28th November, 2007
Car dealers' opposition to emission rules attacked
Transport ministers on Tuesday announced new rules for imported used cars from January next year.
Only cars made in 1998 or after that will pass the test, and in 2009 only cars made in 2000 or after that will pass.
The Independent Motor Vehicle Dealers' Association strongly opposes the new measures, and ......
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28th November, 2007
GM to build hybrid cars in China from 2008
General Motors Corp will begin producing a hybrid car in China from next year, in time for the Beijing Olympics in August, the U.S. automaker said on Wednesday.
Shanghai GM, one of GM's local Chinese joint ventures with SAIC Motor Corp, will disclose details closer to the undisclosed model's launch, a ......
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26th November, 2007
China Building Cars in Mexico
One of China's top automakers expects to open an assembly plant in Mexico in the next three years.
Officials from Grupo Elektra S.A. de C.V., a leading specialty retailer, consumer finance and banking company in Latin America, said they plan to introduce FAW automobiles designed in China into the Mexican market ......
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26th November, 2007
Jap cars are the best: Survey
The European, the German as well as the American automobile manufactures have their work cut out when it comes to car reliability.
In a survey conducted by the magazine, What Car? regarding the top ten most reliable cars, nine places were swept by Japanese cars makers.
BMW was the lone ......
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25th November, 2007
Vintage cars embark on tribute to veterans
A CAVALCADE of vintage cars set off along the Great Ocean Road yesterday to commemorate the 75th anniversary of one of the country's most popular tourist attractions.
Considered the world's largest war memorial, the winding road was carved from the Otway cliff-face by almost 3000 returned servicemen from the first Australian ......
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25th November, 2007
Self-serving bid to rid roads of older cars
I have to question the accuracy of some of the statistics quoted in this article concerning emissions from older cars.
While it is claimed that the emissions of new cars are 98 per cent lower than those of 15-year-old cars, I would suggest that may have been true 10 years ......
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24th November, 2007
Japanese cars dominate reliability survey
Japanese cars swept the board in a survey of the most reliable used cars on Friday, taking nine out of the top 10 places.
The Toyota Corolla from 2000 to 2002, built in Derbyshire, topped the table compiled by What Car? magazine and insurer Warranty Direct.
Confirming the Japanese reputation for reliability, ......
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24th November, 2007
Chinese Car Plant to Be Built in Mexico
Construction began Friday on an auto assembly plant in central Mexico that will create thousands of jobs and be the country's first to produce Chinese cars.
Mexican President Felipe Calderon led groundbreaking ceremonies for the factory, which will be financed by an arm of Mexican conglomerate Grupo Salinas and China's state-owned ......
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22nd November, 2007
Canadians bought 25,000 cars in U.S. in October
A soaring loonie pushed the number of cars Canadians purchased south of the border in October to nearly 25,000 – an increase of more than 100 per cent over the same month last year.
"We have been seeing a steady increase throughout 2007 and it really reflects the fact that the ......
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22nd November, 2007
Pet Lion on Loose Chases Cars in Ohio
That was no dog chasing cars in southern Ohio earlier this week. It was a cat — a big cat.
Pike County sheriff's deputies responded to a 911 call of a lion "attacking" vehicles on U.S. 23 Monday and found a man trying to capture a 550-pound feline near Wakefield.
Terry Brumfield ......
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