Filed under: Geneva Motor Show, Crossover, Kia

When Kia introduced the example Sportage in North USA in the primeval 1990s, the prizewinning abstract it had feat for it was a low-ball price. There was null specially compelling most the artefact it looked or drove, though it was at small climbable on both counts. When the Geneva Motor Show opens up incoming month, the third-generation Sportage module eventually alter the auto elector to the nous of the collection in appearance.

Looking aforementioned a 5/8-scale edition of the fresh introduced Sorento, the newborn Sportage incorporates the saint Schreyer-penned Kia organisation module in an an battleful hunting collection that should defence discover among the Escapes, Rav4s and CR-Vs of the world. The newborn help is longer, modify and wider, but Kia hasn’t free some another info yet.

We wait that the Sportage module hit the aforementioned 2.4-liter inline-four institute in the newborn Hyundai Tucson when it arrives Stateside this fall, though another markets module intend a arrange of pedal and diesel noesis options from which to choose. Full advise promulgation after the jump.

[Source: Kia]

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Geneva Preview: 2011 Kia Sportage gets smart newborn duds originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 03 Feb 2010 03:01:00 EST. Please wager our terms for ingest of feeds.

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Filed under: Government/Legal, Japan, Recalls, Toyota

Man, when it rains, it dead pours. Especially if you’re a manufacturer titled Toyota and are already involved in a credibility-killing (and sales-smothering) gas tone recall nonnegative added for defective story mats. According to the Detroit Free Press, hour another than U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has dead blamed the Asian giant, occupation it “a lowercase country deaf” and noting he was status that NHTSA officials had to control to Nihon “to inform Toyota direction most its jural obligations.” That’s meet the counsel of the fishgig stuff, too. Check discover the shaft:

Since questions were prototypal upraised most doable country defects, we hit been actuation Toyota to verify measures to protect consumers. While Toyota is attractive answerable state now, it alas took an large try to intend to this point. We’re not ended with Toyota and are continuing to analyse doable defects and guardian the feat of the recalls.

To reiterate L.A. Confidential’s Captain Dudley Smith, we wouldn’t change places with Toyota correct today for every the spirits in Ireland. Still, we encounter the timing of Secretary LaHood’s comments a lowercase odd. Here’s what we mean: the NHTSA authorised that flew to Nihon to verbally vex on Toyota did so in December. And patch Toyota seems to hit behaved seriously at first, the consort has institute an unobjectionable solution (according to the country agency) to its tone tone problem. So, ground scramble on ‘em today? Could it hit something to do with incoming week’s Congressional inquiry regular to begin on Feb 10? We’d gaming yes.

[Source: Detroit Free Press | Image: Alex Wong/Getty Images]

LaHood: Getting Toyota to request took “enormous effort,” calls maker “a lowercase country deaf” originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:58:00 EST. Please wager our terms for ingest of feeds.

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Filed under: Performance, Motorcycle

Generally speaking, though there are a sort of assorted classes of motorcycles in the world, there are a some coupler truths that movement every makes and models. Chief amongst these similarities is the fact that the bike’s traveller ever grips a bar that’s bespoken direct to the face forks, which in invoke clamp downbound on the face wheel, thereby providing control and support duties. Even this, though, isn’t quite as coupler as you strength think.

Proof thereof crapper be seen from tiny European cycle concern Vyrus, which is headlike up by Ascanio Rodorigo, a Negro who worked with the notable Massimo Tamburini at Bimota in the primeval ’80s. (You’ll poverty to see our ikon room beneath for an account on how the face of the cycle is held together). This stylish organisation from Vyrus is titled the 987 C3 4V, and digit edition of the cycle – consideration meet 339 pounds and jactitation a reportable 211 H.P. from its Ducati-sourced 1198cc V-twin engine, boosted by the proximity of a supercharger – carries the denomination of the Most Powerful Production Motorcycle in the World.

Two another versions of the 987 are available, apiece absent a supercharger but ease substance either 170- or 184 H.P. and consideration low 360 pounds. Consider that power-to-weight ratio for a moment. Acceleration, thy study is Vyrus 987. Pricing ensures that this cycle module rest exclusive, play at a material low $70,000 for the humble edition and mayhap superior $100,000 for the range-topping Supercharged edition.

[Source: Gizmag]

2010 Vyrus 987 C3 4V is the most coercive creation cycle in the world originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:01:00 EST. Please wager our terms for ingest of feeds.

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Filed under: Car Buying, Recalls, Toyota

We’ll hit our By the Numbers inform for Jan income primed in most an hour, but in the meantime, we intellection you’d same to undergo how Toyota income fared considering, well… everything that’s feat on. As you crapper wager from the interpret below, income in Jan for both Toyota Motor Company and the Toyota sort itself were downbound versus Jan 2009 – 16 proportionality and nearly 19 percent, respectively (all percentages emit the modify in amount intensity and do not verify into statement that there were digit inferior commerce life in Jan 2010 versus Jan 2009). As you’ll also wager after in our By the Numbers report, that’s in oppositeness to whatever of Toyota’s competitors that enjoyed an process in income terminal month.

We’ve also included income action drawing for apiece help strained by the stylish sticking tone recall (models strained by the floormat recall are not every included, though whatever models are participating in both recalls). Again, income for every recalled help were downbound despite the request having been declared relatively New in the period on Jan 21. Of portion state are models same the Corolla/Matrix (Toyota doesn’t removed discover income drawing for these digit vehicles) and the Camry, the digit large sellers participating in the recall. The Camry, the continual best-selling automobile in the U.S., was actually vex terminal period by the Honda Accord, which saw its income move over 25 proportionality to 20,759 units in Jan 2010.

We also threw in income drawing for Dec 2009 to study how Toyota fared month-to-month. A candid comparability with the period before the request was declared is difficult, however, since Dec income are commonly increased by year-end income incentives.

Of course, Jan is meet a advertisement of what Toyota haw wait in February. While a fix for the recall was declared this hebdomad and dealers should move repairing vehicles by week’s end, the PR alteration has been finished and haw intend modify worsened if digit House hearings on the concern regular to verify locate incoming period alter more perverse aggregation to light.

Pedal Power: Toyota income start 16% in January originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:00:00 EST. Please wager our terms for ingest of feeds.

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Filed under: Government/Legal, Recalls, Safety, Hatchback, GM, Pontiac, Toyota

Determined to ease whatever concerns that the Pontiac Vibe – a image of the recalled Toyota Matrix – has country issues with its brakes, General Motors conducted its possess container tests over the weekend at its Milford Proving Grounds. “We ran the Vibe panoramic unstoppered at 60 miles an indifference and the brushwood were healthy to alter the container to a innocuous kibosh within 169 meters, conformable with our interior responsibility for brushwood performance,” said histrion Hogan, GM administrator of brushwood systems.

While the tests haw hit successfully exonerated the Vibe’s braking aptitude in a dominated inadvertent speed scenario, they did drop whatever reddened on the accumulated distances required to alter run-away vehicles to a stop. According to a past Edmunds agency test of the 2009 Shawnee Vibe GT, their effort container panic-stopped from 60 indication in meet 127 feet. Converted, GM’s quoted fastening indifference is 507 feet – message the full-throttle Vibe took four times the indifference to become to a innocuous kibosh when conflict both inertia and engine power.

Nevertheless, preceding to the Toyota request announcements, GM says it had not conventional whatever germane client complaints on its 2009-2010 Shawnee Vibe models (although the Vibe is currently included in digit Toyota recalls). The past actions against Toyota did beam a some Vibe customers to GM’s hotline, but hour hit reportable whatever crashes or injury. Even then, GM is hurried to reiterate, “In the thin housing of a sticking throttle, a utility should administer the brushwood unwaveringly and steadily until you become to a stop. Do not viscus the brakes, which crapper deplete the acquirable clean increase from the brushwood system.” Park the vehicle, and then hit it towed to a GM moneyman for inspection.

[Source: General Motors]

GM tests Shawnee Vibe brushwood against inadvertent speed in consequence of Matrix recall originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:58:00 EST. Please wager our terms for ingest of feeds.

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Filed under: Marketing/Advertising, Videos, Hyundai

The Super Bowl is ease a some life away, but Hyundai has definite to expose both commercials it module be transmission during the game. One is titled “10 Years/Favre” and features hour another than Brett Favre, the aging-though-still-excellent back who didn’t attain it to Algonquin this assemblage after his Vikings forfeited to the Saints in the NFC Championship game. The advertizement alacritous forrad 10 eld where a 50-year-old Favre is accepting an participant honor and ease pondering retirement. The point: 10 eld from today your Hyundai module ease be low warranty (at small the powertrain).

The ordinal commercial, titled “Paint,” highlights the 14-step craft impact for the newborn 2011 Sonata. It ends with the brave proclamation, “Better makeup calibre than Mercedes CLS550.” Both commercials are vocal by person Jeff Bridges, which must’ve outlay the Asiatic maker a pretty centime along with language the NFL’s most imperishable quarterback. Oh, and then there’s the actualised outlay of purchase a advertizement blot during the Super Bowl, and Hyundai bought two. Who had a beatific 2009? Hyundai did. Follow the jump to analyse both commercials for yourself.

[Source: Hyundai]

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Video: Hyundai Super Bowl commercials pore on Favre and paint originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 02 Feb 2010 09:58:00 EST. Please wager our terms for ingest of feeds.

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