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An original beach-loving car invented by the British in 1960s - The Citroen e-Mehari has no doors and a removable fabric top to make the most of summer. With plastic seats and floors, the interior can also be cleaned to get rid of sand. Now, it is on sale in France for €25,000 (almost $28,000), just in time for drivers to soak up some rays in their head-turning new plastic car on vacation to the French Riviera.It is an electric-powered car and has a driving range of just 200km and takes 13 hours to recharge from empty and powered by a range of tiny four-cylinder petrol engines taken ...
Takata Corp., Japanese manufacturer seeks buyers for its Irvin Automotive Products unit. They want to assume the responsabilities of those 10 deaths and more than 100 injuries, and to shore up the company’s balance. They plan to sell their automotive interiors division to raise money for paying for the cost of recalling about 50 million vehicles due to exploding air bags. Takata is working with Japanese bank SMBC Nikko Securities Inc. and U.S. bank Moelis & Co. on the potential sale. It isn’t clear whether Takata is seeking strategic or financial buyers for the busin...
The carmaker has recalled and stopped the sale of more than 260,000 of Mazda CX-5 vehicles over fuel leak concerns, and 19,000 examples of the 2004–2006 B-Series pickup. The issue stems from the filler pipe that connects the fuel port to the tank itself. A rear-end collision might rupture the pipe, which could then begin leaking fuel. Worst-case scenario, a fuel leak near a spark source could result in a fire. Thus far, Mazda has not heard of any accidents or injuries related to this issue.The pickups contain Takata-sourced driver's side airbag inflators that could rupture in a ...
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced that an eighth fatality in the U.S. has been linked to a defective air bag made by Takata, marking the first reported death since April and the ninth worldwide.The auto safety agency also said it named a former US Justice Department official to oversee the massive recalls of airbags and the Japanese parts firm's compliance with a settlement.NHTSA spokesman Gordon Trowbridge told reporters on a conference call that the death took place in July in a recalled used 2001 Honda Accord coupe near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The unidentifi...
German automaker BMW has been fined $40 million by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for failing to issue safety recalls in a timely manner to Mini owners. The fine, announced on Monday, caps a year of auto industry crackdowns by the Department of Transportation and the Environmental Protection Agency. Regulators have come down hard on the auto industry for problems ranging from air bag defects to cheating on emissions tests.The MINI Cooper Hardtop was recalled for the same issue in December of 2014, prompting the NHTSA's investigation for non-compliance.As part of the set...
