Apple will launch the next iPhone in May or June 2013, offering a swath of colors and multiple screen sizes in a move that would depart from a six-year practice, a Wall Street analyst said today. "Apple has the option to go up [in screen ...
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Nissan Australia sold a record number of new vehicles in 2012 on the back of aggressive marketing and financing campaigns that produced strong SUV and ute sales. Nissan sold 79,787 new cars, SUVs and light commercial vehicles across the ...
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Although synonymous with Germany, the Ford Focus now has stronger links to Tom Yum Goong than to sauerkraut. The switch to Thai production in August saw the introduction of the Focus Mk2, which debuted Ford’s hands-free Sync ...
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The facelifted BMW 7 Series is the latest shot in the relentless game of luxury-limousine one-upmanship. Four years after the launch of Munich’s fifth-generation flagship, the ‘Life-Cycle Impulse’ (BMW-speak for a ...
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The Ford Focus ST has blown onto the hot-hatch scene. Will it cause a hurricane to rip through the rock-solid Volkswagen Golf GTI and Renault Megane RS265? Words: Jez Spinks. Photos: Chris Brasher. Hands up if you still think you can only ...
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Affordable mid-sized family cars have outperformed their luxury counterparts in the latest round of crash testing by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) in the US. Thirteen out of 18 'moderately priced' mid-sized cars were ...
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Sales of medium cars surged beyond those of large cars in Australia for the first time in 2012,with the locally produced Toyota Camry leading the charge. After coming up just short of the large-car segment in 2011(75,984 versus ...
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When NewsGator Technologies decided to play in the nascent enterprise social collaboration market a few years ago with a product that worked only with Microsoft's SharePoint, it was making a big bet. It was gambling that by making a ...
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The Mazda3 has retained its title as Australia’s most popular new car in 2012, claiming victory for the second consecutive year after a tight 12-month tussle with the Toyota HiLux. The HiLux threatened to steal the crown earlier ...
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The Toyota Prado proved to be the king of the hill in SUV sales for 2012, with the locally build Ford Territory slipping four places from the top spot it gained in 2011. Prado sales jumped 57 per cent to reach 17,045 in another bumper ...
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Small cars have once again dominated new vehicle sales in 2012, with the Mazda3 leading the way in its second straight year as Australia’s favourite car. Four of the top six models sold across the country last year belonged to ...
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There are renewed calls for clarity on automotive industry policy from both sides of government, with FCAI chief Tony Weber seeking answers from both sides of politics ahead of this year’s federal election. “In this federal ...
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The head of the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI), Tony Weber, has criticised the general media for its reporting on the local industry, claiming that local manufacturing is competitive by today’s standards. ...
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Ford is planning to stop producing vehicles in Australia by 2016 following slump in sales in the country, according to a report by the International Business Times. The automaker is considering to reduce production at its plants in ...
Fueled by cheap natural gas liquids from the Eagle Ford Shale -- primarily ethane -- Texas' petrochemical industry will export 33% more ethylene and more finished plastics overseas by 2017, a report by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas ...
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