Your mother told you a million times: fruit is good for you. Other than the nutritional benefits, did you know that fruit is also an excellent source of car material? A team of Brazilian scientists concluded that banana and pineapple fibres could be used to build bodies, bumpers and dash boards.
Lexus is known for many things. Building sporty cars is not one of them. You can enjoy your time behind the wheel, but the emphasis is usually put on comfort and luxury. With that in mind, driving the 2011 Lexus IS 350 AWD proved a lot more interesting than I initially expected.
History/Description: Buick's volume-selling luxury model was called the Allure in Canada when it replaced the Regal and Century for the 2005 model year. Elsewhere, it was known as the LaCrosse--a word which many French Canadians know as an unfavourable slang with various meanings.
The compensation packages for the chief executives at General Motors, Chrysler and Ally Financial have not increased in 2011, the Treasury Department said late today.
DETROIT -- Chrysler Group's Windsor, Ontario, minivan plant will be closed next week because of a parts shortage.
andnbsp;DETROIT -- Chrysler Groupandrsquo;s Windsor, Ontario, minivan plant will be closed next week because of a parts shortage.
Ford Motor Co. said it will idle its Louisville, Ky., truck plant for a week starting Monday, April 4. It is the Detroit automaker's first U.S. plant shutdown since the March 11 earthquake in Japan and resulting supply chain disruptions.
With some vehicle inventories becoming sparse as supply lines thin, Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. is shelving some of its incentives and marketing programs. Toyota's U.S.
Toyota secured a legal victory on Friday against the landslide of unintended-acceleration claims that have dogged the company for more than a year.
Rapper Eminem's now-famous 'Imported from Detroit' Super Bowl commercial actually may have helped Chrysler Group sell some cars.
Ford reported a 16 percent sales gain in March from a year earlier to 212,296 units, boosted by sales of Ford brand cars and trucks even as its Lincoln brand continued to slide.
Ford Motor Co. raised CEO Alan Mulally's compensation 48 percent to $26.5 million for 2010 as the automaker posted its largest annual profit in more than a decade. Mulally received $1.4 million in salary, $9.45 million in bonus and $15.
General Motors' sales cooled in March after a torrid start to the year, reflecting a pullback in some enticing incentive programs. GM sold 206,621 light vehicles last month, up 10 percent from March 2010.
Also into today's episode: Editor Wes Raynal test-drives an electric-powered Rolls-Royce, Hyundai and Kia roll out clean-running concepts, and Audi extends the brand to two-wheelers.
Ford Motor Co. outsold rival General Motors in the United States last month for the second time since 1998.
JE Designs unveiled its freshly tuned 440-hp Volkswagen Touareg hybrid on Friday.
Concept gives strong clues to production car, with cleaner twin-turbo V8 set to replace V10 unit
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