Although diesel engined cars are getting a bad press at the moment, the investments made
by car makers in diesel technology means they're not going to be abandoned -LSB-...]
Not exact matches
Fiat Chrysler's stock fell the most after Reuters reported
in the previous session that the European Union would begin legal action against Italy for not policing allegations of emission test cheating
by the
car maker.
Since 2011, the rail industry has voluntarily adopted tougher safety standards for all new
cars, but with literally only a handful of tank
car -
makers in North America and a huge boom
in oil -
by - rail shipments, demand far outstrips supply.
Over at the Globe and Mail, I popped
in on QNX, the Ottawa - based software company owned
by smartphone
maker BlackBerry, to see what was new and also to see what they thought of the big news of Google's Open Automotive Alliance, which will be pushing Android onto
cars starting this year.
Manufacturers of fully electric and plug -
in hybrid vehicles will be the first to benefit, starting this year, followed
by makers of commercial vehicles
in 2020 and the wider
car market
by 2022.
German
car makers «gambled away» public trust
by manipulating emissions values
in their diesel
cars, Chancellor Angela Merkel said
in a Dortmund campaign speech.
One might recall that the California - based electric
car maker reported an unremarkable 260 Model 3 vehicles produced and 220 delivered
in the third quarter, citing «manufacturing bottlenecks» as the reason for missing its original guidance of 1,500 Model units produced
by the end of September.
The billionaire also owns small stakes
in electric -
car maker Tesla and 23andMe, a genome - mapping company started
by his ex-wife, Anne Wojcicki.
Despite the expected decline
in sales, auto
makers are likely to sell at least 50,000 more sport utility vehicles, mini-vans and pickups than they did last year, while
car sales will likely drop
by 250,000 this year, Merlis predicted.
France's
car market shrank sharply again
in June, bringing the decline
in registrations of new
cars to 11 % for the first half of the year, with the country's auto
makers» association warning of only a slight improvement
by the end of the year.
BYD Co., the electric -
car maker backed
by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc., said a unit of Samsung Electronics Co. bought a 3 billion - yuan ($ 449 million) stake
in the Chinese auto company.
Use the anchors only
in the positions listed
in your
car owner's manual and do not put a LATCH - attached safety seat
in the center position unless approved
by the
car's
maker
«We could combat climate change, reduce harm to health and foster advances
in automotive technology
by offering a stimulus for auto
makers to develop more economical and efficient
cars fueled
by ethanol.»
In a recent PhD thesis he gives clear advice to industry, policy -
makers and authorities to work together to develop electric
cars by making their production as fossil - free as possible.
It is being put through final trials before being launched
in May
by Swedish
car maker Volvo
in its new S60 model.
France's two biggest
car makers, Renault and Peugeot, have signed an agreement with the French government that,
by the year 2002, 85 per cent of materials
in their
cars will be recycled when the
car reaches the end of its life.
But at $ 109,000 each the Roadsters are not cheap, and like more established
car makers Tesla has been hit hard
by the recent turmoil
in financial markets as well as
by cost overruns and production delays for the
car.
Starting things off, there's an audio commentary from director Mark Hartley, joined
by «Ozploitation Auteurs» Brian Trenchard - Smith, Antony I. Ginnane, John D. Lamond, David Hannay, Richard Brennan, Alan Finney, Vincent Monton, Grant Page, and Roger Ward; a set of 26 deleted and extended scenes, now with optional audio commentary from Hartley and editors Sara Edwards and Jamie Blanks; The Lost NQH Interview: Chris Lofven, the director of the film Oz; A Word with Bob Ellis (which was formerly an Easter Egg on DVD); a Quentin Tarantino and Brian Trenchard - Smith interview outtake; a Melbourne International Film Festival Ozploitation Panel discussion; Melbourne International Film Festival Red Carpet footage; 34 minutes of low tech behind the scenes moments which were shot mostly
by Hartley; a UK interview with Hartley; The Bazura Project interview with Hartley; The Monthly Conversation interview with Hartley; The Business audio interview with Hartley; an extended Ozploitation trailer reel (3 hours worth), with an opening title card telling us that Brian Trenchard - Smith cut together most of the trailers (Outback, Walkabout, The Naked Bunyip, Stork, The Adventures of Barry McKenzie, three for Barry McKenzie Holds His Own, Libido, Alvin Purple, Alvin Rides Again, Petersen, The Box, The True Story of Eskimo Nell, Plugg, The Love Epidemic, The Great MacArthy, Don's Party, Oz, Eliza Fraser, Fantasm, Fantasm Comes Again, The FJ Holden, High Rolling, The ABC of Love and Sex: Australia Style, Felicity, Dimboola, The Last of the Knucklemen, Pacific Banana, Centrespread, Breakfast
in Paris, Melvin, Son of Alvin, Night of Fear, The Cars That Ate Paris, Inn of the Damned, End Play, The Last Wave, Summerfield, Long Weekend, Patrick, The Night, The Prowler, Snapshot, Thirst, Harlequin, Nightmares (aka Stage Fright), The Survivor, Road Games, Dead Kids (aka Strange Behavior), Strange Behavior, A Dangerous Summer, Next of Kin, Heatwave, Razorback, Frog Dreaming, Dark Age, Howling III: The Marsupials, Bloodmoon, Stone, The Man from Hong Kong, Mad Dog Morgan, Raw Deal, Journey Among Women, Money Movers, Stunt Rock, Mad Max, The Chain Reaction, Race for the Yankee Zephyr, Attack Force Z, Freedom, Turkey Shoot, Midnite Spares, The Return of Captain Invincible, Fair Game, Sky Pirates, Dead End Drive - In, The Time Guardian, Danger Freaks); Confession of an R - Rated Movie Maker, an interview with director John D. Lamond; an interview with director Richard Franklin on the set of Patrick; Terry Bourke's Noon Sunday Reel; the Barry McKenzie: Ogre or Ocker vintage documentary; the Inside Alvin Purple vintage documentary; the To Shoot a Mad Dog vintage documentary; an Ozploitation stills and poster gallery; a production gallery; funding pitches; and the documentary's original theatrical traile
in Paris, Melvin, Son of Alvin, Night of Fear, The
Cars That Ate Paris, Inn of the Damned, End Play, The Last Wave, Summerfield, Long Weekend, Patrick, The Night, The Prowler, Snapshot, Thirst, Harlequin, Nightmares (aka Stage Fright), The Survivor, Road Games, Dead Kids (aka Strange Behavior), Strange Behavior, A Dangerous Summer, Next of Kin, Heatwave, Razorback, Frog Dreaming, Dark Age, Howling III: The Marsupials, Bloodmoon, Stone, The Man from Hong Kong, Mad Dog Morgan, Raw Deal, Journey Among Women, Money Movers, Stunt Rock, Mad Max, The Chain Reaction, Race for the Yankee Zephyr, Attack Force Z, Freedom, Turkey Shoot, Midnite Spares, The Return of Captain Invincible, Fair Game, Sky Pirates, Dead End Drive -
In, The Time Guardian, Danger Freaks); Confession of an R - Rated Movie Maker, an interview with director John D. Lamond; an interview with director Richard Franklin on the set of Patrick; Terry Bourke's Noon Sunday Reel; the Barry McKenzie: Ogre or Ocker vintage documentary; the Inside Alvin Purple vintage documentary; the To Shoot a Mad Dog vintage documentary; an Ozploitation stills and poster gallery; a production gallery; funding pitches; and the documentary's original theatrical traile
In, The Time Guardian, Danger Freaks); Confession of an R - Rated Movie
Maker, an interview with director John D. Lamond; an interview with director Richard Franklin on the set of Patrick; Terry Bourke's Noon Sunday Reel; the Barry McKenzie: Ogre or Ocker vintage documentary; the Inside Alvin Purple vintage documentary; the To Shoot a Mad Dog vintage documentary; an Ozploitation stills and poster gallery; a production gallery; funding pitches; and the documentary's original theatrical trailer.
This is why, despite the evermore sophisticated nature of dampers fitted to
cars by their
makers, the aftermarket continues to thrive, with customers prepared to trade production -
car compromise (even on some very high - performance models) for a sharper focus
in extreme conditions on road and track.
However, the big names
in aftermarket dampers — Koni, Bilstein, KW, Öhlins, etc — create products that are developed
by professional chassis engineers who have honed their skills
in motorsport and have strong ties to the types of
car makers that find favour
in evo (KW, for instance, supplied the coilovers for BMW's extreme M4 GTS).
Early post-war racing — A fascinating collection of photos of the people and the
cars that «bridged the gap»
in motor racing following the last war /
Car model names — Bryan Goodman writes about the origins of car model names following his article on makers» names / Guide to specialists — A newly - compiled list of various specialists area by area able to help with your pre-1950 vehicle / Oliver North — outstanding designer — This remarkable man was responsible for a wide range of vehicles from light cars to the heaviest commercia
Car model names — Bryan Goodman writes about the origins of
car model names following his article on makers» names / Guide to specialists — A newly - compiled list of various specialists area by area able to help with your pre-1950 vehicle / Oliver North — outstanding designer — This remarkable man was responsible for a wide range of vehicles from light cars to the heaviest commercia
car model names following his article on
makers» names / Guide to specialists — A newly - compiled list of various specialists area
by area able to help with your pre-1950 vehicle / Oliver North — outstanding designer — This remarkable man was responsible for a wide range of vehicles from light
cars to the heaviest commercials.
The editor describes an ordinary
car / Geelong Sprint — A report on this Australian event
by Berni Jacobson / Two 1932 Chevrolet Confederates — Dennis Harrison Found beautifully restored examples / Humber 12 saloon — A very rare model with an Australian built body / Peugeot» the lion
in the streets» — Tom Threlfall recounts the early history of Peugeot and tries a 1920 2 - seater / Repairing guages at home — How to do - it - yourself
by Peter Wallage / Automobile artist
in wood — Paul Shinton visits a model
maker with a difference / VSCC driving tests at Enstone Antics on an airfield as described
by Tom Threlfall.
The one - off
car was built
by German race
car maker HWA, but will also be available digitally
in the Gran Turismo video game series on PlayStation.
The club spirit was also well served, I thought,
by driver - school attendees who brought along everything from a Riley (no relation to the English
maker) V - 8 Special, its seat belts on back order, to a fully flared and prepared SCCA F - Production MG Midget race
car, from a wispy 1968 Porsche 911T
in street trim to a bruising 21st century Mercedes SL mit airbags.
/ The First Jaguars — The story of how one small
car maker flourished
in the 1930's astonishingly / The Imperial Russian Motor Industry — David Scott - Moncrieff reveals some interesting information about the little known pre-Revolutionary Russian motor industry / The Arab — A.B. Demaus describes his research and work involved
in restoring his 2 litre Arab / The Anglo - French Marlborough — Report
by Michael Worthington - Williams / 1892 Benz Victoria On the road today!
(Adds details on future investment)
By Paul Lienert and Bernie Woodall DETROIT, July 31 (Reuters)- Tesla Motors Inc, the California - based
maker of luxury electric
cars, said it expects to build more than 60,000
cars in 2015, after spending heavily this year to update and expand its Fremont assembly plant.
Having just spent some time with the sports
car maker's youthful new CEO, Dany Bahar (see interview, page 16), I learned that the sensibility
in Hethel has morphed overnight into something almost completely unrecognizable,
in a way that only an executive who cut his teeth at a place like Red Bull — the purveyor of a product whose success has been driven
by relentless, assault - grade marketing — could front with a straight face.
While some
car -
makers struggle to forge a link between their expensive motorsport activities and their road
cars, Renault is establishing a connection at every turn — hence the concept for the new Twingo appearing at Paris
in full hot - hatch regalia and unprompted revelations
by the PR team that the production version will be available
in Renaultsport guise.
Speaking at the Geneva motor show, Audi CEO Rupert Stadler also committed to filling every gap
in the German
car -
maker's already - comprehensive SUV range, strengthening the prospects of Q1, Q4 and Q6 models, but said Audi's first all - electric vehicle (next year's all - new battery - electric SUV, previewed
by the e-tron quattro concept) won't be called the Q6.
The Mazda 6 is classified
by the
maker as a «sports sedan,» but it's a popular family
car as well — a front - wheel - drive vehicle that's available
in several trims, with a choice of engines and various optional upgrades.
The German
car -
maker has committed to an all - electric version of its X3
by 2020, and both electric and plug -
in hybrid models from its MINI brand.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency is binning targets to decrease emissions and increase fuel economy
by 2025,
in a move that's bad for urban pollution levels but good for
car makers.
The Engine Most of the luxury
car makers in India were hit
by the diesel ban.
enjoyed
by Volkswagen, but conscious of having to remain price competitive
in line with other mainstream
car makers.
After all, Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), although still considered
by most to be a traditional British
car maker, is
in fact owned
by Indian Conglomerate Tata.
Combined, the Golf R and Golf GTI account for around one
in every five Golfs sold
in this country — one of the highest percentages globally — and
by introducing more models the German
car -
maker hopes to continue its reign as the hot hatch king.
In all, the reduction in average CO2 emissions achieved by the BMW Group, as calculated by the German Motor Vehicle Registration Authority, is four times greater than the average figure for all car makers operating in the German marke
In all, the reduction
in average CO2 emissions achieved by the BMW Group, as calculated by the German Motor Vehicle Registration Authority, is four times greater than the average figure for all car makers operating in the German marke
in average CO2 emissions achieved
by the BMW Group, as calculated
by the German Motor Vehicle Registration Authority, is four times greater than the average figure for all
car makers operating
in the German marke
in the German market.
After all, this distinctively - styled little urban runabout with a raised ride height helped popularise the incredibly competitive compact crossover segment — a market any mainstream
car maker would be a fool not to have a foothold
in by now.
With the
car expected to be officially unveiled close or right at the 2015 Frankfurt Motor Show
in the fall, the timing of these image leaks couldn't be more inopportune for the Bavarian
car maker, with the situation made even worse
by the fact that the photos don't put the upcoming model
in a very good light either.
However, while the volume - selling Mazda3 will jump the queue when it is renewed ahead of the Mazda6
in early 2019, the Japanese
car -
maker has signalled its intention to follow up yet another Mazda6 facelift with an all - new model previewed
by the Vision Coupe concept at last month's Tokyo show.
Aside from the revised exterior styling, the new Touareg will be the first and only off road capable vehicle
in Europe built
by a German
car maker to be offered as a hybrid when it goes on sale this April.
For many
car makers, the reason for competing
in motorsport is still best summed up
by the phrase «Win on Sunday, sell on Monday».
We've seen the 2011 Range Rover Evoque get unveiled yesterday at the Kensington Palace
in London
in the presence of Victoria Beckham, and now the first promo video, together with footage shot during the compact SUV's unveil were released
by the British
car maker.
Unveiled
by Porsche chairman Mathias Müller at this week's LA Auto Show, the junior sibling to the highly successful Porsche Cayenne SUV has been conceived to appeal to both dyed -
in - the - wool enthusiasts as well as family -
car buyers, with a broad range of variants that look set to bolster the German
car maker's annual sales beyond the 200,000 mark for the first time when sales begin
in 2014.
British
car maker Rolls - Royce is following
in the footsteps of other high - end brands
by adding a new practical SUV to its luxurious line - up.
Back
in September 2017, the
car -
maker's GS mid-size SUV — which has since been joined
by the smaller MG ZS — became the first Chinese
car to be awarded a maximum five - star ANCAP safety rating.
It was feared the V8 petrol engines from both
car -
makers could have been killed off and replaced
by a twin - turbo V6 as part of the general downsizing trend
in search of lower emissions, but now thanks to sharing its considerable development costs the well - loved V8 configuration will live on for at least another generation at both Audi and Porsche.
According to a report
by the Economic Times, Italian
car maker Maserati has confirmed that it will re-enter India «
in the medium - term».
Hated
by diehard Alfisti fans but set to be loved
by actual buyers, the all - new Alfa Romeo Stelvio SUV is shaping up to be the most controversial Alfa since the unholy Arna (a re-badged, re-engineered Nissan Pulsar) but also the most successful
car in the Italian
car -
maker's 107 - year history.
Engineered
by Japanese auto
maker Mazda and built
in South Korea, the two - door hatchback Festiva is unusually stylish for a little
car and surprisingly comfortable.