Centric Parts, a manufacturer and supplier of aftermarket brake components and systems, has introduced a front axle StopTech Big Brake Kit for the 2013 Ford Focus ST. Centric says this Big Brake Kit represents the ultimate brake system ...
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CALGARY, Alta. - May 28 may have been a significant date in Canadian trucking history. That was when Shell fired a major shot in what many think is a fuel revolution, unveiling to the public the first of its commercial LNG refuelling ...
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Official production details of the BMW i3 have been released ahead of its full unveiling later this month. The German manufacturer’s first mass-produced electric car is entirely new from the ground up. The i3 is based on BMW’s ...
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Production of the Opel Mokka will move from Korea to Spain in 2014 in a bid by General Motors to boost its ailing and underutilised European operations. The Mokka compact SUV, badged as a Vauxhall Mokka in other markets and a sister car ...
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The world of trucks fuelled by natural gas has changed significantly with the announcement that Westport Innovations has acquired BAF Technologies (BAF) and its subsidiary, ServoTech Engineering (ServoTech), both of them in turn ...
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Jiangling Motors Co., Ltd (000550) production and sales volume news in June 2013 showed that the monthly production volume of JMC-produced Ford Transit bus was 6,027 units, with the YOY increase of 41.85%. The total production volume of ...
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Ford Motor Company hosted its 15th annual World Excellence Awards (WEA) at the end of May and BASF Argentina Coatings was honored with a Gold award which is awarded to the top 5 percent of qualifying suppliers who demonstrate superior ...
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Hybrids get great mileage, but some leave their owners disappointed because their window stickers promise better fuel economy than the cars deliver. We analyzed more than 315 cars and compared the results of our own tests with EPA window ...
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Hyundai has no plans to launch the cas a separate entity according to the company’s Chief American designer. Speaking to the Australian media at a tour of the company’s design centre in Irvine, California, Christopher Chapman ...
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The Vuhl 05 supercar has been officially revealed just days before its planned unveiling at this month’s Goodwood Festival of Speed. Powered by a 213kW/420Nm version of the turbocharged 2.0-litre Ford EcoBoost engine, the 725kg ...
The roads and the cars on them are set to form an intelligent, connected network within three years when a number of the world’s leading vehicle manufacturers bring Car 2 Car (C2C) communication technology to the market. C2C allows ...
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US-based automobile manufacturer Ford Motor is introducing a new manufacturing technology that is claimed to decrease costs and delivery time for sheet metal parts. The technology is said to be based on the Ford Freeform Fabrication ...
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The Toyota HiLux ute has beaten perennial best-sellers the Toyota Corolla and Mazda 3 to claim top spot in the latest car sales figures. Official industry figures released today show nearly 5000 units of the always-popular utility vehicle ...
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The smallest Jeep 4WD yet will become a competitor for the likes of the Toyota Corolla and Volkswagen Golf. Jeep CEO Mike Manley has told US motoring media the yet-to-be-named model will be 4.2 metres long, making it about the size of a ...
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Nearly a decade after re-entering the US Gulf of Mexico and five years into its shale play foray onshore, Statoil is now an operator in both arenas, a coup for the Norwegian company best known for harsh-environment marine operations. ...
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