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You, too, can own a James Bond spy car

I have no delusions of being a superspy like James Bond. Sure, I have the swagger and the charm, and I look dashing in a tuxedo, but right now I don't have a car, let alone a car with machine guns and grill-mounted missiles to destroy my [...]

Posted On : Apr, 02 2009 | Comments : 0

Face it, your car has real personality

Every once in a while my seven-year-old daughter will watch a car go by as we're driving and comment, "That car looks angry," or "That car looks sad."It's something we've all thought at some point or another (or at least [...]

Posted On : Oct, 09 2008 | Comments : 0

GM shooting for higher price on new small car

When General Motors Corp.'s new global small car hits the U.S. market in mid-2010, the company is expecting it to fetch a better price than Honda and Toyota get for their small cars, GM executives said Monday. The Chevrolet Cruze, official [...]

Posted On : Sep, 16 2008 | Comments : 0

Amid rising gas costs, buyers of US brand cars less satisfie...

US car buyers are growing less satisfied with their purchases from domestic automakers while their Asian and European competitors continue to improve, according to a recent survey. Consumer satisfaction with US auto brands slipped as Lex [...]

Posted On : Aug, 21 2008 | Comments : 0

Ford Vows to Build Higher-Quality Small Cars

Long troubled by consumers who questioned its ability to build dependable vehicles, Ford Motor Co. pledged that small cars due to arrive in a few years will have substantially fewer problems during their first three months on the road than [...]

Posted On : Aug, 12 2008 | Comments : 0

Rising living costs hit car sales

Rising fuel bills and living expenses have put the brakes on demand for new cars, a UK motor trade body has said. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said UK new car sales fell by 6.1% in June, compared with the same month [...]

Posted On : Jul, 05 2008 | Comments : 0

California beats New Mexico in race to build zero emissions ...

California has gazumped New Mexico to land the new plant that electric car company Tesla Motors will build to manufacture its upcoming zero emissions sedan, the Model S. While the company's much-acclaimed first car, the two-seater Roadst [...]

Posted On : Jul, 02 2008 | Comments : 0

Chrysler's uconnect Turns Car into Wi-Fi Hotspot

In what the company claims is an industry first, Chrysler has announced uconnect web, a system that brings wireless Internet connectivity to any Chrysler, Dodge, or Jeep vehicle. It essentially turns the car into a WiFi hotspot that pro [...]

Posted On : Jun, 28 2008 | Comments : 0

Can Tru2way succeed where CableCard failed?

If the industry press is to be believed, Tuesday's announcement that Sony would be producing TVs with Tru2way compatibility was a watershed event the electronics world equivalent of the Magna Carta or the Treaty of Versailles. But let's ste [...]

Posted On : May, 29 2008 | Comments : 0

Longbridge to see new cars built

The Chinese owners of the Longbridge car factory have revealed plans to produce up to four new models at the plant over the next five years. About 6,000 jobs were lost when MG Rover collapsed in April 2005. Now Nanjing, which bought the [...]

Posted On : May, 08 2008 | Comments : 0

MiniCATS: Car Running on Air

When talking about cars, the first thing that comes to mind as far as fuel is concerned is gas or diesel. For some of the more ecologically-concerned citizens, there’s also electricity and even water. One of the lesser known diesel al [...]

Posted On : Mar, 15 2008 | Comments : 3

China's largest carrier ends talks for Apple iPhone

If Steve Jobs dreams of anything other than cubes or the The Beatles on iTunes, it's this: China's largest carriers in a tussle for rights to sell the iPhone. We're talking about a population of some 1 billion-strong who favor BlackBerrys [...]

Posted On : Jan, 14 2008 | Comments : 0

Wooden Supercar zooms in at $32,000

Now this is one vehicle that I certainly wouldn’t want to be caught sitting in during an accident. We all know just how much love fire has for wood, and I certainly don’t want to end up being immolated before knocking on heave [...]

Posted On : Aug, 01 2007 | Comments : 0

Lexar Professional 4GB CompactFlash Memory Card

Ideal for 4.0MP digital cameras and higher 133x high-speed CompactFlash card Type I; 20MB/sec minimum sustained read and write capability Faster camera recycle, so you spend le [...]