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The U.S. government and private auto-safety raters made evident this week how tougher standards are moving beyond crash tests that just measure passenger protection. Now, they're evaluating systems that can avoid accidents altogether.The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety said Thursday that 48 vehicles earned its highest rating of "Top Safety Cars." Toyota, Honda and Subaru are the winners, with 23 combined. Volkswagen and its luxury brand, Audi, had seven winners. Volvo, Hyundai and Mazda each had multiple winners. The Chrysler 200 was the only domestic car to earn the ...
According to calculations based on actual monthly sales reported by the manufacturers, the first reports of November auto sales are in.Statistics show that Hyundai, Nissan and Toyota set the pace in November. Gains among major players fell within a narrow range of 0.3 percent at Ford Motor Co. to 3.8 percent at Nissan Motor Co. Hyundai’s 12 percent increase stood out in percentage terms. Hyundai generated sales of 60,007 vehicles, up 12 percent, for its best-ever November. Only American Honda and Volkswagen Group posted a decline in volume. Overall U.S. sales, wi...
Why to speak about winter car sales as about something particular?! First of all because, mainly, car buying is an outdoor shopping experience and most of the car marketing specialists say that the cold weather has an immediate impact on it. Usually what may be noticed in winter months is a ballooning of dealers stocks and a stagnation in auto sales indexes growth. In other words winter storms put chill on car sales.Secondly, there is a certain category of vehicles such as sports cars, convertibles and even certain family cars, that belong to the “out of season” product category. A...
According to Reuters News Agency Ford Motor Company has released plans on a strong investment of $1.8 Billion (11.4 Billion Yuan) spread over a period of five years to expand R&D in China. This news confirms the direct and concerted effort made by the US Motor giant carmaker in order to secure for itself a rather large slice of the world’s largest auto market, still untapped by some major players. Ford now stands as the fifth-largest foreign automaker in China. It follows GM, Volkswagen AG, Hyundai, and Nissan. However, Ford has had a rapidly ascending ga...
The recall covers 470,000 Sonata sedans from the 2011 and 2012 model years equipped with 2-liter or 2.4-liter gasoline engines. At the time, the Sonata was Hyundai's top-selling vehicle in the U.S.Hyundai says that during manufacturing at Hyundai's Alabama engine factory there could not be all metal debris removed from the crankshaft area. This may cause a limitation of oil flow to the connecting rod bearings, and since they are cooled by oil, they could fail. If that happens, the engines could stall and cause a crash.For driver warning, the connecting rod bearing will make a knocking ...
