| 02/12/08 | Tesla hires Harley-Davidson exec to head sales (bizjournals) |  |
Published 02/12/08 21:54:12
Former Harley-Davidson executive Michael van der Sande has joined electric car maker Tesla Motors Inc. as senior vice president for global sales, marketing and service, replaing Darryl Siry, who resigned to pursue other opportunities. Source : bizjournals (subscribe) |
| 02/12/08 | Sultry Scirocco (0-60mag.com) |  |
Published 02/12/08 21:18:34
You know MTM. They turbo?d the Audi V8 RS 4 and built the heroic Audi S1 rally car. Their latest wrenching efforts turns the ?Rocco into an even tighter twisty road terror. For specifics, read the press release below. In related news the mighty Scirocco has been named Top Gear?s ?2008 Car of the Year.? Press Blast: Just in time for the Essen Motor Show, the successful tuner mtm... Source : 0-60mag.com (subscribe) |
| 02/12/08 | Charmed by Romeo (Hindu) |  |
Published 02/12/08 21:13:31
... the celebrated designer died when the Spider was ready for the world.Unveiled at the 36th Geneva Motor Show, the car did not get the name of the arachnid immediately. It was Duetto for a while. Duetto?s design was acknowledged to be revolutionary, because of the crumple zones Battista had incorporated in its body.Powered by an inline-four, 1.6 litre engine, built on the same technology... Source : Hindu (subscribe) Explore : Chennai |
| 02/12/08 | King of the Mountain (0-60mag.com) |  |
Published 02/12/08 20:47:34
We motorsports fans know there are places to stand and watch a race and places not to. Obviously motorsport parks have safe viewing places sectioned off?but hillclimbs and rallys generally don?t. Two people at this year?s King of the Mountain event (KOTM) in South Africa found out where not to watch a race and subsequently gives racing a bad name. Abstract from the Wheels24... Source : 0-60mag.com (subscribe) |
| 02/12/08 | Muscles and Nerves in Back Pain |  |
Published 02/12/08 20:29:38
The nerves will broadcast from the brain and then the spinal wire, impulses that travel to the glands and the muscles. When we move, the action is enforced by the motor nerves. We also have sensory nerves, which relate to sense organs and sensation. We use sensory nerves to increase our awareness and to broadcast communication to the joints. The sensory nerves continue sending the messages... Source : somnath1 |
| 02/12/08 | HONDA: Civic sales down 29.6% (Detroit Free Press) |  |
Published 02/12/08 20:03:00
American Honda Motor Co. -- the automaker that has been more insulated from huge sales declines than any other major automaker this year -- said Tuesday that its sales dropped 31.6% in November. Source : Detroit Free Press (subscribe) |
| 02/12/08 | Ford Plans Restructuring as Automakers Renew Aid Push (CQ) |  |
Published 02/12/08 19:47:19
Ford Motor Co. sent lawmakers a long-term plan that would invest $14 billion in fuel-efficient technologies over the next seven years and sell the company?s five corporate aircraft as it seeks to persuade Congress to grant the company ? and the other domestic automakers ? emergency financial assistance. Source : CQ (subscribe) Explore : Car manufacturers, Ford Motor Co |
| 02/12/08 | Financial News: Ford tells Congress it may be able to go it alone (Financial24) |  |
Published 02/12/08 19:00:02
WASHINGTON : Ford Motor Co. is asking Congress for a $9 billion "stand-by line of credit" to stabilize its business, but says it doesn't expect to tap it.Unless one of Detroit's other Big Three auto Source : Financial24 (subscribe) Explore : Car manufacturers, Ford Motor Co |
| 02/12/08 | Mulally first to announce that he?s driving to Congress, will take Escape hybrid (e-Trade Bangladesh) |  |
Published 02/12/08 18:32:52
Filed under: Green Culture, Ford, Legislation and Policy, Green Daily, USA Well whadda? ya know. At least one Detroit CEO is planning on driving down to Washington from the Motor City in a real, honest-to-goodness car SUV. We?ve grown a bit tired of hearing people talk about whether or not Wagoner, Mulally and Nardelli should have [...] Source : e-Trade Bangladesh (subscribe) |
| 02/12/08 | Ford unveils turnaround plan (ChooseTheHero.com) |  |
Published 02/12/08 18:00:16
Ford unveils turnaround plan Ford Motor became the first of the three U.S. automakers to unveil its turnaround plans to Congress Tuesday, but the plan contained little in the way of new cost cuts or other changes beyond what the company had previously announced. Go to Source Share and Enjoy: Source : ChooseTheHero.com (subscribe) |
| 02/12/08 | CEO to be paid $1 if bailout agreed (CNN) |  |
Published 02/12/08 17:54:36
Ford Motor became the first of the three U.S. automakers to unveil its turnaround plans to Congress Tuesday, but the plan contained little in the way of new cost cuts or other changes beyond what the company had previously announced. Source : CNN (subscribe) |
| 02/12/08 | Ford Has a Better Idea (The Glittering Eye) |  |
Published 02/12/08 17:49:28
Ford Motor Company has announced its survival plan: WASHINGTON ? Ford Motor Co. is asking Congress for a $9 billion ?stand-by line of credit? to stabilize its business, but says it doesn?t expect to tap it. Unless one of Detroit?s other Big Three auto companies goes bust, Ford expects to have enough money to make it through [...] Source : The Glittering Eye (subscribe) Explore : Car manufacturers, Ford Motor Co |
| 02/12/08 | Ford Motor Co. asks Congress for $9B line of credit; says it hopes not to need cash infusion (Star Tribune) |  |
Published 02/12/08 17:41:09
WASHINGTON - Ford Motor Co. is asking Congress for a $9 billion "stand-by line of credit" to stabilize its business, but says it doesn't expect to tap it.Unless one of Detroit's other Big Three auto companies goes bust, Ford expects to have enough money to make it through next year, it said in a plan that projected the firm will break even or turn a pretax profit in 2011.Detroit's... Source : Star Tribune (subscribe) Explore : Car manufacturers, Ford Motor Co |
| 02/12/08 | Ford unveils turnaround plan (CNN) |  |
Published 02/12/08 17:19:16
Ford Motor became the first of the three U.S. automakers to unveil its turnaround plans to Congress Tuesday, but the plan contained little in the way of new cost cuts or other changes beyond what the company had previously announced. Source : CNN (subscribe) |
| 02/12/08 | EU's Detroit motoring on strongly (New Zealand Herald ) |  |
Published 02/12/08 17:00:00
... talking about adding jobs, not eliminating them," says Jun-Bum Park, general manager of Kia Motors Slovakia, which opened the sprawling 1 billion ($2.51 billion) complex in December 2006.Maria Novakova, secretary-general of the Automotive Industry Association of Slovakia, forecasts the creation of up to 30,000 new jobs between now and 2010 as the country's fledgling automotive sector... Source : New Zealand Herald (subscribe) |
| 02/12/08 | Ford says CEO will work for $1 to get gov't loans (Salt Lake Tribune) |  |
Published 02/12/08 16:46:26
Posted: 8:46 AM- DETROIT -- Ford Motor Co. will tell Congress that it plans to return to a pretax profit or break even in 2011 when its CEO appears before two legislative committees this week. Source : Salt Lake Tribune (subscribe) Explore : Car manufacturers, Ford Motor Co |
| 02/12/08 | Ford unveils turnaround plan (CNNMoney.com) |  |
Published 02/12/08 16:37:21
Ford Motor became the first of the three U.S. automakers to unveil its turnaround plans to Congress Tuesday, but the plan contained little in the way of new cost cuts or other changes beyond what the company had previously announced. Source : CNNMoney.com (subscribe) |
| 02/12/08 | Not aciphex of rabeprazole sodium with other drugs metabolized by CYP C (Sort by date with aciphex included.) |  |
Published 02/12/08 16:28:00
Challenger motor freight CEOs who lose the confidence of the boards also do very well. Bring in a written list, or better yet, bring in the actual bottles. Should continue for as long as clinically indicated. The eradication rates in the day. The confidence intervals for the difference in eradication rates. Are pregnant or planning to become pregnant. What are the ingredients in ACIPHEX. Source : Sort by date with aciphex included. (subscribe) |
| 02/12/08 | Ford tells Congress it may be able to go it alone (Deseret Morning News) |  |
Published 02/12/08 16:19:00
Ford Motor Co. is asking Congress for a $9 billion "stand-by line of credit" to stabilize its business, but says it doesn't expect to tap it. Source : Deseret Morning News (subscribe) Explore : Car manufacturers, Ford Motor Co |
| 02/12/08 | 2009 Nissan 370Z goes from 0 to 60 in 4.7 seconds, or so says Motor Trend (eGMCarTech) |  |
Published 02/12/08 16:02:35
The other day during Thanksgiving dinner a couple of us were arguing about the 0 to 60 time of the new 332-hp 2009 Nissan 370Z as reported by CARandDRIVER. The automotive enthusiast magazine said that the new Z goes from rest to 60 in 5 seconds which seemed a bit awkward to us since the [...] Source : eGMCarTech (subscribe) Explore : Car manufacturers, Cars, Lifestyle, Nissan |