CarAdvice Magazine has achieved 20,000 active users in its first six issues,becoming the number one downloaded Australian motoring app for iPad , and has been featured in the recommended ‘new and noteworthy’ section of the Apple ...
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French automobile manufacturer Renault has collaborated with the France Televisions for the launch of the francetvinfo in-car application. The application will be launched, under the contract signed in 2012, in Renault's integrated and ...
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You could blame the 2010 launch of the Volkswagen Polo GTI for the ongoing shift away from manual-transmission-equipped hot hatches to dual-clutch automatics. There’s a case to argue that it’s all going the wrong way ...
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The seventh-generation Volkswagen Golf has claimed the title of World Car of the Year (WCOTY) for 2013, marking the brand's second consecutive win. Voted the best new vehicle out of an initial entry list of forty-two cars, the Volkswagen ...
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Russia-based Severstal, one of the world’s leading steel and steel-related mining companies, has stated that it has secured a contract to supply automotive sheets to Renault-Nissan Alliance projects in Russia. The contract runs ...
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Ex-Formula One champion Alain Prost has furthered his role with Renault for 2013, assuming an advisory role within Renault Sport F1. Prost, a brand ambassador for Renault since 2012, will extend his relationship with the French ...
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Brazil-based ArcelorMittal Vega, part of the global steel giant ArcelorMittal, has announced that it has completed a $10 million investment to install new post-treatment technology on its galvanizing line No. 1. The new technology ...
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According to Japanese media reports, the European business association (AEB) recently released statistics showing Russia's new car sales (including commercial vehicles) in February 2013, 210666 vehicles, up 2% from a year earlier, for four ...
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French automobile manufacturer Renault will start the production of the new Master vehicle at its Curitiba plant in Brazil. The vehicle will be made available in four body structures including the minibus, van, chassis cab and window van ...
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Renault reached a restructuring agreement with 3 Unions recently. After paving the road, the company will assemble more new vehicles for cooperative partners Daimler and Nissan. According to the contract Renault signed with CFDT Union on ...
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French Automobile Manufacturers Association (CCFA) has announced in February this year, the French passenger car sales were 143,866 vehicles, compared to February last year of 163,010 vehicles, down 12.1 percent year on year; two months ...
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The Renault Zoe is a full electric-vehicle with no internal combustion engine. This means that at no time are there any fossil fuels going into a tank, because it doesn’t have one, and emissions aren’t expelled from an exhaust ...
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An Australian launch for the all-electric Renault Zoe is still a possibility if Renault gets its way. Speaking with CarAdvice at the Geneva motor show, Renault Australia boss Justin Hocevar said that while there’s still a lot of ...
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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 upcoming Peugeot 208 GTi will have closer parallels to the famous 205 GTi of the 1980s, says the French car manufacturer. The 205 GTi’s successors to date, the 206 GTi and 207 GTi, weren’t short on engine performance but ...