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Truggie is the new created 1750 HP truck
 Here we have a funny looking Truggie. What's that? Well, if you combine a Chevrolet Avalanche pickup truck with a Buggie you get a Truggie. Of course you will need to add an incredible 1750 horsepower 427 SBC Twin Turbo Hot Rod Series engine to get the real thing. The people in charge of the vehicle from the Nelson Racing Engines agree on the fact that they have never had the opportunity to sell a truck like the "Mad Max".The car has a mid-mounted aluminum engine with a sequential gearbox fitted with a torque convertor. It delivers 1,750 horsepower with race gasoline fuel and the ...
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A low-cost brand was created by VW for China
 Volkswagen has a lot of big plans for China including the manufacture of a low cost brand through the entry-level segment of the country. The idea appeared after the Shanghai Auto Show 2011 when the carmaker introduced the Seat brand to the Chinese market.The company is still thinking if adding a domestic brand to enter the low-cost portion of the Chinese market is a must or not. Soh Weiming, executive vice president of sales and marketing for VW Group China is the one in charge with the evaluation.General Motors came up with Baojun marquee and Honda with Li Nian, so Volkswagen is not the first ...
Tags: vw, low-cost,china, reports
GM will soon start the production for the Volt Crossover
 Soon we will find out exactly what plans has GM. Apparently a crossover vehicle based on the Volt model is involved and the idea is to open a new line of crossover vehicles."Crossvolt" could be the name of the new car and there is no need for words considering the type of car it will be. Also a supposition is the engine that is believed to be a 1.4-liter petrol that will develop 154 horsepower (115 kW). The fact that the new model has more weight than the Volt gives GM the opportunity to increase the capacity of the engine and this way it could ...
Tags: gm, chevrolet, volt, crossvolt
Cadillac wants to give up manual gearboxes
 As year pass you see less and less manual gearboxes; they just don't go with the future. The 2012 Cadillac CTS is one of the vehicles that left the past behind.The model has only a six-speed auto transmission and no manual gearbox. The carmaker decided that it shouldn't have one, not even as option. The 2012 CTS-V coupe, sedan and wagon were suppose to have manual gearboxes, but because of different rumors saying sales will decrease, the idea was forgotten. Some of the 2012 models that have as base model the CTS 3.0-liter sedan have as option the manual gearbox. The CTS 3.6-liter V6 has ...
Tags: cadillac, cts, cts-v, manual-gearbox
2012 Cadillac SRX will have a new engine
 Starting this week you can purchase the E85 ethanol as the Cadillac team announced. The model has a 3.6-liter engine that produces 300 hp and 260 lb.-ft. of torque. The current engine delivers 265 hp and 223 lb.-ft. of torque. The pricing will be revealed closer to the official debut of the car. The idea is to increase power in front of the Lexus RX350.The SRX, according to Don Butler, vice president of Cadillac marketing, has a special design of a Cadillac and an engine that will make the SRX better than it was before at entering freeways from on-ramps and climbing hills. The model ...
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Thunder Ute goes on sale in Australia next week
 General Motors' Australian Subsidiary has in mind a few edition models and it will start with the update of the Thunder for the VE Series ll Ute line-up. The main reason is to celebrate 60 years since the 1951 Holden Ute appeared. The package includes additional equipment and bespoke styling cues that cost around $3,000.The model has 19-inch alloy wheels, satellite navigation, leather seat bolsters and Thunder badges. It has a 3.6-liter V6 SIDI engine that produces 282 horsepower and has a six-speed manual transmission and optional six-speed automatic.Holden Executive Director of Sales, Marketing and Aftersales John Elsworth declared that they are very optimistic about ...
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Thunder Ute goes on sale in Australia next week
General Motors' Australian Subsidiary has in mind a few edition models and it will start with the update of the Thunder for the VE Series ll Ute line-up. The main reason is to celebrate 60 years since the 1951 Holden Ute appeared. The package includes additional equipment and bespoke styling cues that cost around $3,000.The model has 19-inch alloy wheels, satellite navigation, leather seat bolsters and Thunder badges. It has a 3.6-liter V6 SIDI engine that produces 282 horsepower and has a six-speed manual transmission and optional six-speed automatic.Holden Executive Director of Sales, Marketing and Aftersales John Elsworth declared that they are very optimistic about ...
Tags: holden, thunder-ute, sale, gm
Recent unveiled Miray was declared Best Concept car
 This year at the 2011 Seoul Motor Show, journalists were asked to give their opinions on what car should get what prize. The Chevrolet Miray won the title of Best Concept Car as the first concept car presented in Korea. This means, Chevrolet will continue with this kind of great ideas concerning the design in the future. The other categories were Best Green Car and Best Passenger Car.The model was made to celebrate one hundred years of activity for Chevrolet. It has a sports-roadster configuration and it has two electric motors in the front that produce around 20 hp.It also has a classic 1.5-liter four-cylinder ...
Tags: chevrolet, miray, concept-car, korea
GM is recalling 2,100 Chevrolet Cruze Sedans
 On March 1, 2011 one of Chevrolet dealerships notified the Detroit automaker about an incident that involved the steering wheel which had come loose from the steering column. As a result, a voluntary recall was issued by GM, on certain Cruze vehicles. From a report released by GM, it appears that the steering wheel was improperly fastened during its manufacturing and the risk was that it could detach from the steering column. General Motors sent a filing to the National Highway Safety Traffic Administration, in which they noted that the affected assembly plant would help shipment of no more than 2,021 Cruze vehicles until ...
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New Colorado Mid-Size Pickup Truck revealed at Bangkok Auto Show.
 The automakers started wondering around after the 2011 Geneva Motor Show looking to for the next round of auto shows. Now, the GM's Chevrolet division made a plan for the next Chevrolet generation mid-size pickup trucks that will be revealed in March 25 at the 32nd Bangkok International Show. Thailand will be the place where the debut of the Colorado will take place. In 2010, the company realized the truck sector was the most "hunted", representing a 43 percent of all vehicles sold in Thailand.In the south-east Asian market, trucks have a big importance being introduced in the everyday life. For the ones that ...
Tags: truck, pickup, bangkok, auto-show
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