Not the Top of the Safety Priorities   14 May 2005 04:00 GMT
A dispute between Volvo and its new corporate parent, Ford, centers on the role that crushed vehicle roofs play in the more than 10,000 deaths from rollovers each year.
Source: NY Times

Fiat and GM Sign Separation Agreement   14 May 2005 01:52 GMT
Fiat S.p.A. and General Motors Corp today signed in Amsterdam a separation agreement which dissolves the purchasing and powertrain joint venture companies formed in 2000. The formal unwinding of Fiat-GM Powertrain and GM-Fiat Worldwide Purchasing was executed as scheduled by Fiat ...
Source: CarKB

Parents Urged to Regulate Teen Driving During Deadly Summer Months   14 May 2005 01:44 GMT
Traffic safety experts today called on parents to regulate their teens' time on the road more closely this summer, as the end of the school year marks a time when inexperience behind the wheel turns into injury and death for many teenagers. The "Summer Safety Challenge" was issued ...
Source: CarKB

North Carolina Released Staggering Results from 'Click It or Ticket's' Campaign   14 May 2005 01:35 GMT
The state of North Carolina today released significant results from one of the state's longest running public awareness programs, while unveiling a new advertising campaign to expand the program's reach. The Governor's Highway Safety Program reported that nearly 2,500 fatalities ...
Source: CarKB

Lexus LX 470 Gains Power, Adds Enhancements for 2006   14 May 2005 01:19 GMT
The LX 470, Lexus' flagship luxury utility vehicle, receives a big gain in performance with the addition of a more powerful V8 engine along with additional enhancements. To its arsenal of safety technology, the LX 470 adds a new direct-type tire pressure monitoring system that can ...
Source: CarKB

New V6 diesel engine from Mercedes-Benz   13 May 2005 15:02 GMT
The concept of diesel driving pleasure achieves a new quality with the new CDI engine. As the successor to the five and six-cylinder in-line engines it offers an increase in output and torque of up to 38 percent, ensuring faster acceleration, brisk intermediate sprints and a ...
Source: CarKB

Mercedes-Benz offers innovative diesel cars in every category   13 May 2005 15:00 GMT
Today's diesel engines are ideally suited to all vehicle categories – as a look at the current range of Mercedes-Benz diesel models confirms. And it is not just their economical fuel consumption and environmental compatibility that make them such a popular choice. In terms of ...
Source: CarKB

100,000 miles at world-record speed   13 May 2005 14:59 GMT
Mercedes-Benz has set a new diesel world record and has once again succeeded in highlighting the performance, reliability and environmental compatibility of today's advanced diesel engines. The three standard-production Mercedes-Benz E 320 CDI models completed the 30-day, 100 ...
Source: CarKB

17th Annual Tour de Sol to be held May 13–16, 2005 in Saratoga and Albany, NY   13 May 2005 14:54 GMT
This high-tech, high-touch "traveling festival" and competition is America's longest running event of its kind. For 16 years, the Tour de Sol has brought together students, manufacturers, energy suppliers, press, government representatives, and consumers for a celebration and ...
Source: CarKB

Volkswagen's Hunt wants to return brand to core values   13 May 2005 14:46 GMT
Len Hunt wants to return the Volkswagen brand to its core values of affordable German engineering and vehicles that are exciting to drive. It's a formidable task. VW lost about $1.29 billion in North America last year. And U.S. sales of the Volkswagen brand were off 18.9 percent ...
Source: CarKB