New automotive technologies that go beyond touchscreens, satellite radio, and voice-activated GPS commands are being tested and improved, and will soon begin to appear in many more new car models, resulting in solid growth for the ...
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A series of videos teasing the all-new Peugeot 208 GTi have been released by the French manufacturer ahead of the car’s impending launch. Continuing Peugeot’s claim that the 208 GTi will resurrect the spirit of iconic 205 GTi, ...
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The updated BMW 5 Series has been spied during a photo shoot in Europe ahead of its launch later this year. CarAdvice’s spy photographers snapped the 5 Series’ front-end fully undisguised, giving us our first unhindered look ...
The Renault Zoe is a full electric-vehicle with no internal combustion engine. This means that at no time are there any fossil fuels going into a tank, because it doesn’t have one, and emissions aren’t expelled from an exhaust ...
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Dan Ai Kesen, CEO of General Motors, announced recently, the company plans to lose 15% weight of the 2016 new model in the North America. In an energy meeting held in Huston not long ago, Ai Kesen said, General Motors’s 2016 new ...
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When it came time to put our 2012 Kia Sportage on the block, a prospective buyer noticed a tear, about an inch long, in the driver's-side rear seat. The hole was definitely something that detracted from the vehicle's looks and value. We had ...
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Rolls-Royce has no plans to produce an ultra-luxury SUV in the short term but concedes a “never say never” attitude when quizzed about the potential for such a model. Rolls-Royce Asia Pacific regional director Paul Harris told ...
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An Australian launch for the all-electric Renault Zoe is still a possibility if Renault gets its way. Speaking with CarAdvice at the Geneva motor show, Renault Australia boss Justin Hocevar said that while there’s still a lot of ...
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Renault has announced that French brand Alpine will compete in the Le Mans 24 Hours this year after a 35-year absence from the event. Backed by Renault and with the support of Nissan, an Alpine prototype racecar will compete in the 2013 ...
The Toyota FJ Cruiser has been updated with two new additions to tempt 4×4 fans into exploring their limits. More than doubling the fuel capacity, and range, of the Toyota FJ Cruiser is a new 87-litre sub-tank. Joining the existing ...
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The upcoming Peugeot 208 GTi will have closer parallels to the famous 205 GTi of the 1980s, says the French car manufacturer. The 205 GTi’s successors to date, the 206 GTi and 207 GTi, weren’t short on engine performance but ...
German sports car manufacturer Porsche has revealed the fifth generation 911 GT3 at the ongoing 2013 Geneva Motor Show in Switzerland. The car is powered by the 3.8L six-cylinder boxer engine mated to the Porsche dual-clutch ...
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Kia Motors America (KMA) has launched the revamped version of the 2013 Optima Hybrid in the US with enhanced features. The vehicle is equipped with a new electric traction motor that generates an output of 47hp, a hybrid starter ...
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AMIA announced recently, because the export business from Mexico to Europe and USA was cooling, Mexican car production only grew 1.6% year on year. In February this year, Mexican car production was 246,197, up 1.6% compared to 242,317 of ...
Tags: Mexico, car production, export quantity, January
The all-new Renault Clio RS 200 EDC takes the light hot-hatch segment to an entirely new level. Whether it can still satisfy the Renault Sport purists is a different question, however. Unlike the previous two generations of Renault Clio ...