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In Japan, the new vehicle sales tumbled more than a quarter in October, suffering the steepest year-on-year fall in 18 months as subsidies for green cars ended, an auto industry group said Monday. Sales of new vehicles, including cars, trucks and buses, totalled 193,258 units in October, down 26.7 percent from a year earlier, according to monthly data from the ...

After the Malaysia Budget 2011 announcement, the removal of excise duties for hybrid cars means that the price tags of vehicles such as Honda Malaysia Sdn Bhd’s Honda Civic Hybrid and UMW Toyota Motor Sdn Bhd’s Toyota Prius could be slashed drastically. [singlepic id=1265 w=630 h= float=] [singlepic id=1303 w=630 h= float=] It is estimated that the Honda Civic Hybrid ...

Based on yesterday news, Google is road-testing cars that steer, stop and start without a human driver. Google is working on an automated / driverless car with the help of DARPA Challenge luminaries Chris Urmson and Anthony Levandowski. Mr. Urmson was the technical team leader on CMU’s 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge winning entry, whilst Mr. Levandowski built the world’s first ...

Volkswagen AG will expand vehicle and component production at their Germany plant in Wolfsburg and Kassel, Stuttgarter Zeitung reported. In the statement, Volkswagen will increase daily output of the Tiguan compact sport-utility vehicle in Wolfsburg to 1,000 units next year from 750 and build more two-way shift gearboxes at the Kassel plant, the newspaper said. Wolfsburg-based Volkswagen, aiming to surpass ...

Proton  recalls 16,000 cars over clock spring defect that has raised some safety concerns. The affected models are Proton Satria Neo and Proton Gen2 equipped with the auto-cruise function, manufactured between April, 2004 to June, 2008. In another words, most of the affected model are the H-Line models Auto models. What is Clock Spring? A Clock Spring  is located behind ...

Car sales in India surged to a record for a second straight month in August on strong demand before the holiday season, despite rising prices and supply constraints. Figures released on last Thursday by the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers showed that car sales hit 160,794 vehicles in August, up 33.2 percent from the year before. Commercial vehicle sales totaled ...

With accidents said to cause by the Toyota Prius being too quiet that pedestrians are not aware of there is actually a car near them. Toyota has come out with a solution for it. Yesterday, Toyota announced in Toyota City, Japan that from 30th August, Prius owner are able to purchase a device that stimulate the engine sound outside the ...

The new Nissan Murano facelift has officially revealed by Nissan. The 2nd Generation of of Nissan Murano is launched in 2008 and 2 years later a facelift for a year 2011 model Nissan Murano facelift. This facelift will firstly apply to the North American markets. [singlepic id=3738 w=630 h= float=center] It is still powered by a 3.5-liter V6 engine that ...