Renault has become the latest manufacturer to introduce capped-price servicing across its entire range of passenger, performance and light-commercial vehicles. After dabbling with capped-price servicing as a special offer in the second ...
Japanese automaker Toyota is planning to sign an agreement with the Germany-based BMW to license its fuel-cell vehicle technology. As part of the agreement, the company will provide the drivetrain and hydrogen storage technology, ...
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Japan-based CHAdeMO has installed about 1133 quick-chargers for electric vehicles (EV) in 2012 across the globe, bringing the total number of chargers equipped to over 2000 units in the past two years. Introduced in 2009, the ...
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At our test track, we found an easy recipe for cooking up a homemade supercar without resorting to tuner-shop tweaks that could break the bank or void the warranty. Here's our recipe: Take one fresh Scion FR-S, available at your local ...
Toyota judged that the Japanese car sales in Chinese market will continue to decline, so Toyota delayed the plan of new plant plan in the largest production base in Tianjin, which decided in December 2014, When to restart the project will ...
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Toyota Australia has begun shipping its locally produced engines to Thailand and Malaysia, growing its export program to new markets following the opening of its brand-new Altona engine plant in Victoria. Both hybrid and conventional ...
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Mazda and Alfa Romeo have finalised the terms of the agreement that will see them collaborate on a pair of open-top two-seat sports cars to be built at the Japanese brand’s Hiroshima plant from 2015. Alfa Romeo’s roadster ...
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The Indian Paint Association (IPA) recently hosted the 26th Indian Paint Conference in Mumbai. The theme for this year’s conference was Coating 2020 – Future Redefined. In order to have a better understanding of the paint ...
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Toyota Australia has begun exporting its new locally built four-cylinder engines to Thailand and Malaysia. This is the first time Toyota Australia has sold standalone engines to these major Asian markets. About 18,000 engines ...
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The 2013 North American Auto Show in Detroit has revealed several new developments in auto glass. Various vehicles have shown innovation directed at both practical and fantasy applications for glass in cars. Several of the concept cars ...
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Vehicle recalls increased by 4.5% to reach to 16.2 million in 2012 compared to the 15.5 million vehicles recalled in 2011, according to a report by US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). According to NHTSA, there were ...
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When Terashi Shigeki, CEO of Toyota Motor Company in North America, was interviewed in North American International Auto Show in Detroit in Jan 14, he said Toyota will take local production into consideration to reduce the cost, due to the ...
The world's largest consumer tech show last week was mostly about new ultra-high-definition TVs, with four times the pixel resolution of current 1080p HDTV, notebooks, phones, wireless headphones and speakers and thousands of accessory ...
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The year 2012 was historical in many ways: First of all, the common people in the street discovered that the crisis in 2008 and 2009 didn't impact the financial world at all. Furthermore, the euro crisis revealed the true face of the ...
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Volkswagen, once known for making cars that stood out, is plunging deeper into the mainstream. Besides the storied Beetle, it cranked out generations of jewel-like Jettas and premium-class Passats that were great to drive, but too often had ...
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