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Main > Car Makers News > Other > Feds to release new roof-strength regs in July While rollover resistance is improving, current vehicle roof strength regulations date back nearly 35 years. With that in mind, Congress will be taking a careful look at federal regulators as they work on upgrading the standards early next month before they unveil a final regulation at the end of July. Current standards require a vehicle under 6,000 pounds to withstand a force of 1.5 times the vehicle weight without crushing and striking the head of a belted average-size adult male. In August 2005, the... Full article... Article added: 2008-05-28 08:53:40 Article Views Rating: 99 Main > Car Makers News > Other > C-Max and Kuga may follow Euro Focus to the U.S. Click above for a high-res gallery of the Ford KugaNary a month week day goes by that we're not told of the imminent importation of Ford's grass-is-greener Euro models. The Fiesta has been approved for U.S. consumption in 2010, and even though we've heard the Focus shtick before, it would appear that it's finally coming to fruition in late 2010 or early 2011. But Ford can't rely on just one product to justify sales of the next-generation C1 platform in the States there's also the Volvo S40/C30 and... Full article... Article added: 2008-05-20 06:36:25 Article Views Rating: 105 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Auto briefs Ford Motor Co . is cutting production at its Volvo unit as a way to trim costs and losses at the upscale Swedish brand. The production cut, which could affect one-third of workers at one of its two Volvo plants in Europe, comes amid speculation that Ford is priming Volvo for a sale. Ford has said publicly that it doesn't plan a sale, but CEO Alan Mulally has told top executives he wants to eventually seek a buyer, according to a Wall Street Journal report citing people familiar with the matter. "Our... Full article... Article added: 2008-05-20 06:36:24 Article Views Rating: 159 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Noble teases twin-turbo V8-powered M600 It's been a while since we have heard from Noble, the small British manufacturer that has put out some pretty impressive sports cars over the last decade. The company is currently developing a new car called the M600, and PistonHeads.com recently had the chance to interview Noble's head honcho Peter Boutwood about the upcoming model. Boutwood revealed that the M600 will be powered by a Yamaha-designed twin-turbo Volvo V8 and will have a full carbon fiber body shell. While no specific details were given... Full article... Article added: 2008-05-16 07:20:08 Article Views Rating: 99 Main > Car Makers News > Ford > VIDEO: Ford demonstrates new nav system with Sirius Travel Click above to view videos after the jumpOne of the cool features that Ford is introducing for the 2009 model year is its updated navigation system with Sirius Travel Link. When we went out to drive the updated 2009 Ford Escape this week, Ford's chief technology spokes-model Alan Hall gave us a guided tour of the system. The next generation nav unit takes the traditional touch screen GPS unit and integrates it with the popular SYNC system that debuted last year, while adding real time downloadable... Full article... Article added: 2008-05-16 07:20:08 Article Views Rating: 143 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Noble boss reveals details about M600 V8 supercar British supercar manufacturer Noble is finishing development work of its V6-powered M15 and is just months away from starting production, but already its CEO, Peter Boutwood, is looking towards the tiny outfit’s next model. The new car, pictured in this official teaser, will be a higher-performance version of the M600 and is set to receive an all-new twin-turbo V8 engine. Boutwood recently revealed several key details about the revamped M600, which has already been fully designed and is in the final... Full article... Article added: 2008-05-16 07:18:54 Article Views Rating: 128 Main > Car Makers News > Other > REPORT: Racer dies in 24 Hours of LeMons crash Jalopnik reports that one of the competitors at the 24 Hours of LeMons race at Altamont has tragically died in an accident on the course. At present, the identity of the victim, who was driving the #39 Volvo 242 Turbo pictured above, has not been released. According to Jalopnik's Murilee Martin, who is reporting on-site from LeMons and also competing in the event, the #39 car collided with a wall at high speed, and rescue personnel cut off its roof to extract the driver. Following the incident, LeMons... Full article... Article added: 2008-05-12 10:09:47 Article Views Rating: 97 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Kerkorian tips his hand Billionaire investor Kirk Kerkorian made a formal offer Friday to buy more shares of Ford Motor Co. that included information that suggests the Las Vegas casino tycoon may be anything but a quiet investor. The tender offer Kerkorian's Tracinda Corp. filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission sought to allay fears that Kerkorian will take an activist role at Ford, as he has done with other automakers in the past. There is no "present intent to acquire or influence control over" Ford," the filing... Full article... Article added: 2008-05-12 10:09:44 Article Views Rating: 106 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Nader protests against proposed NHTSA roof standards Presidential candidate and longtime activist Ralph Nader has once again voiced his objection to proposed vehicle roof-safety standards from the National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration NHTSA, telling reporters the standards should be much tougher. Current regulations require vehicles sold in the United States to withstand 1.5 times the weight of the vehicle without collapsing more than five inches into occupancy space. The NHTSA proposal would increase the requirement to 2.5 times the... Full article... Article added: 2008-05-12 10:09:01 Article Views Rating: 116 Main > Car Makers News > Volvo > Volvo not for sale says chairman Volvo’s sales slump of the past several months has led to a pretax loss of $151 million in the first quarter of the year, and with no sign of turnaround in sight analysts are predicting Ford could end up selling the carmaker just as it did with Jaguar, Land Rover and Aston Martin. According to Volvo chairman Lewis Booth, nothing could be further from the truth. Speaking with Automotive News Europe, Booth said management is focused on improving the business and not on selling it. Booth’s comments... Full article... Article added: 2008-05-04 12:02:52 Article Views Rating: 750 |
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