Mrs. Penny Shanks with her husband, they live together in Michigan, just about 10 miles away from the grand GM headquarter. They felt disturbed and annoyed in favor of their family, friends as well as for the neighbors because they are seriously dented due to the regular and ongoing recession of the automobile industry.
After seeing all this, they have also serious made up their mind about buying a new car for themselves; they thought about sporty Saturn Sky.
“From the very first minutes and at the very first look, they have called the car as baby Batmobile” all this is said by a very senior and reputable member of the chamber of commerce. Due to the recent recession and bankruptcy looming, it is said that the Sky may be in its last addition of production. Everybody, who is fond of Sky, looks to buy it now because after some time the condition will be even worse than this. Read more…
Volkswagen’s indigestible love or hate relationship with Porsche is once again firmly in the love circle.
The two German automakers have formed a working group at VW headquarters in Wolf’s burg to work out the details for a merger. The Volkswagen’s-Porsche functional group is made up of representatives from both automakers, as well as from worker councils.
As the news reported that the talk between them was broke down as VW declared Porsche lacked a legitimate plan for integrating the two companies. Then there was a change of mind in both the companies and stated that they would be working together and make advance the efforts to reach the required goal. Read more…
Barack Obama: increase in CAFE is “one of the historic agreements in order to help America to break from its addiction to oil”
Apart from the “Daimler-Tesla” announcement, one of the biggest car news for the May 19 issue is the increase in the standards of CAFE that has been made by the president Obama a short while ago and this agreement joined by Governors Deval Patrick (MA), Jennifer Granholm (MI), Arnold Schwarzenegger (CA), Ron Gettelfinger (UAW), congressmen an many others. During the agreements Obama said that “it was one of the historic agreements in order to help America to break from its addiction to oil”.
At present, DOT is the authority that manages fuel economy, EPA is the authority that deals with emissions and CA will be able to use Clean Air Act so that it comes up with even more strict rules. If this is done, then the car manufacturers have to deal with three agencies. This new rule is one of the national standards so that CA supports and EPA and DOT both will adopt. The standards of CAFE will be increased by 5 percent each year and it will be building on the standards of 2011 until we get into 2016. All these means, that an industry standard upto 35.5 mpg by 2016, this is an average increase upto 8 mpg per vehicle. Read more…
Land Rovers always have gone in their own ways. In short we can say that the Land Rovers always have been a uniquely and gloriously British contradiction on set of wheels.
Contrarian Spirit
The 2009 version of “Land Rover LR2 HSE” has upheld the company’s values, styles and heritage on all the segments. This SUV totally offers more voluptuous body, wider, minimal off-road ability and a lower ride height and looks like a luxury variant of more than that of prosaic vehicles. Compared to other competitors, LR2 HSE is wider. The formal driving position of the vehicle allows for a better view of the surrounding and the corner compared with many other competitors. Read more…
Not everyone will get the advice for buying a car from the “Autoblog Podcast” (Ford cannot build much Fusions), so where do the shoppers who are looking to buy a car turn for suggestions?
Many of the latent buyers will ask around among the acquaintances and friends, especially from those who newly purchased a car or any vehicles. “AutoPacific” asked twenty five thousand car owners who have purchased anew cars, whether they will recommend their cars to other customers. According to this study, it will take more than the blissful glow of a new car ownership to suggest that their vehicle is the one to purchase. “It will take another level of a confidence to suggest it,” says George Peterson who is the president of AutoPacific. Read more…
