Fri 30 Oct 2009
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is alerting consumers to immediately stop using Mia Moda Viva and Viva Supreme infant child restraint systems due to safety defects. Owners will need to obtain another seat; young children should never be transported in a motor vehicle without a proper safety restraint system.
Lerado, the manufacturer, is recalling 5,540 seats and bases because they could fail to adequately restrain a child in the event of a crash. (more…)
Fri 30 Oct 2009
Honda yet again released another model of the perfect sedan the Civic. The legacy has been kept up and the grace and pride of the civic trademark returns.
The Honda Civic 2009 has been a wonder for the whole automotive market. The designing and detailing of the car has been done so perfectly that one can literally not resist the temptation of getting the car. Now we all know that Honda holds the key to a great car and it has been releasing bit by bit of the ultimate car and supremacy definitely a reflection of the Honda Civic 2009.
The cars details have been changed a lot than the previous models of the Civic. The front fender, which was a very elegant round fender, has been changed to a more retro looking fender. The front side of the car now features air intakes too which have been integrated with a sporty fender to finish the look of the great car.
The Civic now has changed the “Eye” shaped front lights too. Now the front lights of the car look more of what is a katana sword. The light basically is a lamp light shaped accordingly. Along with the primary lights Honda has strategically placed LEDs beside the lamp lights too making the lights look very nice in the dark.
Fri 23 Oct 2009
Family sedans are one of the most sold products of a car manufacturer. And that has many reasons to it. And one of them being not every one has the love for sport cars or SUVs. Family cars are basically the best vehicles that a car manufacturer can offer. This is because they have to limit their selves from all the performance phase and really have to focus towards the interior of the car and the complete relaxation of the customer.
In a Family car or a basic sedan the customer has to be totally satisfied through the best suspension they can offer and along with that performance that can at least cross the high way limit. Most of the car market that is present all over the world is using sedans and that makes companies more focused on these than other products. One of the epic battles of the manufacturers is in the sedan phase.
In a year companies strive hard to release a car that is better than the other competitors and that is just to conquer that product’s customers. One of the best companies in this business and more precisely speaking one of the masterminds of the car manufacturers is known as BMW.
BMW has startled the market always with its great cars and SUVs. They have dominated by now almost every side of the motor world and that including sedans, SUVs, Vans and now even F1. In the sedans phase their latest release the BMW 3 series. The previous 3 series had created chaps in the market and proved to be a great competition for the other sedans.
And the interesting part of that was that they incorporated the car with such a great performance that the BMW 3 series even qualified for track racing. Now the question that stands is that will the next generation of the 3 series be that great?
Wed 21 Oct 2009
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration today alerted owners of Ford vehicles about a fire hazard involving an additional 4.5 million vehicles in the latest in a series of related recalls.
Including today’s announcement (Tuesday, October 13, 2009), there has been a total of eight safety recalls involving approximately 16 million Ford vehicles equipped with a faulty cruise control deactivation switch manufactured by Texas Instruments. (more…)
Sun 18 Oct 2009
The best cars that are roaming in the market are usually custom made. These usually sprout from car enthusiasts which have gone through enough experience that they know what their car should be like. When talking of custom cars it is not like just getting stuff together and putting it on stock vehicles. Custom vehicles are the real deal and believe me when talking of custom vehicles one is really not messing up with you.
When custom vehicles become production vehicles the game gets more interesting. This is due to the manufacturer paying attention to every detail and aspect of the car and that under a professional team. One of the producers of such vehicles is Caterham. Using the idea and concept of Mr. Russell Savoury Caterham has yet launched another of its gems. And the new production of Caterham is known as the Levante. Now for Mr. Russell Savoury , he has been working with bikes and racing for 20 years. He had a connection with cars and the design of cars for16 years. That then led to an obsession and finally the production of the Caterham Levante.
For the car the only words that come out are simple innovation. The design of the car has been kept so simple that one has to rev the engine to prove the point. And once that has been done you can let the onlooker stare at the car for as long as he wants. And no one can resist the utter grace of the Caterham Levante. This is due to the work efficient design of the car which has been integrated with a sporty look making the Levante look as sleek as hell. One of the prominent features of the car is reflected by its body.
Fri 9 Oct 2009
Reports from BMW: the firm is forecast a front-wheel drive comes up with the ancestors of urban vehicles. The ultra-frugal variety should also include an enclosed, two seater scooters, and efficiency replacing the unsuccessful C1 that died in 2003.
Project ‘’I’’ has the assistance of BMW chairman Norbert Reithofer, who has prearranged a small team of engineers to bring the series to fruition around 2012. Led by the French Eichiner, head of group and brand development, the team has the authority to tap into any area of the company’s engineers resources to develop these ‘’ i-vechicles’’. BMW hopes they will be as innovative as ‘’Apple iPod and ibooks’’.
In the evolution of the motor car, the combustion engine is about as advance as manual typewriter. The hybrid engine corresponds at the best to the electric typewriter. To make real headway, this industry must conceive a true equivalent to the PC. Big talk, but the initial plan for the ‘’i-car’’ is hardly radical aside from it being a front wheel drive BMW. It will measure about 4100mm long (so 25% longer than Toyota i-Q) and have four wheels. The i-series will continue as more as a luxurious, rear drive car, because the i-model will be more spacious and much lighter to make it a fuel miser. Power will come from 1.2 liter petrol and diesel engine boxer. Expect some of the component sharing with the next generation Mini.
Tue 6 Oct 2009
With all this talk since June, of Penske buying Saturn from GM it looked like the brand would be saved and Saturn would avoid being dissolved like so many other car brands.
It seems though that 19-year-old brand is not so fortunate. The deal between Saturn’s Buyer Penske, and GM did not did not come through.
The Deal
GM had agreed to keep building Saturn’s top three vehicles the Aura, Vue and Outlook until 2011. Then, another manufacturer would be needed. (more…)
Mon 5 Oct 2009
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Fri 2 Oct 2009
During the discussion of average cars we never tend to say that all the basic family cars are average cars only. This is because there is much other type of cars roaming around in the market too. Now these types of cars may range from simple sedans to the luxury ones and also from sports to luxury SUVs. This bracket is what the normal population tends to use. And it’s not a compulsory rule in any book that proves that normal people use normal cars only. So if any one comes up to you and says that “Normal people only roam around in sedans blah blah blah” you really have the right to boo him off.
When we look at the general market we will be able to see that most of the cars start from the family wagons and sedans. And right after them is the line of luxury sedans more over the greater version of your normal car. And that is where Honda comes in too. Honda has been providing us with all type of cars. And seriously it has given us all the types. For instance they have given us everything from a sedan to a sports car. And still they do not stop on making more.
For the year 2009 they have released by far all the latest models for the market and automatically the sub line of Honda like City, Civic, Accord and the CRV have been updated and now all of them are ready to take on the cars of 2009(Not forgetting SUVs too). Regarding this update the Honda Accord has gone above the level of an ordinary sedan now as the authorities have also stated that the Accord is now a full size car by Honda. And that has been due to the changes that Honda had put in!
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