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Chevrolet launches contest to name the colour of the Volt

Chevrolet launches contest to name the colour of the Volt

Chevrolet has picked the official paint colour for its Volt E-REV model, which is an all silver exterior with an emerald tone, and is now launching a contest for the public to decide which will be the name of that prominent new colour. The challenge ...
28.10.2009 | 1265 views | 0 comments
Next Buick sedan model named Regal

Next Buick sedan model named Regal

Buick is announcing the name of its new mid-sized sports sedan in first hand to over a thousand dealers during this week, according to the company’s statement at the Buick GMC dealer business meeting. The make’s new sedan will be named Bu...
27.10.2009 | 1224 views | 0 comments
Audi launches new Q7 model

Audi launches new Q7 model

The German brand says this is a more elegant, refined and efficient car than the previous model.

Introduced in the market three years ago, Audi’s high-performance SUV model Q7 has a new successor. Audi expects for its brand new Q7 to keep the leading position it has achieved right after it was launched for the first time. The manufacturer ...
27.10.2009 | 5776 views | 0 comments
Distraction Lab researchers at Ford use high-tech goggles to reduce distracted driving

Distraction Lab researchers at Ford use high-tech goggles to reduce distracted driving

The researchers at Ford’s Human Machine Interface Verification Laboratory, also known as the “Distraction Lab”, are making use of the modern occlusion goggles in order to try and reduce distracted driving. Their study, which is in i...
27.10.2009 | 2851 views | 0 comments
Daimler invests 600 millions in the expansion of Mercedes-Benz Rastatt plant

Daimler invests 600 millions in the expansion of Mercedes-Benz Rastatt plant

Daimler will be investing 600 million euros on the augmentation of Mercedes-Benz’s Rastatt manufacturing unit in Germany, which is the carmaker’s core for its compact vehicle production. An additional 800 million euros bill is what will b...
26.10.2009 | 7947 views | 0 comments
Ford elected by the Society for New Communications Research as Brand of the Year 2009

Ford elected by the Society for New Communications Research as Brand of the Year 2009

The Society for New Communications Research (SNCR) has pronounced the Ford Motor Company as one of winners of the Brand of the Year title at the 2009 Fellows’ Choice Award. Ford was elected by the SNCR for its pioneering use of social media as ...
26.10.2009 | 793 views | 0 comments
Stolen Vehicle Slowdown technology for carjacking situations

Stolen Vehicle Slowdown technology for carjacking situations

North-American car company GM and technology developer OnStar have just publicly revealed the use of the Stolen Vehicle Slowdown (SVS) system in order to recover a carjacked vehicle in Visalia, California. This is the first available technology for h...
26.10.2009 | 998 views | 1 comments
Toyota and Lexus present the 20th Anniversary Environmental Media Awards

Toyota and Lexus present the 20th Anniversary Environmental Media Awards

Japanese manufacturers Toyota and Lexus will be the introducing sponsors at the 20th anniversary edition of the Environmental Media Awards. This event is meant to award the entertainment creative teams from television, movies and music that integrate...
26.10.2009 | 768 views | 0 comments
Subaru Outback elected Motor Trend's 2010 Sport Utility Vehicle of the Year

Subaru Outback elected Motor Trend's 2010 Sport Utility Vehicle of the Year

The Japanese carmaker became the first manufacturer to ever win the title for two consecutive years.

Motor Trend magazine elected the Subaru Outback as the ‘Motor Trend’ Sport-utility vehicle of the Year for 2010. This nomination makes for Subaru’s second victory in a row, after the Forester model won the same category’s 2009...
23.10.2009 | 6054 views | 0 comments
Smart fortwo electric drive to start being mass-produced in 2012 at Hambach

Smart fortwo electric drive to start being mass-produced in 2012 at Hambach

Upcoming smart fortwo electric drive has its production premises determined.

Daimler AG has announced the location for the production of the upcoming smart fortwo electric drive model. The new smart model’s production run will take place at the make’s plant in Hambach, France, starting in 2012. Daimler has made th...
23.10.2009 | 2433 views | 1 comments

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