TOP 10  -  GM plans $500M for 45-mpg small car

The car is a key element of GM's strategy to build smaller, more fuel-efficient models to stoke sales and help restore profits amid sinking demand for its money-making big pickups and sport utility vehicles.GM will pour $150 million into developing the Cruze and another $350 million into its factory here, where the car will be built. The plant is in the Mahoning Valley section of Ohio, an area hit hard by shuttered steel mills and economic uncertainty. On Thursday, when the automaker announced the investment and took the wraps off a foam model of the Cruze, throngs of workers, retirees, executives, dealers and politicians snapped photos of the car with their cell phones.

[ Source : detnews ]

TOP 9  -  GM's Cruze gets 2010 launch

GM hopes that the small Chevrolet Cruze -- bigger than the Cobalt it replaces, but smaller than the midsize Malibu -- will help trigger a GM comeback when it launches in April 2010.

[ Source : freep ]

TOP 8  -  Castroneves, Briscoe scramble after losing cars in fire

The primary race cars for Helio Castroneves and Ryan Briscoe were damaged when a team transporter caught on fire on Wednesday near Cheyenne, Wyo. No one was injured in the accident, but the team was forced to begin the task of getting two other cars ready for today's practice sessions.

[ Source : sfgate ]

TOP 7  -  2010 Mercedes-Benz S-Class Spy Photos Emerge

New spy photos of the 2010 Mercedes-Benz S-Class have emerged today that highlight the various changes we can expect when the model undergoes its midlife refreshening. Although the revisions are subtle, key points of interest include a grille with a slightly more pronounced v-shape, headlights that will reportedly feature LED daylight driving lamps on the sides (flashers will move to the bottom), an updated front and rear apron, distinctly more squared-off side mirrors and revised taillights that may or may not continue to feature the colored strips found on the current model.

 

[ Source : emercedesbenz ]

TOP 6  -  2009 Kia Forte: The Car Of The Futurist?

We've already shown you the surprisingly attractive 2009 Kia Forte and now, thanks to Kia-World, we have a treasure-trove of pictures as well as some more information on the Spectra replacement. According the all-things-Kia site, the new Forte will come with small gas and diesel engine options when it debuts in Korea, with a 2.0-liter engine to follow, likely for the US market. Speaking of the US market, Kia plans to export 200,000 units abroad in 2009 and we assume a lot of those are set to head this way. How will they fight off the Chevy Cruze and other comers?

[ Source : jalopnik ]

TOP 5  -  Ford president quits as job cuts announced

The company says Bill Osborne is leaving the industry and returning to the United States after six months in the job Mr Osborne started as president of Ford Australia in February this year.

He had previously been president of Ford in Canada. The cutbacks at Ford's Geelong and Broadmeadows plants follow an earlier reduction of 600 jobs and Holden's decision to cut its workforce at Fishermans Bend by 500. The Manufacturing Workers Union's Dave Oliver says the industry has a lot going against it."Currency costs, fuel costs and cheap imported products that have been coming into Australia unabated - all have impacted to make the Australian product less competitive," he said. Federal Industry Minister Kim Carr says the Government's plans to halve car tariffs cannot be blamed for Ford's decision.

[ Source : abc ]

TOP 4  -  Contract with Fiat to be signed in September

Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia and Minister of Economy Mladan Dinkic said on August 20 that the contract with Fiat about joint investment was ready and would be signed in the first half of September.

[ Source : emportal ]

TOP 3  -  Eating Out - Ferrari's, South End

Dwarfed by the huge and lovely Croydon favourite Bagatti's is equally delicious Italian restaurant Ferrari's.It doesn't help that most of the window is obscured by decoration and signs, but these factors together have made me unsure how long the restaurant has actually been there.

[ Source : thisiscroydontoday ]

TOP 2  -  2008 BMW M3 Convertible

BMW unveiled its newest M3 team member at the 2008 New York Auto Show. It is the M3 Convertible - the third body configuration for the M3 Series lineup (the first two are a coupe and a sedan). The M3 Convertible isn't a ragtop, but rather a retractable hardtop that provides both the security of a coupe and the pleasure of open-air motoring at the touch of a console-mounted switch.

[ Source : sfgate ]

TOP 1  -  Audi releases A4 iPhone driving game

The game has you steer the A4 through three laps on five progressively more challenging courses, keep track of your lap time and course time, and displaying your speed. The game, which renders graphics from an overhead perspective, uses the iPhone’s accelerometer for steering, with on-screen buttons to operate the gas and brake pedals.

[ Source : macworld ]