Blogs Posts in Accessories category; 23 blog posts

2013 BMW X3 Gets 2.0L Turbo Engine - Web Exclusive

The new engine replaces the outgoing normally aspirated inline six-cylinder N52 engine and is scheduled for April 2012 production as a 2013 model with delivery to US dealers in May. MSRP, including $895 destination and handling, are $3939 [...]

Posted On : Feb, 18 2012 | Comments : 0

Bentley to launch $200G luxury car today in Boston

Bentley Motors plans to unveil its $200,000 Continental Flying Spur Speed sedan in Boston today - apparently the first time any automaker has chosen the Hub for a worldwide product launch. Bentley has previously rolled out vehicles in Pari [...]

Posted On : Jun, 10 2008 | Comments : 0

Griffin Launches Two More Auto iPod Accessories

Using an iPod or iPhone in a car is going to be that much easier thanks to the latest round of goods from Griffin Technology. The WindowSeat is an oddly named, but simple gadget. It's a suction windshield mount for the iPhone or iPod Touc [...]

Posted On : May, 30 2008 | Comments : 0

Opel to unveil a new logo

According to Automotive News Europe's John Revill, General Motors' Opel brand will unveil a new version of its logo when it launches the Insignia upper-medium car later this year. The new version of the lightning bolt badge, which has ap [...]

Posted On : May, 21 2008 | Comments : 0

Australia's fastest car yet?

The new FG Falcon-based range of Ford Performance Vehicles includes an even more powerful turbocharged six-cylinder F6 model that is set to break the acceleration record for a locally built car. The FPV F6 launches on June 1, 2008 as par [...]

Posted On : May, 15 2008 | Comments : 0

Microsoft Moves Closer to Dominating Your Dashboard

Ford's Microsoft-powered Sync system has been a huge hit with car buyers and the he one bit of sunshine in the Blue Oval’s gloomy outlook. But with the automaker's exclusive deal with Microsoft winding down, the software giant [...]

Posted On : May, 08 2008 | Comments : 0

New Offer Made In Auto Parts Strike

Striking United Auto Workers union members are considering a new contract offer from American Axle and Manufacturing Holdings Inc. as bargaining continued through the weekend aimed at ending a seven-week strike over company demands for deep [...]

Posted On : Apr, 16 2008 | Comments : 0

Car market still thriving in face of new tax increases

According to MOF, the tax rates of 80%, 85% or even 90% on CBU cars all come in line with WTO commitments. When Vietnam joined the WTO, the maximum tax rate on cars it committed to was 100%, gradually decreasing in subsequent years. &nbs [...]

Posted On : Apr, 10 2008 | Comments : 0

2008 Auto Accessories and Service Expo Sao Paulo Brazil

The AASE is co-organized by China Brasil Investmento Desenvolvimento Comercial Ltda and Chongqing Huaxia Exhibition Co.,Ltd. 　　The aim of the Auto Accessories and Service Expo is to focus on the latest technology and soluti [...]

Posted On : Apr, 07 2008 | Comments : 0

Toyota Denies Prius Govt Funding Report

Toyota Motor Corp. on Wednesday denied it had received any funding from the Japanese government to develop its hit Prius gas-electric hybrid car. Japan's top automaker rejected a March 24 Business Week report that quoted Jim Press, vice c [...]

Posted On : Apr, 02 2008 | Comments : 0

Beyonce Working On Next Album, Wants Fans to Support Kelly,...

Four major US auto shows with international importance keep us busy all winter. Los Angeles begins the season in November where the Asian influence is felt and where automobile enthusiasm is most pervasive in the general populace. Detroit [...]

Posted On : Apr, 01 2008 | Comments : 0

Auto: Industry bound to rebound, analysts say

Automotive industry analysts say business is on the upswing, but right now it sure doesn't seem that way. Kristin Dziczek and Bernard Swiecki, researchers with the Ann Arbor-based Center for Automotive Research, this week told the Tri-Cou [...]

Posted On : Mar, 28 2008 | Comments : 0

Brazil tops five million hybrid cars: auto industry

More than five million vehicles and almost nine in ten new vehicles in Brazil now run on both gasoline and ethanol derived from sugar cane, the car manufacturing association Anfavea said Monday. Anfavea president Jackson Schneider told r [...]

Posted On : Mar, 11 2008 | Comments : 0

Audi's R8: Worthy new boy in the supercar league

If ever there was a car that clears a path through traffic then it's Audi's new R8. Most drivers spotting Ingolstadt's mid-engined beast in their mirrors quickly move over to let it pass, startled by its sheer presence.Can't blame them, giv [...]