August's toasty temperatures didn't deter US car buyers. Light vehicle sales posted their best results for the summer holiday month since 2007, up 19.9% compared to August 2011 and 11.4% ahead of July 2012. Nearly 1.3m cars and light trucks changed hands producing a seasonally adjusted annualised rate (SAAR) of 14.52m units, second only to February's 15.1m.
The 2013 Honda Accord has some tough competition, going up against completely redesigned models such as the Nissan Altima, Volkswagen Passat, and the upcoming Ford Fusion in the midsize sedan segment. Naturally, you'd think the Accord would take a revolutionary leap for the ninth generation like its competitors, but instead of following the pack, Honda opted for a more evolutionary approach, keeping the essence of the Accord while making it more contemporary.
Fronted by a fresh face and reinforced with an upgraded interior, the revised 2014 Ford Fiesta was revealed Wednesday, ahead of a formal debut in the Netherlands later this week.
Environmental activists from Greenpeace picketed the premiere of Volkswagen's latest Golf hatchback in Berlin on Tuesday, accusing the German carmaker of doing too little to reduce fuel consumption.
Environmental activists from Greenpeace picketed the premiere of Volkswagen's latest Golf hatchback in Berlin on Tuesday, accusing the German carmaker of doing too little to reduce fuel consumption.
French workers returned from the summer break to the PSA car plant earmarked for closure in Aulnay-sous-Bois, France, as unions scheduled a vote next week on possible industrial action.
VW used some clever tricks to make the seventh-generation Golf longer, wider and sexier than its predecessor. VW did this by lowering the car's roofline and its floorpan 28mm without affecting the Golf's vertical headroom.
Ford will take the wraps off the European version of the Fiesta on Thursday at a special 'Go Further' product event in Amsterdam hosted by CEO Alan Mulally.
Scuderia Toro Rosso Formula 1 team announced that Italian engineer Giorgio Ascanelli has resigned from his position as Technical Director.
“Over a period of almost five years, Giorgio has contributed positively to the development of our team” team boss Franz Tost said.
Giorgio Ascanelli (Photo: Peter J Fox/Getty Images)
“Especially in the difficult transition period from a simple racing team to a fully-fledged constructor he made an important contribution and his undoubted experience was very valuable to us. We would like to thank him for his efforts and wish him all the best for the future.”
“I've enjoyed the past years working at Scuderia Toro Rosso,” Giorgio Ascanelli, a former McLaren track engineer said.
“It has been a very intense and interesting time, in which we had to manage the transition from a small team to a much larger one, and everybody has put a lot of effort to bring us where we are today. We have sown the seeds for a successful future and I think the team challenge is now to gain a stable presence in the upper mid-field and I wish all at Toro Rosso the very best for the future.”
A total of 96 Lamborghini Gallardo and Gallardo Spyder models from 2004 to 2006 are being recalled due to a possible leak in the power steering's high-pressure line.
Steering assist could be affected and the driver could lose control of the car, leading to a crash. Also, power steering fluid leakage may contact a hot engine or exhaust component, which could result in a fire.
Owners are advised to take their Gallardo to a dealer to have the leaky high-pressure line replaced.
Audi will build its new North American assembly plant in San José Chiapa, in the State of Puebla, Central Mexico. Construction is scheduled to begin in mid-2013.
More than a dozen locations were looked at and evaluated. Ultimately, site conditions, logistics links, infrastructure, well-qualified employees and living quality were the decisive criteria.
''We congratulate Audi on this decision and are sure that the location meets the ideal criteria for fulfilling the Company's strategic goals,'' said Rafael Moreno Valle, Governor of the State of Puebla. ''We are proud that Audi, a leading European premium manufacturer, has chosen our country as a future production base.''
Starting in 2016, the plant will manufacture the next-generation Audi Q5 to the annual rate of 150,000 units.
Mitsubishi announced today that the new Outlander PHEV will make its world debut at the 2012 Paris Auto Show, which starts on September 27th.
As the world's first plug-in hybrid SUV, the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV simultaneously offers the environmental benefits of an electric vehicle, the cruising range of a conventional internal combustion engine vehicle as well as the on- and off-road performance of an SUV.
Mitsubishi claims that the Outlander PHEV achieves a combined fuel efficiency in excess of 61 km/L (1.64L/100km). It can reportedly travel 55 kilometres in full EV mode, and 880 kilometres overall. Interestingly, in Series Hybrid mode, the gasoline engine operates as a generator supplying electricity to the electric motors. It takes 30 minutes to get 80% of the battery charged and about 4.5 hours for a full charge.
Also on display in Paris will be 11 new models including the European version of Mitsubishi's new global compact car (known as Mirage in other regions) and the i-MiEV Evolution race car which finished second in the Electric Division of the 2012 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb held last month in the United States.
London Mayor Boris Johnson has come up with a bold solution to help drivers and cyclists coexist in peaceful harmony: elevated cycle lanes over the city's streets!
It's not as crazy as it sounds, and apparently Johnson has been in discussions with architects and Network Rail since May about using abandoned railway lines above ground in a network linking mainline railway stations across the capital.
Known as ''SkyCycle,'' the proposed cycle routes, which have yet to be mapped out, would operate on a pay-as-you-ride basis. Some have hinted at £1 per trip (approx. $1.60).
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