The Toyota Prado proved to be the king of the hill in SUV sales for 2012, with the locally build Ford Territory slipping four places from the top spot it gained in 2011. Prado sales jumped 57 per cent to reach 17,045 in another bumper ...
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Small cars have once again dominated new vehicle sales in 2012, with the Mazda3 leading the way in its second straight year as Australia’s favourite car. Four of the top six models sold across the country last year belonged to ...
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The head of the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI), Tony Weber, has criticised the general media for its reporting on the local industry, claiming that local manufacturing is competitive by today’s standards. ...
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German carmaker Audi has reportedly cancelled its plans to manufacture the production version of its 2011 A2 electric car concept, which was unveiled in Frankfurt in September 2011. Based on the carmaker's A2 model, the new electric ...
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December 31, 2012 - Fleet managers from all industries can now register for The Work Truck Show 2013 to learn techniques to improve their operations, put on by the National Truck Equipment Association (NTEA) in Indianapolis, Ind., March ...
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A US district judge has granted preliminary approval to Japanese auto maker Toyota Motor's unintended acceleration settlement for over $1bn. According to court documents, the settlement is valued at over $1.3bn between Toyota and an ...
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The number of complete bicycles exported from Taiwan dipped slightly in the first nine months of the year, but the units’ value continued to climb. Between January and September, bicycles shipped from the island fell 2 percent to ...
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December 28, 2012 - Quebec’s City of Rivière-Rouge, along with the founding partners of The Electric Circuit—Les Rotisseries St-Hubert, Rona, Metro, the Agence metropolitaine de transport (AMT) and Hydro-Quebec, has ...
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IDG News Service - MIAMI -- Approaching Oasis of the Seas from the parking lot of Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and then entering the ship, you are overtaken by its size. Almost 1,200 feet long, 210 feet wide, and rising 213 ...
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A week after downplaying reports of a major discovery on Mars, NASA on Monday announced that the rover Curiosity has found complex chemicals on the surface of the planet. The space agency noted that it has yet to find definitive evidence ...
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NASA's space hunter, the Kepler Space Telescope, has wrapped up its prime mission and is moving into an extended four-year plan to continue searching for other worlds. The space agency announced Wednesday that the Kepler has completed its ...
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Computerworld - American Airlines Wednesday said it plans to deploy 17,000 first-generation Samsung Galaxy Note devices to flight attendants for use onboard its planes. The flights attendants will use the smartphone-tablet Notes device to ...
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IDG News Service - We're barrelling down the runway at the Kennedy Space Center at about 300 kilometers per hour, and the Space Shuttle is well to the left of the center line. Astronaut Karol "Bo" Bobko, sitting next to me in the ...
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NASA's rover Curiosity is set to spend the next several days using the camera on its mast in a search for the next route to travel on Mars. Scientists are already on the lookout for a rock on the surface of Mars to try out the rover's ...
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Tehran Times reported that Iranian carmaker Iran Khodro has reached self sufficiency in manufacturing car parts which had been supplied by French Peugeot. Mr Javad Najmeddin CEO of Iran Khodro said that after 23 years the company has ...