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Auto industry flash news 29 February 2008


The Free Lance-Star

Roush Fenway Racing appears to be back on top
FOXSports.com
Team co-owner Jack Roush has said the organization originally didn’t test its cars at non-sanctioned tracks, thinking that was prohibited by NASCAR rules,


Dog Flu Diet and Diseases

‘Black Cars’ Are Destined to Turn Green
New York Times, United States
By DIANE CARDWELL Those long lines of sleek black cars that idle outside corporate headquarters, belching exhaust as they wait to shuttle executives from


CNN-IBN

Hyundai, GM to cut price of small cars
Hindu, India
New Delhi (PTI): Much to the delight of prospective small car buyers, leading manufacturers Hyundai Motor India and General Motors today said they would


Wall Street Journal

Honda tops list of best cars
Newsday, NY
BY TOM INCANTALUPO | tom.incantalupo@newsday.com 5:51 PM EST, February 28, 2008 Honda still makes the best performing and most reliable cars sold in America


Business Standard

Small cars see yet another excise duty cut
Business Standard, India
P Chidambaram announced a slash in excise duty on small cars from 16 per cent to 12 per cent. This is on cars measuring less than four metres and with


Business Standard

Hybrid cars get government nod
Business Standard, India
After much pre-budget debate, the Union Government has announced a slash in excise duty rates for hybrid cars. The Finance Minister provided relief to auto


Korea Times

Hyundai Cars Highly Rated by US Consumers
Korea Times, South Korea
Kia Motors, an affiliate of Hyundai Motor, also continued to gain a good reputation in the European market with its small family car “Cee’d.


India Infoline.com

Small cars, drugs to be cheaper
Rediff, India
Finance Minister P Chidambaram has reduced the customs duty on small and hybrid cars. The Excise duty on small cars reduced to 12 per cent from 16 per cent


Washington Post

Italians corner market in fake Ferraris
Times Online, UK
Now police have broken a ring of talented mechanics who have turned down-at-heel cars into replicas of Ferrari sports cars for sale at rock bottom prices to


Washington Post

Boyd Coddington, 63; custom car designer starred on ‘American Hot Rod’
Los Angeles Times, CA
By Dennis McLellan, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer Boyd Coddington, a renowned Southern California hot rod and custom car designer and builder who starred


Auto industry flash news 24 february 2008

Rain delays Auto Club 500 Nationwide race to Sunday afternoon
The Canadian Press
Steady rain Saturday night forced the postponement of the NASCAR Nationwide Series race until Sunday, following the Sprint Cup series race at Auto Club

Auto Club Speedway a better barometer of success than Daytona – Nascar
ESPN
The newly named Auto Club Speedway deserves a break. Saturday was a nice day, but rain is predicted for Sunday. And is it too much to ask for a race weekend

Japan’s auto sales in Asia to top domestic market: report
AFP
For 2008, their total Asian sales, excluding Japan, are likely to expand by more than 700000 units to about 5.5 million, overtaking the Japanese auto market

 

Qualifying for NASCAR’s Auto Club 500 canceled
Los Angeles Times, CA
20 car is covered as it sits outside the team’s garage Friday at California Speedway in Fontana, where qualifying for Sunday’s Auto Club 500 was canceled.

Ghosn Says US Auto Market in Recession
The Associated Press
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The head of Nissan Motor Co. said even if the United States is not in recession, its auto industry is.


Auto industry flash news 15 February 2008

Submarine car surfaces
EVER since he saw James Bond drive into the sea to escape a villain in The Spy Who Loved Me, Frank Rinderknecht dreamed of creating his own submarine dream

Bond fantasy becomes fact — just don’t expect RACV help
“Pond, James Pond”: Test drivers take concept car designer Frank Rinderknecht’s Lotus creation for a spin underwater. THIRTY years after James Bond

It only ever existed in world of James Bond – until now
By ALASTAIR JAMIESON CINEMA audiences gasped as James Bond’s white Lotus Esprit plunged into the sea and became an armed submarine in the 1977 film The Spy

James Bond Fantasy Comes True
Designers are bringing back memories of a famous James Bond scene – by producing a car that can travel under water. In the 007 film The Spy Who Loved Me,

Land-Locked Swiss Invent Underwater Car
GENEVA (AP) — OK, so the Swiss have invented a car that runs on land and underwater. But did they REALLY have to make it a convertible?

Bond car inspires underwater dream
By staff writers FORGET James Bond. A Swiss company says it has created the world’s first truly submersible car – and it’s a convertible.