DVD Movie Maniac (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
Print: Good - Sound: Good - Label: 2Entertain - Year: 2006 - Cover: Good - Format: 16:9 - Length: 1h20m/1h19m - Before: No - Again: Yes - Price: £1 - Rating: 6/10. In Clarkson The Good The Bad & The Ugly , Jeremy Clarkson has gone to the USA to find out if there is a decent American car! The Stig is along for the ride, as they put the BMW Z4M head to head with the Dodge Viper SRT 10 , the...
eChurchWebsites Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Two Interesting articles on the Fort Hood Massacre:- Catholic Online (www.catholic.org) Only minutes after the bloody assault at the Soldier Readiness Center (SRC), Fort Hood, Texas, the media was buzzing with news that the gunman, Army psychiatrist Major Nidal Malik Hasan, was a devout Muslim. Before opening fire, first-hand accounts reported he yelled, “Allahu Akbar” meaning “God...
China Car Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
With President Obama slapping down an anti dumping tax on Chinese made tyres, he single handedly irked the Chinese government and started what might become known as the auto wars. China did not take too kindly to its tyres being priced out of the US market thanks to anti dumping taxes, and plans on probing US built cars that are imported into China. Currently several US car manufacturers are relying...
Outposts (Free subscription) | yesterday
The following is a list of Southern California and Eastern Sierra waters, listed by county, that will be stocked with rainbow trout or channel catfish throughout the week of Nov. 9 by the Department of Fish and Game: Trout: LOS...
CNNMoney.com (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
• Problem: 1,162,000 accidents per year are rear-end collisions Possible solution: Collision warning and mitigation What it does: Warns you with light or sound if you must take action to avoid crashing into something ahead of you. Most systems ready the brakes for a quick stop. Some prepare the cabin for impact - tightening seatbelts, raising seatbacks, even closing windows. Availability: Mostly...
Autoblog (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Filed under: Aftermarket , SEMA Show , Ford The rest of the Ford display - Click above for high-res image gallery SEMA is an interesting show. We go in knowing full well that 60-75% of the cars we'll be walking past and/or covering are just trash. Sorry if this bombshell offends anyone, but your Chrysler 300C doesn't need 26-inch hoops, nor seventy gallons of sparkle orange paint. Or diamonds. But,...
Phil In The Blank (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Two different AAD (”American Automotive Debacle”) postings on two different listserves in one day inspired more than a short response on the part of yours truly, so I figured I’d share ‘em on this sad and lonely blog. Enjoy… ______ > The emotional part of me still hates Ford for their “it’s my mountain” ad campaign of a [...]
CNNMoney.com (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Are better times coming? Ford seems to think so, based on the design and features of the new Lincoln MKT.
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Nearly a year after it opened, Red Hawk Casino is still struggling. The casino's management company, Lakes Entertainment Inc., said Thursday that operating results at the Shingle Springs site continue to suffer from the poor economy. Red Hawk is enjoying "solid guest counts, but customer (spending) continues to be less than anticipated," said Lakes Chief Executive Lyle Berman on a conference...
Charlotte Observer: Sports (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
FOOTBALLFOOTBALLToday's GamesNORTH CAROLINAArdrey Kell at ProvidenceBerry Academy at Unionville PiedmontBoiling Springs Crest at Belmont South PointButler at IndependenceCentral Cabarrus at Mount PleasantClaremont Bunker Hill at Catawba BandysConcord at Kannapolis BrownConcord Cox Mill at NW CabarrusConcord Robinson at Hickory RidgeDavie County at N. DavidsonE. Burke at S. IredellE. Davidson at SalisburyE....
CARPE DIEM (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Ford's 2,215 page 2007 master contract with the UAW 1941 UAW-Ford contract Factory wages aren't Detroit's problem, and strikes are very rare in the auto industry nowadays. The real issue is the job classifications (see top photo of Ford's 2,215 page 2007 master contract with the UAW vs. the 1941 UAW-Ford contract below). Ford's UAW contract has lots of them, governing who can and who can't perform...
Autocar (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Now Fiat’s plans for Chrysler have revealed, it’s worth pondering just how remarkably similar Chrysler’s history is to Rover’s. The American carmaker built its reputation on advanced engineering at an affordable price (as did Rover in the 1960s) but suffered a near-death experience in 1979 before being bailed out by the US government. It prospered for a while through the compact...
Mac Beach (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
"It's interesting, then, that Consumer Reports rates the quality of the four-cylinder Ford Fusion higher than the Toyota Camry and Honda Accord, and the Lincoln MKZ higher than its Acura and Lexus counterparts. The Fusion and MKZ are built in a factory without job classifications because it's in Hermosillo, Mexico, and isn't represented by the UAW. If Ford targets future expansion in Mexico, the...
Green Car Congress (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Reported US sales of hybrids. Click to enlarge. Reported US sales of hybrids in October 2009 rose 11.4% by volume to 24,475 units, representing a 2.9% share of reported new vehicle sales for the month. October 2009 had 28 selling...
Film School Rejects (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Our friends over at First Showing got an interesting little scoop this afternoon, picking up some casting news from Robert Redford's upcoming Lincoln assassination film The Conspirator.
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habser | 11/03/2009
The labor troubles of Indian transmission parts supplier Rico Auto Industries have affected the operations of two plants — Ford Motor Co.’s Oakville , Ontario plant and General Motors Co. ’s Delta Township , Mich. crossover plant.
habser | 10/30/2009
Among major automakers, Ford Motor Co. is judged to have made the most progress in improving vehicle quality, while Chrysler ranks at the bottom of the industry for reliability, according to an annual Consumer Reports survey.
habser | 10/28/2009
At this year’s SEMA Show , Ford wil also bring Lincoln, the brand which is synonymous with luxury and the first project will be the 2009 Lincoln MKS by Raceskinz. This new project tries to introduce carbon fiber as the new chrome and the manufacturer, in this case Raceskinz, says that this material has been used in the roof overlay
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