West Fraser Timber is addressing the effects of tight roundwood supply caused by mountain pine beetle infestation in parts of British Columbia by exchanging timber rights, closing mills and making targeted investments in less-affected ...
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It’s taken more than three and a half years, but the Nissan Juke is finally available in Australia. Pioneering and somewhat revolutionary when it debuted in 2010, the Juke’s exclusivity has been eroded in recent times by the ...
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The all-new Toyota Corolla sedan has earned a ‘marginal’ safety rating in a tough new crash test in the US. The new four-door Corolla – due in Australia in mid 2014 – struggled in the Insurance Institute for ...
Development of the Volkswagen Beetle R is progressing according to these latest spy shots, which reveal a prototype of the new performance hatch testing outside the Nurburgring in Germany. Big brakes and bright red calipers behind ...
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Volkswagen of America has reported sales of 314,833 units for the first nine months in 2013, down by 2.6% from the same period in 2012. The company has delivered 31,920 units in September 2013 across the US. Chattanooga-built Passat ...
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A car anticipated to be the all-new third-generation Renault Twingo has been caught road testing by CarAdvice’s spy photographers. Still heavily camouflaged, the new Renault prototype is expected to be the third-generation Twingo ...
Our Rating: Performance, Ride & Handling 4 Comfort & Interior 3.5 Quality & Design 3.5 Value & Features 3.5 It may produce 118 kilowatts of power as with the rest of the Volkswagen Beetle line-up, but more specifically this Fender ...
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The Honda Civic has taken the top two spots in the latest round of the US IIHS small overlap front crash tests involving small cars. Covering 12 of the North American market’s best-selling small cars, the crash tests resulted in ...
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German carmaker Volkswagen Group has launched a new in-car system, VW Car-Net, which claimed to offer convenience and diagnostics features along with the security. The company will make the VW Car-Net available in the selected vehicles of ...
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Cotton cultivation in Latin American country of Colombia has deteriorated due to the decreasing demand from both the domestic and global textile industry as well as lack of sophisticated pest management program. According to the ...
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CFirst seen at the 2013 Chicago auto show in February, the new Volkswagen Beetle GSR pays tribute to the 1973 ‘Yellow-Black Racer’ special edition based on the Beetle 1303 S – with GSR standing for Gelb-Schwarze Renner or ...
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Volkswagen has expanded its capped-price servicing program to include its range of commercial vehicles. Now covering all Volkswagen models, the German manufacturer claims to have become the first European automotive manufacturer in ...
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German automobile manufacturer Volkswagen is planning to upgrade the 2013 models of the Beetle Turbo, Beetle Turbo Convertible, and the Jetta GLI, which will be launched in June 2013. As part of the upgrade, the vehicles will be equipped ...
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Volkswagen is bringing more power to the people with a revised four-cylinder engine that will bring a power boost to the Beetle Turbo and Jetta GLI this month, making it the most powerful Beetle ever offered in the United States. Produced ...
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The Volkswagen iBeetle and iBeetle Convertible have been unveiled at the 2013 Shanghai auto show, debuting the brand’s first two models with full Apple iPhone 5 vehicle integration. To be launched early in 2014, in parallel with ...