Volvo Buys Dongfeng
Swedish truck manufacturer AB Volvo was going to be the largest heavy truck manufacturer in the world after signing an agreement for vehicle cooperation with China’s Dongfeng Motor Group (DFG), announced AB Volvo on Saturday. The Swedish company acquired 45 percent stake of a new established subsidiary of DFG, named Dongfeng Commercial Vehicles(DFCV), for 5.8 [...]
Safest Car Brand
South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor Co.’s sports utility vehicle (SUV) Santa Fe has received top scores to be named the safest car in its segment by a European car assessment program, the company said Friday. At the latest test by the European New Car Assessment Program (Euro NCAP), the Santa Fe garnered 96 percent in [...]
GPS Tracking System in the Philippines
GPS Tracking System in the Philippines – Are you sure you know where your vehicles are? If you aren’t, now you can track them where and when they stop and move from one point to another. On real time. See them on Google maps with street names and landmarks. Here’s more. You can generate historical logs [...]
Free Car Insurance by BPI Philippines Bank
Free Car Insurance by BPI Philippines Bank From BPI Bank Offer – We’re stepping on the gas one more time to make owning your new car easy. All for our clients, we’re extending this exclusive offer up until June 22, 2012. Free 1 year comprehensive car insurance with Acts of Nature coverage. Approval in as [...]
Developing In-vehicle Data Transmission and Communications
By Kim Young-gyo Chery Automobile Co., China’s seventh-largest automaker, said Wednesday it has jointly built a laboratory with South Korea’s leading mobile carrier SK Telecom Co., in a bid to boost their competitiveness in the vehicle networking technology. A trend has been growing recently in the automobile industry toward developing in-vehicle data transmission and communications [...]
Measure the fuel efficiency of vehicles
The government will introduce a new system to measure the fuel efficiency of vehicles next year, hoping to encourage automakers to develop more efficient models, officials said Tuesday. Under the new system, all existing and new vehicles to be tested must have an accumulated mileage of over 3,000 kilometers, to ensure they do not yield [...]
How to Get a Metrobank Car Loan
How to Get a Metrobank Car Loan Enjoy lower interest rates and avail of flexible payment terms on your MetroCar Loan. For inquiries about Metrobank Metrocar Loan, please contact Metrobank 24/7 Customer Hotline at 8-700-700 or 898-8540 or 898-8537 or 898-8943 or 898-8546 or 898-8577 or 898-8502. Or log on to www.metrobank.com.ph. For provincial areas, [...]
Nissan Investment in the UK
Major Japanese automaker Nissan Motor Co. <7201> said Wednesday it will invest 192 million pounds in Britain to develop and make a new model of its Qashqai sport-utility vehicle. The investment is expected to secure jobs for some 6,000 people, the company said.
Labor and management groups from the Japanese automobile industry
Labor and management groups from the Japanese automobile industry jointly urged the government Wednesday to take urgent action to correct yen’s strength. The move by the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association and the Confederation of Japan Automobile Workers’ Unions came after the dollar fell below 80 yen in Tokyo trading Wednesday.
Used Vehicle Sales in Japan
Used vehicle sales in Japan rose for the first time in six months in May thanks to demand in northeastern areas hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, industry data showed Friday. Sales rose 0.3 pct from a year before to 289,464 units, still the second lowest level since the survey began in 1978 [...]