tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76823440965178487582024-10-31T23:27:14.870-07:00Auto NewsLatest Auto NewsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1030125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7682344096517848758.post-12267192091036519862014-04-20T09:00:00.000-07:002014-04-20T09:00:01.389-07:00Europe car sales rise as recovery "is more widely"The recovery in the European Union led automotive industry until March, the latest figures show, with rapidly rising sales in Spain and Great Britain and a recovery in the mass market provide some need much acclaim for the region of car manufacturers.
Car sales in the European Union posting an increase of 10.6 percent over the same period increased for a seventh month in a row in March in the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7682344096517848758.post-88529953375658466422014-04-19T15:30:00.000-07:002014-04-19T15:30:00.904-07:00Jon Hamm debuts the new Mercedes at the New York Auto ShowToo bad for Don Draper that he would long be withdrawn.
He had stuck to would the fictitious advertising Executive in the popular TV series "Mad Men" were ponying have paycheck to buy of one of the new Mercedes-Benz S63 AMG 4MATIC-Coupés, which makes for the first time at the New York International Auto show.
Or so said Jon Hamm, the actor who portrays the handsome and worldly Draper - but who Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7682344096517848758.post-25044072554142668512014-04-18T09:30:00.000-07:002014-04-18T09:30:00.518-07:00GM overshadowed new models at NY auto showWalk through New York Auto show is ground at the Javits Center during the press days, and there is no shortage of auto executives, journalists, and industry consultants around.
But walking the North Hall, where General Motors the new Z06 Corvette convertible and the Chevrolet Trax SUV shown is, and it's a far different story. The area is a virtual ghost town with a few GM employees, talking to aUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7682344096517848758.post-15785374743048692922014-04-17T11:00:00.000-07:002014-04-17T11:00:03.561-07:00The most expensive cars to insure in 2014Auto News | By Jeffrey Steele, Insure.com
We know that fast, sporty, high-performance vehicles cost more to insure, but we often buy them anyway.
No one buys an expensive sports car for a leisurely Sunday drive after church. They're built to travel in a blur, which is often the precursor to crumpling sheet metal. Their awe-inspiring speed is matched only by their gasp-inducing insurance ratesUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7682344096517848758.post-7204255987337910442014-04-14T06:30:00.000-07:002014-04-14T06:30:02.440-07:00McLaren supercar new $280,000The British are the Italians and the German a run for her money in the super car race.
McLaren automotive this week its latest entry in the field starts rolling out increasingly crowded super sports car: the 650 s. It is the starter of McLaren, at a price of about $280,000 - about a quarter of the cost of its flagship P1 model. But their price tag is running is still higher than the Ferrari 458 Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7682344096517848758.post-46340646538687475772014-04-11T01:23:00.003-07:002014-04-11T01:23:55.154-07:00BMW recall 156.137 vehicles in the United StatesGerman automaker BMW said that it would remind voluntarily, that make sedan, for possibly defective screws including its popular 3 series compact, more than 156,000 vehicles in the United States, which could lead to engine damage.
BMW said it would check whether screws hold a certain component in vehicles with 6-cylinder engines were vulnerable for loose or break.
The vehicles, also the series Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7682344096517848758.post-64699176264827952462014-04-07T00:57:00.003-07:002014-04-07T00:57:52.909-07:00Goodbye, page flip: automakers push for camerasWhen Volkswagen begins, delivers the first its ultra-efficient XL1 Coupés by mid-year, must be because motorists get used to, the idea looking at a series of three video screens, instead of back and sideview mirror, to see what is happening around them.
Replace the traditional mirrors with micro-compact cameras integrated into the body, designers could VW aerodynamics of the vehicle Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7682344096517848758.post-19158561486344682692014-04-05T10:00:00.000-07:002014-04-05T10:00:02.624-07:00Make your teens watch this videoThe US Department of transportation of a national advertising campaign has for the first time and "high-visibility enforcement crackdown" launched, especially young drivers use to discourage electronic handheld devices while behind the wheel.
The centerpiece of the $8.5 million-multi platform efforts is a 30-second video, which dramatized the devastating consequences for young people in a car, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7682344096517848758.post-37386051322928205862014-04-03T23:09:00.001-07:002014-04-03T23:09:36.811-07:00Troubled GM customers can hit sales: dealerAn ignition switch failure in connection with deadly crashes and in the Assembly recalls motor showrooms, according to dealers, who are fielding more and more calls from customers worried about the safety of GM cars are afraid in General.
Ancira auto group in San Antonio, Texas, a banner expected after March, but there was a strong February 28 vehicles short of their goal of selling 200 cars andUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7682344096517848758.post-78141395138622891542014-04-03T04:31:00.000-07:002014-04-03T04:31:00.252-07:00GM Barra: We are saddened by the callback, we will fix the problemGeneral Motors CEO Mary Barra will testify on Tuesday that the number 1 of the U.S. automakers is sorry for the pain, to accelerate through the defective ignition switches in connection with at least 13 dead and its suppliers to increase the production of spare parts asking to the callback.
Posted in testimony Monday on the U.S. House energy and Commerce Committee website Barra said they still Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7682344096517848758.post-33112167095189018672014-04-01T04:29:00.000-07:002014-04-01T04:29:10.759-07:00NHTSA: rear view camera requires vehicles by 2018 to haveAutomakers now rearview cameras on all cars under 10,000 pounds must contain, the U.S. Department of transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) decided Monday.
"Safety is our highest priority, and we are committed to the protection of the most vulnerable victims of backover accidents-our children and seniors,", said US Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx in a press Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7682344096517848758.post-40782307338963523492014-03-23T14:30:00.000-07:002014-03-23T14:30:00.673-07:00Toyota in the U.S. settlement over unintended accelerationThe U.S. Justice Department has a $1 billion-settlement with Toyota reached the engine about the automaker's handling of consumer complaints tied to unintended vehicle acceleration and is supposed to give the agreement already, as Wednesday, CNN reported.
Sources familiar told CNN the deal, that Toyota was expected to avoid prosecution.
The US Attorney in Manhattan has allegations of Japanese Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7682344096517848758.post-76255503583247576312014-03-21T10:30:00.000-07:002014-03-21T10:30:02.974-07:00Cramer: Tesla has become the new Apple.
CNBC's Jim Cramer said electric car manufacturer Tesla Motors in the minds of investors Apple is ousted on Tuesday.
Citing a research note from Goldman Sachs on the growing car manufacturer, Cramer, the Investment Bank "Gamut," said Tesla and its charismatic founder Elon Musk, a founder of private space company SpaceX shattered is.
The Goldman Sachs report provides different reviews for the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7682344096517848758.post-44053479829237150762014-03-19T02:06:00.000-07:002014-03-19T02:06:06.428-07:00A surprisingly large number of drivers ignore callbacksDespite the dangers associated with the recalled only about 70 percent of the drivers respond to recalls, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
"Some people take the attitude that if it's sunny today, there not going to rain," said Jack Nerad, executive market analyst and Editorial Director at Kelley Blue Book, MarketWatch, in an article.
What's more, people are afterUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7682344096517848758.post-90944027332456893612014-03-12T03:17:00.000-07:002014-03-12T03:17:09.823-07:00Car buyers can be extended too far in many citiesA new study shows that the average household in 24 of the 25 largest cities in America cannot afford to pay for the average price of a new car or truck.
"Just because you don't manage the monthly payment means that you have a drive with $30,000 or consume such a huge percentage of your salary, $40,000 should be", said Mike Sante, editor-in-Chief of Interest.com. "Many people give money for a carUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7682344096517848758.post-73130941048525471482014-03-11T11:00:00.000-07:002014-03-11T11:00:03.002-07:00Amidst revved up auto market, Amelia Concours fires upShould you doubt about the lingering strength of the collector-car market, that four of the five most expensive cars of that ever sold at auction were sold in the year 2013. These four three sold in the last six months.
This weekend in Amelia Iceland of Concours d'Elegance will be completed and first-time buyers looking for hidden value to spend collector with millions.
"Car connoisseurs come Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7682344096517848758.post-8127880112500279802014-03-09T01:22:00.002-08:002014-03-09T01:22:23.368-08:00Hey Jimmy Fallon, our truck to buy!It was a seemingly spontaneous remark, which has sparked a social-media battle between the four automakers.
After 'The Tonight Show' host Jimmy Fallon said viewers on Wednesday that he thinks about buying a truck, Ford, General Motors, have RAM and Nissan its full-size pickups trying to buy him.
Within minutes of the segment tweeted Ford @jimmyfallon, so that he had a Ford F-150 King Ranch get.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7682344096517848758.post-91713191700988433412014-03-07T11:00:00.000-08:002014-03-07T11:00:03.494-08:00A few lucky in lackluster February auto salesMaybe you couldn't tell with the snow on the ground, but some people were buying new cars and trucks last month, also slower than hoped for by many.
Overall February auto sales were lackluster, but strong sales of certain vehicles, Jeep, Nissan and Subaru were proof that are for sale some models, even in bad weather.
Jeep and the Grand Cherokee
New Grand Cherokee Jeep is racking up some big Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7682344096517848758.post-33679279424721192282014-03-06T15:00:00.000-08:002014-03-06T15:00:01.755-08:00Bring car buyers incentives from the coldU.S. auto sales in February were more rain than late in the month despite cold and snowy weather as juicy incentives drew customers in traders expected.
General Motors drove behind the expectations of analysts, that Monday showed sales up 1 percent to 222.104 vehicles.
Analysts had expected a decline of 6 per cent for the biggest car company in the U.S. market.
While GM Malibu Cruze and Sonic Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7682344096517848758.post-68052684504041950932014-03-05T10:30:00.000-08:002014-03-05T10:30:01.068-08:00Luxury glows at Geneva Motor Show84. international motor in Geneva show is underway this week against the backdrop of the continuing uncertainty for Europe's car manufacturers. But this is not the feeling on the ground, where luxury car manufacturers are rolling extravagant, turbo-charged vehicles for heads turn in one of the richest cities in the world.
Life in the fast lane
Lamborghini new Huracán, much-anticipated Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7682344096517848758.post-15830210880963008782014-03-04T14:30:00.000-08:002014-03-04T14:30:00.888-08:00A new way to use an iPhone in the carTech Titans are hard fought to get their technology in your car. Apple made a big step in this ongoing battle.
The company on Monday announced that car manufacturer starts with a new technology called CarPlay, the consumer calls with their iPhones in their cars, cards, music listening and access messages with their voice or a hint.
It just works: climbing in the car, connect the iPhone 5 s, 5C Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7682344096517848758.post-20266619683369199382014-03-03T09:30:00.000-08:002014-03-03T09:30:04.400-08:00Mitsubishi high-tech dashboard for distracted driversMitsubishi has a high-tech remedies for distracted drivers: a minimalist design dashboard and console, which works by predicting what instruments have a driver at any given time, according to an article in quartz.
Conventional cars are crammed with buttons and controls for different tasks and drivers often divide their attention sound systems or checking email and social media further by Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7682344096517848758.post-90275604964627324752014-03-01T00:47:00.004-08:002014-03-01T00:47:54.327-08:00Texas car dealers say no special treatment for TeslaTexas car dealers, millions of dollars to prevent that Tesla is selling cars directly in the Lone Star State have spent, said on Friday that the Government built the country's automaker should change not his laws of a large battery system.
Bill Wolters President of the Texas Automobile Dealers Association, said CNBC he hopes Texas country the $4 billion to $5 billion "Gigafactory" but not if it Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7682344096517848758.post-19013126099045191412014-02-24T01:43:00.000-08:002014-02-24T01:43:11.530-08:00Honda boosts plant Mexico rank car exportWith the opening Friday of a Honda factory in the city of Celaya, Mexico, the land, always the largest car exporter in the United States takes another step in the direction of.
As soon as the Japanese automaker which final assembly operation is up and running, to overtake No. 2 auto exporter in the United States Mexico Japan.
Mexico, Canada and more vehicles in the United States than any other Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7682344096517848758.post-35632995902270585912014-02-21T20:30:00.000-08:002014-02-21T20:30:01.901-08:00Volkswagen workers reject UAW in blow to unionAfter three days of voting by wage earners in the Volkswagen assembly plants in Chattanooga, Tennessee, employees at the site chosen on Friday not to join the Union.
The final tally wasn't 726 workers votes during 612 votes Yes, with 89 percent of eligible workers casting ballots.
"While we certainly would have liked a victory for the workers here, we respect deeply Volkswagen global joint Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0