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Carbon Motors' E7 Boasts Space Age Technology
22 Nov 2010, 14:16 UTC · By: Alexandru Stan / Police enforcers around the US have just had the right to remain silent as Atlanta-based company Carbon Motors have announced their purpose-built police car. Named E7, the vehicle crashed amidst the badge-emblazoned Crown Victoria desolation causin...
America Not Alone: Europe Car Sales Drop Too
22 Nov 2010, 14:16 UTC · By: Alexandru Stan / The panic-triggered nail-biting habit that has been spreading among auto-makers for the last few weeks has finally reached Europe as overall sales have dropped 8.2% for the month of September compared to last year's figures. According to the A...
Nissan Recalls 200,000 Vehicles
22 Nov 2010, 14:16 UTC · By: Alexandru Stan / If you own a new Nissan, chances are you'll be urged to return it to the manufacturer as the company has recently made a 200,000 car recall following a safety glitch in certain models. According to an NHTSA report, the exact number of recalled...
Denso May Buy Part of Ford's Mazda Stake
22 Nov 2010, 14:16 UTC · By: Alexandru Stan / Ford may be close to salvation as Japanese financial paper Nikkei daily reports the company approached auto-parts supplier Denso to buy part of its stake in Mazda. The news comes shortly after rumors surrounding the matter surfaced the Web a few da...
Jim Taylor Nabs Hummer CEO Position
22 Nov 2010, 14:16 UTC · By: Alexandru Stan / Ups and downs continue to rock the US auto industry as GM's enthusiasm of making it whole through the financial crisis goes from tropical warm to Alaskan cold. In a skillful tactical leap, GM's Jim taylor has left vacant the general manag...
Vancouver Allows EVs on Public Roads
22 Nov 2010, 14:16 UTC · By: Alexandru Stan / With the wave of EVs under development and the multitude of concepts unveiled at the Paris Motor Show, one would think that folks have turned their back on fossil-fuel cars. True to some extent, the new trend is still far from having filled everyon...
How To Mount A Child Seat
22 Nov 2010, 14:16 UTC · By: Alexandru Stan / Although it may seem like child's play, mounting a child seat can sometimes prove annoyingly difficult for the all-prepared parents. Getting it right may take a few tries but, take it from us, mounting it correctly is as important as your dail...
Helio Castroneves Indicted For Tax Evasion
22 Nov 2010, 14:16 UTC · By: Alexandru Stan / The popular Indycar race-driver and “Dancing with the Stars” winner is inches close from “dancing with the bars” as he was charged on Thursday with conspiracy and multiple counts of tax evasion. According to the indictment, ...
How to Change a Tire
22 Nov 2010, 14:16 UTC · By: Alexandru Stan / Some things cannot be undone. Aging, death and global fondness for fries are only a few of the many implacable aspects of life. However, tires luckily fail to fall in that category, being one of the equally numerous things that can be changed with ...
Off-roading with Your Everyday SUV
22 Nov 2010, 14:16 UTC · By: Alexandru Stan / Switching from grocery-purposed trips to adventuring on less-welcoming back-country roads with your everyday SUV may seem like fun but it's definitely not a task to be taken lightly. While driving forth and back from the nearest Home Depot may...
How to Mount Tire Chains
22 Nov 2010, 14:16 UTC · By: Alexandru Stan / When Jack Frost gives you the icy look, you better be prepared for the worst. Winter-time driving can be a trouble-bringer bigger than trying to cook a full-size Thanksgiving turkey using the heat of a cinnamon-scented holiday candle. Precautions h...
Paul Newnman Tribute Helm Auctioned to Help Ill Children
22 Nov 2010, 14:16 UTC · By: Alexandru Stan / Racing takes another turn for the better as Indycar driver Graham Rahal has recently auctioned his one-of-a-kind Paul Newman tribute helmet. Styled by TroyLee designs and signed by both the late actor and Graham Rahal, the helm is not only a unique...
The Wizard of Ohm: Rise of the Electrical Cars
22 Nov 2010, 14:16 UTC · By: Alexandru Stan / Humanity's grip on science is firmer than ever with newer and cleaner vehicles being released by the hour. With the fossil fuel's supremacy fading steadily slowly, mankind is constantly signaling the imminence of a new car-generation. Car...
Economic Slowdown Plagues Auto-Makers
22 Nov 2010, 14:16 UTC · By: Alexandru Stan / The unspooling financial crisis takes its toll on car-producers as the Volkswagen owned Czech Republic-based Skoda announced on Monday that it would halt production for a full week. The stoppage will affect all Skoda plants according to spokesman J...
GM Puts HotShot Sparked Fire Out in Court
22 Nov 2010, 14:16 UTC · By: Alexandru Stan / The North American producer has recently recalled 944,000 vehicles due to hot-spray windshield washer system malfunction reports. Having accused the Detroit-based supplier Microheat for the wrong doing, GM told the National Highway Traffic Safety A...
Carbon Motors to Deliver E7 Future Cop Ride
22 Nov 2010, 14:16 UTC · By: Alexandru Stan / US law-enforcement is to receive a trusty armored-wheeled sidekick as car-manufacturer Carbon Motors has recently announced their purpose-built E7 model. Despite the conditions under which such specially-tailored cars usually operate, augments are ...
Maserati Evades Global Economy Slowdown Blows
22 Nov 2010, 14:16 UTC · By: Alexandru Stan / While some car producers have their minds boggle at counterbalancing losses recently suffered due to the inceptive financial depression, Maserati is happily making the last preparations to celebrate a wonderful year. From a seller's point a vi...
Audi Pure-Electric Car Looms Around the Corner
22 Nov 2010, 14:16 UTC · By: Alexandru Stan / Audi's previously announced intention of delivering a purely electric car over a 10-year time span has just been confirmed. Ingolstadt management-board member for the company, Peter Schwarzenbauer, has recently commented on the matter, stating...
Aussie Surfers Paradise Back Into Indycar
22 Nov 2010, 14:16 UTC · By: Alexandru Stan / The current economical meltdown tendencies seem to have stayed out of some folks' yards as recent events point out. Shortly after Maserati's sales-record break bash, Australia flaunts good news as Surfers Paradise is set to become a...
Volvo to Employees: Drop it Like it's Hot
22 Nov 2010, 14:16 UTC · By: Alexandru Stan / As armageddon easily takes a hold of global financial stability, so do automotive empires begin to snap and crack to the point of crumbling over the ever-thinning market-share foundation. After several makers have already announced the temporary ha...