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10Best Cars 2006 - - Car and Driver - January 2006 (#)

„As usual, we assembled every available C/D editor to take full advantage of our collective experience. This year that comprised 318 years devoted to scribbling about cars on the part of 14 editors spanning several generations and coming from different parts of the country, as well as from Britain and Germany. Consequently, we all have different automotive priorities and hot buttons. But for this competition, we agree to judge the cars in three general areas.“

http://www.caranddriver.com/bestcars/10354/ 10best-cars-2006-page2.html - Cached

Phoenix Installs and Tests First Production EV Lithium-Ion Battery Pack from Altairnano (#)

„If you think about the cost of gasoline over a 10 year period ($15,000 - $20,000 for most drives) vs the cost electricity (approx 1/4 the cost of gasoline), the extra cost of the batteries could be offset over time (once the price is down to say $20,000 for the batteries). Also keep in mind that electric cars have very few moving parts... because of this repair costs could be greatly reduced over the lifetime of the vehicle. Also there is no need for an oil change!“

http://www.greencarcongress.com/2006/11/ phoenix_install.html - Cached

Found at a page of Mike Millikin, posted on 2006/11/30

2007 Chrysler Sebring Touring - Comparison Tests - Car and Driver February 2007 (#)

„A wide chrome-encrusted grille and spiffy chrome wheels seem tailored to disenfranchised Imperial buyers. The interior caused controversy: Some gave the multitextured art deco dash with its silver-tone accents and white-face gauges points for originality; others thought it looked “constructed from the parts of five different cars to look like the lobby of the Chrysler Building.”“

http://www.caranddriver.com/comparisons/.../ 2007-chrysler-sebring-touring.html - Cached

1924 Lanchester 40-hp open-drive landaule - AutoWeek (#)

„Cadillac enthusiasts are fond of recounting the story of how their make won the Royal Automo-bile Club's Dewar Trophy in 1908: Three cars were disassembled, their parts shuffled and three new cars con- structed from the assemblage, started and driven away-a heady tribute to the acumen of marque founder Henry Martyn Leland, the ``Master of Precision ...“

http://www.autoweek.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?aid=/20001113/.../ 11130702&searchid=73252538295696 - Cached

To stay at home, or go to Daytona? - AutoWeek (#)

„NASCAR handed out to rule breakers leading up to the 500 gets me thinking: Why doesn’t Fox get Dateline NBC’s Chris Hansen to do a show called To Catch A Cheater? NASCAR officials could troll online racing forums and entice crew chiefs to show up at secret locations under the impression they’re going to receive illegal parts to run on their cars ...“

http://www.autoweek.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?aid=/20070218/free/.../ 1003 - Cached

Aluminum Use in new European Cars up 2.6x since 1990; Weight Reduction Yields Fuel Savings of 1 Billion Liters (#)

„In the car body the largest quantity of components made from aluminum are air conditioning systems, hoods, bumper beams and steering columns. aluminum parts in the chassis and suspension section of the cars are mainly wheels, suspension arms and steering components.“

http://www.greencarcongress.com/2007/01/ aluminum_use_in.html - Cached

Found at a page of Mike Millikin, posted on 2007/01/15

Redline plays Fast and Furious with exotics - Autoblog (#)

„#6 - With regulation and restricts around certain parts of the world, car manufactures are restricted on the limits they can obtain on their cars. This allows others to bypass those limitations....or just slap some aero pieces and nice wheels.“

http://www.autoblog.com/2007/01/06/.../ - Cached

Chrysler may ship transmission line to China - AutoWeek (#)

„Chery would initially assemble the Chrysler cars with many imported parts, gradually localizing parts as more suppliers in China meet international quality standards.“

http://www.autoweek.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?aid=/20070122/free/70122001/.../ static - Cached

 

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