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Dec
10th

Audi to advertise in Super Bowl

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Audi of America Inc. said today that it plans to advertise during the 2009 Super Bowl, after its commercial in this year's game helped drive record traffic to its Web site. Audi will broadcast a 60-second spot during the first quarter of the Feb. Full story...
Dec
10th

Volvo global sales to be lowest in 12 years

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Volvo Car Corp.'s 2008 global sales will be its lowest since 1996. The Swedish brand, currently owned by Ford Motor Co., expects its 2008 global sales will be about 380,000 vehicles, according to Volvo spokeswoman Maria Bohlin. Full story...
Dec
10th

Cold Combustion – Nick Otto and Rudy Diesel in Mechanical Matrimony

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Cold Combustion - Nick Otto and Rudy Diesel in Mechanical Matrimony
Cold Combustion - Nick Otto and Rudy Diesel Engines - Automobile Magazine
The key benefit with cold combustion is higher efficiency: fifteen percent better mileage than the best gasoline engines without the more expensive fuel or the more complicated fuel injection and emissions controls necessary with diesels.

The alleged experts claim that the engine Nicolaus Otto invented in 1876 is running out of gas. They're wrong. The beauty of Otto's internal-combustion gasoline engine was its unmatched developmental potential. Superior means of pumping the working fluids, lighting the fires, and twisting the crank keep arriving to sustain the Otto engine's vitality. The latest breakthrough holding fuel cells at bay is cold combustion.


Photo Gallery: Cold Combustion - Nick Otto and Rudy Diesel Engines - Automobile Magazine


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Dec
10th

SHORT STINT–2009 Mercury Milan:

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OUR TAKE: Mercury actually has a pretty long history of trying to tie itself to fashion/design leaders, but it's mostly been this sort of "borrow a label" thing. Nautica, anyone? Full story...
Dec
10th

White House: Bush may clear ‘car czar’ pick with Obama

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The Bush administration hinted today it will seek a )x("”",car czar” who would be acceptable to President-elect Barack Obama and could stay on after Obama takes office next month. Full story...
Dec
10th

Continental cuts ’08 profitability outlook

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Continental cut its 2008 profitability outlook, citing the auto industry's "substantial" negative development over the past six weeks. The company said on Wednesday it saw a full-year EBIT margin of 7.5 percent to 8. Full story...
Dec
10th

Renault’s Ghosn to add chairman role

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Renault CEO Carlos Ghosn will become chairman of the carmaker's board of directors as well as its CEO. Ghosn, 54, will inherit the chairman post from former Renault CEO Louis Schweitzer at the carmaker's annual shareholders meeting on May 6. Full story...
Dec
10th

Survey: Honda grabs customer-retention title from Toyota

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Honda has overtaken Toyota as the brand that does the best job of keeping U.S. customers. A total of 64.7 percent of Honda buyers came back to the marque, according to the 2008 Customer Retention Study released today by J.D. Power and Associates. Full story...
Dec
10th

FRANCE: Schweitzer leaving Renault board

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Renault chairman Louis Schweitzer is stepping down after 17 years heading the French automaker. Full story...
Dec
10th

Flagship Heard store sold in Georgia

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Georgia state Sen. Emanuel Jones has won court approval for his purchase of Bill Heard Enterprises Inc.'s flagship store, ushering in the end of the dealership group's bankruptcy liquidation. Full story...
Dec
10th

JAPAN: Suzuki chief adds another role

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Suzuki Motor chairman and chief executive Osamu Suzuki said on Wednesday he would take on the additional post of president after Hiroshi Tsuda resigned and became an adviser due to health problems. Full story...
Dec
10th

White trumps black, silver as most popular car color

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White is the most popular color choice for vehicles in North America for the second year in a row. Full story...
Dec
10th

For second straight year, white is top vehicle color

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White is the most popular color choice for vehicles in North America for the second year in a row. Full story...
Dec
10th

SOUTH KOREA: Kia FCV has long range

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A fuel cell version of Kia Motors Mohave SUV has travelled 633km (400 miles) without refuelling. Full story...
Dec
10th

JAPAN: Toyota plans more NA cuts

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Toyota has planned further North American production cuts as sales continue to slump. Full story...
Dec
10th

Political disputes delay auto-aid bill

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A final Senate vote on legislation that would provide emergency loans to the Detroit 3 may not come until this weekend, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid warned today. Reid, D-Nev. Full story...
Dec
10th

Political disputes delay auto aid bill

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A final Senate vote on legislation that would provide emergency loans to the Detroit 3 may not come until this weekend, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid warned today. Reid, D-Nev. Full story...
Dec
10th

CHINA: Changan denies Volvo talk with Ford

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A Chinese business daily misquoted a local automaker executive as saying it had held talks with Ford about acquiring Volvo, it was claimed on Wednesday. Full story...
Dec
10th

GM looks to credit unions to help finance new vehicles

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A group of credit unions from Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois is pledging $10 billion in low-cost auto financing to its more than 12 million members for the purchase of General Motors vehicles. Full story...
Dec
10th

GM looks to credit unions for new financing source

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A group of credit unions from Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois is pledging $10 billion in low-cost auto financing to its more than 12 million members for the purchase of General Motors vehicles. Full story...
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