found about 11 hours ago by Tony Borroz on
Autopia
A mere 10 years from now Audi expects 5 percent of its sales will be electric vehicles. That’s not the wishful thinking of tree-huggers or even the fanciful projection of some think-tank. It is the bold prediction of Michael Dick, Audi’s...
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As the days go by, we learn something new about James Sikes – the popular owner of a Toyota Prius that experienced a dangerous 94 mph speed in his hybrid after claiming that the accelerator was stuck. Yesterday, we learned that Sikes is a member...
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Toyota’s sales tumbled double-digits during the first two months of 2010 as the Japanese automaker struggled with its largest ever recall, but a new incentives program is expected to rally Toyota’s March sales in a big way. In order to combat...
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An electric-car company by the name of Aurica Motors LLC is proposing a plan to keep the California plant New United Motor Manufacturing Inc open, a plant that was a joint venture between General Motors and Toyota. Aurica said that it will build...
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When Ford announced that it would be building an “all-new” Police Interceptor model, speculation was rampant. At the time, we noted: GM went to Australia for their police-duty RWD platform, might Ford do the same with a Falcon-based interceptor?...
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To help fund various acquisitions, Volkswagen AG said that it may use a convertible bond issue rather than a big portion of new shares. V W said that on April 22, the date of the annual general meeting, it will request that shareholders approve a...
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found about 14 hours ago by Wes Siler on
Jalopnik
Incorporating design elements from every vehicle in the VW Group, the Audi RS7 is Austrian designer Adriano Mudri's vision for future Audi products. Probably most successful are the minimal LED...
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The Atomik 500 will definitely be the star from Top Marques Monaco Show which will open its doors on April 15th. What you see in the photos is actually an Abarth 500 transformed into an electric car with four wheels drive, 5.6s for the 0-60 mph...
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found about 12 hours ago by Chris Shunk on
Autoblog
Without the government bailout of General Motors and Chrysler, the U.S. auto industry would likely have two fewer domestic automakers and hundreds of thousands of high paying jobs would be history. The Detroit News reports that ex auto task force...
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Chrysler has restarted discussions with Cummins to continue development of an all-new light-duty diesel engine for Ram pickup trucks. “We’re in discussions with Cummins,” said Joe Veltri, Chrysler vice president of product planning, at the...
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