Posts Tagged ‘st petersburg’
Click above for high-res galleries of models from MoscowWhile Russia's auto industry is certainly not known for the beauty it produces, the country's stock of fashion models seems limitless. Standing next to each vehicle on display at this year's Moscow Motor Show was a maiden who, as you can see in......
Moscow 2008: Kesselman Mazda CX-7
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
Click above for a high-res gallery of the Kesselman Mazda CX-7.From afar, our first reaction was: what's a Matrix doing at the Mazda booth? Upon closer inspection, the dumped wagon you see above revealed itself as a tuned Mazda CX-7. Unfortunately, our Russian is about as good as our Swahili, so we ......
Moscow 2008: In Russia, Sebring rebadge embarasses YOU!
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
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Tata cuts Land Rover production
Monday, August 25th, 2008
Land Rover sales are tanking along with the rest of SUVs sold here in the States and in Europe, but strong sales in China and Russia are keeping Tata's new luxury SUV brand to within 3% of last year's sales volume. Encouraging sales in emerging markets isn't enough, however, for the Indian automaker......
Bermudavich Triangleski: inordinate number of accidents at Moscow intersection
Friday, August 22nd, 2008
Click above to see 15 crashes at the Moscow intersection
Every city has at least one: a badly designed intersection with poor visibility that's prone to car accidents. But this one looks like it was laid out by Rasputin. What you see here isn't a snapshot from the set of The Bourne Ultimatum. It's a......
Unofficial Volt Wait List surpasses 30,000 hand raisers
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
Shortly after the Volt Concept was shown, a Volt adherent started a website called GM-Volt.com to show General Motors that it was on to something. After the Volt was approved for production, the site added a feature to allow people to "raise their hands" to show interest in the Volt, much like what ......
Russia now Europe’s biggest automotive market
Monday, July 14th, 2008
Russia has just passed Germany as Europe's largest market for new car sales -- for the first half of the year, at least. In fact, Russian consumers managed to snatch up 41% more cars for the first half of this year as compared to the previous year. Not only that, but the vehicles being sold in Russi......
Volvo to trim 30-percent of U.S. dealers by the end of next year
Friday, July 11th, 2008
Volvo hasn't been doing too hot lately, posting a $1.73 billion loss over the past five years as it flails to find its niche. Sales of almost every Volvo product have declined in 2007, with the S60 falling by 28.1 percent, the SC90 dropping 5.6 percent and the V70 station wagon losing 7.7 percent. F......
Volvo planning more small models, more diesels
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
click above image for high-res gallery of the Volvo C30 EfficiencyIn the wake of rapidly diminishing sales of large and not-particularly fuel efficient cars, Volvo is doing what only seems rational: introducing smaller vehicles with more fuel efficient engines. The company reportedly has plans to in......
Moscow under seige of auto arsonist
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
click above for gallery of hot, hot heatSince last Thursday, more than 20 cars and trucks in the Russian capital of Moscow have been torched by an elusive car arsonist. Each of the fires is started the same way: flammable materials are pulled from a dumpster, stacked under the vehicle's wheel, dous......