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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 > Dealers push new program to boost trade-in values | detnews.com | The Detroit News -- A group of car and truck dealers have banded together to offer their own sales incentives in hopes of getting drivers who don't qualify for the "cash-for-clunkers" program to buy vehicles. The privately funded Automotive Stimulus Plan, which involves about 40 dealers from across the country, is designed to help fill in the gaps left by the government's program, said Brian Benstock of Paragon Auto Group in New York City. Benstock, who sells both new and used Honda and Acura vehicles at his... Full article... Article added: 2009-08-17 04:19:43 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 > 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 > Motorsport > Other > New 2010 VW Beetle Rendering Speculation Volkswagen is planning to produce all-new Beetle, which is reportedly on imprints for a 2010 launch. The new VW Beetle will once again be styled in California and engineered in Germany. It will be allotment a platform with the next-generation Rabbit and the new Scirocco.The next-generation Beetle, on the other hand, is a stab to stray from the ‘hatchling car’ copy close to it in the previous days. To make a more expensive and rotund recent look and fashion, a VW team of designers use... Full article... Article added: 2009-08-14 07:06:30 Article Views Rating: 149 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Government takes over Metaldyne pensions | detnews.com | The Detroit News The government's insurer of pensions took over plans Friday covering more than 10,000 workers and retirees at Metaldyne Corp. Plymouth-based Metaldyne, which filed for bankruptcy protection in May, is the latest troubled auto supplier to drop its pension obligations, following Troy-based Delphi Corp. which did so last week. The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. said Metaldyne was unable to pay its pension costs and that its plans are seriously underfunded. The Metaldyne pension plan is about 53 percent... Full article... Article added: 2009-08-03 06:15:06 Article Views Rating: 118 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 > Ford > 'Clunkers' program gives Ford a boost | detnews.com | The Detroit News As the federal government looks to add billions more to the "cash for clunkers" program, at least one Detroit automaker is attributing a boost in July sales to the popular effort. Ford Motor Co. will report its first monthly year-over-year sales gain in nearly two years today, thanks to a much-needed push from the program, company officials said Sunday. The Dearborn automaker would not provide specific figures until today. The $1 billion federal program to retire less efficient vehicles is all but out... Full article... Article added: 2009-08-03 06:14:59 Article Views Rating: 68 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Flame thrower, smoke screen make for blazing ride | detnews.com | The Detroit News If the idea of flames shooting our your vehicle's tailpipes is appealing, or if you like the idea of making your car generate billows of smoke without wearing out your tires, AutoLoc's Flame Thrower and Smoke Screen kits will make sure your car stands apart from the crowd. Note, however, that such kits are designed for use away from traffic. You're not going to activate them during the Woodward Dream Cruise, but if you're at a car show and there's plenty of room -- and no kindling around -- you can put... Full article... Article added: 2009-08-03 06:14:55 Article Views Rating: 53 Main > Car Makers News > Mercedes-Benz > Mercedes-Benz SLS eDrive Mercedes-Benz is planning to launch the production of electric supercar in 2015. At this time the project is being developed by AMG engineers. The green car is based on the new SLS supercar, so it will hold the same name: SLS eDrive. The presentation of Mercedes-Benz SLS is going to be in September at the 2009 Frankfurt Auto Show. Its plug-in sibling is not coming because the project is in its primary stage of development. However, it is already announced that the electric SLS is going to have the same... Full article... Article added: 2009-07-24 10:35:59 Article Views Rating: 85 |
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