Archive for the 'Domestic Car News' Category

Toyota’s Cregan to step down (ITV.com)

Posted in Domestic Car News on September 1st, 2008

Toyota’s Cregan to step down (ITV.com)
Toyota team manager Richard Cregan will stand down from his role at the end of the year.
Source: www.itv-f1.com

Toyota Leads August Decline in Japan Vehicle Sales (Update2) (Bloomberg.com)
Sept. 1 (Bloomberg) — Toyota Motor Corp., Japan’s biggest carmaker, led the biggest monthly drop in domestic auto sales in almost ten years, as the country’s unemployment rate remained near its highest level since 2006 and job prospects worsened.
Source: www.bloomberg.com

Woman bound over for trial in crash that killed 2 - Chicago Tribune

Posted in Domestic Car News on August 31st, 2008

Woman bound over for trial in crash that killed 2 - Chicago Tribune
GREEN BAY, Wis. - A De Pere woman accused of driving drunk and crashing her speeding Porsche into another vehicle, killing two teens, was ordered to stand trial Friday. A criminal complaint against Anrietta Geske has been amended to include four …
Source: www.chicagotribune.com

A new enemy for 4×4 owners - Times Online
Attacked by eco-activists and punished by the tax-man, now the owners of the much-derided 4×4 have a new enemy – thieves who slip underneath their vehicle’s chassis and saw off its catalytic converter. Police believe thousands of the exhaust …
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Audi R8 GT3 Production-Built Race Car Can Be Yours [Audi R8 GT3]

Posted in Domestic Car News on August 27th, 2008

Audi R8 GT3 Production-Built Race Car Can Be Yours [Audi R8 GT3]
Based loosely on the production model, this racing version of the Audi R8 is what the company’s motorsport division has been cooking up as a rear-wheel-drive, GT3-spec car that will be sold to customers for …
Source: jalopnik.com

Toyota, Nissan Raise July Production on Higher Overseas Demand (Bloomberg.com)
Aug. 27 (Bloomberg) — Toyota Motor Corp., Honda Motor Co. and Nissan Motor Co. , Japan’s three-largest carmakers, increased global production last month to meet demand for fuel-efficient cars from emerging markets.
Source: www.bloomberg.com

Avants Takes The Hajek Chevrolet NASCAR Knockout - Who Won

Posted in Domestic Car News on August 25th, 2008

Avants Takes The Hajek Chevrolet NASCAR Knockout - Who Won
DACONO, Colo. — Littleton’s Roger Avants scored another win in the ableplanet Late Model feature Saturday night at Colorado National Speedway during the Hajek Chevrolet NASCAR Knockout. Ronnie Hults took the time-shortened Snap-On Tools Pro Truck …
Source: www.whowon.com

Toyota faces uphill truck battle

Posted in Domestic Car News on August 24th, 2008

Toyota faces uphill truck battle
As Toyota Motor Corp. starts production this month of a bigger, more powerful Tundra full-size pickup, the Japanese automaker will try to impress hard-core truck drivers
Source: www.feedsfarm.com

Toyota Gambles, Deep in the Heart of Texas
Toyota will officially open its new $1.2 billion assembly plant in San Antonio that will make the biggest version yet of its Tundra pickup
Source: www.feedsfarm.com

Capello leads record breaking day at Mosport - Autoracing1 (subscription)

Posted in Domestic Car News on August 23rd, 2008

Capello leads record breaking day at Mosport - Autoracing1 (subscription)

Capello leads record breaking day at Mosport
Autoracing1 (subscription), NJ - 15 minutes ago
The Porsche duo have a 24-point lead over Brabham and Sharp with four rounds remaining. Dumas and Bernhard have won four times this year compared to three

Source: news.google.com

Witness: Driver in crash that killed Fox Valley Lutheran graduate exceeded 90 mph

Posted in Domestic Car News on August 22nd, 2008

Witness: Driver in crash that killed Fox Valley Lutheran graduate exceeded 90 mph
GREEN BAY - A 45-year-old Ledgeview woman accused of killing two teens in June 3 crash was traveling more than 90 mph when she ran a red light and broadsided the victims’ car, according to testimony Thursday at …
Source: www.wisinfo.com

Used Vehicle Review: Chevrolet Optra, 2004-2007 - CanadianDriver

Posted in Domestic Car News on August 21st, 2008

Used Vehicle Review: Chevrolet Optra, 2004-2007 - CanadianDriver

Used Vehicle Review: Chevrolet Optra, 2004-2007
CanadianDriver, Canada - 2 hours ago
One of those re-branded Daewoos was the Chevrolet Optra, a compact car sized to compete against benchmark vehicles like the Honda Civic, Toyota Corolla and

Source: news.google.com

GM Statement on Chevrolet Equinox and Pontiac Torrent IIHS Crash … - Prdomain Business Register (press release)

GM Statement on Chevrolet Equinox and Pontiac Torrent IIHS Crash
Prdomain Business Register (press release), India - 9 hours ago
The Chevrolet Equinox and Pontiac Torrent meet or exceed all federal safety standards and have performed very well in other consumer information tests.

Source: news.google.com

Lexus Again Tops Auto Satisfaction Survey; Buick, Cadillac Fall - Bloomberg

Posted in Domestic Car News on August 19th, 2008

Lexus Again Tops Auto Satisfaction Survey; Buick, Cadillac Fall - Bloomberg


Boston Globe
Lexus Again Tops Auto Satisfaction Survey; Buick, Cadillac Fall
Bloomberg - 3 hours ago
“For GM, Ford and Chrysler the uphill struggle becomes more uphill,'' said Claes Fornell, who oversees the American Customer Satisfaction Index for the Ann
Fewer buyers are satisfied with Big 3 DetNews.com
Car satisfaction survey at a glance PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung)
Detroit Three, Whirlpool lose more ground in satisfaction survey The Bay City Times - MLive.com
Detroit Free Press - KGAN
all 227 news articles

Source: news.google.com

Chrysler appoints Gilles as design chief - Windsor Star

Chrysler appoints Gilles as design chief
Windsor Star,  Canada - 31 minutes ago
Chrysler LLC named Ralph Gilles as design chief, succeeding Trevor Creed, who is retiring from the third-largest US automaker. The 38-year-old Gilles,

Source: news.google.com

1996 Chevrolet Cavalier Review

Posted in Domestic Car News on August 17th, 2008

1996 Chevrolet Cavalier Review

Source: www.feedsfarm.com

Auto Makers Work Out Fuel-Efficiency Game Plans - Wall Street Journal
Auto makers are angling to carve out their own niches in fuel-efficient design, from expansion of the gasoline-electric hybrid technology already available in the Toyota Prius to the new plug-in hybrid vehicle known as the Volt under development by …
Source: online.wsj.com