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700 emotions with to go woth 700 HP
 Emotion Wheels, a brand established and well-known for it's high-quality and design of wheels, got in the tuning world.The latest evidence of it's madness is the ultra-modified BMW M3 E92.After their last introspection into tuning, they convinced us that they sure know what they are doing, presenting us a radical new Audi Q5, but now, they decided to step a bit further.In normal circumstances, the M3 has a 4.0 naturally aspired V8, wich produces up to 420 HP.Emotion Wheels decided that this engine wasn't good enough for their plans, so they started modifying the 4.4 L V8 you would usually find under the hood of ...
Tags: Emotion, Wheels, M3, BMW
Porsche working on 911 Speedster
 It appears the 911 Speedster may make a return, as claimed by reports coming out of Europe.According to a leaked document detailing Porsche's product plans until the end of 2012, the 911 Speedster will be a limited edition. Only 100 units will be produced towards the end of the year, about 800 less than the production run of the original 1989 911 Speedster.The Speedster is essentially a chopped convertible with an oversized rear hump, which gives the Speedster its signature shape, leading into a streamlined tail. The latest model based on the 911 will follow this same design route but it's expected to also feature ...
Tags: working, speedster, 911, 911-speedster, porsche-911, porsche-911-speedster, porsche
2011 Lincoln MKX and new Ford Focus coming to Detroit
 The 2010 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), also known as the Detroit Auto Show, is a very important even for all automakers in general but for the North American automakers in particular. Practically, it is their home town auto event so they must do their best to impress the audience. Ford has announced that they will be revealing the 2011 Lincoln MKX midsize crossover and the all new 2011 Ford Focus at the 2010 Detroit Auto Show, in just a couple of days. Obviously, the more important of the two is the all new Ford Focus. The North American automaker has high ...
Tags: focus, 2011, mkx, coming, detroit, naias, show, lincoln, ford
Top Safety Pick rating from the IIHS for 2010 Lincoln MKT
 * The all-new 2010 Lincoln MKT three-row luxury crossover received a "Top Safety Pick" rating from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS)* MKT offers a high level of crash protection – including state-of-the-art side air bags that are designed to deploy up to 30 percent earlier than traditional air bag systems – while offering a segment-first, forward collision warning system as part of Lincoln`s push into new crash-avoidance technologies* MKT offers an array of standard driver-awareness features – including a first-in-class Blind Spot Information System (BLIS®) with Cross Traffic Alert (CTA)* Ford Motor Company has more IIHS Top Safety Pick ratings than any other ...
Tags: mkt, top-safety-pick. iihs, linkoln-mkt, suv, luxury, crash-avoidance
Ford is adding shift at factories meeting demand for Escape and F-150
 FoMoCo made the announcement just now that it will add a 3rd shift to its Truck Plant in Dearborn and Kansas City Assembly Factory’s sport utility lineup; all this for meeting powerful demand for Escape and F-150, Ford cars. This action will be adding employment full-time for 2,800 people thaat worked on a 2-weeks-on, 1-week-off schedule. Ken Czubay, the Ford vice president, Marketing, Sales and Service said 'Even with ‘Cash for Clunkers’ behind us, we expect that demand for our fuel-efficient, high quality new vehicles will remain strong. We had a solid July sales month, and we are headed toward an even stronger August. We’re ...
Tags: escape, f-150, record, work, hybrid, sub, truck, plant
Ford`s sales in July up 9% due to Cash for Clunkers program. Ford hybrid sales - up a fabulous 323 %
 Ford announced today that the fuel-efficient cars demand alongside the Cars Allowance Rebate System of the government (Cash for Clunkers) really helped this Dearborn manufacturer post this year the 1st sales raise of any important carmaker.Mercury Lincoln and Ford retail sales are up in July with 9 % having 158,838 total of sales. 'We had another strong month in progress before the ‘Cash for Clunkers’ program started' stated Ken Czubay, the Ford vice president, American Marketing, Sales and Service. 'Our products, our dealers and our advance preparation enabled us to leverage the program and drive traffic and sales to another level. In addition, ...
Tags: ford, sales, july, cash, clunkers, hybrid
Ford is replacing GM as no.1 sales leader in the Canadian territory
 For a long time, GM was the champion, undisputed in auto sales in Canada right among the American automakers. It seemed GM’s invincibility in the north would never be... challenged, that's right until Ford really turned the tables on... in June.Ford June sales in Canada monthly were with 27,408 autos sold, supplanting GM on the top of for the 1st time in fifty years. Ford’s sales - a bit over 5,000 unit more than General Motors - 22,334 cars. Ford’s surge surprising on top was in big part caused by this huge demand for Ford vehicles locally-manufactured including Crown Victoria, Lincoln Town Car and Grand ...
Tags: ford, gm, canada, lincoln, town, crown, victoria, mercury, grand, marquis
Buick LaCrosse offers four-cylinder 2.4-liter
 Buick just announced that its future LaCrosse 4-door sedan 2010 will be offering a direct-injection, fuel-efficient, 2.4-liter 182-horsepower Ecotec 4-cylinder engine unit. In the city, it's capable of 20 mpg and on the highway - 30 mpg, GM says that the LaCrosse 4-banger will be right among the most efficient in this area.The engine with direct-injection makes 172 lb-ft. torque, at 4,900 rpm. Buick affirms it will be basic on the entry-level CX LaCrosse only. So, the LaCrosse unit will still have the V6 direct-injected 3.0-liter, 255 horsepower, 3.6-liter V6 direct-injected, 280 horsepower. It's not clear how the 4-cylinder will be affecting the base price ...
Tags: buick, lacrosse, 4-cylinder, 2.4-liter
Lincoln MKS 2010 is getting EcoBoost power
 Times are now changing... raw power, economy, internal combustion extinction... Mark Fields - Executive Vice President at Ford confirmed that clients will see gas burning and piston pumping engines 20 years at least from now. There is still lots of technological advancement and development to be done, 1 of Ford's reasons is the new EcoBoost V6 model. 'We are committed to delivering fuel economy leadership in every new vehicle' affirmed Derrick Kuzak, the group vice president - Global Product Development for Ford. 'We do this with affordable technology that can be applied to the widest number of vehicles. EcoBoost is an important component of that ...
Tags: lincoln, mks, 2010, ecoboost, sedan, industry, fuel, green
Ford stabilizing brand market share, raising Lincoln share
 Jim Farley, the marketing chief at Ford says he expects the core brand of the automaker market share stabilizing this year - plus, thanks to some recent introductions about the product, Lincoln could now see uptick from the present 0.8 % market share. The department's market share of Ford has seen the steady decrease, this over the previous 2 decades to the present 12.7 %.15 years ago the sales of Lincoln, Mercury and Ford made up 25.7 % of overall car sales in America. Last year, the number was 14.4 %, down with 0.4 % from '07. “We think we have a really good chance ...
Tags: ford, market, share, lincoln, sales, down, detroit
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