Archive for April, 2010

Toyota faces 14.6 million penalty because ‘they’ information

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010

The U.S. government has confirmed evidence that Toyota has been known to jam the accelerator incident on a car four months before the recall to fix. Car manufacturers in Japan will face fine of up to 14.6 million by this delay. Previously, the highest level of $ 1 million fine for manufacturer General Motors in 2004, [...]

Discount 300 million for genuine Volkswagen Tiguan

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010

World Auto Distributor in Vietnam, under the support of parent company Volkswagen, made the promotion unprecedented for its midsize SUV. The program lasts from 2 / 4 to 31 / 5. Starting price (already includes VAT) of the Tiguan is 1.319 billion (approximately $ 69,000). Before that, World Auto prices pressure 1.639 billion. This SUV [...]

APS Sportec Launches 700HP Tuning Package for Audi RS6 V10

Monday, April 5th, 2010

Impressive as the 572HP and 479lb.ft of torque produced by the Audi RS6′s twin-turbocharged V10 engine may sound, there’s always room for improvement. APS, the UK importer of the Swiss tuning brand Sportec, has launched two upgrade packages for the sedan and station-wagon (Avant) variants of the RS6. The first stage adds a remapped ECU [...]

Report: Ford assures workers of bonuses if targets are met

Monday, April 5th, 2010

The latest musical theme for Ford workers and shareholders could be Junior Mafia’s “Get Money.” The Blue Oval just told its salaried employees that 2010 bonuses would average three percent. Not only does that reinstate the bonus system missing for the past two years, it rewards salaried employees the same way it rewards executives. Of course, [...]

Stuck in Park: Smart trying to rejuvenate brand with… foil stickers

Monday, April 5th, 2010

Any press release dated April 1 is a potential disinformation landmine, but news of Smart’s latest attempt to make the ForTwo enticing seems legit. The diminutive Smart ForTwo has fallen on its face in the North American market, down 61 percent this March versus last year, and judging from the latest bit of groundbreaking marketing from [...]