Posts Tagged ‘richard hamilton’
Click above for high-res gallery of the Fiesta beginning productionFord has finally begun production of the all-new 2009 Ford Fiesta in Cologne, Germany, today. After an investment of 455 million Euros (about $674 million) to restructure and modernize the plant, Ford is expecting its 4,000 employees......
British Motor Show Preview: Opel Insignia to debut in hatch and sedan forms
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
click the Insignia for a high-res galleryGM's European branch is planning a big debut later this month at the British Motor Show in London for one of its most important mainstream models. The new Insignia is replacing the venerable Vectra name plate and brings with it a whole new design language. We......
Mercedes introduces new Zetros military truck
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
Click on the above image for a Zetros photo gallery
Mercedes-Benz chose the International Defense Exhibition Eurosatory 2008 in Paris, a show we don't normally attend, to introduce their new Zetros truck. The model pictured above is the Zetros 2733 A 6x6, offering permanent all-wheel-drive to all th......
New York 2008: Mercedes burns oil and rubber
Sunday, March 23rd, 2008
Click above for high-res gallery from Daimler's press conferenceJust like any good political campaign, Mercedes came to the New York Auto Show touting nothing much as a whole lot. Actually, the faux political rally might have been less than compelling with its old news, but the new M Class sporting ......
Maruti swift’s new avatar - the dezire sedan
Saturday, December 29th, 2007
replacement for esteem- the Dezire:Long expected sedan version of Maruti’s swift will be making its world premiere at the delhi auto expo. Maruti’s new swift sedan is likely to be christened as ‘dezire’ and will replace the esteem as SX4 did with the Baleno. Take a popular hatchback,attach i......
Maruti’s global car
Monday, December 10th, 2007
While peripheral players are making big announcements, market leader can’t be mum for a long period of time. As India’s 1.4 million car market is getting hotter day-by-day the 50% market holder is pulling up the socks to defend its market share. If 20% market holder can make world premiere in In......
Maruti Suzuki’s small car Concept ‘A-star’
Thursday, November 29th, 2007
Concept ‘A-star’ to be made in IndiaSuzuki has been very aggressive nowadays, it surprises everyone when it showcased its Kizashi-1(Honda’s civic competetior) and Kizashi-2. In Tokyo motor show , Suzuki exhibited a wide reange of products - PIXY, xhead and ssc. Suzuki’s largest market - Indi......
Next up, tire tread hairstyles
Friday, April 15th, 2005
From the "do anything for money" file, Detroit Pistons guard Richard Hamilton was paid from Goodyear to wear his hair in the tread pattern of the Assurance TripleTred tire. He says that he plans to keep the style for about a week. Not only did he get cash (no one is saying how much) but a free set o......