With a dozen new or revised systems, Mercedes-Benz will be enhancing their passenger car safety even further for 2009. With a focus on avoiding accidents and reducing accident severity, the 2009 model year S-Class and E-Class models will carry the new safety hardware which Mercedes says is comprised from a synergy of technologies that give cars extra 'senses'.
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Small is big these days, especially in the world of automobiles and electronics. In many ways, the Honda Fit is the consummate example of this trend. It didn't take Honda long to re-work the Fit, making it more visually striking and slightly larger overall. In addition to expanding interior real estate, increasing the Fit's body length and wheelbase allowed repositioning the windshield approximately 5-inches further forward.
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Minnesota auto dealer Denny Hecker sued Chrysler Financial Services today, saying the company cut off his credit line last week without warning. The complaint, filed in U.S.
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Carlos Tavares, Nissan Motor Co.'s executive vice president for product planning and design, held out a vision of a future where consumers buy electric vehicles separately from the batteries, and share access to cars.
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Innovations that significantly boost vehicle fuel economy and clean up auto factories won the first Automotive News PACE Environmental Awards.
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson today encouraged Congress to come up with the funds to help ailing Detroit automakers, but stuck to his position that the government's $700 billion bailout fund is for financial institutions only.
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Mercedes-Benz U.S. International will eliminate a shift on one of the two lines at its SUV and crossover plant in Vance, Ala. Beginning in January, the change will reduce output of the M-class crossovers and GL-class SUVs built at the plant.
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A financial rescue package for the Detroit 3 appears to have little support from Republicans in the U.S. Senate, where Democrats carry a slim 51-49 advantage. U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn.
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With smart planning, the nation's power grid will be able to handle the emergence of plug-in hybrids in the U.S. market, says an environmental specialist for the Electric Power Research Institute.
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A plan to use federal loans for retired autoworkers' health benefits is off the table, at least for now.
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Falling consumer confidence and credit tightening hit Ford new-car sales in Europe during October, the company said. Sales during the month were down 12.4 percent to 107,600 units in Ford's 19 main European markets.
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Electric vehicles are not flash-in-the-pan engineering projects for Chrysler LLC.
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Here's a request for President-elect Barack Obama from the auto industry: Give us an energy policy that includes what is technically possible and economically feasible.
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The government's stake in U.S. car companies would be determined by the Treasury Department, under a House proposal to rescue the Detroit 3. Taxpayers also would be paid back first when the automakers recover, Steve Adamske, a spokesman for Rep.
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China will begin enforcing vehicle emissions regulations first along its coastline and later in its inland provinces, predicts Gregg Sherrill, CEO of Tenneco Automotive Inc. Tenneco has a vested interest in monitoring that enforcement.
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PALM DESERT, Calif. (Reuters) - Chrysler LLC needs federal funding and an alliance with other automakers in the United States or abroad to survive a crisis as demand collapses and it burns through cash, Chief Executive Bob Nardelli said today.
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Standard and Poor's said today it is reviewing 15 North American auto suppliers for a possible downgrade in short-term credit ratings because of their exposure to the Detroit 3.
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New car sales in Hungary will drop sharply both this year and next as the global economic crisis pushes the country into a recession and bank credit dries up, the car importer's association MGE was reported to have said on Thursday.
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