Archive for November, 2007
Friday, November 30th, 2007
Your body and your vehicle are two different motion machines, both with the same agenda--to keep you moving and get you where you want to go. How to maximize their performance? Ford, Lincoln and Mercury Certified Pre-Owned have the answers.
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Friday, November 30th, 2007
The aim of AARM 976--the Association of American new truck performance specification for the flee interchange of 286,000-pound gross rail load cars--is to improve the stress state of the railroads, mitigating the increased damage that heavier cars inflict on rail infrastructure. Last year, AAR's Equipment Engineering Committee approved two suspension ...
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Friday, November 30th, 2007
Which is the best car to buy, to lease, to buy used, to drive into the ground? The recent Kelley Blue Book resale-value rankings provide useful clues. KBB projects the resale values of today's 2008 car brands and models for five years from now. There's good news for automakers from ...
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Friday, November 30th, 2007
General Motors recently announced that it will provide consumers with a fully transferable 5-year/100,000-mile powertrain limited warranty with no deductible on all GM Certified Used Vehicles. The warranty, available on all 2002-06 GM Certified Used Vehicles, is effective from the vehicle's original in-service date.
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The warranty covers more than 900 components ...
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Friday, November 30th, 2007
Donald Byrd was all set to buy a brand-new luxury SUM when he stepped onto the lot of Baranco Lincoln-Mercury car dealership in Duluth, Georgia, last May. After viewing all of the hot rods, he caught sight of a sweet, champagne-colored 2000 Lincoln Navigator with leather seats, a built-in TV, ...
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Friday, November 30th, 2007
From Microsoft Watch Microsoft unveiled its Windows CE 4.2-based Windows Automotive platform last year. But it wasn't until the Consumer Electronics Show this week in Las Vegas that the first "concept cars," making use of the automotive software embedded in a prototype Tbox, made their debut. If visions of pile-ups ...
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Friday, November 30th, 2007
The keys to the future of personal mobility, Ford believes, can be found in its Model U concept SUV. Brimming with safety and electronic technologies, the vehicle also makes an attempt to chart a course toward the everyday use of hydrogen as a fuel, and the creation of materials and ...
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Friday, November 30th, 2007
Filip Brabec, general manager, Product Planning, Audi of America, says that while the new TT would "look very similar to a Golf to the equipment in the plant," it is a much different car in that it is the first hybrid version of the Audi Space Frame (ASF) concept. It's ...
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Friday, November 30th, 2007
LAS VEGAS—Microsoft's been talking up the idea of the "Connected Car" for a couple of years now. But this week at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) here, the company actually had real cars to show off that are running its latest Windows Automotive software.
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Microsoft launched its Windows CE 4.2-based Windows ...
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Friday, November 30th, 2007
Tokyo, Japan, Oct 12, 2005 - (JCN Newswire) - Lexus announced today that it plans to display its "Flagship Sedan Concept Car" and two other new concept vehicles; the GS450h, a premium sedan fitted with a newly developed hybrid system, and the LF-A, a premium, two-seater sports car, at the ...
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