In 2010, Aston Martin celebrated its product line-up demonstrating its ability to react quickly to customer demands and to create tailor-fit sports cars. The Aston Martin DB9 is a GT sports coupé launched by Aston Martin in 2004. The DB9 is the first model to be built at Aston Martin’s...
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Toyota, Lexus, Scion Earn 8 ‘Top Safety Pick’ Awards
Toyota, Lexus, Scion Earn 8 ‘Top Safety Pick’ Awards The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) today announced that eight Toyota, Lexus and Scion vehicles were among 66 winners of Top Safety Pick awards for 2011. Responding to the announcement, Toyota said it “is pleased to have received eight IIHS...
Read more Toyota Prius Projects — A Clean Prius is a Happy Prius
For the 10-Year Prius Anniversary Celebration, we decided to thank our loyal Prius owners with impromptu carwashes. We took to the Santa Monica streets bright and early with a car washing crew and two Prius Plug-ins. Once we washed the cars, with minimal water and eco-friendly soaps of course, we...
Read more Renault – DeZir Concept Car Review
DeZir stands out as an illustration of the brand’s commitment to more emotional styling. DeZir’s sensuous lines and bright red finish express passion. Powered by an electric motor, DeZir is proof that environmental concern and a love for cars are by no means incompatible. Under the leadership of Laurens van...
Read more GM inaugurates world’s first flexi-engine facility for petrol and diesel engines
General Motors inaugurated its new flexible-engine facility at Talegaon near Pune on Thursday. This is GM’s first powertrain plant in the world that enables both petrol and diesel engines to be manufactured simultaneously. Among those present at today’s ceremony included Union Minister for Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises, Vilasrao Deshmukh,...
Read more The Carphone Warehouse eye openers
Discover the Nokia N8 – an amazing smartphone that lets you take stunning photos, capture true HD movies and play them all back on your HDTV! Nokia N8 is the first phone to have a large 12 Megapixel camera lens and Carl Zeiss Optics, for flawless photo quality. It also...
Read more ESC: Electronic Stability Control Technical Review
ESC Technical Review Electronic stability control (ESC) is a computerized technology that improves the safety of a vehicle’s stability by detecting and minimizing skids. When ESC detects loss of steering control, it automatically applies the brakes to help “steer” the vehicle where the driver intends to go. ESC does not...
Read more The story of Auto Union
A new West German headquartered Auto Union was launched in Ingolstadt, Bavaria with loans from the Bavarian state government and Marshall Plan aid. The reformed company was launched 3 September 1949 and continued DKW’s tradition of producing front-wheel drive vehicles with two-stroke engines. This included production of a small but...
Read more 2010 Citroën C3 – Introduce "Wash Me If You Can"
Citroën introduces the new Citroën C3 – a smart, sophisticated, low CO2 and unique 5-door supermini, designed for the modern family. Boasting contemporary and dynamic styling, a sleek profile, refined quality throughout and a massive panoramic ‘Zenith’ windscreen, this is a car that sets a new benchmark in the B-segment...
Read more Toyota Sienna
Toyota will display an innovative Auto Access Seat, designed for use in the all-new 2011 Toyota Sienna minivan, for the first time at the 2010 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Toyota is the first automaker in North America to offer a factory-installed, rotating, power ascending/descending lift-up seat. Designed...
Read more 2010 New Chevrolet Spark
Spark is the sort of affordable fuel-miser that Washington thinks GM should be selling a lot more of–as the company may be obliged to do under terms of recently granted federal loans. But GM is not playing politics here. After all, the 2011 Chevrolet Spark was in the works well...
Read more BMW To Make City Car Safer With Carbon Fibre
BMW has announced that it will use carbon fibre to provide extra safety in its battery-powered city car. The same light weight material is used to protect Formula One drivers. The German company will use the fabric to construct a passenger-safety cell for the upcoming city car. According to Klaus...
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