Automotive supplier Continental has launched new generation of brake boosters to reduce the weight of the vehicles. The company claims that the weight has been reduced by about 50% or 1,700gms compared to the classical steel brake ...
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Pricing for the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Black Series has been announced, but the $639,000 supercar is already a near sell-out. Eight out of the 10 cars allocated to Australia have been snapped up ahead of their official arrival on our shores ...
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Traditional wireless infrastructure relies on a monolithic basestation chassis sitting at the foot of the tower feeding signals back and forth to passive antennas mounted on top of the tower. The connection between the basestation chassis ...
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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 rapid product expansion is planned for Great Wall in Australia, with two all-new passenger cars arriving later this year and a further two in 2014. Local importer Ateco Automotive aims to sell 15,000 Great Wall vehicles here this year, ...
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Tech enthusiasts at South by Southwest Interactive exploring the exhibit hall's gizmos and apps on Sunday were greeted a little differently at one booth -- the figure approaching them was not a person but a television-sized monitor mounted ...
The Range Rover Sport has been teased ahead of its world debut in New York later this month. The second-generation performance flagship from the British luxury SUV manufacturer will appear for the first time in a ‘live drive’ ...
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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 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 ...
The Opel Adam Rocks concept has highlighted the customisation potential of General Motors Europe’s new city car in its 2013 Geneva motor show unveiling. The “urban mini crossover” design study combines the pint-sized ...
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This is where it’s at with the 2013 Holden Cruze – the new 1.6-litre turbocharged SRi and SRi-V models. With 132kW of power, 230Nm of torque, and an 8.4-second 0-100km/h claim, the Holden Cruze SRi offers higher outputs and ...
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An upgraded and restyled version of the Hyundai i20 WRC, a car bound for competition in the World Rally Championship, has been unveiled at the Geneva motor show. Boasting a host of upgrades to its aerodynamics, chassis, suspension and ...
Renault is set to continue its growth path in Australia as the French brand aims to continue re-establishing itself as a prominent European marque. Last year saw Renault break the 5000 sales mark in Australia for the first time in the ...
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A series of official LaFerrari videos have been released by the Italian manufacturer, detailing the marque’s fastest and most powerful production car ever. The six Ferrari videos (compiled below) cover everything on the ...
Spanish carmaker Spania GTA has launched the new version of GTA Spano at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show currently held in Switzerland. The car is powered by an 8.4L V10 engine mated to a automatic sequential 7-speed transmission that ...
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