A 52-inch sleeper variant of Kenworth’s new-generation T680 was available to drive at a mid-July Kenworth customer event at its Chillicothe, Ohio plant. T680 Kenworth’s “new-generation” bowed in with the T680 at ...
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How do you see what you can’t see? With thermal imaging, you view the radiation or infrared wavelengths emitted by objects. Infrared wavelengths — too long for the human eye to detect — are part of the electromagnetic ...
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Jaguar Land Rover will produce up to 200,000 cars a year exclusively for the Chinese market thanks to a new joint venture between the British car maker and China’s Chery Automobile Company. A new $1.65 billion manufacturing plant in ...
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Two major car brands - Toyota and Lexus - have used energy-efficient LED lighting as part of their joint carbon reduction strategy to drive down the carbon footprint of their centres by 20 per cent by the end of 2014. A pilot scheme in ...
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Car Industry acted not bad in January and February, 2013. Many car manufactures revived from the bad conditions of 2012. How about the performance of the car sales over the world? How about performance of the car manufactures in different ...
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Acura's redesigned RLX sedan is a rolling example of the challenges faced by Honda's luxury brand. We drove an RLX press car to get a first impression. Like most other Acuras, the RLX aims to give you a lot for your money. (The compact ...
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Each year, the most popular report in the Consumer Reports Annual Auto Issue is Top Picks, which spotlights the 10 best cars of the year. In a previous blog, we looked at which brands perennially make the list, but what about those brands ...
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Italian Anfia automotive industry association announced recently, Italian new car sales reached 113,525 vehicles in January this year, down 17.58% year on year compared to 137,745 vehicles in January, 2012. Fiat Group Italian sales ...
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When it comes to how people perceive car brands, Toyota, Ford, Honda, and Chevrolet stand above all others, based on the 2013 Car Brand Perception Survey, conducted by the Consumer Reports National Research Center. The survey scores ...
The auto industry has a very confusing family tree. The past few years have seen partnerships, sales, separations, bankruptcies, and entire divisions killed off, making it difficult to keep up with who owns which car brands. As automakers ...
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Global automotive brands, from family sedans and SUVs to luxury vehicles and sports cars will be on display at the third edition of Qatar Motor Show opening next month in Doha. The event will open its doors to the public on January ...
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The head of the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI), Tony Weber, has criticised the general media for its reporting on the local industry, claiming that local manufacturing is competitive by today’s standards. ...
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Tehran Times reported that Iranian carmaker Iran Khodro has reached self sufficiency in manufacturing car parts which had been supplied by French Peugeot. Mr Javad Najmeddin CEO of Iran Khodro said that after 23 years the company has ...
New social channels and the explosion of video content have opened up doors for brands to own the conversation with their audience and bypass traditional gatekeepers (and in the process save millions of dollars in ad spend). goviral ...
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Japanese brands dominate the latest Consumer Reports' Car Reliability Survey, claiming the top seven spots in new-car reliability. At the other end of the spectrum, Ford now ranks second from the bottom, followed closely by Lincoln. The ...
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