Posts Tagged ‘catastrophe’
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
Click above for a high-res gallery of the Dodge Challenger SRT-8.Mopar can't let Speedfactory have all the fun supercharging the Dodge Challenger SRT-8, so when the SEMA show rolls around this November, the in-house tuners of all things pentastar will unveil a blown Challenger of their own.The Mopar......
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Monday, May 12th, 2008
Click above for a gallery of the turbocharged APS HSV Commodore.APS is in the business of making power and that's exactly what they've done for the new Pontiac G8 GT and its Aussie-spec sibling, the Holden Commodore HSV. The tuner's Stealth Intercooled turbocharger setup uses two water-cooled turbos......
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Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
Click above for a high-res gallery of the Targa Tasmania-ready Mazda3 MPS.Mazda is heading Down Under to compete in the Targa Tasmania for its eighth campaign. The team, consisting of Rick Bates and Alister McRae, will be charging through the outback in one specially prepped Mazda3 MPS (or Mazdaspee......
Tags: 3.0 liter twin turbo, AssessmentAndTreatmentServicesCenter, australians, CarParts, catastrophe, chevy ss concept, compatriot, evolutionary timeline, glaring error, griffin house, HHR Benz, HighlandPark, hyperion, illusion, jet lag, maneuvers, mary butler, mazda, milton keynes, mobility devices, production photos, steering wheel, term profitability, vice squad, watercraft, wireless headphones, xdrive
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Sunday, July 29th, 2007
Having learned from the sales bank debacle of the past, Chrysler is now throttling back production to draw down inventory levels. Sales of the PM/MK platform cars – Dodge Caliber and Jeep ComPatriot twins – are down roughly 23 percent compared to last year. Part of that is due to a move away fro......
Tags: Auto News, backlog, belvidere assembly plant, caliber, cars, catastrophe, chrysler, compass, compatriot, debacle, dodge, dodge caliber, DodgeCaliber, fleet sales, great time, inventory levels, jeep, jeep compass, jeep patriot, JeepCompass, JeepPatriot, manufacturing, mk, Patriot, sales, time of year, twins, uaw contract talks
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Sunday, April 8th, 2007
In a column for Scotland's The Herald newspaper, James Porteous throws down from the first two paragraphs: "There is a sport more dangerous than any other, that kills far more people than boxing and yet there are no calls for it to be banned. Not rugby. Not equestrianism. Not even Ultimate Fighting.......
Tags: ban, boxing, brunt, call to arms, carbon emissions, catastrophe, champ, daily f1, f1, fast cars, footballers, George Bush, global warming, halliburton, henchman, herald, irl, james porteous, leisure pursuit, motorsport, paragraphs, porteous, scientifics, Scotland, screed, soap box, waffle
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Tuesday, August 29th, 2006
According to Bloomberg, sources within the ongoing negotiations between General Motors and Delphi are saying that an agreement is near. The article cites a half dozen unnamed individuals who are confirming that GM will subsidize the pay of Delphi's workforce to ensure that a strike within the parts ......
Tags: catastrophe, creditors, delphi, execs, few days, full tilt, general motors, GeneralMotors, gm, high stakes, internal strife, jobs, negotiations, plants, retirement costs, rick wagoner, salaries, strike, supply contracts, uaw, workforce
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