Detroit-based auto-parts maker American Axle & Manufacturing (AAM) has agreed to acquire Metaldyne Performance Group (MPG) in a transaction worth about $3.3bn. MPG provides lightweight components for use in powertrain and suspension ...
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Cooper Tire has unveiled the Cooper Zeon RS3-G1, an all new all-season passenger car suited tire for high performance vehicles and drivers. Cooper North America product management director Scott Jamieson said "The RS3-G1 is a marvel of ...
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The unique EcoBoost engine in the all-new Focus RS will produce 350 horsepower – far exceeding original estimates of 315 – along with 350 lb.-ft. torque. And yet even with all that torque, the manual-only hot hatch will be ...
Automobile major Volvo Cars has acquired 100% stake in Swedish high performance carmaker Polestar as well as the brand, set to be utilized as model name for high performance vehicles out of its stable. Currently developing and ...
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BorgWarner provides its advanced front cross differential (FXD) technology for the new SEAT Leon CUPRA. Designed for high-performance front-wheel drive (FWD) vehicles, the electronic limited slip differential significantly improves vehicle ...
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BorgWarner has announced that it will be supplying its fifth generation (GenV) electro-hydraulic coupling to Lamborghini's Huracan LP610-4 sports car. With the BorgWarner's electronically controlled AWD coupling, the car will be able to ...
ExxonMobil has announced that Chevrolet has chosen Mobil 1 motor oil as factory fill for all 2014 and 2015 Camaro Z/28 models. As the world’s leading synthetic motor oil brand, Mobil 1 is recommended by many of the world’s ...
American automaker Chrysler Group has recalled about 10,700 sport utility vehicles (SUV) in North America due to defects in on-board cruise-control technology. The recall affects 2014 Dodge Durangos and Jeep Cherokees, Grand Cherokees and ...
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. announced that Subaru’s newest high-performance sport sedans, the 2015 WRX and WRX STI, will roll exclusively on Dunlop Sport Maxx RT tires. The Sport Maxx RT, which stands for “racing ...
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HSV is already eyeing a number of vehicles for its 2018 showroom once production of the Holden Commodore ceases at the end of 2017. HSV managing director Phil Harding this week vowed the Melbourne-based manufacturer would continue ...
Carroll Shelby International's subsidiary Shelby American will launch the 2013 Shelby 1000 S/C at the upcoming New York International Auto Show in the US on 28 March 2013. The vehicle is based on the Ford Shelby GT500 and will be powered ...
The Nissan GT-R Nismo has been confirmed for production in 2014, with the new model set to spearhead a range of high-performance vehicles from the Japanese manufacturer’s newly announced sports car division. Based on the 404kW/628Nm ...
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Cree, Inc.(NASDAQ:CREE) LED lighting has got an endorsement from none other than Richard Petty, “The King” of Nascar. More than LED luminaires have gone into illuminating Petty’s 100,000 square foot Garage complex, which ...
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"The King" Visits Cree Booth #3276 at NADA Convention and Expo on Feb. 10 in Orlando DURHAM, NC -- Nicknamed "The King" of NASCAR®, Richard Petty has endorsed Cree® LED lighting after enthusiastically transforming his 100,000 ...
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A worm gear, in industrial parlance, is a shaft with a helical thread. It is commonly a part of a gear that meshes with a toothed wheel. Worm gears on the other hand, are those known as worm wheels. Sometime many people are confused with ...
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