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McLaren Automotive's First Major Milestone of 2011 As MP4-12C Enters Production

McLaren Automotive's First Major Milestone of 2011 As MP4-12C Enters Production

Following a successful public world debut at Goodwood Festival of Speed, and a series of exclusive presentations to prospective customers and media across the globe in 2010, the first McLaren MP4-12C high-performance sports car has begun production at the McLaren Technology Centre (MTC) in Woking, England. ... Continue reading

Renault Reveals the Fourth Vehicle in the Gordini Line-Up: Wind Roadster Gordini

Renault Reveals the Fourth Vehicle in the Gordini Line-Up: Wind Roadster Gordini

Following the successful launch of the Twingo and Clio Gordini models, Renault's stylish Wind Roadster is the next to receive the "French touc" ... Continue reading

Australia's First Public Fast Charger To Be Unveiled At Mitsubishi

Australia's First Public Fast Charger To Be Unveiled At Mitsubishi

Mitsubishi Motors Australia Limited (MMAL) will unveil the nation's first ever, public electric vehicle fast charger at the company's head office in Adelaide on Wednesday February 2nd. ... Continue reading

Proton Hits Top Gear

Proton Hits Top Gear

Two of PROTON Motorsports' Satria Neo S2000s featured in last night's BBC Top Gear programme as part of the Ashes Special show. ... Continue reading

Focus RS Impresses In Motor Magazine's Annual Performance Car Cup Award

Focus RS Impresses In Motor Magazine's Annual Performance Car Cup Award

The answer: a Ford Focus RS according to Motor magazine, Australia's premier performance car publication ... Continue reading

EPA and Chrysler to Take Latest Hybrid Technology from Lab to Street/Partnership to adapt fuel efficient technology

EPA and Chrysler to Take Latest Hybrid Technology from Lab to Street/Partnership to adapt fuel efficient technology

Chrysler minivan as a demonstration vehicle, using EPA's own patented technology. It is anticipated that the hydraulic hybrid technology will increase overall fuel efficiency 30-35 percent - 60 percent city driving -- and reduce overall greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent. Increasing efficiency also cuts down on emi ... Continue reading

Chrysler Group LLC and U. S. Environmental Protection Agency Announce new Research Project for Hydraulic Hybrid Powertrain

Chrysler Group LLC and U. S. Environmental Protection Agency Announce new Research Project for Hydraulic Hybrid Powertrain

hydraulic hybrid powertrain Chrysler Group to focus on controls and packaging of hydraulic hybrid system adapted to current minivan Research efforts aim to produce running demonstration vehicle in 2012 Chrysler Group LLC and the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a partnership to determine ... Continue reading

Is Using the Dealer for Vehicle Warranty Work a Must? The Answer is No

Is Using the Dealer for Vehicle Warranty Work a Must? The Answer is No

Many motorists believe that a car dealer can refuse to honor the factory warranty if someone other than the dealer services or repairs the vehicle. That is not so, according to the recent consumer alert issued by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The FTC alert states that "It's illegal for a dealer to deny your warra ... Continue reading

Michelin Challenge Design Celebrates Ten Years and Announces the 2012 Design Theme

Michelin Challenge Design Celebrates Ten Years and Announces the 2012 Design Theme

First introduced at the 2002 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), the Michelin Challenge Design program now celebrates its tenth year. The program has seen dramatic growth in its first decade and will celebrate this milestone by returning to the Auto Show with an exhibit displaying various forms of design in ... Continue reading

Superchips Enhances Latest Popular Ford 2.0 TDCi 163PS Models

Superchips Enhances Latest Popular Ford 2.0 TDCi 163PS Models

Superchips Ltd is delighted to announce a high performance ECU remap that offers a more exciting, efficient driving experience for a clutch of best selling Ford cars using the latest version of the 163 PS 2.0 TDCi turbo diesel engine. This covers top selling popular models including the Galaxy, Kuga, Mondeo and the Foc ... Continue reading

The StreetWorker From Schmidt Revolution

The StreetWorker From Schmidt Revolution

In a kind of competition from the Fiat 500, the Toyota IQ and others in its class, the Mini Cooper Clubman S prevailed with style and passion. In fact, the Schmidt Revolution, wheel manufacturer from Bad Segeberg, had taken on the task of providing a concept car with Urban Lifestyle tuning. ... Continue reading

Prior Design Mercedes-Benz E-Class Coupe

Prior Design Mercedes-Benz E-Class Coupe

The designers at Prior Design have come up trumps just in time for the New Year with a customised body kit for the new E-Class Coupé. Following on from their body kit for the CLK W209, the designers from Kamp-Lintfort have now come up with further impressive evidence of their exceptionally skilled eye for the sporting ... Continue reading

Subaru's New WRX STI Debuts in "Gran Turizmo 5"

Subaru's New WRX STI Debuts in "Gran Turizmo 5"

Subaru announced that the WRX STI 4-door sedan model debuts in "Gran Turismo 5", the most famous racing simulation video game for PlayStation3. Developed by Polyphony Digital Inc. and published by Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. ... Continue reading

ICOM North America Wins EPA Approval for Bi-Fuel Propane Engines

ICOM North America Wins EPA Approval for Bi-Fuel Propane Engines

Icom North America, the leading innovator, developer and manufacturer of liquid injection propane systems for commercial and consumer vehicles, has attained the first U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approval for its Liquid Injection Propane bi-fuel systems for the Ford 6.8 liter engines, produced for Ford Econolin ... Continue reading

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