Honda to Provide New Consumer Safety Information on All Cars and Trucks   28 Jun 2005 18:53 GMT
American Honda Motor Co., Inc., announced today a new voluntary program to provide important safety information to consumers. Monroney labels (window stickers) on all 2006 model year Honda and Acura cars and light-duty trucks will include a listing of government crash test ...
Source: CarKB

Hybrid and Diesel Vehicles Expected to Garner 11 Percent of U.S. Sales by 2012   28 Jun 2005 18:50 GMT
New vehicles powered by hybrid electric or clean diesel engines are expected to garner 11 percent of U.S. sales by 2012 -- up from 4.8 percent in 2005 -- according to a report by J.D. Power-LMC Automotive Forecasting Services. The report shows that hybrids, which accounted for 0.5 ...
Source: CarKB

Mercedes-Benz A-Class: Top of its Class in the European NCAP Crash Test   28 Jun 2005 13:22 GMT
The Mercedes-Benz A-Class has returned the best result in its class with regard to the crash tests in accordance with the European NCAP standard (New Car Assessment Programme) and has been awarded five stars. With this excellent result the patented sandwich-floor safety concept of ...
Source: CarKB

First eBay Auction for U.S.-Compliant Smart Car from ZAP Closes at $35,350   28 Jun 2005 13:16 GMT
ZAP, pioneering the next generation of advanced transportation and energy technologies, announced today that its eBay auction for the first U.S.-compliant Smart Car available to the general public closed on Saturday evening on a winning bid of $35,350 placed by a businessman and ...
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Low-cost Intersection Improvements Reduce Senior Driver Injuries   28 Jun 2005 13:11 GMT
Analysis of crash data from a road demonstration program in Michigan found that low-cost intersection improvements had a significantly greater safety benefit for drivers 65 and older than for drivers 25 to 64, AAA announced today. According AAA Michigan’s “Road Improvement ...
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Smart Cars Are Slow Off the Line   28 Jun 2005 10:00 GMT
Dealers in eight states are slated to get the pint-sized cars, but consumers have no guarantees they'll be driving them in droves anytime soon. By John Gartner.
Source: wired.com

Preview: 2006 Mitsubishi Eclipse   28 Jun 2005 07:00 GMT
Mitsubishi aims its boldly redesigned Eclipse sport coupe at both the tuner and boomer sets.
Source: MSN

How to Market Hummers to the Masses   28 Jun 2005 04:00 GMT
Hummer is a brand comfortable with its skin, or sheet metal, as it were. And it knows exactly who buys its trucks.
Source: NY Times

New Product Enables a Gasoline Engine to be as Fuel Efficient as a Diesel   27 Jun 2005 21:43 GMT
A new design that will enable a gasoline engine to be as fuel efficient as a diesel engine has just been awarded patent number 6,907,859 from the U.S. Patent Office, according to a spokesperson from National Fuelsaver Corporation. The newly patented design shows how to manufacture ...
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Purchasing an SUV Not Seen as Patriotic   27 Jun 2005 21:37 GMT
A new study available today from Kelley Blue Book Marketing Research reveals that a strong majority of American consumers do not see the purchase of an SUV as "patriotic." In the third installment of the company's annual New-Vehicle Buyer Attitude Study on SUVs, nearly 90 percent ...
Source: CarKB