Gleanings Of The 2012 Beijing Auto Show: Car
Blogging With Chinese Characteristics

post from The Truth About Cars on 26 April 2012 06:51:10 PM. © The Truth About Cars

When it comes to car blogging, China has long bypassed the rest of the world. Even much larger sites than TTAC look like midgets compared to the Chinese giants. Nothing shows that more drastically than the Beijing Auto Show. TTAC and the Detroit Bureau may be some of the few American blogs that sent in-the-flesh [...]

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The Vauxhall/Opel GTC A New Beginning For The
Astra

post from Automoblog.net on 26 April 2012 06:20:08 PM. © Automoblog.net

The motoring world was not exactly waiting with baited breath for the latest incarnation of the Vauxhall/Opel Astra! Previous models could be described, kindly, as a bit utilitarian. Few of us expected much more than a basic upgrade. But when the GTC reared its head at the Paris Motor Show in 2010, there were plenty [...]

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Gleanings Of The 2012 Beijing Auto Show: Toyota
Open To Sub-Brand Suggestions

post from The Truth About Cars on 26 April 2012 05:58:07 PM. © The Truth About Cars

Toyota will launch a domestically produced plug-in hybrid in China before the year is over and will follow with EVs once certification is completed, said Dong Changzheng, executive vice president of Toyota Motor (China) Investment Co., to a small group of reporters at the Beijing Auto Show . The cars will be marketed under a [...]

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Coda Withdraws DOE Loan Request Worth $334
Million

post from The Truth About Cars on 26 April 2012 04:57:58 PM. © The Truth About Cars

Coda Automotive withdrew a Department of Energy loan application after two years of waiting. The $334 million loan was supposed to have gone towards establishing an assembly plant in Columbus, Ohio, but for now, production will continue in China. The plant would have created as many as 2,000 jobs, but the DOE’s stalling means that [...]

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Chinese Carmaker's New Electric Vehicle Features
Dashboard Robot

post from DriversDrive.com on 26 April 2012 04:44:00 PM. © DriversDrive.com

BYD, a Chinese carmarker, has a new plug-in electric car coming out called the Qin. The Qin has a little robot sitting on its dashboard. China Car Times reports on the car here. They are not entirely sure of the purpose of the little dashboard robot, but they suspect it has something to do with the vehicle's "i" networking system. The little bot is outfitted with cameras and is suspected to be the centerpoint for features like a driver fatigue warning system, wireless Internet and voice activated controls.

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Tint At The Touch of A Button: Mercedes Magic Sky
Control

post from Automoblog.net on 26 April 2012 04:41:55 PM. © Automoblog.net

Many of us like tinted windows in our cars. They offer a lot of benefits, chief being privacy and shade from the sun. Thanks to the suns ray’s being blocked, interiors are kept cooler and all of that good stuff. Sometimes on a beautiful day though or when you want to see out the windows, [...]

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2013 Shelby GT500; 662 Horsepower, 200 MPH. WHY

post from The Truth About Cars on 26 April 2012 04:30:02 PM. © The Truth About Cars

Big news today; the Ford Shelby GT500 apparently packs 662 horsepower in addition to its 200 mph top speed. The big question now is “why?” The opening paragraph was written by our cherished Editor, Derek Kreindler. I’m here to answer the question posed within. In fact, I will provide multiple answers. Let’s start with bragging [...]

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Looking Up From Bottom: Chrysler Sales Up
Dramatically In California

The coasts haven’t been an area of strength for American manufacturers. California in particular is a very difficult market for the domestics. Toyota, Honda and Nissan have been dominant for years. Lately, a focus on small cars and more stylish vehicles has improved fortunes for General Motors and Ford. Also, models like the Chevrolet Volt [...]

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China Gets Its Dual Clutches From The Borg

The first fruits of a large scale joint venture of a leading U.S. supplier and a consortium of Chinese automakers will debut in FAW?s Hongqi (Red Flag) luxury sedan. BorgWarner United Transmission Systems (BWUTS) will supply DualTronic control modules and clutch modules for a seven-speed wet dual-clutch transmission (DCT) that goes into FAW’s Hongqi in [...]

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New F1: McLaren Working on Supercar

With the MP4-12C, McLaren chose to enter the thick of the exotic car market for its reentry into road cars. The MP4-12C takes aim at segment best-sellers the Ferrari 458 Italia and Lamborghini Gallardo. The car most know McLaren for though is the F1. That car made a splash as the fastest naturally-aspirated car in [...]

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