New Passat Now with Direct Shift Gearbox and Further Options   12 Jun 2005 13:11 GMT
The Passat range has been expanded to include a new engine-gearbox combination: The 2.0 l 103 kW TDI is now available with an automatic direct shift gearbox. Other additions to the model range include safety features like cornering lights and a tyre pressure monitoring system. ...
Source: CarKB

2005 Land Rover LR3: After the Death of the Disco, Land Rover Is Ready to Rock   11 Jun 2005 20:10 GMT
At Land Rover the coarse and disagreeable Discovery, which treated its occupants with the delicacy of a police van, has evolved into a gracefully refined new vehicle: the LR3.
Source: NY Times

What Women Want: More Horses   11 Jun 2005 20:10 GMT
Women of the baby boom generation are buying sexy and indulgent cars meant more to trumpet their liberty than haul the kids around.
Source: NY Times

What's Bad for G.M. Is . . .   11 Jun 2005 20:10 GMT
Only if you work for G.M. is the company's decline a worry. For consumers, the decline can be seen as a symbol of healthy competition.
Source: NY Times

Worries for Workers Who Build Cars or Plan on Collecting Pensions   11 Jun 2005 04:00 GMT
SEVERAL stalwarts of American industry - General Motors, Delta Air Lines, Northwest Airlines - took it on the chin this week as they reckoned with years of poor decision making and some worrying global trends.
Source: NY Times

Ford To Grow Truck Business In 2005   10 Jun 2005 12:27 GMT
Ford plans to extend the leadership of its best-selling line of pickups and commercial vehicles by growing its truck business even further this year. In the heart of Ford Truck Country in Texas, Ford is announcing that F-Series trucks are on track to deliver unprecedented ...
Source: CarKB

BMW Produces 500,000th X5 Sports Activity Vehicle   10 Jun 2005 12:20 GMT
BMW Manufacturing Co. produced its 500,000th X5 Sports Activity Vehicle today, just five and a half years after its market introduction. The milestone vehicle is an X5 3.0d, equipped with a 3.0-liter inline six- cylinder diesel engine and outfitted with the BMW Individual Maritime ...
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ZAP Prepares Distribution Plans for Fuel-Efficient Automobiles   10 Jun 2005 12:13 GMT
ZAP, pioneering the next generation of advanced transportation and energy technologies, announced it would be delivering U.S. certified Smart Cars Americanized by ZAP to qualified dealers in eight U.S. states. All vehicles have been paid for and are in ZAP's current inventory of ...
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Spray-On Mud Makes a Splash   10 Jun 2005 10:00 GMT
A U.K. marketer calls the pricey grime harmless makeup for milquetoast 4x4 drivers, but others say it's a dirty tactic to beat speed cams. By Robert Andrews.
Source: wired.com

To the Country, Without a Car   10 Jun 2005 04:00 GMT
Weekenders without wheels are hardly the norm, but scattered among vacation-home communities are people who want the bucolic life but don't want to have to drive to get it.
Source: NY Times