Archive for November, 2005

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Kia Wins a Major Export Award

Kia Motors receives $10 billion Export Tower Award
- Kia is only the third manufacturing company to receive $10 billion annual export distinction
Kia Motors Corporation announced today that it has received the $10 Billion Export Tower Award from the Korean government, thereby reaching one of the most significant milestones in its history — surpassing $10 billion [...]

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Kia Rio

It may not be widely known but Kia and Hyundai are both owned by the same parent company. Although the marketing of both brands is kept entirely separate and here in Australia it would be rare to find a Kia dealership and a Hyundai dealership under the same roof there is a lot of Hyundai [...]

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A New Nissan Navara

Nissan has launched it’s all-new Navara D40 dual-cab this week. Built in Spain the new range of vehicles will be sold alongside the existing D22 model and will include a 2WD model in the up-market version.

Nissan believes that the new D40 is going to take on the Toyota SR5 Hilux while the older D22 [...]

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General Motors Holden Teams Up With Queensland Police

Holden and the Queensland Police Service have joined forces in an effort to reduce the road toll and increase road safety leading up to the holiday season.
No fewer than 10 headturning Holden Monaro coupes have joined the Queensland police fleet to provide maximum visibility on roads during peak periods.

The Monaros will be used as a [...]

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Taxing Hybrid Cars?

Whatever it was that once made America great seems to have faded away in the last couple of years and all that remains is an ever increasing tide of rampant silliness.
The latest crazy idea comes from the US Chamber of Commerce who have suggested that the federal government should now begin to tax hybrid and [...]

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Having Trouble Getting a Driver’s Licence?

If you’re having problems getting a licence to drive a vehicle then just be thankful that you don’t live in Kuwait.
New rules that have just been introduced require expatriates to hold a university degree, receive a salary of not less than $1370 a month and have resided in the country for a minimum of two [...]

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Fuel Consumption Figures

Here in Australia we have recently seen the introduction of labelling on new vehicles that is supposed to show the fuel consumption of that vehicle. On the surface that seems like a really good idea but are those figures genuine?
In the US a recent study has found that the posted fuel consumption figures in 90 [...]

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Waiting for a Toyota Prius?

If you’re in the queue waiting for your Toyota Prius to arrive then I’m sorry to report that the waiting time just got longer.
A fire in the paint shop at one of the two factories in Japan that are producing the Prius has set production back by a week. That may not sound like much [...]

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Mitsubishi 380 – Is It Too Little and Too Late

In a world where timing is everything Mitsubishi probably couldn’t have chosen a worse time to introduce a six cylinder car to a market that is coming to grips with increased and unstable fuel prices.
The situation is made even worse for the company by the fact that the company in Australia wii stand or [...]

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Ford and Holden Duke It Out in the Small Car Market

From now till the end of December Ford and Holden are fighting over the $12,990 price point in the small car market.
Originally Holden claimed the $12,990 price point as their own with the Barina coming in right on the nose with an equipment level that included air.

But from now till the end of December [...]

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General Motors Announces More Closures

The world’s biggest car manufacturer has announced that it will close 12 plants across the US and sack over 30,000 people in an attempt to move back into the black.
Sales of new cars and trucks fell this year to the point where the company lost more in the first nine months of this year [...]

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Petrol Prices Are Begiining to Bite Even in the US

During the recent hurricanes that hit Florida and New Orleans we saw the price of petrol in the United States finally begin to catch up to what the rest of the world pays for fuel.
Over time those increasing petrol prices are going to affect everyone, including those who live an affluent lifestyle. So it should [...]

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Hyundai Sonata

The new Hyndai Sonata has been out on the streets for a short time now and, despite what some reviewers think, the new Sonata is proving popular with owners

The Sonata comes in either a 2.4 litre 4 cylinder version or a 2.7 litre V6 and each version comes in various levels of creature comfort and [...]

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Russia Enters Formula 1

The one-time Jordan formula 1 racing team has now been renamed MF1 Racing and will race under a license from the Russian Automobile Federation. That makes it the first team to compete under the Russian flag in F1