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Main > Car Makers News > Lincoln > 2009 Lincoln MKS Lincoln is up against it. The brand has languished for decades as marketing chiefs and design heads have kept a revolving door spinning at redline. The four-pointed star that once stood for one of the premium American luxury car nameplates had been denigrated to little more than the top Ford trim level. Until now, Lincoln's lineup has been defined by the Paleolithic Town Car and a trio of reworked Ford trucks.Even though Cadillac's resurgence is far from perfect or complete, that brand has received more... Full article... Article added: 2008-06-30 07:01:10 Article Views Rating: 387 Main > Car Makers News > Volvo > Volvo XC60 What is it? 2009 Volvo XC60 What's special about it? According to Fredrik Arp, president and CEO of Volvo Cars, the 2009 Volvo XC60 is not only the safest Volvo ever, "It's also the most stunning." Of course, he's paid big bucks to say stuff like that, but the fact that he's mentioning design at all shows just how important the look of the XC60 is to its success. Mr. Arp isn't blowing smoke, though. The XC60 is certainly more stylish than the homely XC90. Instead of big and boxy, the XC60 is... Full article... Article added: 2008-06-16 06:59:06 Article Views Rating: 432 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Europeans Go to U.S. Dealers to buy Cars The weak dollar is drawing a new group of Europeans to shop in the U.S. -- for European cars.More Europeans are turning to the U.S. to buy luxury cars, from Porsche 911s to Volvo 4x4s, and then shipping them back home. The cheap dollar and competitive pricing in the slow U.S. market can yield savings of as much as 30% of the cost of similar models in Europe, even after costs of transporting the cars and complying with different emissions standards. Because cash-strapped Americans are shunning car... Full article... Article added: 2008-06-14 06:16:33 Article Views Rating: 133 Main > Car Makers News > Ford > Kerkorian's Ford tender offer nets more than 826 million shares DETROIT -- Billionaire investor Kirk Kerkorian's Tracinda Corp. said Friday its tender offer for Ford Motor Co. shares resulted in 826 million shares from investors in the automaker. Tracinda spokesman Tom Johnson said the final tabulation fell short of the 1 billion shares -- nearly half of Ford's outstanding stock -- originally pledged in response to its tender offer of $8.50 a share because some shares that had been promised did not come in within three business days of Monday's deadline. Tracinda... Full article... Article added: 2008-06-14 06:16:17 Article Views Rating: 152 Main > Car Makers News > Ford > Kerkorian's Ford tender offer nets more than 826 million shares DETROIT -- Billionaire investor Kirk Kerkorian's Tracinda Corp. said Friday its tender offer for Ford Motor Co. shares resulted in 826 million shares from investors in the automaker. Tracinda spokesman Tom Johnson said the final tabulation fell short of the 1 billion shares -- nearly half of Ford's outstanding stock -- originally pledged in response to its tender offer of $8.50 a share because some shares that had been promised did not come in within three business days of Monday's deadline. Tracinda... Full article... Article added: 2008-06-14 06:16:17 Article Views Rating: 160 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Europeans saving thousands by buying cars in U.S. The weakening U.S. dollar compounded with low vehicle sticker prices is drawing more and more European consumers looking to make a hefty saving on the purchase of their next car. Savings of up to 30% of the cost of similar models in Europe, even after the costs of shipping it back home plus compliance and registration are included, is not uncommon. Dealers in the U.S. experiencing plummeting sales due to the downtrend in the economy and rising fuel prices are more than happy to sell more vehicles, but... Full article... Article added: 2008-06-14 06:15:38 Article Views Rating: 118 Main > Car Makers News > Buick > Mom and Dad's Buick: A cushy time machine You can have your shiny new Bimmer. Your eerily silent hybrids and your Lamborghini. I have the Buick. For reasons I won't go into -- save to say my 16-year-old is fine, the Volvo not so much -- I'm borrowing my parents' 2001 Buick. I get in every morning and there's the scent of my father's cologne, my mother's perfume. I'm 8 years old again, tiptoeing into their bedroom after they've left for the evening, the lamp lighted next to my mother's side of the bed, the fragrance lingering. The LeSabre's... Full article... Article added: 2008-06-08 08:27:24 Article Views Rating: 274 Main > Car Makers News > Other > 2008 Automobile Quality Survey from Strategic Vision California research company, Strategic Vision, is ready to announce the 2008 results of the annual U.S. automobile quality survey and the two vehicles have already been picked up for the praise. The results were announced on Wednesday, May 28, and according to them Toyota Yaris and Ford Edge are the leaders. The purchases of 20,655 people were taken into consideration in the timeframe between September-November of last year. Many vehicles tried for the praise, Honda, Chevrolet and Mercedes-Benz had the... Full article... Article added: 2008-06-02 06:48:30 Article Views Rating: 108 Main > Car Makers News > Ford > Ford to close deal with Tata Ford Motor Co. is expected to close the sale of its Jaguar and Land Rover luxury brands to India's Tata Motors Monday, sources familiar with the situation said on Friday. Terms remain largely unchanged from those in the preliminary agreement that Ford and Tata announced in March, they said. Tata will pay Ford about $2.3 billion for the British carmakers, but Ford will contribute about $600 million of that to the Jaguar and Land Rover pension funds. That means Ford will net about $1.7 billion from the... Full article... Article added: 2008-06-02 06:48:28 Article Views Rating: 184 Main > Car Makers News > Cadillac > Cadillac CTS wagon details leak Prototypes of Cadillac’s upcoming CTS wagon have been spotted testing recently and now the first solid details about the new model’s specifications as well as some blurry images have been revealed in what’s alleged to be a leaked market research document. Expected to be released in 2010, the addition of the new wagon plus a coupe variant will increase the CTS family to three unique models. According to the document, the 304hp 3.6L direct-injection V6 engine will remain unchanged, however there... Full article... Article added: 2008-06-02 06:47:57 Article Views Rating: 200 |
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