British explorer Ben Saunders will attempt to become the fastest ever to reach the North Pole on foot. However, British carmaker Land Rover will support the expedition, due to start on March 15. Though there isn’t any car involved in the process, Saunders has a Land Rover Discovery received from a sponsorship agreement with the carmaker.
The current speed record is of 36 days, 22 hours, but giving Ben’s achievements so far, it should be nothing but a peanut.
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Fiat has far greater plans for the U.S. market than just reviving Chrysler. As it previously announced, the brand will re-enter the U.S. market, with the 500 as the first model to be brought stateside.
In the current economical climate, management changes in the auto industry have become quite usual. In search for better management and out of the box thinking, Nissan has just announced changes and promotions within its global management team.
Nissan had just unveiled the first commercial vehicle in the company lineup for North America at the National Truck Equipment Association’s (NTEA) annual Work Truck Show. Dubbed Nissan NV, the vehicle is scheduled to launch in late 2010. According to the carmaker, the new Nissan NV line will be manufactured at Nissan’s Canton, Mississippi assembly facility.
Only a couple of days before the start of the new season, Renault F1 Team received another boost (financially speaking) by signing a new partner. We’re talking about German company MOV’IT, a worldwide player in high-performance brake systems for sports, racing and security vehicles.
The Koreans are doing quite well, as Kia has just reported its global sales figures for passenger cars recreational vehicles and commercial vehicles for February 2010. The automaker managed to sell a total of 143,267 units, including export sales, domestic sales and sales from overseas plants. This represents a year-on-year increase of 39.5%.
Safety systems manufacturer TRW Automotive Holdings has announced the production of its 15 millionth Electrically Powered Hydraulic Steering (EPHS) unit and its 10 millionth Electrically Powered Steering (EPS) unit worldwide. According to TRW, demand for these technologies is set to increase.
Yesterday it has emerged that Belgian unions are working on a life-saving plan that could keep the Antwerp plant open, despite GM’s intentions to shut down the facility. And although some rumors were claiming that labor representatives are aiming to rely on an outside investor that could pour money into the plant, unions are still silent when it comes to these proposals.
Michael Schumacher is yet to get comfortable with the Mercedes W01, despite the 7 or 8 days of testing during the month of February. According to both the team’s boss Ross Brawn and Schumacher’s little brother Ralf, it seems that Nico Rosberg finds it more natural to drive the 2010 challenger than the 7-time world champion.
Kicherer has developed a tuning program for the Mercedes E-Klasse Coupe 500, offering a decent power increase and a discreet styling tweak.
Last year’s Cash for Clunkers program determined a greater boom on the U.S. car market than it was previously estimated, even surpassing governmental forecasts, as CNNMoney reports, citing data from a report issued by Maritz Research, an automotive market research company.
In order to celebrate the brand’s 20th anniversary, Infiniti has introduced four new G limited edition models. According to the manufacturer, there will be 350 G Sedans and 200 each for the G Coupe and G Convertible that are scheduled to go on sale in mid-April.
Mercedes-Benz showcased its Attention Assist safety system during the U.S. National Sleep Awareness Week.
For the past 20 years, Toyota Motor Sale USA and the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) have been promoting education through the Toyota TAPESTRY Grants for Science Teachers program. Just today Toyota has announced that this year $550,000 in grants will be awarded to 79 educators.
The global economic slump strongly affected the truck sales, as well as it did with passenger cars. So is the case with Daimler Trucks, who saw a decrease of 45 percent in worldwide sales during the course of 2009. Moreover, the division’s revenues declined by 36 percent to €18.360 million.
It seems that the word London should be removed from the famous London Taxi brand, as the iconic cars have spread far beyond English borders. Last year, the Chinese automotive manufacturer Geely began producing the current incarnation of the iconic car, the TX4. 2010 saw the introduction of the British-build version to multiple Eastern European markets. Small TX4 fleets were sold to taxi companies operating in Kosovo, Poland and now Ukraine.
The upcoming Volvo Ocean Race, due to start from Alicante in Spain in the autumn of 2011, will make its last stop in Galway, Ireland, Volvo announced today. The decision was taken due to the success recorded stopover in Galway during May 2009, with over 600,000 supporters visited the race village during the stopover.
Toyota managed to create a complete recall madness. Nowadays, whoever hears about a recall gets instantly scared, as problems seem all related to painful, fiery deaths. But that’s not always the case.
Shortly after its official unveiling, the latest product in Yamaha’s range is now available through the online reservation system. The manufacturer announced the bike will make its debut on the European market as a special edition of one year that will include various adventure features as standard and which will come as optional features in 2011.
The UK’s Department for Transport (DfT) has issued a new set of safety rules that regulate the country’s roadworks.