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New Ford Focus to Go on Sale in Europe and China
Apr 12, 2018Ford has unveiled the all-new, fourth-generation Focus compact car, which is due to be launched later this year in Europe and China. The new Focus car features the latest advanced technology with more space and a better fun-to-drive ...
Tags: Ford, compact car
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Japanese Team Has Broken The World Record
Nov 29, 2013A Japanese team has broken the world record for the longest distance travelled in an electric vehicle on a single charge. The Japan Times reports the four-driver team, featuring 1997 Dakar Rally winner Kenjiro Shinozuka, covered 1300km ...
Tags: Suzuki EV, Single-Charge Record, 1300km, 43-Hour Run
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Sydney Is Australia's Worst City in Stop-start Driving
Oct 9, 2013Sydney drivers find themselves in stop-start traffic more frequently than drivers of any other Australian city, but they stop about half as much as drivers in the world’s most congested cities. In a study by sat-nav maker TomTom, ...
Tags: stop-start traffic, Auto Parts
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German Auto Parts Supplier Bosch Has Developed a New System
Sep 2, 2013German auto parts supplier Bosch has developed a new system it says closes the gap between manual and automatic transmissions. Dubbed eClutch, the system is based on an electronically controlled clutch that works to decouple the ...
Tags: Manual Hybrids, Bosch
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The All-New Volvo XC90 Will Feature Three Innovative New Safety Systems
Jul 4, 2013The all-new Volvo XC90 will feature three innovative new safety systems – including two claimed world firsts – when launches at the end of 2014. All three utilise Volvo's latest camera and radar technology to pre-empt ...
Tags: Volvo, Auto Parts
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91,000 Cars in Japan Is Recalled Owing to Potential Issue
May 15, 2013Volkswagen is recalling around 91,000 cars in Japan due to potential problems with the company’s dual-clutch (DSG) automatic gearboxes, less than two months after more than 384,000 cars were recalled in China for a similar issue. A ...
Tags: Volkswagen, Gearbox Recall, Japan
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A Hard-Hitting Contender Against Better-Known German Rivals
Apr 25, 2013a hard-hitting contender against better-known German rivals, yet the Lexus IS-F remains a leftfield choice for those in the market for a high-performance luxury four-door. It seems that a slew of luxury features, fiercely competitive ...
Tags: 2013 Lexus, Transportation
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The LDV V80 Has Been Introduced to Australia
Jan 28, 2013The LDV V80 has been introduced to Australia as China’s biggest automotive company looks to take on the might of the Toyota HiAce and Hyundai iLoad in the commercial van market. A division of the Shanghai Automotive Industrial ...
Tags: LDV, V80, automotive company