com | The Detroit News The only question I have about General Motors Co.'s incipient spin-off of its Adam Opel GmbH unit in Germany is this: Are they popping corks on German or the old Russian equivalent, that sparkling wine from Georgia favored in Soviet times? For the better part of 80 years -- and, Lord knows, certainly for the past 15 -- so many of the Germans I knew who worked for Opel wanted nothing more than to slip the yoke of American oppression they so readily blamed for all that ailed their beloved , the yellow... Full article... Article added: 2009-09-11 05:05:00 Article Views Rating: 57 Main > Car Makers News > Ford > UAW a hard sell for Ford | detnews.com | The Detroit News As talks between Ford Motor Co. and the United Auto Workers continue, the automaker's top labor negotiator expressed confidence that Ford will not be left at a competitive disadvantage versus its cross-town rivals. However, others familiar with the situation say those talks are being bogged down by one fact: Ford is doing a lot better than General Motors Co. and Chrysler Group LLC, making it hard for union leaders to sell their members on additional concessions. Both GM and Chrysler won significant... Full article... Article added: 2009-09-11 05:04:52 Article Views Rating: 56 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Horn kids add new language to cars' vocabularies | detnews.com | The Detroit News Is the roar of a finely tuned engine or that very particular exhaust note the only aural signature of your customized vehicle? If so, consider this statement from Drew Hoffman, an automotive aftermarket parts producer: "A horn is your audio statement to the world." Also consider a friend who recently bought a used Mazda Miata. He didn't find the tone of its standard horn as satisfactory as the car's driving dynamics, so he went to the aftermarket. Now, his car sounds just like a Ferrari -- at least from... Full article... Article added: 2009-09-11 05:04:49 Article Views Rating: 30 Main > Car Makers News > BMW > BMW Z4 roadster offers enlightening ride | detnews.com | The Detroit News Here are a few automotive rules to live by: Downshift the turn. Don't text message or e-mail friends, colleagues or any prince from Nigeria behind the wheel. Own a roadster before you die. Perhaps, it's because I'm in my midlife years -- at 41, I'm certainly hacking through the back nine -- that I've developed such an affinity for drop-top two seaters. Or, maybe, it was just that I was sitting behind the steering wheel of the 2009 BMW Z4 roadster. Every time I fired up the 3-liter direct injection... Full article... Article added: 2009-09-11 05:04:30 Article Views Rating: 39 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Obama fuel rules may tilt field | detnews.com | The Detroit News -- The Obama administration's long-awaited proposed regulation setting fuel efficiency standards at 35.5 miles per gallon by the 2016 model year will be rolled out as early as this week. But the rules may give some automakers a competitive advantage. The regulation is expected to mirror a California provision that gives less-stringent tailpipe emissions requirements to automakers with annual U.S. sales of no more than 400,000 vehicles, mainly German and Asian manufacturers. Reducing emissions is best... Full article... Article added: 2009-09-08 05:29:16 Article Views Rating: 55 Main > Car Makers News > Other > FJ Cruiser: Only for serious off-roaders | detnews.com | The Detroit News The M1A2 Abrams tank has better visibility than the 2009 FJ Cruiser. It's not really a fair comparison -- the tank includes high-tech optics to operate its 120 mm smooth bore gun and the FJ Cruiser has a windshield slightly larger than a basement window. Having had the opportunity to ride in the tank recently, I can tell you that it can spin its turret in a few seconds, providing 360 degrees of vision, and that it would never be parallel parked. The FJ Cruiser, meanwhile, now comes with a backup camera... Full article... Article added: 2009-09-07 18:08:11 Article Views Rating: 48 Main > Car Makers News > Mitsubishi > Peugeot, Mitsubishi joint work projects hint strongly at alliance | detnews.com | The Detroit News Could another French-Japanese automotive alliance be in the offing? In the shadow of the successful Renault-Nissan Alliance, France's other major carmaker, PSA Peugeot Citron, and Japan's Mitsubishi Motors Corp. have become well-acquainted after working together on small ventures. Paris-based Peugeot and Mitsubishi have developed SUVs jointly for the European market, they are planning to build vehicles together in Russia, and they are teaming up on electric cars. On Friday, the chief executives of the... Full article... Article added: 2009-09-07 18:08:11 Article Views Rating: 47 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Auto czar to take manufacturing helm | detnews.com | The Detroit News -- President Barack Obama will announce today that he's tapping his chief auto adviser to try to revitalize the struggling U.S. manufacturing sector. Ron Bloom will assume the title of senior counselor for manufacturing policy, in addition to his role as senior adviser on the President's Task Force on the Automotive Industry. Obama said in a statement Sunday that the manufacturing sector expanded in August for the first time in 18 months and had the highest monthly output in two years. "It's a sign that... Full article... Article added: 2009-09-07 18:08:08 Article Views Rating: 32 Main > Car Makers News > Mini > Mini turns on German charm | detnews.com | The Detroit News The original British Mini might not have become the second most influential car of the 20th Century if not for an energy crisis. Facing a fuel shortage brought on by the Suez Crisis of 1956, British Motor Corporation designed the minuscule motorcar to compete with an adorable array of wheels from Germany known as "bubble cars." It's not hard to figure out how they got their nicknames. The bubble cars, particularly the Peel Trident, generally resembled soap bubbles affixed to go-kart chassis. According... Full article... Article added: 2009-09-07 18:08:05 Article Views Rating: 46 Main > Car Makers News > Ford > Ford's 2010 Transit Connect means business | detnews.com | The Detroit News The recession is over, and I've got proof. While many "experts" will point to the GDP, unemployment figures and the trade deficit, I'm more of a believer of those tangible products that predict our nation's financial plight. Sales of cardboard boxes, diamonds and lipstick have been monitored in the past and could work today. Future economic soothsayers will gaze into their Magic 8 Balls and use the Ford Transit Connect sales numbers as a barometer of the nation's small business health. To paraphrase a... Full article... Article added: 2009-09-07 18:08:02 Article Views Rating: 38 |
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