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Feb
4th

2013 Acura ILX – Into The Shop

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2013 Acura ILX - Into The Shop
2013 Acura ILX - Four Seasons Update - January 2013 - Automobile Magazine
...then into the snow.

Mount your winter tires, and not a single snowflake will stick to the pavement over the next six weeks. At least that's true for us. A set of Continental ExtremeWinterContact tires showed up at our office around Thanksgiving, just a couple of days after ordering them from Tire Rack, our official wheel and tire supplier. The rubber set us back $644.00, then mounting and balancing them on our ILX cost us another Benjamin. Ready to test our Acura's winter handling capabilities, we wanted Michigan's worst cold-weather barrage -- and nothing came.


Photo Gallery: 2013 Acura ILX - Four Seasons Update - January 2013 - Automobile Magazine

Photo Gallery: 2013 Acura ILX - Four Seasons Update - January 2013 - Automobile Magazine


Feb
4th

By Design: BMW Concept Active Tourer

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By Design: BMW Concept Active Tourer
By Design: BMW Concept Active Tourer - Automobile Magazine
Pull replaces push.

All good things must come to an end." That proverb has stood the test of time for centuries, and now we see its validity in the end of exclusively rear-wheel-drive BMWs after a ninety-year run (if you include motorcycles; just eighty-five years for cars). It's true that all-wheel drive became an option for some of BMW's cars twenty-seven years ago, but until the appearance of this Concept Active Tourer at Paris last year, there had never been a BMW-branded front-wheel-drive vehicle. And despite my fondness for the dynamics of longitudinal front-engine, rear-wheel-drive BMWs, all I can say is that it's about time.


Photo Gallery: By Design: BMW Concept Active Tourer - Automobile Magazine

Photo Gallery: By Design: BMW Concept Active Tourer - Automobile Magazine


Feb
4th

Bentley Flying Spur teased

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Bentley Flying Spur teaser headlight
News 4 Feb, 2013

Bentley has released teaser pictures and video of the new Flying Spur ahead of the Geneva Motor Show

Feb
4th

SPAIN: Nissan to make new car at Barcelona plant

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Nissan has announced that it has allocated production of a new passenger car to its manufacturing plant in Barcelona. Production will begin in July 2014. Barcelona won the bid shortly after reaching a new competitive proposal with the local works council.
Feb
4th

CHINA: Sinopec boss calls for tighter emissions standards

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China needs to tighten its emission standards, Fu Chengyu, chairman of Sinopec, the China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation, told the National Business Daily, if it is to reduce the smog that blankets many cities.
Feb
4th

SPAIN: New car sales fall just 9% in January

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New car sales in Spain were down 9.6% year-on-year in January at 49,671 according to car makers' association ANFAC.
Feb
4th

SPAIN: New car sales fall 9% in January

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New car sales in Spain were down 9.6% year-on-year in January at 49,671 according to car makers' association ANFAC.
Feb
4th

Daily automotive news and comment – from just-auto.com 2013-02-04 10:24:00

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Fiat boss Sergio Marchionne said that he expects to complete the acquisition of Chrysler next year. The original target had been 2015.
Feb
4th

JAPAN: Downturn in sales expected in 2013

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New car and truck sales could fall nearly 12% this year to around 4.74m without new incentives the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association has said.
Feb
4th

1935 Bugatti Aerolithe re-creation completed: Lost magnesium-bodied coupe replicated after years of effort

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Some of the most beautiful cars ever built were created in the 1930s. That's when the gorgeous Talbot-Lago teardrop coupes appeared alongside wildly styled
Feb
4th

THAILAND: Mercedes plans capacity increase and more dealers

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The investment will increase production capacity at its Thonburi assembly plant in Samut Prakan, by up to 3,000 units a year from the current 16,000.
Feb
4th

FRANCE: Renault-Nissan Alliance posts record sales for 2012

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The Renault-Nissan Alliance sold a record 8,101,310 vehicles in 2012, around a tenth of the global light vehicle market.
Feb
4th

UK hydrogen car plans revealed

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UK Hydrogen car plans revealed
News 4 Feb, 2013

The Government has claimed that the first hydrogen fuel cell cars could be on the road by 2015, with 1.5million by 2030

Feb
4th

Daily automotive news and comment – from just-auto.com 2013-02-04 09:11:00

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Hankook Tyre has announced a 57.9% increase to its operating profit in fiscal 2012 on sales up 8.3% to KRW7.029tn (US$6.31bn).
Feb
4th

US: AAM invests US$100m at Michigan facility

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American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings (AAM) has announced that it is investing more than US$100m in its Three Rivers manufacturing facility located in Three Rivers, Michigan.
Feb
4th

Fiat mulls low-cost brand, Marchionne says

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Fiat is considering launching a low-cost sub-brand to rival Dacia, CEO Sergio Marchionne said. If approved, cars for the brand would be built outside of Europe to reduce manufacturing costs.
Feb
4th

Fiat mulls low-cost brand, Marchionne says

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Fiat is considering launching a low-cost sub-brand to rival Dacia, CEO Sergio Marchionne said. If approved, cars for the brand would be built outside of Europe to reduce manufacturing costs.
Feb
4th

CHINA: Truck sales fall 6.8% to 3.3 million in 2012

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China's truck industry has contracted for two successive years, as its economy has slowed.
Feb
4th

Ownership costs of traditional versus alternative fuel vehicles: Department of Energy calculator breaks down pricing

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As gas prices remain high, and an increasing number of automakers roll out plug-in hybrid cars and full-electric vehicles, it's becoming easier to be tantalized with the idea of driving right past the gas station and simply "plugging in."
Feb
4th

PRODUCT EYE: 2013 Citroen DS5 HYbrid4

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Who says the British won't pay premium prices for French cars? Citroen has been quietly moving itself upmarket in the UK, enjoying much success with its DS line vehicles. Glenn Brooks tries the latest model, the diesel-electric DS5 HYbrid4 in new 88g/km form.
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