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Safety, Longevity Concerns Could Curtail NYCs
Hybrid Taxi Plans

post from Automoblog.net on 11 October 2008 09:06:19 PM. © Automoblog.net

Did they say safety?Have you ever ridden in a New York city taxi?I remember once, after bombing through was seemed like our 62 red light in a row and screeching to a stop , a New York hack turned to me and said, “Yah, you can do a lotta tings wit ya life, but me? [...]

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Saudi Oil Moguls Fear Hybrid Cars

post from Automoblog.net on 11 October 2008 08:42:01 PM. © Automoblog.net

Quote Of The Week: ‘ Any threat to oil’s leading role as a source of energy is a big worry for a country that sits on reserves of some 260 billion barrels. “We are concerned about the permanent destruction of demand,” says a senior Saudi official. “Those who buy hybrid vehicles are [...]

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The Thick Plottens: GM Tried to Merge with Ford

post from The Truth About Cars on 11 October 2008 08:06:35 PM. © The Truth About Cars

New York Times scribe Bill Vlasic set the U.S. automotive industry abuzz last night, reporting that GM and Chrysler were discussing a merger. Careful reading of the article revealed that the story had more holes than a block of Emmantal. It included unocorrobrated, unnamed sources; backpedalling a plenty and language couching that seemed carefully designed [...]

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Pennsylvania: 4390 Red Light Camera Tickets
Refunded

post from The Truth About Cars on 11 October 2008 08:06:34 PM. © The Truth About Cars

The Philadelphia Inquirer reveals that the city issued thousands of red light tickets in error. A total of 4390 motorists will receive a refund, for a total of $439k. The error came to light in the case of Mike Kochkodin; the 59-year-old motorist received a ticket on March 17 for allegedly entering an intersection two-tenths [...]

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Novo Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 é duas vezes
melhor que a Ferrari Scuderia

post from PLANETA AUTOMOTIVO on 11 October 2008 06:54:00 PM. © PLANETA AUTOMOTIVO

PA - ?Eu acho que o LP560-4 é duas vezes melhor que a Ferrari. É mais moderna e melhor !!! Assim afirmou Maurizio Reggiani, diretor de pesquisa e desenvolvimento da Automobili Lamborghini, Spa.

A LP560-4 conta com um novo motor V10 5.2 litros de injeção direta de combustível, o primeiro de seu tipo em um veículo de produção em larga escala. Engenheiros da Lamborghini e da Bosh uniram-se para desenvolver a tecnologia Iniezione Diretta Stratificata, que garante que nenhum motor V10 de produção gire mais rápido.

O resultado:

Uma linha vermelha incrível de 8.500 rpm, 560 cv de potência a 8.000 rpm e 55,02 kgfm de torque a 6.500 giros.

Ref: Autoesporte

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Video: Old Guy Backs Up Onto Cop Car

post from The Auto Prophet on 11 October 2008 06:09:00 PM. © The Auto Prophet

A 70 year old guy in Illinois is upset that he got a speeding ticket. He intends to speed away, but is in reverse, and winds up backing up onto the hood of the cop's car.

How To Get Jail Time For A Speeding Ticket - Watch more free videos

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2010 Saturn Vue Plug In Hybrid

post from New Car Blog on 11 October 2008 05:21:00 PM. © New Car Blog

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A Better Cop Car

This week Police cars have been making the news.One of the big stories is the new and improved[...]

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GM Acquiring Chrysler

The WSJ reports from unnamed sources "familiar with the matter" that GM was in talks with Cerberus to trade the rest of GM's stake in GMAC with Cerberus for the car (not finance) part of Chrysler.

This seems like a bizarre idea to me. GM would be picking up a big portfolio of non-competitive products (Sebring, Caliber, etc.) and redundant products (Ram). GM would also get lots of deflated real estate, such as the sprawling Auburn Hills headquarters, not to mention the plants, such as Belividere, which make the weak products. GM would also wind up with more UAW workers, and more UAW pension obligations. And GM would wind up with Chrysler's dealer network, compounding the problem of having too many dealers making too little money.

But GM's management would have some business reason to want Chrysler, what would those reasons be? Here's my theory.

1) Minivans. GM got killed in the minivan segment, and this would put them back in the game.
2) Truck dominance. GM could kill off the separate Ram platform and sell a Ram based on the Silverado, taking the truck sales crown from Ford once and for all.
3) Jeep. Even though Jeep has been watered down somewhat by Chrysler's attempt to grow Jeep into small crossovers (Compass), it is still a strong brand.

But all of these strengths are in the light truck and SUV sector, precisely where GM is already too heavy. With the coming tightening of CAFE rules, what business case would there be for GM to acquire more trucks and SUVs?

The idea just doesn't make much sense to me, as the armchair CEO.

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Toyota Exposes Its Tiny iQ

Toyota iQ ConceptWhile an announcement of ANOTHER city car set to be produced in the near future is not exactly breaking news nowadays, the fact that it will be made by Toyota probably gives it a better chance for success than others. Even more than that, it can amazingly seat 4 people.The car, called the iQ, is [...]

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