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Main > Car Makers News > Lincoln > Lincoln MKZ provides soundtrack for the open road | detnews.com | The Detroit News The 2010 Lincoln MKZ has finally broken away from its siblings -- the working man's Ford Fusion and up-and-coming socialite Mercury Milan. At least that's the plan for this midsize premium sedan. Putting a hundred miles on this car was easy. It's comfortable, quiet and gives you a spirited ride. The bulletproof 3.5-liter V-6 pushes 263 horsepower and 249 pound-feet of torque. It doesn't feel like a rocket, but it improves the car's overall performance and the 0-60 mph time by a half second down to 7.1... Full article... Article added: 2009-08-03 06:14:46 Article Views Rating: 44 Main > Car Makers News > GM > Management shakeup at GM continues | detnews.com | The Detroit News -- General Motors Co. announced a management shakeup Thursday with the retirement of four senior executives, while the U.S. Treasury Department and Canadian government named the five final members of GM's new board of directors. GM said today that Gary Cowger, group vice president, global manufacturing and labor relations, will retire at the end of the year. Until Dec. 31, Cowger will assume responsibility for the integration of Delphi Corp.'s four factories and global steering business being acquired... Full article... Article added: 2009-07-24 10:35:56 Article Views Rating: 57 Main > Car Makers News > Toyota > Toyota confident sales will pick up in the future | detnews.com | The Detroit News Toyota Motor Corp.'s highest-ranking executive in the United States said Thursday that he hoped the automaker would start earning money here again next year after its unexpectedly deep slide into the red. Yoshimi Inaba, a former U.S. sales chief recently rehired by Toyota, said he was seeing signs that demand in the U.S. auto market was picking up and was confident about its long-term prospects. "I'm a very firm believer that this market will bounce back sooner or later," said Inaba, the New York-based... Full article... Article added: 2009-07-24 10:35:55 Article Views Rating: 90 Main > Car Makers News > Ford > $2.3B profit boosts outlook for Ford | detnews.com | The Detroit News Ford Motor Co.'s unexpected $2.3 billion second-quarter profit could signal the end of the worst downturn in recent automotive history for at least one of Detroit's automakers, but Ford's recovery still depends on the broader economy. Though Ford's profit was due largely to one-time gains, consistent improvements in its underlying financials are sparking optimism among investors, analysts and union leaders that has not been seen for some time. Ford shares gained 60 cents Thursday on the results, closing... Full article... Article added: 2009-07-24 10:35:54 Article Views Rating: 66 Main > Car Makers News > GM > Howes: Insiders at new GM same as they ever were | detnews.com | The Detroit News Outsiders? They don't need no stinkin' outsiders to run the post-bankruptcy General Motors Co. -- at least not on the management team detailed Thursday. The government-appointed board of directors is something else altogether, long as it is on outsiders from Wall Street, the telecom business and academia and short on anything approaching automotive experience. Welcome to one of the more salient untenables in the federal government's bailout-cum-bankruptcy of new GM: President Barack Obama's auto task... Full article... Article added: 2009-07-24 10:35:53 Article Views Rating: 50 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Mercedes system helps keep drowsy drivers awake | detnews.com | The Detroit News Mercedes-Benz has become the latest automaker to offer high-tech help to fight drowsiness while driving. Standard on the redesigned 2010 E-class models will be Mercedes' new Attention Assist system, designed to detect drowsiness on the part of the driver in the early stages, before it becomes a real danger, the German automaker said. It uses various sensors to monitor the driver's behavior, including slight weaving of the vehicle that results in "patterns of minor steering corrections," Mercedes said... Full article... Article added: 2009-07-24 10:35:51 Article Views Rating: 56 Main > Car Makers News > Audi > Audi TTS is powerful driving machine | detnews.com | The Detroit News The 2009 Audi TTS arrived in America at the end of last year as the performance version of an already very capable coupe. I hope it applies for citizenship. A powerful turbocharged all-wheel drive little coupe is the kind of citizen we need to encourage to immigrate here. The redesigned TT is already a looker, refined with a modern and graceful appearance, its curvy fenders matching the gentle slope of the roof. The TTS adds some pieces that help differentiate itself from the regular TT, but nothing... Full article... Article added: 2009-07-24 10:35:49 Article Views Rating: 70 Main > Car Makers News > BMW > Critics attack BMW's electric Mini E | detnews.com | The Detroit News In his Santa Monica, Calif., gallery, Samuel Freeman displays a nifty bit of automotive art, a full-size replica of a Chevy V-8 engine made out of stained glass. But Freeman himself worships at the church of the electric car. In November 2008, Freeman was one of nearly 2,000 people who signed up to lease a Mini E -- an experimental electric-vehicle conversion of BMW's charming, capering retro-runabout. In early June, he was one of the lucky 450 Americans to get a car, and since then he's been ripping up... Full article... Article added: 2009-07-24 10:35:47 Article Views Rating: 45 Main > Car Makers News > Mercedes-Benz > Mercedes-Benz GLK350 is compact luxury | detnews.com | The Detroit News Americans would have been lousy hunters and gatherers. That's why we invented Costco. The buy-it-by-the-barrelful mentality perpetuates the American need to gather too much stuff while hunting for a deal. I've gone broke saving money at this mega-volume store. For some, the problem with Costco is the same as the problem with many SUVs: Both offer too much and are just too big for practical purposes. No one tows a boat to work every day, and no one needs 200 frozen chicken breasts. Downsizing is the new... Full article... Article added: 2009-07-24 10:35:42 Article Views Rating: 55 Main > Car Manufactures > Volkswagen > Escape to Your Reality This Summer at vwescape.co.uk Over the last 60 years, Volkswagen campers, vans and kombis have become unique style icons, used to escape from our daily routines to the reality of having fun doing what we want in our leisure time. To celebrate this heritage, Volkswagen has launched a new website, www.vwescape.co.uk to showcase the modern equivalents of these vehicles - the Caravelle people carrier, Transporter kombi and California campervan. The website will also encourage people to share their own personal... Full article... Article added: 2009-07-03 15:38:28 Article Views Rating: 104 |
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