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New Corvette Z06 C7.R Debuts at SEMA
The donor car is Corvette’s Z06 with its LT4 supercharged 6.2L V-8 engine – SAE-certified at 650 horsepower (485 kW) at 6,400 rpm and 650 lb.-ft. of torque (881 Nm) at 3,600 rpm – making it the most powerful production car ever from General Motors Continue reading
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Huge GM Recall on Engine Fires affects 1.1 million Vehicles
The repair needed to stop what are now 1,345 fires in vehicles involved in earlier recalls for the defect is unknown. GM said it would provide this information as soon as it is available. Until an improved fix has been applied, owners should park their vehicle outside since the fire risk exists even when the vehicle is unattended since 85% of the fires occurred after the car was parked. Continue reading
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Tagged autoinformed, autoinformed.com, GM 3.8-liter engine fires, Ken Zino
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Former Federal Prosecutor to Oversee GM Felony Plea Bargain on Ignition Switch Deaths that let Senior Executives Walk
GM is charged with two felonies for concealing a potentially deadly safety defect from its U.S. regulator, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, aka NHTSA, from the spring of 2012 through February 2014, and misleading consumers concerning the safety GM’s cars. Continue reading
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Tagged autoinformed, autoinformed.com, doj, gm ignition switch felonies, Ken Zino
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Ford Motor Q3 Financial Results Weak to Mixed
The question remains whether this is a breakthrough year at Ford as the company claims or just business as usual with the F-Series – $42,000 transaction price and strong sales leadership in the U.S. being the jewels in the crown. A redesigned Super Duty version of the F-Series comes in 2016, but the pickup line continues face threats from GM and FCA with its Ram brand. Continue reading
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California Only State Where Auto Insurance Rates Fell
Nevertheless, California auto insurance companies earn higher profits than the national average, and the market ranks fifth most competitive in the nation using the standard applied by the U.S. Department of Justice. Continue reading
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GM Global Vehicle Sales at 7.2 Million Vehicles through Q3 2015
The global sales leadership race between General Motors and Toyota, Volkswagen and General Motors remains too close to call as GM sold 7.2 million vehicles during the first nine months of 2015 a decline of -3%. Toyota Motor’s global sales for the same period totaled 7.498 million vehicles, off -1.5%, but still enough to best Volkswagen Group at a flat 7.43 million vehicles. Continue reading
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Ford Announces Three Safety Recalls
Ford Motor Company said today that it is issuing three safety recalls in North America. Fuel tank fires, extended trailer brake stopping distances and defective child restraint anchors are involved. Continue reading
Toyota to Test Tourist Car Sharing in Okinawa
Ha:mo optimizes the combined use of personal vehicles, public transportation and taxis. Toyota has been conducting field tests in Toyota City since October 2012, and is currently expanding that project using 100 COMS vehicles within a vehicle management system that connects users with vehicles and parking stations. Continue reading
Posted in electric vehicles, environment, transportation
Tagged autoinformed, autoinformed.com, Ken Zino, tourist car sharing
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GM Earnings Flat at $1.4 Billion in Booming Market
However, past management decisions, positions in offshore markets, the failed attempt to take Chevrolet global and currency fluctuations continued to hurt shareholders. In total special items of $1.1 billion negatively affected the operating performance. Continue reading
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Bolt EV Engineering, Manufacturing Outsourced to LG in Korea
In the latest setback for U.S. workers, GM said today that LG Electronics has invested more than $250 million in an engineering and manufacturing facility in Incheon, Korea, to support the component development and manufacturing for major Bolt EV components and subsystems. Continue reading
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Tagged autoinformed, autoinformed.com, Ken Zino, lg, mark reuss, outsourcing
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Winterkorn off Porsche Exec Board over VW Diesel Cheating
This is the latest development in the growing and company-threatening crisis at Volkswagen Group because of its deliberate diesel emissions fraud perpetrated on several continents by now disgraced engineering and management groups. Continue reading
Posted in fools 'n frauds, fuel economy or emissions, people
Tagged autoinformed, autoinformed.com, Hans Dieter Pötsch, Ken Zino
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Ford Police Interceptor Sales Up after Crown Vic Gaffe
Introduced in 2012, Police Interceptor Utility quickly became America’s best-selling police vehicle Ford now has a 61% market share through June 2015, a more than 20% gain from a self-inflicted wound. Continue reading
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Department of Ho Hum – NASCAR 2016 Rules
Decals will be used to create the illusion of different make racecars. Continue reading
Shark Lawyers Circling VW Call for Buyback of Diesels
The Hagens Berman and Quinn Emanuel law firms filed a motion today in their national lawsuit against Volkswagen asking the court to order Volkswagen to provide owners of the VW diesels an immediate buyback offer at the Kelley Blue Book value Continue reading
Usual Posturing at VW House Hearing on Dirty Diesels
Panel members were skeptical to hostile during their questioning of Horn. It was clear that they expected not only significant fines to arise, but for VW to buy back the cars at the pre-scandal price. Continue reading
Posted in fuel economy or emissions, litigation
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