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Main > Car Makers News > GM > GM, Toyota to fight in low-cost car sector Toyota has confirmed it will join what is quickly shaping up to be one of the toughest automotive segments to compete in, the ultra-low cost vehicle sector established with the unveiling of the Tata Nano in January. This is set to one of the fastest growing segments in the world with potentially millions of sales in just the Indian market alone so it’s not surprising the likes of Ford, GM and Renault-Nissan have announced plans to develop and market their own budget cars. Toyota will build its new... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-14 17:41:07 Article Views Rating: 164 Main > Car Makers News > Renault > Renault planning to expand 4WS lineup Four-wheel-steering 4WS is one of those technologies that never really made it past the 1980s in great success. It featured on a string of high-performance Nissan models through the ‘90s but the extra cost and the weight disadvantage of the system won it few fans considering its only real benefit was a slight reduction in understeer. Renault, however, never gave up on the idea and recently launched its new Laguna GT pictured with a new advanced 4WS system. Renault’s new design uses a computer to... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-11 13:43:29 Article Views Rating: 239 Main > Car Makers News > Renault > Renault Megane by Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso is back at Renault, once again racing for Renault F1 Team. With its “We all feel something special when we buy a new car” baseline, the new international ad campaign has a mischievous, easy-going feel, underlined by the use of the song “Cheek to Cheek”, by Fred Astaire for the TV commercial. [source] Full article... Article added: 2008-04-07 07:14:48 Article Views Rating: 218 Main > Car Makers News > Ferrari > One-two finish for Ferrari at Bahrain GP Felipe Massa, after two disastrous opening races and under intense pressure to finally perform, snatched the lead from Robert Kubica before the first corner, and the dominant Brazilian was never challenged as he opened his 2008 points account on a circuit he also won on last year. Kimi Raikkonen, in contrast, has looked off-colour all weekend, but the margin to Massa at the end was just a few seconds, and he leaves the Kingdom with the championship lead. Click ahead for a full team-by-team rundown of... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-07 07:14:11 Article Views Rating: 581 Main > Car Manufactures > Other > Alonso denies “get out” clause The BBC is reporting that Fernando Alonso has played down speculation that he will move to Ferrari at the end of the season.The move will do little to quell such speculation as he is reported to be on a release clause with Renault and the story looks set to continue for the entire season or at least until he signs a contract for someone.When asked if he had a get out clause he replied “No” and later added “I do not remember that clause” but continued "as we saw last year contracts are always... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-05 08:51:35 Article Views Rating: 297 Main > Car Manufactures > Renault > Three Renault SUVs in the next three years It seems that the Koleos is not the only SUV coming from Renault. According to Patrick Le Quement, he company’s vice president of design, Renault will add three more SUV in the line-up: "We are developing a range of SUV crossovers and the Koleos sits right bang in the middle. There will be an addition to the Megane range, when the new cars arrive over the next 18-months. A bigger brother for the Koleos is something we are looking at."Koleos’ big brother will be built on Nissan Murano platform... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-01 09:42:39 Article Views Rating: 376 Main > Car Makers News > Other > ‘Avions Voisin’ name revived with new supercar concept Just as Volkswagen Group’s Veyron supercar revived the longstanding Bugatti label, Portuguese-based designer Ernesto Freitas from Luso Motors envisages his new Voisin Concept injecting some life into France’s forgotten carmaker, Avions Voisin. At the moment his new Voisin Concept remains just a 3D simulated model but Freitas has plans to create a full scale model and hopes to display it at several international car shows. Avions Voisin was a carmaker based in Paris, which built a number of luxury... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-31 04:36:32 Article Views Rating: 201 Main > Car Makers News > Nissan > Renault, Nissan join on electric cars French automaker Renault SA will produce electric cars powered by Nissan Motor Co. batteries for customers in Denmark as part of a public- and private-sector project to encourage widespread use of the emission-free vehicles. Renault's announcement Thursday follows its decision earlier this year to take part in a similar project in Israel that Renault executives described as potentially the first mass commercialization of all-electric cars to individual customers. The Renault-Nissan alliance has teamed... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-28 05:33:56 Article Views Rating: 236 Main > Car Makers News > Renault > Renault to expand electric-car project to Denmark France's Renault SA will supply electric cars for a project in Denmark that aims to set up the conditions to encourage widespread marketing of the clean vehicles. Renault's announcement today follows the Renault-Nissan alliance's decision earlier this year to participate in a similar project in Israel with Project Better Place, a firm dedicated to installing the infrastructure to support electric cars. The projects highlight a renewed interest in electric cars. Although electric car technology is not... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-28 05:33:56 Article Views Rating: 198 Main > Car Makers News > Ferrari > Fernando Alonso fuels rumors of Ferrari move The inability of Formula One drivers to sit still may seem natural, but Fernando Alonso may be taking it to the next level. After switching from Renault to McLaren for 2007 and then back to Renault for this season, the two-time world champion is back at it, fuelling rumors that he could move to Ferrari in another year or two. Speculation of Alonso's potential move to the Scuderia crew began to circulate when he was on his way out of McLaren, and were furthered when his new contract with Renault... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-26 08:09:16 Article Views Rating: 192 |
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