To help meet growing demand for fuel-efficient transmissions, ZF Friedrichshafen AG announced last month a $215 million expansion of the company's plant here. ZF plans to boost production of eight- and nine-speed automatic transmissions ...
Automotive parts supplier ZF Friedrichshafen has opened a new automatic passenger car transmissions manufacturing plant in the US, built at an investment of about EUR300m. Located in South Carolina, ZF Transmissions Gray Court, will ...
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The Skoda Rapid Spaceback has been officially revealed ahead of its unveiling at September's Frankfurt motor show. The Rapid Spaceback hatch joins the Rapid liftback sedan in the Volkswagen-owned Czech brand's new small-car family. ...
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Automobile manufacturer Chrysler will recall 2.7 million vehicles in the US, over a problem with the leaking fuel tank. The recall affects Jeep Grand Cherokee vehicles manufactured between 1994 and 2003 as well as Jeep Liberty vehicles ...
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Volkswagen Australia says it has no plans to launch an investigation into the safety of any additional vehicles on top of those that have already been recalled. The German manufacturer last week announced a voluntary recall of 33,941 cars ...
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US auto maker Chrysler is planning to recall about 15,000 units of Dodge Dart vehicles over the engine stalling problem. The recall affects 15,000 units of 2013 model year Dodge Dart cars that are powered by the 1.4L four-cylinder engines ...
US auto maker Chrysler is planning to recall about 630,000 vehicles worldwide, over various issues in different models. The recall affects 409,000 units of the 2010 and 2012 model year Jeep Patriot and Compass small sports utility ...
The Skoda Octavia RS has been revealed ahead of its world debut at the next month’s Goodwood Festival of Speed. Skoda’s new-generation flagship sports model is set to become the quickest series-production Octavia in history, ...
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The HSV Gen-F range will become the quickest, most powerful and most technologically advanced family of sports cars ever to emerge from Holden’s go-fast division when it launches across Australia from June. The HSV Gen-F embraces ...
German automaker Daimler is planning to invest about EUR 300m to expand the production capacity at its Romnian subsidiary Star Transmission, in a bid to support production as its Stuttgart-Hedelfingen transmission plant is operating at full ...
Supercar is a term used most often to describe an expensive high end car. It has been defined specifically as "a very expensive, fast or powerful car". Stated in more general terms: "it must be very fast, with sporting handling to match", ...
The Skoda Octavia RS has been spied undergoing final tuning ahead of its official unveiling at July’s Goodwood Festival of Speed in the UK. CarAdvice’s spy photographers captured the new Octavia RS almost completely ...
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The financially strapped Peugeot Citroen group (PSA) views its alliance with General Motors as a must if it’s to survive long term and become a global player. Speaking to the media at last week’s launch of the Peugeot 2008 SUV ...
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Lamborghini is planning to release a limited edition stripped-out Gallardo with a manual transmission as a final send-off to the long-running supercar. With the 10-year production cycle of the Lamborghini Gallardo approaching its end and ...
Wearing Victorian number plates on its tailgate, the Holden VF Commodore SS V ute has been caught testing at the famous Nurburgring circuit, in Germany. Only a month out from its official Australian launch, the Holden VF Commodore ...
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