Archive for April, 2007

Car review: BMW Z4 Coupe 3.0si SE

When I first drove the Z4 a few years back, I really loved it. Its challenging looks won me over, it’s supremely quick and its roof mechanism is first rate. The Coupe is essentially unchanged dynamically so I wasn’t expecting much difference.
I was wrong.
By sewing a steel roof on top, all the magical elements of […]

Sunday, April 29th, 2007

Car review: Lexus LS 460

If you’ve got it, flaunt it,” is not the way the Lexus LS goes about its business.
This premium-class sedan speaks softly, but carries considerable timber in the form of state-of-the-art opulence plus enough effortless thrust to thrill its appreciative driver.
Parent Toyota first broke into the North American luxury-car segment back in 1990 using the LS […]

Sunday, April 29th, 2007

Car review: Mercedes-Benz SL550

Though the bottom of Mercedes’ hardtop-convertible SL line, the 550 is not by any means bottom-of-the line. The Benz-born cliché of “precision engineering” is fully evident. It drives like a taut wire, one surgically connected to your id. One example: You don’t close the trunk, you push a button and it closes itself.
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Sunday, April 29th, 2007

Blaupunk: New car audio system launched

The in car stereo major, Blaupunk today launched two audio system products in the Indian market one at the entry level and another with additional features.
‘San Diego MP27 and London MP37,’ would be distributed throughout India in a phased manner, Ajay Sahney, General Manager, MICO and Country Head, Car Multimedia Division of Bosch Group, told […]

Saturday, April 28th, 2007

Car Audio: JBL MS-8 Sweeps Sound Quality Competition

Digital Signal Processor Sets New Standard for Pristine Sound Quality and Ease of Setup
JBL’s MS-8-equipped BMW 325i took top honors in the IASCA ISQC and MECA SQ Extreme classes and earned the MECA PHAT SQ award for highest sound quality score of the event at the 2007 Spring Break Nationals, held March 23-24. The BMW’s […]

Saturday, April 28th, 2007

Kia Motor: Kia Cee’d car on the production line

Employees work on a Kia Cee’d car on the production line at the Kia Motors Slovakia plant before its opening ceremony in Zilina April 24, 2007.

Friday, April 27th, 2007

Ford F-250 pickup trucks

Ford F-250 pickup trucks sit on the lot beneath the blue oval at a Ford dealership in the south Denver suburb of Littleton, Colo., on Sunday, April 22, 2007. Ford Motor Co. on Thursday, April 26, 2007, posted a first-quarter net loss of $282 million, a vast improvement over the $1.4 billion it lost in […]

Friday, April 27th, 2007

Roewe WC2 concept car from Chinese automaker Shanghai Automotive Industries Corp.

Models change shifts near the Roewe WC2 concept car from Chinese automaker Shanghai Automotive Industries Corp. (SAIC) on display at the Shanghai Auto 2007 as it opens to the public in Shanghai, China, Sunday, April 22, 2007. The Roewe is the first own-brand car produced by SAIC, the longtime Chinese partner of GM and Volkswagen […]

Friday, April 27th, 2007

BMW debuts Concept CS

The coupe offers a glimpse of BMW future styling directions, rather than debuting a future production model.
Powered by a 5-litre V10 engine and sitting on massive 21” alloys, the shoulder line eschews the usual Beemer design by swooping down over the rear wheels.
Wider and shorter than the 7 Series, the CS Concept emphasizes a sporty […]

Friday, April 27th, 2007

Chinese automaker JAC during the Shanghai Auto Show in Shanghai

A Chinese model poses near a car from Chinese automaker JAC during the Shanghai Auto Show in Shanghai, China, Friday, April 20, 2007. China’s automakers exported some 325,000 vehicles last year, about 80 percent of them low-priced trucks and buses bound for developing markets in Asia, Africa and Latin America, the government says.

A model stands […]

Tuesday, April 24th, 2007