If the hearsays get true then it would be the first entirely new car to get into Prius with an in-house developed lithium ion battery pack. The three-row vehicle, which we can only presume would also have sliding doors, would potentially seat up to seven people, expanding Toyota’s hybrid technology further into the family-use market.

For this time we have no more details on this new minivan. For more updates stay tuned.

The Fiesta appears to be picking up sales momentum in Europe and thus we can say that the new Fiesta  is a big reason for Ford’s sales dominance in Europe.

The speaker can be managed via top-mounted controls or the included remote control. It draws its power from the car’s accessory socket. The RDP-NWV500 is priced at 20,000 Yen or about $214 each.

After this declaration from the executives of two companies Volvo is now 100-percent Geely’s asset, and Ford will not taste any sweetness. Ford will keep on supplying the Geely with powertrains, stampings and other systems to Volvo for an undisclosed transition period. Perhaps the most difficult aspect of this deal is the intellectual property situation. Volvo will be granted licenses to use some Ford-owned technology and will have the ability to sub-license some technology to third parties, including Geely.

Li committed to keeping the Volvo brand separate from Geely while expanding its global reach, particularly in China. Li also stated that Volvo would maintain a manufacturing footprint in Sweden.

The sale is expected to close in the third quarter of this year, pending regulatory approvals. Unlike the aborted sale of Hummer, the Chinese government will likely approve this deal since Geely is already in the car business.

Ewanick will join Nissan on Monday March 22, and right now Mr. Ewanick will surely be designing some new marketing tactics and magics for this new employer to give it a new brazing name.

Ducati is a long-familiar name in motor-cycle manufacturing class that was established in 1926 by three brothers Bruno Ducati, Adriano Ducati and Marcello Ducati, while Piaggio founded in 1884 is the fourth largest producer of scooters and motorcycles in the world and is the nurturer of Vespa and Moto Guzzi, and also manufactures scooters under its own name. The news of a possible fusion of these two names comes just a week after rumours of a Piaggio sale; rumours that were subsequently denied by Piaggio, although the frequency of them now would suggest some substance. A Ducati-Piaggio merger would create a large Italian motorcycling consortium, of sorts, and could see some serious competition for the Japanese on many fronts – from scooters to superbikes. To get sure whether they are meging indeed or not book mark C n’ G

The iconic Aston Martin side strake has been forged from carbon fiber endorsed by a black mesh and complimented with gloss black 10 spoke diamond turned alloy wheels. A bright finished grille and front parking sensors (normally an option) complete the exterior detailing. Each Carbon Black is conferred with a carbon fiber sill plaque etched with V12 Vantage Carbon Black in stainless steel.

The 918 Spyder concept has a liquid cooled lithium-ion battery, brake energy regeneration, push-to-pass “E-Boost” button for sudden overtaking maneuvers, and four driving modes. They are: E-Drive mode for electric only powered driving; Hybrid mode, which uses both the electric motors and the V8 engine relative to driving conditions; Sport Hybrid mode uses both drive systems, but with the focus on performance; and Race Hybrid mode for hardcore performance running at the limit.

A seven-speed Porsche-Doppelkupplungsgetriebe (PDK) transmission transmists power to the wheels that feeds the power of the electric drive system to the rear axle. The front-wheel electric drive powers the wheels through a fixed transmission ratio.

AutoMD.com had an unbiased check of over 600 auto workshops in the top-50 Designated Market Areas (which included dealers, independent shops, and franchises like Pep Boys) to measure pricing integrity and quality of work.

The best and worst list was then calculated based on each city‘s rankings for three critical factors, weighted equally:

1. Repair Affordability: The average cost-per-job for that city based on prices quoted by repair shops
2. Price Disparity Range: The percentage variance between the lowest price quoted and the highest price quoted in each market
3. Shop Integrity Factor: The percentage of shops that shifted their original quoted price by more than 5% when presented with an industry standard price estimate

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Source: AutoMD

KIA also tells that its next midsize machine will be longer, lower and wider than the current car with a significantly longer wheelbase that affords “considerably more space for both people and luggage.” The 2011 Kia Optima will go on sale here in the U.S. this autumn while the European Magentis will hit the market in the spring of 2011.

Source: AutoBlog