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Monday, February 25, 2008

Fiat to offer subsidies to Chinese dealers

Fiat to offer subsidies to Chinese dealers

Fiat to offer subsidies to Chinese dealers http://www.gasgoo.com/auto-news/5805/Fiat-to-offer-subsidies-to-Chinese -deal ers.html Shanghai. February 25 (Gasgoo.com) - Fiat Group China will offer subsidies to Chinese dealers who agree to stay with the automaker, the Italian automaker announced during a dealership confer ... Continue reading

U.S. to impose 24.75% anti-dumpling duty on Chinese off-road tires

U.S. to impose 24.75% anti-dumpling duty on Chinese off-road tires

U.S. to impose 24.75% anti-dumpling duty on Chinese off-road tires http://www.gasgoo.com/auto-news/5804/U-S-to-impose-24-75-anti-dumpling- duty- on-Chinese-off-road-tires.html Shanghai. February 25 (Gasgoo.com) ¨C The United States Commerce Department is planning to impose an average of 24.75 percent anti-dumpling dut ... Continue reading

China Yuchai International Enters into Joint Venture with Geely and Yinlun

China Yuchai International Enters into Joint Venture with Geely and Yinlun

-- Enters Chinese Passenger Vehicle Market -- SINGAPORE, Feb. 25 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- China Yuchai International Limited ("China Yuchai" or the "Company"), the leading manufacturer and distributor of diesel engines in China, announced today that its subsidiary, Guangxi Yuchai Machinery Company Limited ("Yuc ... Continue reading

Driving Till The Wheels Fall Off

Driving Till The Wheels Fall Off

- Over 23 million UK motorists delay fixing car faults – Embargoed until 00:01 on 25th February 2008: More than 23 million[1] frugal drivers (71 per cent) are putting their lives at risk by delaying a trip to a garage despite being aware of a fault with their vehicle. Research commissioned by http://www.esure.com ... Continue reading

Enova Confirms 2008/9 Production Order from Tanfield's Smith Electric Vehicles

Enova Confirms 2008/9 Production Order from Tanfield's Smith Electric Vehicles

TORRANCE, Calif.--Enova Systems, (AMEX:ENA) (AIM:ENV) (AIM:ENVS), a production company in an emerging industry and a leading developer of proprietary electric, hybrid and fuel cell digital power management systems, confirmed that it has received a production order, and has begun delivering 2008 production orders to Smi ... Continue reading

Krohn Racing and Risi Competizione Join Forces Again in 2008

Krohn Racing and Risi Competizione Join Forces Again in 2008

Krohn Racing and Risi Competizione, both based in Houston, Texas, have joined forces again in 2008 to run a Ferrari 430GT in three races. The races will include the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) sanctioned 56th Annual 12 Hours of Sebring race in Sebring, Florida on Saturday, March 15, the ALMS Lone Star Grand Prix, in ... Continue reading

BRAUN WILL "FEEL THE BURN" DURING THE OFF-WEEK

BRAUN WILL "FEEL THE BURN" DURING THE OFF-WEEK

While some drivers might take a vacation, or spend time at home when they have a weekend off, Colin Braun will spend the week training with some of the top athletes in the country. The Roush Fenway Racing rookie is spending the week at Athletes’ Performance in Tempe, Az., training, as well as learning about nutrit ... Continue reading

Phillip McGilton - Three Wide Life Racing

Phillip McGilton - Three Wide Life Racing

Phillip McGilton kicked off his first year in NASCAR with a great finish last week at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway. He expected to finish strong again this weekend at California Speedway. McGilton had never raced on the two-mile California Speedway. He showed his patience and talent during Thursday’s prac ... Continue reading

Mike Skinner - Toyota Tundra Racing

Mike Skinner - Toyota Tundra Racing

Mike Skinner headed back home to his stomping grounds at California Speedway this weekend. He was the defending race winner, and he hoped to match last year’s effort. Skinner and his No. 5 Tundra team had a great start in practice Thursday. The team topped the speed chart in both practice sessions, and the NASCAR ... Continue reading

Johnny Benson - Toyota Certified Used Vehicles Racing

Johnny Benson - Toyota Certified Used Vehicles Racing

With the 2008 season off to a great start in Daytona, Johnny Benson and his No. 23 Toyota Certified Used Vehicles team headed to the two-mile California Speedway with high hopes. The California truck was same truck that carried Benson to victory in the 2007 season-finale Homestead Miami Speedway. Benson knew he would b ... Continue reading

Lotus Announces Introduction of Hybrid & Electric Vehicle Group

Lotus Announces Introduction of Hybrid & Electric Vehicle Group

Lotus Engineering, the world renowned automotive consultancy division of Lotus, has created a new research and development group solely for electric and hybrid vehicles. The formation of this group recognises the increasing global importance of hybrid and electric vehicles, and the increasing amount of consultancy proj ... Continue reading

NATIONWIDE RACE MOVED TO MONDAY FOLLOWING CUP RACE

NATIONWIDE RACE MOVED TO MONDAY FOLLOWING CUP RACE

The Stater Bros 300 has been postponed yet again with the race now scheduled to be held on Monday 25 February one hour after the completion of the Cup race after further rain at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California today. NASCAR originally looked to run the event at 1:00pm US Eastern time, but with today's Auto Cl ... Continue reading

Semifinal finish puts Coughlin four points from first place

Semifinal finish puts Coughlin four points from first place

Reigning NHRA POWERade Pro Stock champion drew within four points of the No. 1 ranking in the world with a strong semifinal showing Sunday at the 24th annual CSK Nationals. Coughlin beat sophomore racer Justin Humphreys and six-time world champ Warren Johnson before losing to veteran V. Gaines by just one-thousandth of ... Continue reading

FIRST ROUND LOSS FOR LUCAS

FIRST ROUND LOSS FOR LUCAS

Morgan Lucas didn’t fare as well as he would had hoped at the Checker Schuck’s Kragen Nationals with a first round loss against Larry Dixon. Lucas, who had qualified in the No. 9 position with an elapsed time of 4.566 seconds, 326.00 mph, jumped Dixon on the starting line with a better reaction time (.064 - . ... Continue reading

Techart GTstreet convertible

Techart GTstreet convertible

In hall 2 of the 78th International Geneva Auto-Salon, the world premiere of TECHART Automobildesign will be unveiled. Here, the new TECHART GTstreet convertible will be presented to the press and international public; the car is based on the Porsche 911 Turbo Cabriolet. ... Continue reading

Infiniti Europe 2008: 20 years in the making

Infiniti Europe 2008: 20 years in the making

With Infiniti sales in Europe targeted to begin from the fourth quarter of 2008, the initial focus will be on Infiniti's unique, highly distinctive crossovers - "the all-new Infiniti EX37 luxury coupe crossover and the all-new, second-generation Infiniti FX luxury sports crossover, which makes its world debut in March ... Continue reading

BorgWarner Expands in Hungary

BorgWarner Expands in Hungary

Demand for Turbochargers Continues to Boost Production AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Feb. 25 -- Driven by growing European demand for turbochargers, BorgWarner expanded its facility in Oroszlany, Hungary, about 50 miles (80 km) from Budapest. The new 50,000-square-foot (4,650-square-meter) building will provide added manufactur ... Continue reading

Douglas A. Fraser, Former United Auto Workers President, Dies at 91

Douglas A. Fraser, Former United Auto Workers President, Dies at 91

DETROIT February 25, 2008; David Runk writing for the AP reported that Douglas A. Fraser, who led the United Auto Workers union through dark hours in the 1970s and '80s and was instrumental in saving Chrysler from bankruptcy, has died. He was 91. Fraser died late Saturday at Providence Hospital in Southfield, his wife, ... Continue reading

Greener Choices 2008 Includes Hyundai Sonata

Greener Choices 2008 Includes Hyundai Sonata

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., February 22, 2008; The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) recognized the 2008 Hyundai Sonata on its “Greener Choices 2008” list that features widely available gasoline-powered cars and light trucks with automatic transmissions. The Sonata will be listed in the AC ... Continue reading

Ferrari to Set Up Japanese Unit in July

Ferrari to Set Up Japanese Unit in July

Tokyo, Feb 22, 2008 (Jiji Press) - Italian sports car maker Ferrari SpA said Friday that it will launch a fully owned Japanese unit on July 1 to import its vehicles. The subsidiary will be based in Tokyo, although other details are still to be decided, the company said. Cornes & Co., the current official importer and d ... Continue reading

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