10th August, 2006
Rare vintage Pocher Alfa Romeo model automobile
Our Pocher Alfa Romeo model automobile is now on sale! Pocher is the premium top of the line name in precision car models but closed their doors a few years back. No more models are being produced which makes the ones still available highly collectible. Pocher autos usually have several thousand parts and sometimes take years to build. I was ......
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4th August, 2006
GM Opens First-Ever LEED-Gold Certified Automobile Manufacturing Facility
General Motors’ new Lansing Delta Township Assembly Plant has received a gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program. The building is the only automotive manufacturing plant in the world – as well as the largest facility and the most complex manufacturing site -- to ever receive any level of LEED certification. ......
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4th August, 2006
Almaty to host trophy raid automobile competitions
Under the support and participation of automobile federation of Kazakhstan and the Vybor Molodylh social movement [the Choice of Young People], the Adventure Travel Club Tianshan company will hold the second international trophy raid "Mega Sport Tianshan Trophy 2006" in Almaty, on 6-13 August.
Automobiles participate in four groups - "Tourism", "TR-2", " TR-3" and "Proto" in the competition. Apart ......
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4th August, 2006
Automobile heritage a focus of Dearborn's Homecoming
Dearborn's 27th annual Homecoming, which draws former residents from metro Detroit and beyond, will offer a nod to the city's connection to the automobile.
A classic car show, Cruisin' Dearborn, has been added to the usual lineup of games, entertainment, fireworks and family and class reunions. The car show will feature 200 cars made between 1933 and 1980.
The festival, which runs ......
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2nd August, 2006
China's auto output to hit 7 mln units this year - Xinhua
Total auto output in China is expected to reach about seven mln units this year, compared with 5.7 mln in 2005, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
Citing Zhang Xiaoyu, vice-president of the China Federation of Machinery Industry (CFMI), the report said that China produced 3.89 mln vehicles in the first half, up 27.78 pct year-on-year, with passenger vehicle output ......
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2nd August, 2006
China-made Chery sedan to be assembled in Egypt
Chinese carmaker Chery Automobile announced on Tuesday in Cairo that the assembling lines of Chery sedan were officially kicked off in Egypt with the cooperation of an Egyptian car company.
The lines were under the cooperation with Chery's Egyptian partner Daewoo Motors Egypt (DME), a former partner of GM Daewoo Auto and Technology Co., Chery's vice-president Zhou Biren said at ......
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30th July, 2006
Vietnam's automobile import down 41 percent in first 7 months
spent 367 million U.S. dollars importing automobiles and spare parts in the first seven months of this year, a year-on-year fall of 41.1 percent, according to the country's General Statistics Office on Friday.
In the period, Vietnam imported 7,000 completely-built automobiles worth 128 million dollars, seeing respective decreases of 37.3 percent and 29.3 percent. Many local vehicle dealers attributed the ......
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30th July, 2006
Discarded tyres pose threat to environment
Hundreds of old, discarded automobile tyres have been dumped carelessly at various locations in the Industrial Area near Doha posing a severe threat to the environment. Wood, plastic and other waste material generated by furniture workshops also litters the area due to lack of proper disposal facilities.
Enquiries revealed, the problem of old tyre from automobile workshops and other waste ......
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27th July, 2006
Chinese automakers start selling cars in Venezuela
Two Chinese automobile companies have begun selling cars in Venezuela, according to a Dow Jones Newswire report.China’s Great Wall Motor Co. Ltd., the largest automobile company in China, and Cinascar, a Chinese automaker owned by GM Daewoo Auto & Technology Co., have set up car showrooms across the country to compete with the local automobile makers."We just.....
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27th July, 2006
Car Insurance Quotes Online – Money Saving Tips - Automobile Insurance Discounts
Auto insurance is a must for all automobile owners, which repay you in case your automobile is stolen or damaged in an accident. Most people complain about the high prices of auto insurance policy. Here we offer you some money saving tips with the help of which you can get the best car insurance quotes online as well as best ......
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27th July, 2006
High Gasoline Prices, Fuel Efficiency Drive Changes in Automobile Industry
Dealers say new car buyers are turning to hybrids that run on gasoline and electricity. Others are turning to smaller vehicles, some, to those that can go places larger cars cannot.
But Saab Automobile Managing Director Jan Ake says the future does not necessarily mean smaller, slower cars. "This is our Saab ‘Aero X’ concept car, powered by 100 percent ......
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24th July, 2006
Illinois automobile fluid maker cited for air violations
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has cited Champion Packaging and Distribution Inc. for alleged clean air violations at a company facility in Woodridge, Ill.
The EPA has accused Champion of building and operating a plant that emits methanol, a volatile organic compound and hazardous air pollutant, without first getting state construction and operating permits.
The company makes a variety of products at ......
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24th July, 2006
Dead man found inside automobile in Biloxi River
Gulfport man identified as Bobby Hanson, 40, was found dead Sunday morning inside a black Mustang partially submerged in the Biloxi River.
Harrison County Coroner Gary Hargrove said death was due to head injuries and no autopsy is planned.
The scene was discovered by two boaters who were cruising near Jiggs Fish Camp, which is along a winding portion of Lorraine ......
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24th July, 2006
Automobile Industry: China gears up for revolution
Since Chinas entry into the WTO regime in 2001, an increasing number of automobile companies have made their fore into the evolving market space. A majority of them have come up with a range of diversified products, catering to customer demand for speed and oomph. With zealously endorsed drive for cost-cutting and technologically superior systems & designs, an increasingly competitive ......
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22nd July, 2006
Automobile pollution and asthma
Scientists from Southern California have found that children who live near a motorway have more risk of suffering asthma. Scientists saw that concentrations at home of NO2 (a product of pollutants emitted from combustion engines in cars and trucks) from motorway traffic were stronger than pollution from other types of roads.
Likewise, other studies have shown that exposure to ......
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22nd July, 2006
Geely automobile group to settle in Nigeria
Relatively new in the global scene, Geely is making its intention public barely two weeks after Chery Motors, another Chinese off spring unfolded plans to sell more cars, expand dealership and after sales facilities.
Founded in July 2002, Geely said it has been "committed to internationalisation ever since its foundation."
In 2003, according to information made available, Geely witnessed the ......
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20th July, 2006
Automobile Data Recorders Come Under Scrutiny
Much like the black boxes found in airliners, some automobiles are now equipped with technology that allows investigators to see what happened moments before a crash. But some people aren't convinced that these data recorders are being used the right way.
Event Data Recorder (EDR) technology was intended to determine the cause of airbag deployment, NBC 4's Anietra Hamper reported. The ......
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20th July, 2006
MG Motors North America to Revive Automobile Brand From New Oklahoma City Headquarters
MG Motors North America, Inc. recently announced the revival of the historic MG brand of automobiles and its intention to make Oklahoma its base of operation. The company plans to place its headquarters in Oklahoma City, with assembly and distribution in Ardmore. Research and development will be in Norman at the University of Oklahoma.
“We looked at a lot of different ......
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20th July, 2006
Indian Automobile Sales will grow to 13008 million by 2010
The "Indian Automobile Industry: An analysis" report provides a detailed analysis of competition in the industry, the future prospects, opportunities and roadblocks in the growth of the Auto sector. The report gives an insight into the Indian Automobile sector with respect to recent trends and happenings. It has undertaken porter’s Five Forces Analysis to evaluate the auto industry on the ......
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