Renault has unveiled the newest version of its Master van before its European launch in April. Renault says the Master’s assertive styling – with its tall headlights and large, imposing grille – previews the new design trend for Renault vans. Manufactured at Renault's SOVAB plant in Batilly, France, the range has now expanded to offer: A fourth length [...]
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Toyota US has suspended sales of eight models while it finds a solution to the sticking accelerator problem that last week forced it to recall 2.3 million vehicles. It will also stop production of the vehicles for the week beginning February 1. Toyota Group vice president and Toyota Division general manager, Bob Carter, said the suspensions confirmed [...]
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Vauxhall has revealed its most environmentally friendly Astra yet with the unveiling of the ecoFLEX range in Europe. Powered by a 70kW 1.3-litre CDTi diesel engine (borrowed from the new Vauxhall Corsa), the ecoFLEX hatch sips just 4.2 litres/100km and emits CO2 at a rate of 109g/km – 12 percent better than the current best-in-range 1.7-litre [...]
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Toyota expects to strengthen its position as the world's largest automotive manufacturer in 2010, forecasting a six percent rise in global sales over 2009. Toyota sold 7.813 million vehicles as a group last year and estimates that figure will rise to 8.27 million in 2010. The increase will only recoup around half of last year's losses [...]
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Making its U.S debut at the 2010 North American International Auto Show in Detroit is Hyundai’s Blue-Will Plug-In Hybrid. It is Hyundai’s fourth concept vehicle and it is promising 2.35 litres per 100km fuel economy. The concept Blue-Will is a test bed for new ideas including roof mounted solar panels, drive by wire steering, lithium polymer [...]
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Exotic Dutch supercar manufacturer Spyker Cars N.V. has come to a last minute binding agreement with General Motors, saving Saab Automobile AB and securing its future as an independent company. Spyker will pay GM US$74 million in cash and exchange US$326 million in preferred stock to acquire the Swedish brand, with Saab to exit its orderly [...]
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Updated: 27/01/10 @ 10.00am with Australian spec. interior photos. As a prelude to the forthcoming compact SUV’s launch in Australia, BMW has announced pricing for its new X1. Beginning at $43,500, it aims squarely at Audi’s Q5 and Volvo’s XC60. Two petrol engines, a four cylinder and six cylinder, and two diesel engines, both turbocharged fours, will [...]
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Here are the latest spy photos of the new Porsche 911 undergoing cold weather testing. This time the prototype has the real lights in both front and rear and we can also see the LED day-driving lights and the LED indicators. The shape of the rear is still camoflagued by a big fake rear spoiler. The new [...]
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Chevrolet is moving into the compact MPV class with the new Orlando, shown here during winter testing. And at the same time they are actually making it more like a crossover between SUV and MPV like the Dodge Journey. This new Orlando aims more or less directly against the Mazda 5 but it will have conventional [...]
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The new Hyundai Elantra has begun cold weather testing as these photos show. And as we can see the new generation Elantra gets a sleeker design and a coupe like roofline, almost like a smaller version of the recently revealed Hyundai Sonata. From the looks it seems like the wheelbase has grown a little to give [...]
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Weapons grade luxury express Model Tested: 2009 Lexus GS 450h; 3.5-litre V6 petrol-hybrid; CVT automatic; four-door sedan – $123,800* Options: None fitted. Performance; Fuel Economy; Smooth CVT Boot Space CarAdvice Rating: Anyone driving a car quick enough to make out the letters GS 450h on the rear of this silver bullet, will be forgiven for thinking it's a high powered [...]
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Some say he’s just a figment of our imagination, and that he’s just Michael Schumacher dressed up a bit, but Google’s Streetview camera cars have snapped a pic of the tame racing driver himself. It just so happens that it’s a picture of offices in Hammersmith, England, taken from the A40, and if you zoom in [...]
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The next generation Mercedes-Benz SL-Class has been spied undergoing winter testing in Scandinavia, and this time our man in the field was able to grab some moving footage and sound of the new model. It is unclear whether the driver was eager to escape our cameraman or if it was just part of testing, but the [...]
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While the new generation Mazda6 is still by no means outdated, Mazda has unveiled a facelifted version which adopts the new Mazda family face with a five-point front grille. Available in three body styles – Sedan, Sport Hatch and Sport Wagon – the refreshed Mazda6 includes improvements to its environmental and safety attributes, driving performance, interior [...]
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Here is a video of Vivaz that shows the video capturing and sharing functionality. Besides the ability of shooting in HD video quality, Vivaz has a simple-but-clever dedicated video key on the side of the phone allowing you to capture the action as it happens. You can share the video immediately in different ways: from the camera UI, from the video/photo panel or from the media player. I personally recommend sharing the HD videos over WiFi as this is very convenient and the resolution of HD videos can make some video files grow quite big.
If you don’t have an already set-up YouTube account today, you can do this from the phone during your first upload session.
To a lot of you out there, some of the most valuable features in Wufoo revolve around our ability to get you real time updates about the data being collected from your forms. We're constantly hearing stories about how your teams and businesses depend on the ability to react quickly to the leads and registrations gathered with Wufoo. Because of this, we are excited to be releasing a new notification platform to help you send real time updates about the entries you're collecting in Wufoo to your favorite web applications.
As a prelude to the forthcoming compact SUV’s launch in Australia, BMW has announced pricing for its new X1. Beginning at $43,500, it aims squarely at Audi’s Q5 and Volvo’s XC60. Two petrol engines, a four cylinder and six cylinder, and two diesel engines, both turbocharged fours, will comprise the X1 lineup. A choice of rear-wheel-drive (sDrive) [...]
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MINI has unveiled the newest race-inspired MINI John Cooper Works Challenge Edition – bringing the MINI JCW even closer to the MINI CHALLENGE race car, both in its appearance and performance. Exclusive to the Australian market, the MINI JCW Challenge Edition is powered by the same twin-scroll turbocharged 1.6-litre four-cylinder engine used in its racing counterpart. Developing [...]
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Lexus has prepared a track-tuned version of its IS F performance sedan which has been revealed at the recent Tokyo Auto Salon. Drawing inspiration from the Lexus LFA supercar, the IS F CCS (Circuit Club Sports) Concept features lightweight carbon fibre exterior and interior panels including; bonnet, roof, boot, rear wing, lip spoilers, door trims, centre [...]
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Some of you might have seen it already but my friends over at developer world have made great a demonstration video of the Sony Ericsson Vivaz. They show the phone and talk about it more from a developer perspective mentioning flash-based panel applications etc.
Samsung has announced a new mobile phone in India which was named 5200 Metro. Slider is not wearing a brand Corby, but this time it appears more slim with a size of 10.9mm thick, supported by a 2.1-inch screen 16 million color, 240x320 pixel resolution. In addition, the 5200 Metro phone is equipped with facilities FM Radio with RDS, music player, and support office documents.
To snap the picture there is also a 3.2 megapixel camera with LED flash and face detection is pretty good, as well as video recording and editing and! Preloaded Google Mail / Google Search. Trendy phone has a smooth design in two colors bandage.
For other features like Bluetooth 2.1, USB 2.0, Advanced mobile tracker, and technology smile shot Panorama shot. Was added, 50MB of internal memory with 8GB microSD card slot. 800mAh phone battery in a 5200 Metro is also able to survive up to 5 hours while talk time. However, this 5200 Metro mobile handsets belonging cheap, prices range from $ 161.7 only.
Xperia X10 has not released, but has come back the latest concept from Sony Ericsson. The concept of the latest phones from SE is reportedly called X20 or with another nickname Scarlet. Sony Ericsson X20 Scarlet includes a large family with Rachael (X10) and Robyn (X10 Small).
According to sources IT168 a Chinese website, the concept of SE phones in circulation on the Internet is a specification such as a sliding QWERTY, 4.5-inch OLED disp! lay 480x800 touchscreen, 8 megapixel camera, Snapdragon 1GHz processor, 512MB RAM, 512MB ROM, and OS Android 2.0. A new specification that clearly just mere rumors, could replace SE 1GHz processor with the latest Qualcomm processor 1.3 GHz or 1.5GHz which will attend this year 2010, and OS Android "Froyo" or a better camera. The most notable improvements seen at 1GHz processor and its OLED screen
Sony Ericsson may be announced X20 Scarlet at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, 15-18 February 2010.
Latest news from Pink project from Microsoft. Microsoft reportedly will exhibit at the event made phone MWC (Mobile World Congress) in the next 15-18 Februari in Barcelona, Spain. Phone with name a Zune Phone is a property of the giant mobile phone manufacturer Windows OS, Microsoft is reportedly going to work together also with the handset maker to make it happen. The news was presented by experts from the technology analysis Jefferies, Katherine Egbert.
In addition Phones rumored Zune phone will use the 5 megapixel camera, and video suppor! t 720p.
Apparently the computer giant in the world and the Internet began to plan their phone manufacturing. I wonder what their purpose?, Maybe this is more directed to the website and support their applications on the phone, and want to reach a wider internet users to the mobile users who currently emerging.
This is the latest picture of the Blackberry Magnum that had circulated last year. Blackberry is rumored to not be launched by RIM without cause and reason. Qwerty phone with a touchscreen display is visible not have a trackball or trackpad for navigation. The model is very similar to the Blackberry Bold 9000.
Many say Blackberry Magnum will be replaced by the Blackebrry Dakota issue Hybrid features such as Magnum, with Hunter and Touchscreen. In addition there ! are also reportedly Liquid Lens camera with the autofocus technology, which is better than mechanical focus.
Everything is still not 100% certain, likely RIM will launch the phone with a qwerty + touchscreen, but whether the name Dakota?
General Motors' European sibling company Opel will close its assembly plant in Antwerp, Belgium, by the middle of the year. Forced to downsize after GM lost US$88 billion (AUD$97.4 billion) between 2005 and 2008, Opel CEO, Nick Reilly, said attempts by GM to find an alternative to closing the Antwerp factory were unsuccessful. "In order to keep [...]
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Suzuki's CEO is talking tough about speculation that Volkswagen will expand its 19.9 percent stake in his Japanese small car company in the future. Osamu Suzuki said he anticipates the day when the Germans come knocking on the door of his successful business and already has a response worked out. "It is only natural perhaps that Volkswagen [...]
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Honda’s 2010 Accord will gain curtain airbags across the entire model range. Already standard on the Accord VTi-L and V6L models, curtain airbags are now standard in the entry level Accord VTi. The extra airbags join Accord’s already impressive list of standard safety equipment that includes ABS, EBA and EBD; ESC; dual front and side airbags; and [...]
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Facing dramatic shortages on some of its vehicles, General Motors is boosting production of its full-sized SUVs from this Friday. The Arlington plant in Texas makes the GMC Yukon, Chevrolet Tahoe and the Cadillac Escalade in both standard and hybrid forms. It had less than a 34-day supply of each SUV at the beginning of January [...]
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Sixth gen's a charm Location: Lisbon, Portugal When attempting to replace a successful and popular car, there can be myriad challenges. When that car has been in existence for five model generations and close to 40 years, those challenges can be all but insurmountable. So when it came time to create the all-new 2011 BMW 5 Series, the [...]
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Sixth gen's a charm Location: Lisbon, Portugal When attempting to replace a successful and popular car, there can be a myriad of challenges. When that car has been in existence for five model generations and close to 40 years, those challenges can be all but insurmountable. So when it came time to create the all-new 2011 BMW 5 [...]
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The world's automotive manufacturers continue to raise funds in their own unique way to assist the emergency efforts in Haiti after the January 12 earthquake. More than 150,000 people have been buried in the capital Port-au-Prince alone and 600,000 are homeless. Official estimates suggest the death toll could rise above 200,000. Chrysler is doing its bit, with [...]
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The Pontiac Vibe has been included in Toyota's sticking accelerator recall that has affected more than 2.3 million vehicles in the US. The Vibe crossover is the sister car to the Toyota Matrix and is engineered and built in California by Toyota. General Motors spokesman, Alan Adler, said his company had not received any complaints about the [...]
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Any lingering doubt that Australian governments are exclusively PR driven were put to rest last Friday in Victoria when Tim Holding, Minister for the Transport Accident Commission, announced tough new laws to sell or crush the cars driven by so-called 'hoon' drivers. It's an election year in Victoria, and public policy is being crafted around conservative [...]
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With the all-new sixth-generation BMW 5 Series just months away from its mid-year Australian launch, the Bavarians have used a press event in Portugal to release official videos of the car. Aesthetically there are few surprises given that BMW unveiled the executive saloon more than two months ago. On the whole the new 5 Series appears more [...]
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The Red Bull Racing team seems to have gotten quite bored during the Formula 1 off season, resorting to some icy shenanigans in Canada with Toro Rosso pilot Sébastien Buemi behind the wheel. Marking the return of the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal, Buemi mimicked the shape of the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on the frozen waters [...]
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