Archive for November, 2010

Ford C-Max Gets Top EuroNCAP Rating

Thursday, November 25, 2010 10:02 by Arman Barari No Comments

The new Ford C-MAX and Grand C-MAX have been awarded by 5 star safety, maximum possible, rating from EuroNCAP. The new trendy minivans which are widely used by families, achieved the highest score recorded for whiplash protection and excelled in both adult occupant and child occupant safety categories. Read More… The C-Max benefits from Ford’s [...]

This was posted under category: Ford Tags: Euroncap, Ford, Ford C-MAX

Chevrolet Volt Official EPA Rating

Thursday, November 25, 2010 9:35 by Arman Barari No Comments

EPA finally announced its official rating for the 201 Chevrolet Volt, and according to them the Volt does 93 MPG equivalent, 37 MPG for gasoline engine, and 60 MPG combined with both electric and gasoline engines. The Volt can run in pure electric mode for 35 miles, but when the 1.4 liter range extender engine [...]

This was posted under category: Chevrolet, Green Motoring Tags: Chevrolet, Chevrolet Volt

Senner Tuning Audi TT RS

Thursday, November 25, 2010 9:21 by Arman Barari No Comments

Tuners are still not ready to let go of Audi TT RS! Senner Tuning is at it again coming up with a hugely powerful package for TT RS’ 2.5 liter five-cylinder turbo engine, the same that goes into the new Audi RS3. It delivers nearly 100 ho more, at 430 hp. They also provide a [...]

This was posted under category: Audi, Tuning Tags: Audi, Audi TT-RS, Senner

Fiat 500 Prima Edizione Sells Out In 12 Hours

Wednesday, November 24, 2010 16:23 by Arman Barari No Comments

We told you Fiat 500 will be a hit in North America! Chrysler Canada, who’s in charge of selling and servicing Fiat cars there, opened the online order books for the first 500 units of Fiat 500, known as Prima Edizione or first edition, one minute after midnight and all of them were sold during [...]

This was posted under category: Fiat Tags: Fiat, Ford 500, Special Editions

New Hyundai Grandeur – First Real Pictures

Wednesday, November 24, 2010 15:52 by Arman Barari No Comments

Following the first official renderings, here’s the first actual pictures of the next generation Hyundai Grandeur/Azera. They mildly updated the current model for 2011, becasue they’ve been working on this for 2012. The new model is totally new in every single aspect. It is immediately recognizable as a Hyundai since it’s based on the new [...]

This was posted under category: Hyundai Tags: Hyundai, Hyundai Azera

Kia Sportage and Venga Get 5 Stars From Euro NCAP

Wednesday, November 24, 2010 14:26 by Arman Barari No Comments

EuroNCAP announced results of their crash tests on the new Kia Sportage and Venga, and awarded them 5-star safety rating. Kia Sportage obtained scores of 93 per cent for Adult Occupant Protection, 86 per cent for Child Occupant protection, 49 per cent for Pedestrian Protection and 86 per cent for Safety Assist.  Venga scored 89, [...]

This was posted under category: Kia Tags: Euroncap, Kia

Waleed Bin Talal Buys 1 Percent Of General Motors

Wednesday, November 24, 2010 14:12 by Arman Barari No Comments

You might have never heard of Waleed Bin Talal, but he’s a filthy rich Saudi Prince that has a hand in everything, from oil to financial services to sports to TV channels to air crafts, ships and now even cars! Yes Mr. Talal taking advantage of General Motors’ IPO, bought 1 percent of its shares [...]

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