British performance car buyers can now order the new Vauxhall VXR8 – a rebadged version of the HSV GTS. The 430kW Australian muscle car will be available in the UK towards the end of 2013, priced £5000 higher than before at ...
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US based automobile manufacturer General Motors has unveiled a new engine with advanced valvetrain technology for its 2014 Chevrolet Impala flagship sedan. The Ecotec 2.5L four-cylinder diesel engine generates an output of 196hp (146kw) ...
Bob Metcalfe, Dave Boggs and the rest of the scientists at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center in 1973 were a lot like young developers at a Silicon Valley startup today. "Beards, Birkenstocks, blue jeans, T-shirts," Metcalfe said earlier ...
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Holden, the Australian subsidiary of US automaker General Motors (GM), has started the production of the VF Commodore Calais V sedan at Holden Vehicle Operations in Adelaide suburb of Elizabeth, South Australia. The sedan is powered by a ...
Full-scale production of the Holden VF Commodore started at the brand’s manufacturing facility in South Australia today. The local car maker wasted no time in adding the all-new large car to the Holden Vehicle Operations (HVO) ...
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German auto-parts maker and engineering firm Bosch has opened a new automotive parts manufacturing plant at Oragadam, Chennai in India with an investment of INR350m ($6.39m). The new 9000sqm facility is built on a land of area 40,000sqm ...
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US based automobile manufacturer General Motors (GM) has signed a deal with the Japanese carmaker Nissan to sell small cargo vehicles in the US and Canada that are manufactured by Nissan. Under the deal, Nissan will supply cargo vans ...
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The 2013 Chevrolet Traverse has been released in the US with a raft of new safety equipment, headlined by the industry’s first front centre airbag. Designed to provide additional restraint to drivers and front passengers in far-side ...
Hybrid electric powertrain developer XL Hybrids has signed a product installation and distribution contract with the commercial vehicle equipment provider Knapheide Manufacturing Company in North America. Under the partnership, Knapheide ...
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Holden Special Vehicles (HSV) will officially launch its HSV Gen-F range, the sportiest versions of the Holden VF Commodore, at midnight tonight. We’ll bring you a full gallery, pricing and specifications of the new 430kW GTS, ...
The HSV Gen-F range will become the quickest, most powerful and most technologically advanced family of sports cars ever to emerge from Holden’s go-fast division when it launches across Australia from June. The HSV Gen-F embraces ...
US based automobile manufacturer General Motors (GM) has started operations at its Bekasi manufacturing facility in Indonesia. The automotive manufacturer has invested $150m in the 58,000sqm facility, which has a production capacity of ...
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The boss of General Motors’ North American operations says a compact rear-wheel-drive sports car is on his wish list. Speaking with industry journal Automotive News, GM North America president Mark Reuss said he believed a rival for ...
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US based automobile manufacturer General Motors (GM) has obtained the approval of Chinese authorities to build a $1.3bn Cadillac plant in China. Expected to start construction in June 2013, the new facility will be located at the Jinqiao ...
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As you pore over the technical features built into Ford's latest vehicles, one spec you'll notice in those that include a SYNC entertainment system is the 10GB hard drive for storing music. No, they didn't drop a zero. That's a 10. Ford ...
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