Automobiles Review

Author: Zahari Mladenov

  • Dennis Distribution Commemorates 50 years with Unique Livery Volvo FH Tractor

    Dennis Distribution, formerly known as T & A Dennis, based in Malton, North Yorkshire, has taken delivery of a Volvo FH-480 tractor unit featuring a unique metallic black and gold livery to commemorate their 50th Anniversary.

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  • Free PUC check-up for Tata Motors passenger vehicles on June 5

    Tata Motors is organising free PUC (Pollution Under Control) check-up for its cars and utility vehicles on June 5, 2008. As part of the PUC check, emission related components would be checked and rectified. These include air filters, catalytic convertors, fuel injection pump, fuel injection timing, and engine compression. Customers participating in this initiative will be issued PUC certificates for vehicles that clear the emission level check. (more…)

  • Škoda Auto Issues a Sustainability Report

    Škoda Auto has today issued its 2007/2008 Sustainability Report. The document is a third report describing the environmentally-friendly and socially responsible policies of the Czech Republic’s largest car manufacturer.

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  • Chrysler Canada’s roll continues on combined strength of minivan sales and rapid ascension of Dodge Journey crossover

    Chrysler Canada’s sales grew seven percent in May (27,325 units) and extended the unprecedented streak of year-over-year sales increases to 22 consecutive months. May sales were driven by Chrysler’s one-two punch of their all-new minivans and the newly crowned most popular crossover in Canada, the Dodge Journey. Sales were also bolstered by the increased demand for fuel-efficient vehicles such as the Jeep® Patriot and Dodge Caliber. (more…)

  • Holden provides 75 cars for emergency training

    GM Holden will provide 75 cars to the Australasian Road Rescue Organisation (ARRO) for emergency skills training on the Gold Coast later this week.
    A combination of VE Commodore sedans, VZ Commodore wagons and WM Statesman and Caprice models will be used by ARRO for the Australasian Rescue Challenge 2008 from 6-8 June. When new, these vehicles would have an estimated retail value of approximately $3 million. (more…)

  • GM Daewoo Appoints Kim Tae-wan New Vice President for Design

    Seoul – GM Daewoo Auto & Technology (GM Daewoo) announced today that Kim Tae-wan, Managing Director for Design Operations, has been promoted to Vice President for Design, effective June 1.
    Kim was appointed to his previous post in February 2007. He joined GM Daewoo in January 2006 as Director of Advanced Design.In November 2006, he was appointed Director of Exterior Design. (more…)

  • Bentley to Brooklands charity run

    Ten Bentley Graduate Trainees have challenged themselves to complete a 24-hour, 200 mile sponsored run from the Bentley Motors factory in Crewe, Cheshire, to the historic Brooklands Race Circuit in Weybridge, Surrey. (more…)

  • All-Time Record Civic Sales Top 53,000 in May as American Honda Reports Best Month Ever

    American Honda Motor Co., Inc., May sales of 167,997, up 11.3 percent on a daily-selling-rate basis(1), shattered the company’s all-time sales record for any month as Civic sales reached 53,299, up 28.3 percent versus last May and surpassing the previous monthly record for any car in the lineup. (more…)

  • The new generation of hydrogen storage tanks

    Munich. BMW Group Forschung und Technik, the company’s research and technology arm, has been working with other car manufacturers to achieve an important step forward in hydrogen storage. Teaming up with partners, including some from the European aerospace industry, the engineers have developed a novel type of tank made of composite material for storing liquid hydrogen. (more…)

  • Honda Business Brief Issue 65 May 2008

    1. CEO Mid-Year Speech: Honda to Set Environmental Benchmark with Accessible Global Hybrid

    During his mid-year speech, President and CEO of Honda Motor Co., Takeo Fukui announced that Honda is to launch an accessible hybrid car to allow more people around the world to adopt cleaner motoring technology and significantly reduce global car emissions.  The car will be a convenient and compact 5-door/5-passenger size with an exterior design that employs the concept of the FCX Clarity. Its strengths will be good fuel efficiency, manoeuvrability, comfort and styling. In addition to the new accessible hybrid, Honda will further accelerate hybrid sales by introducing a sporty hybrid based on its CR-Z, Civic Hybrid and the addition of a Jazz Hybrid model. With all four of these models, Honda expects combined annual sales of its hybrid models to reach 500,000 units. (more…)

  • Ford’s Eco-Friendly Fumes-To-Fuel technology ramping up for operation at Oakville Assembly

    Ford’s Oakville Assembly Complex (OAC) in Ontario, Canada, will begin producing ‘green’ energy this summer through the use of the company’s patented Fumes-to-Fuel system, an eco-friendly, industry-leading pollution-control system that converts emissions from the plant’s paint shop into electricity to help power the plant. (more…)

  • New Ford Flex rolls off line at Oakville Assembly

    Further building its strength in the rapidly growing crossover vehicle market, Ford Motor Company today announced the production launch of the 2009 Ford Flex at the Ford Oakville Assembly Complex (OAC).

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