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Main > Car Makers News > Chrysler > Chrysler moving fast on in-car Internet Working and thinking like a small company is how Chrysler hopes to weather the current economic storm. We told you just last week about Chrysler’s plan to implement new technologies and product updates on-demand rather than waiting for product refresh cycles, and now it looks like one of the first implementations of the fast-moving method with be the addition of in-car web access to its lineup. Initially the user will need a wireless phone subscription to access the Internet, because the system... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-22 19:53:33 Article Views Rating: 180 Main > Car Makers News > Mazda > Update: Rusting Mazdas to be scrapped Update: Almost two years after the Cougar Ace carrier tipped over off the coast of Alaska, damaging 4,703 brand new Mazdas, management have finally decided to scrap all the cars. The Associated Press reports that officials were planning to salvage as many vehicles as they could but rust caused by the salty sea air made the cars unsellable. Original: You may remember a report that a cargo ship carrying almost five thousand US and Canada bound Mazdas on board had keeled over. Now Mazda has announced that... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-22 19:53:34 Article Views Rating: 204 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Kelley Blue Book 2008 Brand Image Awards Influential auto resource Kelley Blue Book KBB and its marketing research team have compiled a list of vehicles based its consumer perception data. Researchers look at carmaker’s achievements in creating and maintaining brand attributes that consumers look for when buying a new car, and is one of the best indicators of how certain brands are perceived by the public. The winners were announced during a media event at this week’s New York Auto Show and include top picks for ‘Best Interior Design’... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-22 19:53:36 Article Views Rating: 347 Main > Car Makers News > Bentley > Bentley Boys S3 design study This ominous, retro-inspired design study is the creation of automotive engineer Arturo Alonso from Bentley Boys USA and is tipped to enter production if it receives enough interest. Alonso and his team are planning to build just three cars, each at a cost of $150,000, at a the painstaking slow rate of just one every eight months and plans to promote them to possible buyers in cities like Dubai, New York and Moscow. The car is styled after the original Bentley S3 from the 1960s and includes the same... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-22 19:53:38 Article Views Rating: 274 Main > Car Makers News > Subaru > Perrin-powered Subaru Impreza WRX With cars like the new GT-R and IS-F getting all the attention, Japan’s other performance thoroughbreds, the Impreza WRX and Evo X, have quickly fallen out of the limelight. However, American tuner Perrin Performance hasn’t forgotten about the potential of one of the world’s most popular modified engines, Subaru’s turbo boxer, and has developed an exclusive new kit for the top end WRX STI. The goal of engineers was to develop an entire range of performance and handling mods, from the... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-22 19:53:56 Article Views Rating: 189 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Majority of Londoners support £25 emissions charge In the latest round of the battle between London Mayor Ken Livingstone and Porsche over the UK capital’s new congestion charge, a survey has found that most of the city’s residents are in favor of the scheme. According to the results, 61% of Londoners support the updated scheme, which charges owners of high-emissions vehicles £25 $51 for driving through certain parts of the city. The survey, which polled 1,041 residents from the age of 16 onwards, also revealed that close to 70% think the charges... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-22 19:53:56 Article Views Rating: 270 Main > Car Makers News > Chrysler > Chrysler expects to be profitable within 3 years With Chrysler’s new owners Cerberus Capital Management making the hard and fast decisions, the carmaker is now on track to return to profitability. Even with the worsening U.S. economy and fluctuating exchange rates and commodity prices, CEO Bob Nardelli is confident Chrysler will be profitable within the next couple of years despite predictions the market will remain sour. Analysts expect U.S. auto sales to fall to 15.5 million cars this year, down from 16.1 million last year, but despite his... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-22 19:54:08 Article Views Rating: 181 Main > Car Makers News > Scion > Scion planning to double lineup After a bright start six years ago Scion’s sales have tanked and unless action is taken things are set to get worse. The Toyota budget brand sold just 130,000 cars last year, down 25% on the previous year, and officials are predicting volumes to remain unchanged this year. Most of the blame has been directed towards Scion’s limited lineup, although a weak car market was also a factor in the equation. Scion has developed a new turnaround plan, which involves adding a host of new models and several... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-22 19:54:23 Article Views Rating: 212 Main > Car Makers News > Subaru > Subaru announces EV partnership with N.Y. Power Authority Subaru used the backdrop of the New York Auto Show to announce a formal partnership between it and the New York Power Authority for the start of a new testing program of R1e electric vehicles in the U.S. Based on the R1 petrol minicar, Subaru’s new R1e has been in testing in Japan since 2006 and now two of the cars will be used to rack-up some miles in North America. The R1e is described as an electrical vehicle aimed at city dwellers looking for an environmentally friendly and fun to drive... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-22 19:54:24 Article Views Rating: 216 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Carmakers forced to raise prices We could be in store for a sharp rise in vehicle prices as carmakers are forced to deal with unfavorable exchange rates, rising raw material prices and new fuel-economy and emissions regulations. These factors are increasing cost pressures on carmakers and it appears the burden will likely be passed on to consumers. GM has confirmed that it’s considering raising its prices to offset these cost pressures. Speaking with Automotive News, GM CFO Ray Young said the carmaker is looking at applying price... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-22 19:54:24 Article Views Rating: 222 |
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