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• 4WD rams P plater in road-rage attack

  
  Car Advice | News Blog — Authority: 537
  Victoria Police are looking for the driver of a 4WD who intentionally and repeatedly rammed a P plater in Victoria’s north-western suburbs early on Saturday morning.The car, a Mazda MX6, was written off in the attack when the P plate driver and his friend were rammed from behind.The driver of the MX6 tried to evade ...
  3 hours ago

• Mazda Axela and Mazda Biante with i-stop Win 2009 Eco-Products Award in Japan

  
  Green Cars, Hybrid Cars, Electric Cars and Clean Diesel News — Authority: 439
  Mazda announced that the Mazda Axela (known overseas as the Mazda3) and Mazda Biante models equipped with its unique idling stop system, i-stop, have won the prestigious 2009 Eco-Products Award from Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT).
  4 hours ago

• MG releases first new model in 14 years

  
  Car Advice | News Blog — Authority: 537
  The first new MG in 14 years has debuted on the opening day of the Guangzhou Auto Show in China with confirmation that it will be built in the UK.The MG6 is a four-door hatchback designed primarily in the UK and shares many elements with Shanghai Auto’s (SAIC) Roewe 550 sedan.SAIC President Chen Hong said [...] ...
  6 hours ago

• Motorcycle riders less likely to drink and drive

  
  Car Advice | News Blog — Authority: 537
  A British study has found that motorcyclists are half as likely to take the risk of drinking before riding. The drink driving statistics in 2008 show that 1.4 per cent of motorcyclists failed the breath test after an accident compared to an average of 2.7 per cent for all road users.The study has shown the [...] ...
  8 hours ago

• About Driving Responsibly

  
  Automoblog.net — Authority: 130
  Here at Automoblog.net, we are all car enthusiasts. We like driving fast, sometimes too fast, sliding around, and generally having fun in our sports cars. We write a lot about fast cars and their various high-speed abilities, but rarely talk about the importance of driving safely on public roads. I know it’s boring, ...
  9 hours ago

• BMW 5 Series generation six due next year

  
  Car Advice | News Blog — Authority: 537
  BMW has officially revealed the sixth generation of the 5 Series and at the same time welcomed home the prodigal son that has been the Bavarians’ executive saloon of the past six years.The dramatic exterior lines of the E60 are gone, and left is a conservative cruiser that fits the family mould, inheriting from the ...
  9 hours ago

• Industry analysts say hard times not over

  
  Car Advice | News Blog — Authority: 537
  Automotive analyst Fitch Ratings says the industry may follow a similar path to the airlines, enduring “boom and bust cycles without the boom”.Its latest report suggests the industry may become “littered with failures – plants, product lines, brands and companies” and fall into a repetitive cycle of ...
  9 hours ago

• Guangzhou Auto Show: Vw Tiguan Facelift

  
  Car news, Car reviews, Spy shots and Videos - 4wheelsnews.com — Authority: 597
  China was chosen by Volkswagen to be the place where the facelifted Tiguan makes its official debut. As you can see, the German compact SUV borrows the same design line from the Golf VI and the Scirocco and it appears that the new Touareg will follow the same ”success” path. Unfortunately we don’t know [...]
  10 hours ago

• Mercedes E500 - New Design for Performance Machine

  
  Automoblog.net — Authority: 130
  There’s a lot to be excited about in the new Mercedes E500 . The same excellent quality that we have come to expect from Mercedes has been coupled with a well-designed and good looking interior delivering a faultless finish. As far as looks go there’s been some debate. Mercedes have certainly gone back to the ...
  12 hours ago

• New Volvo S60

  
  Daily Torque — Authority: 129
  This is the upcoming Volvo S60 that will be revealed in next year’s Geneva Motor show around March. Not much details have been revealed about this baby at the moment, but we know that it will come with another innovative technology; the “Pedestrian Detection”, where this tech is able to detect pedestrians ...
  12 hours ago

• UK study finds bad driving habits rub-off on kids

  
  Car Advice | News Blog — Authority: 537
  The UK’s Institute of Advanced Motorists says that the bad driving habits of parents can rub off onto their children and negatively impact the way they drive.IAM chief examiner, Peter Rodger, said the ‘do as I say, not as I do’ mentality of some parents to their child passengers was a highly ineffective teaching ...
  12 hours ago

• Lexus will lease, not sell, the 500 LFA supercars

  
  Car news, Car reviews, Spy shots and Videos - 4wheelsnews.com — Authority: 597
  When Lexus’ limited-edition LFA sports car arrives in January 2011, it will be offered under two-year leases for the $375,000 two-seater, said Brian Smith, vice president of sales and dealer development for Lexus division. Lexus wishes to retain the vehicle’s title. The leases are being offered to prevent the ...
  12 hours ago

• Hyundai tweaks the Genesis V8 engine for 2010

  
  Car news, Car reviews, Spy shots and Videos - 4wheelsnews.com — Authority: 597
  Hyundai may have two completely redesigned models debuting in the next few weeks, but it won’t leave its carryover models alone for the 2010 model year. Its engineers have modified the 4.6-liter V8 in the Genesis sedan and got an 10 horsepower more from the Tau to generate peak output of up to 385 hp [...]
  12 hours ago

• Union representatives to discuss Opel restructuring plan this Wednesday

  
  Car news, Car reviews, Spy shots and Videos - 4wheelsnews.com — Authority: 597
  This Wednesday’s meeting between General Motors Co. Interim regional chief Nick Reilly and union representatives will decide the fate of 50,000 workers in Europe. Lothar Sorger, Opel’s deputy labor leader in Kaiserslautern, Germany, said that the parties will discuss restructuring plans. Sorger claims that getting ...
  13 hours ago

• SAIC plans to begin manufacturing its new MG 6 sedan in the UK

  
  Car news, Car reviews, Spy shots and Videos - 4wheelsnews.com — Authority: 597
  At the end of 2010, SAIC Motor Corp. is set to start manufacturing the new MG 6 sedan in the UK. After a merger with Nanjing Automobile Group in late 2007, SAIC became the owner of MG Rover’s 10,000-unit Longbridge plant in Birmingham, central England.This factory will serve as a platform for SAIC to be [...]
  13 hours ago

• BMW 5-Series 2010-2011 officially revealed

  
  Drive Arabia : Dubai / Abu Dhabi [UAE, Saudi, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman & GCC] — Authority: 130
  The outgoing BMW 5-Series has been out of production for several months now, so it comes as no surprise that the all-new BMW 5-Series is ready to hit the roads as a 2010 model, or 2011 as some may call it. Based on a shortened version of the new 7-Series platform, the 5-Series is longer [...]
  13 hours ago

• Toyota to submit information on complaints about rusted Tundra frames

  
  Car news, Car reviews, Spy shots and Videos - 4wheelsnews.com — Authority: 597
  Toyota Motor Corp. is once again entangled in a potential recall after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has asked it to provide information related to complaints over rusted frames on 2000 and 2001 Toyota Tundra pickups. On Oct. 6, the NHTSA began a preliminary evaluation of the problem and gave ...
  13 hours ago

• Tesla Motors plans to go public soon

  
  Car news, Car reviews, Spy shots and Videos - 4wheelsnews.com — Authority: 597
  If there’s any truth to rumors then we just might be seeing Tesla Motors go public soon. According to two insider sources, the Silicon Valley electric sports car maker best known for its $109,000 all-electric Roadster is currently outlining plans to sell stock and cash in on investor appetite for green technology ...
  14 hours ago

• GM expects its China sales growth to drop dramatically in 2010

  
  Car news, Car reviews, Spy shots and Videos - 4wheelsnews.com — Authority: 597
  With the end of China’s government stimulus program by the end of the year, General Motors Co. forecasts that its sales growth in the country will drop drastically in 2010. In an interview with Reuters, Kevin Wale, president of GM’s China operations, said that China sales were expected to rise 50 percent in 2009 ...
  14 hours ago

• Engineer arrested on suspicion of stealing Ford secrets could face new charges

  
  Car news, Car reviews, Spy shots and Videos - 4wheelsnews.com — Authority: 597
  Ford Motor Co. will not take the theft of trade secrets lightly especially now that the culprit was found to have even more data on his computer. According to US prosecutors, Xiang Dong Yu, who had been arrested on suspicion of stealing Ford trade secrets will likely face additional charges.The arrest was made at ...
  15 hours ago

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