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A Quick Course On Your Vehicle’s Cooling System
16/07/2010
A Quick Course On Your Vehicle’s Cooling System When you lift the hood of your car and examine the engine, the assembly appears sturdy. It looks solid and able to withstand plenty of punishment during operation. While it can operate under load and endure a degree of stress, the engine is very susceptible to ...
Your Next BMW Will Control Your iPod
13/07/2010
BMW is the first automobile maker to integrate the iPod Out functionality of the iOS 4. This means that you’ll be able to view your iPod’s screens and menus right ...
Jaguar XJ Review
13/07/2010
Jaguar XJ Review 100 percent Beautiful Fast Car It’s big, beautiful and fast, but right now, Jaguar’s newest cat is in pure ‘Dynamic Mode’ mode as we thread together a ...
Breaking News: Peugeot Citroen announces China deal
12/07/2010
French car maker PSA Peugeot Citroen has agreed to an 8.4-billion-yuan ($A1.37-billion) joint venture with Chinese group Changan Automobile.
Holden recalls more than 34,000 utes
11/07/2010
Holden has announced a recall of more than 34,000 utes, saying it may need to repair a faulty tailgate that can spring open when the vehicle is moving.
Peugeot-Citroen in $1.2B joint venture in China
09/07/2010
France's PSA Peugeot Citroen SA signed a deal Friday to set up a euro935 million ($1.2 billion) joint venture to make small, low-emission cars in China with China Changan Automobile ...
Kia global sales exceed 1 million
09/07/2010
Kia has revealed its sales figures for June 2010 and they show an increase in sales of 16.2 percent compared to the same month last year. 184,111 units, including passenger ...
Values
08/07/2010
One of the most interesting aspects of getting older is watching one’s internal values change. It’s complex: some values simply solidify (you know, the more things change, the more they stay the same), but I’m sure that others actually alter. Perhaps as one sees more of Life, the more one becomes confident in taking ...
JFE Engineering in Japan develops 3-minute EV fast charger
07/07/2010
Outlined in a recent JapanToday report, JFE Engineering claimed to have produced a quick charger which can replenish 50 percent of an EV’s battery level in just three minutes. The company also claims the system could recharge up to 70 percent in just five minutes. JFE Engineering says it is pursuing EV charge times ...
Renault DeZir Concept Points To More ‘Emotional’ Styling Future
07/07/2010
Renault has revealed its latest concept in the form of the DeZir, a project lead by new design boss Laurens van den Acker - the man responsible for Mazda’s soon-to-be-retired ‘Nagare’ design language. While the casual observer might spot a little Koenigsegg in its profile and a touch of Audi R8 in that silver ...
431km/h in a road car
07/07/2010
Bugatti Veyron reclaims title of world’s fastest production car with new Super Sport version. Bugatti has set a new land speed record for production cars with an even faster version of its $3.5 million Veyron supercar. The French marque’s Veyron 16.4 Super Sport clocked an average top speed of 431km/h at parent company Volkswagen’s ...
Safety Features Linked To Aggressive Driving In Young Males: AAMI
07/07/2010
New research by national insurer AAMI shows that young male drivers aged 18 to 24 years-old are among those more likely to drive aggressively if their car is fitted with more safety features. Surveying 2818 motorists across all age groups, around 16 percent (one-in-six) of respondents in the male 18-24 group saw additional safety ...
VFACTS June 2010: Record-breaking Sales, But Some Missing Out
07/07/2010
So, a new vehicle market up 16.7 percent at the half-year mark, and on a trajectory to an all-time record high of 1.1 million sales… on those numbers, surely, everyone’s a winner. Well, no. Not all manufacturers are on the same gravy train. You see, any brand, and any model, that is short of ...
Renault DeZir Concept Points To More 'Emotional' Styling Future
06/07/2010
Renault has revealed its latest concept in the form of the DeZir, a project lead by new design boss Laurens van den Acker - the man responsible for Mazda's soon-to-be-retired ...
Troubled Toyota Recalls About 92,000 Cars in Japan
05/07/2010
The Associated Press By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO July 5, 2010 (AP) A new 2010 Lexus LS460 model sedan is unloaded for final delivery from a transport truck ...
SA new car sales rise 11pc
05/07/2010
New car sales rose by 11 per cent in South Australia in June compared with a year earlier.
Toyota warns of Lexus engine defects
01/07/2010
Toyota has warned of an engine fault worldwide in eight models of its luxury Lexus and Crown sedans, potentially requiring a recall that could affect up to 270,000 units.
Ford Plans to Repay $4 Billion in Debt
01/07/2010
DETROIT — The Ford Motor Company said on Wednesday it would pay off more than $4 billion in debt, a move aimed at strengthening its balance sheet and instilling confidence ...
BMW X9 Concept
30/06/2010
Teenage Tunisian designer Khalfi Oussama creates the most outlandish BMW since Bangle. BMW has seen some rather odd looking cars roll off the production line over the past 10 years, but Khalfi Oussama’s new X9 off-roader concept coupe takes oddball Beemers to a whole new level. The 18-year-old designer hasn’t offered any information about ...
Riversimple Hydrogen Hybrid Tours Australia
30/06/2010
Small, zero-emission car building company, Riversimple, has begun touring its two-seat, hydrogen-powered car in Australia to raise awareness for possible production. The Riversimple is an extremely light-weight (350kg), carbon-fibre bodied hydrogen car, that uses a 6kW Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies fuel cell and a 1kg hydrogen tank to power it along. The car is ...
