Posts Tagged ‘new machinery’

Top Gear USA hosts announced!

Monday, June 16th, 2008
Top Gear has just officially announced who will be hosting the U.S. version of the popular car show born in the UK and now officially scheduled to appear on NBC sometime this fall, and the winners are... (drum roll, please): Adam Carolla, Tanner Foust and Eric Stromer. Everyone knows Adam Carolla, o......

Harley-Davidson gets into product placement in new Indiana Jones flick

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
Click on the image for more shots of Indiana's Harley-DavidsonIt seems that the marketing folks at Harley-Davidson have managed to get a bit of product placement for themselves, following the likes of Audi with Iron Man, Volkswagen with The Bourne Ultimatum and GM with Transformers. The new Indiana ......

American motorcycle manufacturer ATK branching out onto the street

Thursday, March 13th, 2008
Despite the fact that America is a huge market for motorcycles, there are relatively few American brands in most segments of the industry. Sure, Harley-Davidson and the many custom-bike companies are big both here in the States and abroad, but there is a distinct lack of American brands available to......

Melbourne 2008: New FPV lineup shows the Blue Oval does badass, too

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
Click image for a hi-res gallery of the turbocharged FPV F6Despite how it might seem, all the action at the Melbourne motor show is not happening over at the Holden and HSV stands. Dearborn's Australian outpost put on its brass knuckles too and is teasing Melbourne showgoers with Ford Performance Ve......

GM bets $69 million on diesel plant in Ohio

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007
New emissions standards in 2010 will make things too stringent for GM's Duramax diesel, in its current form, to make the grade. To help its prize student pass the looming tests, GM is investing $69 million in its DMAX plant (a joint venture diesel engine factory in Moraine, Ohio) for plant renovatio......

2008 Volkswagen Touareg 2 Off-Road Video

Thursday, September 27th, 2007
You may remember the VW Touareg 2 from a little movie called The Bourne Ultimatum, but reality check: we aren’t bad-ass drivers like those in The Bourne Ultimatum. The ordinary driver is mostly likely using the Touareg 2 to haul families around or to off-road with friends, not to chase down target......

BMW intros new technology with 2008 5 series door panel

Saturday, March 17th, 2007
It isn't just the outside of the 5-series that's been breathed upon for '08. Inside, new ground was broken by BMW and OEM Johnson Controls to create two color door panels using a single sheet of material. Typically, door panels that have multiple colors have multiple pieces. That adds weight and exp......