Spring is here, and it's the perfect time to discover fresh feelings of adventure.If you are willing to explore your need for speed, then RepoKar is the right place for you! RepoKar is a fun, high-octane online Public Auto Auction where you'r...
Auto-auction business has been through a productive period last year. After four years of declines, came four years of increase. More than 9.3 million vehicles were sold in 2015 by National Auto Auction. The prices paid for the sold vehicles reach $90.6 billion in 2015, which is more than the previous record set in 2007 - %90.5 billion. National Auto Auction was offering 16,6 million vehicles to the auction members 55,9% of them got already sold. Even though the average price per vehicle increased from $9368 in 2014 to $9748 in 2015, the buyers didn't lose their interest in...
Japanese airbag manufacturer Takata Corp. is expected to additionally recall around 40 million additional inflators in U.S. vehicles. The expanded recall will be phased in over several years and more than double what is already the largest and most complex auto safety recall in U.S. history. After the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reviewed findings from three outside investigations concerning the defective airbag inflators, Takata had to work on a plan for the expanded callback. The inflators contain propellant that can deploy with too much f...
Company mergers in the modern automotive industry has become a common practice. More and more specialists declare that the auto industry should consolidate further to cope with rising development costs. As thus, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Chairman John Elkann renewed a push to merge the company with one of the auto industry’s “big guys”, saying savings could top $10 billion a year.Even with developments like car sharing and self-driving vehicles, Fiat Chrysler’s major competitors should consider the potential benefits of a merger because the bulk of their ...
Two years after Paul's death, Meadow Walker (17) agrees to take 10,1 million $ from the family of Roger Rodas, who took a partial responsibility for the crash. Roger was the one driving, Paul was a simple passenger back then, he survived the crash but was trapped and burned to death because of the vehicle's defects.Roger was driving a Porsche Carrera GT, when the accident happened. Police officials ruled that the reason of his and Paul's deaths was excessive speed.Meadow's decision was followed by the explanation below:"The amount paid by the estate of Roger Rodas int...
Nissan has confirmed that it will not build small, rear-wheel-drive sports cars soon.The model which may have tackled the likes of Toyota’s 86 and the Mazda MX-5 in the sales-race would have sat below the current 370Z and GT-R models in the carmaker’s range.But now, according to reports out of Europe, the small sports car plans have been returned to the shelf where they may sit for quite some time. According to Nissan Senior Vice President Shiro Nakamura, the company has a modular platform currently under development that could underpin a model range featuring both electric and fos...
