6th March, 2006
Advent of cars spurred Maine as 'vacationland'
The automobile was more than an engineering revolution; it was a cultural revolution as well. "Suddenly you had this whole new group of people who could travel," said Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. of the Maine Historical Preservation Commission.
Before the affordable automobile, long-distance travel was a luxury for those who could ......
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6th March, 2006
China to launch car safety evaluation
China will publish its first car safety evaluation on July 1. The evaluation mainly focuses on the quality of cars drivers' safety protection.
Private buying has become the main form of car consumption in China, and the public's awareness of car safety issues have been enhanced. ......
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6th March, 2006
Peugeot, Citroen to buy auto parts from Iran
French auto makers Peugeot and Citroen will soon open an office in Iran to purchase auto parts from Iranian producers.
In their bid to supply required automobile parts from non-European sources, the auto manufacturers Peugeot and Citroen have decided to open an office in Iran to facilitate their purchases from ......
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5th March, 2006
Peugeot, Citroen to purchase auto parts from Iranian producers
French auto makers Peugeot and Citroen will soon open an office in Iran to purchase auto parts from Iranian producers.
In their bid to supply required automobile parts from non-European sources, the auto manufacturers Peugeot and Citroen have decided to open an office in Iran to facilitate their purchases from ......
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5th March, 2006
Chery Automobile Corp: #3 with a bullet
Chery Automobile Corporation is upending the competition in its home market. The manufacturer leapfrogged a healthy three notches on China's sales ranking list in February, in the process marking the first time a domestic has pushed out a foreign joint-venture to take to the podium.
Cherry shifted 21,000 units last month ......
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5th March, 2006
Iran Automobile Production Raises around 900 thousand Units
Iran's automobile production in the last 11 months reached to 893 thousand and 346 units.
During this period, 751 thousand sedans have been produced and it is to the fact that this number within the same period of last year was 718 thousand units.
Among 893 thousand automobiles that have ......
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4th March, 2006
Auto Parts Online Blog, Updating Information on Autos
So what’s new in the automobile world?
There are many resources for the latest and breaking news and information with regards to the automobile world. After all, there is a huge number of people who have been converted to automobile aficionados and fanatics. Some of them could not help but ......
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4th March, 2006
What To Do With Your Automobile VIN Number History
Did you know that the VIN number to your automobile is more than just a series of numbers used for identification? In fact, the VIN number of your car can actually reveal to you the history of your vehicle. How can this be so? With a VIN number, you can ......
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4th March, 2006
States petition Supreme Court on automobile emissions control
A coalition of 12 states, three cities and several environmental groups appealed to the US Supreme Court [official website] Friday in a bid to force the federal government and Environmental Protection Agency [official website] to regulate carbon dioxide (CO2) "greenhouse gas" emissions from personal automobiles, citing the link to global ......
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3rd March, 2006
LA Auto Club: Motorists Could Be Heading for Spring Gas Price Spike
Gas prices ended their brief downturn in most Southern California cities this week, although average prices are still less than they were a week ago, according to the Automobile Club of Southern California's Weekend Gas Watch.
The average price of self-serve regular gasoline in the Los Angeles-Long Beach area is ......
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3rd March, 2006
Leading car manufacturer tapping Russian market
First Automobile Works (FAW), China's leading car maker, plans to export more than 20,000 automobiles and complete sets of auto spare parts to Russia withinthe next two years, a company source has disclosed.
"Our target is to turn Russia into a regional core base for FAW's ......
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2nd March, 2006
Nissan plans to invest $40 mln in Indonesia by 2008
One of the Japanese biggest automobile company Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., planned to invest 40 million U.S. dollars in Indonesia by 2008, Japanese Ambassador in Jakarta Yutaka Limura said here Thursday.
"Nissan by 2008 plans to invest 40 million U.S. dollars," he told a press conference after meeting Vice President ......
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1st March, 2006
Tenneco eyes China's automobile market
Tenneco Inc, a US-based auto parts supplier, plans to invest US$51million over the next three years in China, where an auto industry boom is expected.
"The investment is about responding to our customers' need for their Chinese production," said Mark Frissora, chairman, chief executive officer and president of Tenneco. "One ......
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1st March, 2006
Police seeking driver of automobile
Police searched a wooded area off East Main Street last night for a man who fled police in his car down a dirt road, slammed the car into a tree, then took off into the woods leaving his injured passengers behind. City police used K-9 units in the search and ......
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28th February, 2006
China's Nanjing Auto to merge light truck unit, Iveco JV - report
Nanjing Automobile (Group) Corp is expected to merge its light truck unit Yuejin Vehicle Co Ltd with its 50-50 joint venture with Iveco SpA, Nanjing Iveco Co Ltd, the China Automobile News reported.
The newspaper quoted unidentified sources as saying that Iveco, a unit of Fiat SpA, plans to increase ......
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28th February, 2006
Perodua Aims For 27 Pct Share Of Automobile Market
Perusahaan Otomobil Kedua Sdn Bhd (Perodua) aims to increase its share of the automobile market to 27 percent this year from 25.3 percent previously, Perodua's managing director Hafiz Syed Abu Bakar said.
Perodua captured a 33 percent share of the passenger car segment last year, with its latest pride, Myvi, contributing ......
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28th February, 2006
Dacia premiers Logan concept car at Geneva automobile saloon
The new Steppe model could be available in fall at a price of approximately 6,800 euros for the base model.
"It means that we are not dealing with a simple enterprise, which will mount various Renault models, but we have a model that was conceived and built entirely in Romania and ......
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27th February, 2006
Automobile exports below potential: Survey
The high growth Indian automobile industry would attract a massive investment of Rs 80,000 crore by next year, but its export potential still remains untapped despite it gaining global recognition, the Economic Survey said on Monday.
"While a beginning has been made in the export of vehicles, the potential in ......
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26th February, 2006
Two Tiers, Slipping Into One
R ICK DOTY is a 30-year veteran of Caterpillar, the big tractor and earth-moving equipment manufacturer. He is paid $23.51 an hour as a machinist, and he receives additional benefits worth almost as much. That sets him far above newly hired workers consigned to a much lower wage scale.
To these ......
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