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Main > Car Makers News > Porsche > Activists angered by Porsche’s judicial review of London c-charge Environmental groups have criticized Porsche’s decision to challenge London’s new congestion charge, claiming the carmaker should drop its judicial review and focus on building cleaner cars. Leading the charge is activist group Friends of the Earth FoE, who claim the majority of Londoners support an increased congestion charge for the most polluting vehicles. FoE’s Executive Director Tony Juniper said in recent statement that “people are recognizing the urgency of cutting carbon dioxide... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-08 20:40:30 Article Views Rating: 207 Main > Car Makers News > Porsche > Activists angered by Porsche’s judicial review of London c-charge Environmental groups have criticized Porsche’s decision to challenge London’s new congestion charge, claiming the carmaker should drop its judicial review and focus on building cleaner cars. Leading the charge is activist group Friends of the Earth FoE, who claim the majority of Londoners support an increased congestion charge for the most polluting vehicles. FoE’s Executive Director Tony Juniper said in recent statement that “people are recognizing the urgency of cutting carbon dioxide... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-09 05:44:06 Article Views Rating: 229 Main > Car Makers News > Aston Martin > Aston Martin Vantage V8 GT design study Before you get all excited and think Aston Martin is developing a new version of its entry-level GT, note that these new sketches were purely a design exercise by Austrian designer and former MG Rover employee Adam Gompertz. The concept behind the design was for a lightweight, race-inspired version of the Vantage V8 along the lines of the production N400 model. Gompertz acquired much of his talent during his tenure at the Coventry School of Art and Design in the UK, where one of his creations, a... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-26 16:47:30 Article Views Rating: 193 Main > Car Makers News > Cadillac > Cadillac working to build image with new models Over the last few decades the American auto industry - including Cadillac - has seen brand image slide steadily lower, both at home and abroad, while rivals in Germany and Japan have been becoming progressively stronger. It looks like we may already be seeing the pendulum swing back toward Cadillac, however. Just a couple months ago, Consumer Reports ranked Cadillac’s latest offerings above the best Germany or Japan had to offer, and word from the company indicates this is just the beginning... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-14 17:41:06 Article Views Rating: 189 Main > Car Makers News > GM > GM finally merges brand operations Redundant operations and wasted time and resources spent duplicating work already done by another of its eight different brands have plagued GM for years. The carmaker has been long criticized for its organizational structure but it has finally confirmed the merger of its eight brands into four distinct channels – each headed by newly appointed vice presidents. The U.S. marketing and field operations will be more strongly aligned into four retail channels: Chevrolet; Premium Cadillac, Hummer, Saab... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-17 07:39:05 Article Views Rating: 162 Main > Car Makers News > GM > GM to present Delta family of cars at Paris Motor Show GM’s Delta compact FWD platform, currently used in cars Opel Saturn Astra, Chevrolet Cobalt and Pontiac G5, is due for an update this year and the first new-generation model is set to appear at October’s Paris Motor Show. Some of the cars expected to be based on the revised platform include the next-generation Opel Astra, the Saab 9-1 and a four-door Chevrolet sedan to replace the Daewoo-sourced Lacetti and Cobalt. The new Chevrolet sedan will be roughly the same size the Volkswagen Jetta and will... Full article... Article added: 2008-05-19 11:19:42 Article Views Rating: 148 Main > Car Makers News > GM > GM’s public review of Hummer’s future angers dealers Fuel prices are high and climbing and buyers are jumping to more fuel-efficient cars, but Hummer dealers are still confident the brand can make it. The first pickup-truck to wear the Hummer badge, the H3T pictured, comes out this summer, and many dealers were looking forward to a bump in sales, but now dealers are afraid that GM’s announcement may do more to harm sales and brand perception than the fuel crunch has. A GM spokesman said the decision to go public with its doubts about Hummer’s... Full article... Article added: 2008-06-14 06:15:24 Article Views Rating: 176 Main > Car Makers News > Hummer > Hummer could go to India’s Tata or Mahindra Hummer could be the next acquisition target on Tata’s list now that its purchase of Jaguar and Land Rover is complete. The Indian conglomerate has previously expressed interest in developing more SUV models, especially for the U.S. market, and with Land Rover already in its hands Hummer could be next. This week GM announced it will conduct a strategic review of Hummer with the possibility it could be sold, either partially of fully. Now, India’s Economic Times is reporting that that bankers... Full article... Article added: 2008-06-08 08:27:09 Article Views Rating: 292 Main > Car Makers News > Hummer > Hummer could go to India’s Tata or Mahindra Hummer could be the next acquisition target on Tata’s list now that its purchase of Jaguar and Land Rover is complete. The Indian conglomerate has previously expressed interest in developing more SUV models, especially for the U.S. market, and with Land Rover already in its hands Hummer could be next. This week GM announced it will conduct a strategic review of Hummer with the possibility it could be sold, either partially of fully. Now, India’s Economic Times is reporting that that bankers... Full article... Article added: 2008-06-09 04:44:07 Article Views Rating: 316 Main > Car Makers News > Jeep > Jeep, Subaru top UK most improved emissions list Industry analyst group Clean Green Cars has released its comprehensive list of CO2 emissions by manufacturer. The list tracks emissions every maker on the United Kingdom market and compares that data with past performance. Jeep and Subaru topped the list of most improved since Q1 2007, with BMW and Mazda following close behind. The real success story was Jeep, improving its CO2 emissions by 21.01% over 2007 levels, reducing average CO2 output from 275.35g/km to 217.51g/km. Subaru was next closest, but... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-11 08:37:06 Article Views Rating: 290 |
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