India is to introduce a safety rating system for passenger cars – a move it hopes will encourage manufacturers to offer advanced safety features and boost the “export quality” of vehicles products in the country. The Department for Road Transport said in a statement it would rate the cars from one to five stars, based…
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Reshuffle at Renault
Four of the seven members of the executive committee – François Hinfray, commercial director, Pierre-Alain de Smedt (industry and technical), Patrick Faure (communication and Formula 1) and Georges Douin (plan, products, international operations) – will therefore say goodbye soon. to allow the internal promotion of four managers of the company, in agreement with Carlos Ghosn….
A new Audi at VW
The latest model of the Passat has just been released. Having already adopted a few years ago the successful “Airbus” strategy of common controls for these aircraft for reasons of production economy, the new Passat leaves an ambiguous impression of Audi quality and design, however lacking in differentiation and originality. specific to the Volkswagen brand….
A new ML for Christmas
The old model opposite has always left me undecided depending on the model in the range, the color or the options, ranging from enthusiasm for the 400 to total disinterest in certain basic models. This time it seems that the question no longer arises, at least as far as the model below is concerned… This…
Barber car?
All Porsche enthusiasts will tell you, if the engine is not rear cantilevered (911 type) with a strong tendency to understeer on entry and oversteer the rest of the time, it’s not a Porsche . Either… myself… The Boxster, commonly known as a “hairdresser’s car” and generally driven by peroxide blondes or young Yuppies in…
The SUV of the future by KIA
The Kia novelty is expected at the “2005 North American International Auto Show” in Detroit. The KCD II is the second concept SUV from the Kia Design Center in California. The KCD II presents itself as modern, solid with 3 rows of seats and a full-length double sunroof. The SUV measures 192 inches… namely 4.80…
French GP, lower prices
The ticket office will be open from December 17 with a 10% discount for any purchase before February 25. The prices go down to 63 Euros, that is to say a fall of 30% compared to 2003 with the aim of widening the audience of F1 declared Jacques Régis, President of the FFSA.Ticket reservationsThe intention…
New gasoline engine standard
BMW Group and PSA Peugeot Citroën present the first fruits of their cooperation, announced in July 2002, in the field of gasoline engines. These motors set new standards both in terms of performance and driving pleasure than lower fuel consumption and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Read more
General Motors plans to invest in Flint, Michigan
DETROIT – The American car manufacturer General Motors announced plans to invest $450 million in two factories in Flint, Michigan, an industrial town whose Ruin was at the heart of Michael Moore’s “Roger and Me” documentary. The world’s leading automaker intends to develop on site its 4X4 motorization site and to modernize its site assembly…
Oldies but Goldies
conclude, ventured a comparison between the IT industries and automobile: “If General Motors had had the same progress technology than the computer industry, today we would be driving $25 cars that would go 1,000 miles on a single gallon gasoline.” If this impressed the audience, the reaction of General Motors was not long in coming:…