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A More Perfect Fit: Working Out the Bugs

A More Perfect Fit: Working Out the Bugs

A More Perfect Fit: Working Out the Bugs by Michael Jackman (5/18/08) Welcome back to A More Perfect Fit, my Auto Channel’s column covering how to make a nearly perfect car, The Honda Fit, even more perfect. Spring arrived in Louisville, and my sister-in-law in St. Louis invited us for a visit. Great! Not only wou ... Continue reading

Independent Auto Repairers Put Down Their Tools to Rally on Beacon Hill in Support for Right to Repair

Independent Auto Repairers Put Down Their Tools to Rally on Beacon Hill in Support for Right to Repair

Big car companies still locking independent shops out of some repair information BOSTON, May 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Nearly 100 men and women who work in the automotive aftermarket industry, including professional technicians from repair shops from around Massachusetts, converged on the Statehouse Tuesday, May 13 ... Continue reading

Autodelta announces the Autodelta Brera J5 3.2 C Q-Tronic

Autodelta announces the Autodelta Brera J5 3.2 C Q-Tronic

Autodelta now makes Q-Tronic 6-speed automatic transmission available to its bespoke Brera J5 3.2 C conversion, widening further its high-performance range based on the Alfa Romeo Brera sports car. ... Continue reading

The new BMW 1-series Cabrio by AC Schnitzer

The new BMW 1-series Cabrio by AC Schnitzer

Viewed from its roof construction, the new 1-series Cabrio is a classic softy. But under its soft shell lurks a hard masculine cornering machine which isn't pushed aside by anyone: especially in the AC Schnitzer version. ... Continue reading

Loder1899 makes the Jaguar XF purr

Loder1899 makes the Jaguar XF purr

The Jaguar XF has a very vivacious temperament as well und thus has received the ideal toys from Loder1899. The body styling kit, consisting of an elegant front spoiler, an extravagant rear spoiler and a fancy rear apron spoiler, provides the Jaguar with the grace and aerodynamic body line of an athletic race cat. ... Continue reading

Hamann Sportivo - The lively tuning programme for the Fiat 500

Hamann Sportivo - The lively tuning programme for the Fiat 500

Normally Hamann-Motorsport is renowned as a tuning company for BMW and for refining sinfully expensive luxury cars. But sometimes the Laupheim-based technicians move off the beaten tracks and devote themselves to something completely unexpected - in this case the Fiat 500. The Hamann-technicians started with a lot of j ... Continue reading

2008 Navigator Owners Can Now SYNC Their Rides

2008 Navigator Owners Can Now SYNC Their Rides

- With a dealer-installed SYNC accessory kit, select 2008 Lincoln Navigator and Navigator L customers can enjoy the award-winning SYNC in-car communications system. - The SYNC retrofit kit costs under $550 installed. The add-on system is fully integrated, functional and upgradeable to support future SYNC features and f ... Continue reading

Opel Corsa OPC by Steinmetz

Opel Corsa OPC by Steinmetz

The front spoiler in its 2-piece form, and the wheel and tyre combinations up to 19", are simply made for a high fun factor. And the "little one" delivers fun on every journey, especially with the modified exhaust which not only offers an extra 10 HP but also provides a deeper note. The overall package is completed by ... Continue reading

Nokia and Renault Offer the Latest for Brazilian Auto Buyers

Nokia and Renault Offer the Latest for Brazilian Auto Buyers

Nokia N95, Nokia Maps and Accessories Included in Special Edition Automobile ESPOO, Finland, April 24 -- Renault Brazil and Nokia Brazil have joined forces to offer technology savvy Brazilians an automobile that combines modern design with the most advanced mobile technology available today. The special edition Sandero ... Continue reading

The brand new aerodynamics package edo 630 Scuderia!

The brand new aerodynamics package edo 630 Scuderia!

edo competition Motorsport GmbH, one of the top names in sophisticated modifications of Ferrari, Lamborghini and Porsche cars is now introducing the brand new “edo 630 Scuderia” aerodynamics package for the Ferrari 599 GTB! ... Continue reading

Chicago Rolls Out ZAP Solar Electric Car for Catering on Earth Day

Chicago Rolls Out ZAP Solar Electric Car for Catering on Earth Day

Chicago's Sopraffina Marketcaffe to Unveil Solar-Electric Catering Vehicle in Chicago CHICAGO, April 22 -- Chicago's Sopraffina Marketcaffe today is celebrating Earth Day with the unveiling of a new, first-of-its-kind, 100 percent solar-electric powered catering vehicle. La Grange Park electric car dealer Jessup's Auto ... Continue reading

"Avanti, Avanti" ABT AS4 Avant - fast, attractive and very practical

"Avanti, Avanti" ABT AS4 Avant - fast, attractive and very practical

When it comes from ABT Sportsline, the leading tuner of cars by the Volkswagen group, then it is suitable for everyday use and sporty at the same time. In the case of the new ABT AS4 Avant also the outer qualities are impressive as the body kit designed for the multifunctional vehicle by the versatile team based in the ... Continue reading

Passive Safety Must not be Watered Down in Future EU Pedestrian Safety Regulations Says Frontal Protection Systems (FPS) Specialist, Concept Mouldings

Passive Safety Must not be Watered Down in Future EU Pedestrian Safety Regulations Says Frontal Protection Systems (FPS) Specialist, Concept Mouldings

WOLVERHAMPTON, England, April 17 -- Pedestrian impacts with motor vehicles in urban environments are impossible to avoid completely, so it is vital that a focus is maintained on reducing the severity of injuries when this occurs says, energy absorbing FPS specialist, Concept Mouldings. The UK motor industry and its sup ... Continue reading

Carroll Shelby Receives the Automotive Executive of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award and Tells 200 Industry Leaders that 'The Greatest Time is Right Now' for American Automotive

Carroll Shelby Receives the Automotive Executive of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award and Tells 200 Industry Leaders that 'The Greatest Time is Right Now' for American Automotive

DETROIT, April 17 -- The 2008 Automotive Executive of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to design innovator and racing legend, Carroll Shelby, at the Detroit Athletic Club (DAC) on April 16. The Award is sponsored by DNV Certification and the Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG). During his award acc ... Continue reading

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