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The recall covers F-250 and F-350 2008 trucks in total : 65,000

The heavy duty pickups have a flaw : the fuel tank . In a 30 mph front-end collision the fuel tank will move from its place causing the fuel to spill , this creates the danger of fire .

Ford will strengthen the tank mounting making the front-end crash more secure

FIAT has reached the lowest CO2 emission value in 2007 . Jato (a world leader in the automotive business) has confirmed that FIAT has overthrown larger brands in the emission department .

FIAT  scored a value of 137,3 g/km compared to the other brands : Peugeot (141.9 g/km), Citroen (142.2 g/km), Renault (146.4 g/km), Toyota (141.9 g/km), Ford (149.1 g/km), Opel (152.9 g/km), Volkswagen (161.7 g/km), BMW (176.7g/km) and Mercedes (188.4 g/km)

As we can all tell from this report , the small Fiat cars are pretty green . Also the executives of this company said that they are still working on getting the emissions even lower , the Eco Drive system developed with Microsoft will be the key to make the green greener

The warranty has been increased by 25,000 miles , on all the new manufactured gasoline engines after April 1. It now reaches three years or 100,000 miles.

Ford said that the prices will not be increased , the engines and transmissions will cost the same as before the increase in warranty. Previously they covered three years or 75,000 miles.
The diesel engines do not get the extended warranty , they remain with the two years unlimited mileage cover

The warranty on all Ford parts begins when the client actually buys the item , not when it is manufactured. It is a major boost in Ford’s image .

The site was designed to help the Ford customers , to bring together the people with the company. Information , lifestyle , accesories , all can be found on this new website.

The website is backed up by several Ford clubs , and already is  becoming a hot spot for ford fans. It is always a good news to hear that a car giant like Ford is trying to connect to the people

The site can be found here: www.fordperformance.com.

It was around 2004 when Caterham launched one of the most sensational cars ever. The R500 with a 1.8 Rover 230 bhp engine. The car was given the codename 500 because of the 500 bhp/tone ratio.

Well now the Seven R500 comes back again with a bigger and greener engine . A 2.0 Ford Duratec with 263 bhp . The new Caterham will reach 0 – 60 m/h in 2.88 seconds. We will gladly see that on the race track

The price is expected to be 46.000 euro.