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Main > Car Makers News > Lexus > Just In Time For Vacation: Lexus Teams Up With Fairmont For Eco-savvy Traveling Eco-savvy travelers can now enjoy luxury, style and a commitment to sustainability when they visit two premier hotels. Fairmont Hotels & Resorts and Lexus are partnering to unveil two "Lexus Hybrid Living Suites" geared for eco-conscious visitors, with the first to launch at The Fairmont San Francisco, followed by TheFairmont Washington, D.C. in conjunction with Earth Day 2008. Guests can sleep, eat and drink sustainably in these unique suites, with every aspect of... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-08 05:01:28 Article Views Rating: 182 Main > Car Makers News > Other > UAW: Five GM plants face strike The United Auto Workers union is threatening to strike five General Motors Corp. factories, including ones in Flint, Warren and Lansing, if deals aren't reached soon on local contracts for each of the plants. The ultimatum comes as GM's production is hobbled by a six-week UAW strike at auto parts maker American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc., which has forced GM to shut down or cut shifts at 30 factories in the United States and Canada. In letters GM received this week, UAW officials cited a desire... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-05 08:51:23 Article Views Rating: 258 Main > Car Makers News > Chevrolet > Mid-year launch for 2009 Chevrolet Cobalt SS Sedan GM took the wraps off its Chevrolet Cobalt SS performance coupe at last year’s SEMA Auto Show in Las Vegas and now the carmaker has released an image of its sedan sibling, which will go sale several months after the coupe in the middle of the year. The 2009 Chevrolet Cobalt SS Sedan will feature the same ‘SS’ badging and 2.0L direct-injection, turbocharged four-cylinder engine as the coupe and should carry a similar price tag as well the coupe starts at $22,995. The fuel-efficient engine also... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-05 08:51:00 Article Views Rating: 289 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Consumer Reports: Best & Worst Used Cars Reliable models to look for—and troublesome ones to avoid.Is it time to replace your car? Owners of 27 percent of the vehicles in our latest Annual Car Reliability Survey acquired them used last year, and they're definitely on to something. Data from our exclusive survey, conducted by the Consumer Reports National Research Center, show that hundreds of used-car models provide good reliability. And they can be safe, fuel efficient, and affordable.Used vehicles are often some of the best values you'll... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-04 06:08:31 Article Views Rating: 167 Main > Car Makers News > Pontiac > Pontiac Solstice Coupe to pack 300 horses? Click above for high-res live shots of the 2009 Pontiac Solstice CoupeSporting a specific output of 130 horsepower-per-liter, the turbocharged, direct-injected Ecotec four-cylinder from GM that's featured in the Pontiac Solstice GXP, Saturn Sky Redline and SS versions of the Chevy HHR and Cobalt, is already one heck of an accomplishment. But wait... there's more -- power that is. According to Motor Trend, shortly after the Solstice Coupe goes on sale next year, the blown-Ecotec could make 300 horsepower... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-04 06:08:24 Article Views Rating: 197 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Recent Study Shows Certain Cars Are Gender Specific A recent study has investigated how big a role gender plays as far as what type of vehicle a consumer drives. What analysts found is that certain brands are more likely than others to be dominated by a particular gender, while others are more gender-neutral in their ownership. For instance, ownership of exotic sports cars was heavily male, while many of the more practical, affordable brands were mostly owned by women. InsureMe, an insurance referral company, is designed to help drivers find auto... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-03 04:43:44 Article Views Rating: 92 Main > Car Makers News > Other > By the Numbers: March 2008 Though many news outlets will decry March as a horrible sales month in the auto industry, it wasn't that bad and there are some notable successes. The reason it isn't as bad as some will tell you is because most outlets compare the volume of cars sold last month to the same month in 2007, rather than comparing the average number of cars sold per day. Since there were two extra selling days last year 28 vs. 26, looking at the raw numbers is very misleading. All of our numbers below represent the change... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-02 05:24:12 Article Views Rating: 145 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Auto sales plummet; worse may be ahead Detroit's automakers and their top Japanese rivals all suffered March sales declines in a market that sank to its weakest level since 2005 as the dual impact of a slowing economy and a credit crunch kept consumers away from showrooms. The weaker-than-anticipated sales led some auto executives to caution that demand might fall further before it starts to recover. "I'd like to be able to tell you that the worst is behind us, but I can't give you that assurance," said Jim Farley, global sales chief at Ford... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-02 05:24:07 Article Views Rating: 113 Main > Car Makers News > Other > CARB backs off a bit on ZEV Mandate, orders 66k PHEVs sold by 2014 The California Air Resources Board CARB voted last week to revise its ZEV zero-emissions vehicle Mandate that was first adopted in 1990 and has since been changed five times now. The newest revisions ease up on automakers, now calling for 7,500 zero-emission vehicles to be sold in California between 2012 and 2014, down from 25,000 that were called for in the last revision made in 2003. A zero-emissions vehicle includes a pure electric vehicle or one powered by a hydrogen fuel cell, though CARB also... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-01 05:38:29 Article Views Rating: 144 Main > Car Makers News > Opel > Opel Redesignes Astra for 2010 In about a year and a half Opel plans to present a new Astra that will be sold as Vauzhall in Britain, Saturn in North America, Opel in Germany and Holden in Australia. Right now Germans are testing its new features. The new model of the car is going to be redesigned to become a good competitor to Volkswagen Golf VI and Ford Focus. Astra is going to be bigger and more comfortable. It is planned to be made in a variety of models: three- and five-door hatchback, sedan and station wagon. Due to this factor... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-22 19:54:36 Article Views Rating: 253 |
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