Oshawa,
Ontario (July 21, 2008) – Chevrolet today introduced the
production 2010 Camaro being built at GM’s Oshawa Car
Assembly Plant. It is a heritage-inspired sports car for
the 21st century, combining great looks and performance;
advanced technology and surprising efficiency –
including 9.0 L/100km estimated highway fuel consumption
on the high volume V6 models.
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In
front of General Motors’ (GM) Renaissance center on
Monday, members of Michigan Tech University’s (MTU)
mechanical engineering team presented a modified 2005
Equinox, their competition entry in GM’s Challenge X
competition.
“For the everyday driver, we want to make [the Equinox]
to feel no different from what they’re used to.” Team
leader Todd Cimermancic said. “We’re working on the
aspects of design that the consumer doesn’t see.”
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WARRENDALE,
Pa - The SAE 2008 World Congress marks its 75th
anniversary in Detroit April 14-17 at Cobo Center .
The SAE World Congress, originally called the SAE Annual
Meeting, relocated from New York City to Detroit in
January 1933. Formerly held at the Book-Cadillac Hotel,
the four-day event included 15 sessions and attracted
more than 3,000 attendees. Among the featured speakers
that year was Kaufman Thuma "K.T." Keller, then
Vice-President and General Manager of Chrysler.
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FIESTA FOREVER: FORD'S
NEW-GENERATION GLOBAL SMALL CAR Ford
of Europe is reinventing its small car range for a new
generation of customers in 2008, starting with a stylish
and exciting all-new Fiesta. The car makes its global
debut in both three- and five-door hatchback bodystyles
at the 2008 Geneva Motor Show. Designed and
developed in Europe for sale in Europe, Asia, South
Africa, Australia and the Americas More
BRENTWOOD,
Calif. – The rising price of gasoline is hard to avoid
in Los Angeles, but owners of the more than 46,000
FlexFuel vehicles capable of running on E85 ethanol are
about to get a break this Tuesday – paying only 85.9
cents a gallon for the cleaner, alternative fuel.
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A
unique rise to success, Bill Perkins, 58, has moved from
corporate America to owning an assortment of car
dealerships.
Perkins, an alumnus of Western Kentucky University,
possessing a bachelor’s degree in business
administration, and a minor in economics has brought his
automotive expertise and easygoing demeanor to metro
Detroit.More
All New 2008 Mercury
Mariner Hybrid This
time last year I wasn’t interested in fuel-efficient
vehicles but the thing that opened my mind were the gas
prices that continue to rise. I thought, “There had to
be a way to save consumers some of their hard earned
money.” Moreover, how could I save my hard earned money!More
Dodge Ram Poised to
Topple F-150 The
all-new 2009 Dodge Ram made its debut in a most
impressive way at this year’s North American
International Auto Show. The redesigned full-size pickup
led a cattle drive amid cowboys, horses and street full
of media, industry-goers and competitors. Chrysler LLC Vice
Chairman and President Jim Press talked up the
automaker's latest addition to the hyper-competitive
U.S. pickup truck market More
General Motors
Demonstrates Self-Driving Chevrolet Tahoe 'Boss' At
Consumer Electronics Show Electronic Technologies,
Computer Software Could Hold the Key to a Future With No
Crashes, Traffic Congestion LAS
VEGAS – At the Consumer Electronics Show, General Motors
will demonstrate an unmanned Chevrolet Tahoe that used
electronics to successfully “drive” itself through a
60-mile urban course in November to win a prestigious
U.S. Defense Department-sponsored competition. Its
electronic technology is so promising that it could lead
to production vehicles that eliminate the most common
cause of crashes – driver error. More
BROWN GOES GREEN PETALUMA,
CA -- It will be a green holiday this season for
United Parcel Service (UPS), who rolled out a small
parcel delivery service this week in Northern California
using 42 electric cars and trucks from ZAP. The UPS branch in
Petaluma, California has leased an initial fleet of 42
ZAP Xebra® electric city cars and trucks for their small
parcel deliveries. This is the first time that UPS has
used electric city-speed vehicles for this purpose.More
