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• Frankfurt motor show: Automakers go green, will clients follow?

  - 2007-09-11

  FRANKFURT AFP — The Frankfurt Motor Show pushed its green theme to the limit Tuesday, but if heads of the world's biggest auto companies were clearly on board, questions remained about whether clients would follow. Chinese and German automakers skirmished meanwhile in a copyright spat over the four-wheel drive...

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• The World Vehicle Manufacturers Analyst May 2007 Issue Features Topics Such As Land Rover SUVs under Investigation for Driveshaft Failure in the U.S and In Germany BMW Announces Fourth Generation M3.

  - 2007-05-10

  M2 PRESSWIRE-10 May 2007-Research and Markets: The World Vehicle Manufacturers Analyst May 2007 Issue Features Topics Such As Land Rover SUVs under Investigation for Driveshaft Failure in the U.S and In Germany BMW Announces Fourth Generation M3C1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:14052007 ...

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• Drawn by design.(automobile designs using pencils)

  - 2005-10-17

  Even with modern computers and the latest graphics software, many car designers still rely on pencil and paper to create the vehicles we see on the road today. Here are sketches - some from the beginning of the design process - compared with the fini Even...

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• Car Companies Outline Plans for FCVs in California

  - 2005-09-02

  Reuters reported last week that representatives from General Motors Corporation, Honda Motor Company and BMW discussed their plans for introducing fuel cell vehicles FCVs on California's roads during a recent media briefing in Berkeley, CA. According to Reuters, BMW said it plans to offer, in limited numbers, a fuel...

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• Honda, GM, BMW to tie-up on next-general fuel-cell cars: report

  - 2005-08-04

  TOKYO AFP — Honda Motor, General Motors and BMW will together develop technologies for hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles, the environmentally friendly cars of the next generation, a report said. Through the tie-up, the three auto giants aim to standardize fuel-cell technologies in a bid to commercialize the vehicles worldwide, Japan's...

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• Honda, GM, BMW to tie-up on fuel-cell car technology: report

  - 2005-08-03

  TOKYO AFP — Honda Motor, General Motors and BMW will together develop technologies for hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles, which are likely to become the main automobiles of the next generation, a report said. Through the tie-up, the three auto giants aim to standardize fuel-cell technologies in a bid to commercialize...

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• A driving attraction: if you truly love cars, then these are the events you don't want to miss

  - 2004-11-01

  AT THE START OF THE NEW YEAR, upward of 32 auto shows will be staged in two dozen U.S. cities--and that's just a warm-up. For car enthusiasts nationwide, the coming months will be a time to check out the latest in hot rides. For the auto retail industry, which...

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• The Sacramento Bee, Calif., auto review Column.

  - 2004-10-29

  By Mark Glover, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 29--A generation ago, the Cadillac brand meant something ... just saying the name prompted images of luxury, style and elegance. In other words, if a friend or family member...

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• The Orlando Sentinel, Fla., Test Drive column.

  - 2004-09-30

  By Steven Cole Smith, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 30--It was lost on no one at General Motors that Cadillac, once the "Standard of the World," became substandard. The company's products were bloated and out of date. Even...

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• Detroit Free Press cars column.

  - 2004-08-26

  By Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 26--Bruce Springsteen is singing "Thunder Road" on a crystal-clear Bose stereo, the top's down, the road is open and the world is full of possibilities. The 2005 Chevrolet...

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