The Volkswagen CC is like buying designer clothes at ready-to-wear prices. It looks really good, and you look good in it. But don't expect it to score aces for practicality. The CC is a "four-door coupe," another way of saying a sedan ...
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Lately, we've seen a proliferation of cars in our test program that require extra-thin 0W-20-weight synthetic oil. And while this was pretty exotic engine lubricant just a couple of years ago, the cars requiring this expensive synthetic oil ...
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Look up "pressure" in the dictionary and somewhere, a few entries down, you'll see this: "Redesigning the Honda Accord." Not only is the Accord Honda's best-seller here, it also competes against an avalanche of rather competent family ...
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The redesigned 2013 Honda Accord goes on sale this month, boasting new features, upscale enhancements, and improved fuel economy. But the bigger news is a plug-in hybrid version due this winter. We had a chance this week to experience this ...
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Computerworld-Microsoft's rebranding of Hotmail as Outlook.com is a move by the company to hold its first-place position in free email while pushing the domain as more of a consumer destination,an analyst said today. Earlier ...
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Equity Insurance Partnerships (EIP) has extended its affinity insurance partnership with First Direct, the banking brand which is a member of HSBC Group. As per the extended alliance, EIP will continue to provide motor insurance for the ...
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Advantages of Xenon HID Lights over standard halogen lights With the rapid advances in car technology in the past decade we have seen a few major breakthroughs in cars that completely changed the way we drive for the better. The major ...
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Royal Philips Electronics has started working on a technology that will significantly reduce its dependence on rare earth minerals for creating its light-emitting diode ( LED ) lighting products. "We have launched some innovation ...
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Bobcat’s 2012 lineup of light construction products features a revamped line of air compressors, generators and pressure washers, as well as compaction equipment, including plate compactors and upright rammers. Powered by ...
CHINAPLAS 2012 is approaching to its final countdown, a series of promotional activities have been carried out in full swing by the organizer. With its great influence in the plastics and rubber industries, together with the flourishing ...
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An engine or motor is a machine designed to convert energy into useful mechanical motion. Heat engines, including internal combustion engines and external combustion engines (such as steam engines) burn a fuel to create heat which is then ...
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Thailand’s economy may shrink 3.7 percent this quarter following the worst flooding in almost 70 years, the government said, adding to the case for an interest- rate cut as early as next week. Gross domestic product rose 3.5 percent ...
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Japanese companies, Thailand’s biggest foreign investors, may spend more to build factories in neighbors including Indonesia and Vietnam after the worst flooding in 70 years disrupted global production. “Executives recognize the ...
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In the ceramic industry, private fire polishing factory has not news, although the blame takes a "man bites dog" summoned up the courage, but because a long time, we all take for granted, it flattering. As early as two or three years, ...
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Honda Transmission Mfg. Of America Inc. Announced a $50 million expansion to increase capacity for casting aluminum transmission cases at its Russells Point diecasting facility. The 75, 000-square-foot expansion at the plant will house high ...
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