Posts Tagged ‘windshields’
Tuesday, November 6th, 2007
click above for more pics of the The Other Ranch by MINILast year at the 2007 Frankfurt Motor Show, MINI debuted the production version of its larger Clubman model and, as MINI's marketing agency is wont to do, created a spectacle with this installation called The Other Ranch. We've learned that it'......
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Thursday, September 13th, 2007
GM is recalling 90,000 vehicles to fix issues such as safety foam, timing chains, and engine components. The models included are the 2007 Chevrolet Equinox and Pontiac Torrent, 2001 Chevy Silverado and GMC Sierra with the 8.1-liter engine, and the 2.2-liter Saturn L-Series line.In Equinox and Torren......
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Friday, April 27th, 2007
Engineers looked at a lotus leaf easily shedding water and said, "Hey, we could do that." And so they did, with a revolutionary coating named superhydrophobic, which simply means it really dislikes water.The technology works by creating a surface with lots of peaks and valleys. These create microsco......
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Thursday, April 5th, 2007
There is currently a growing list of three-wheeled vehicles set to be sold in America. One reason for this trend is that by losing out on the fourth wheel, the vehicle is officially classified as a motorcycle and is therefore exempt from much of the safety testing that is required for automobiles. S......
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Monday, October 30th, 2006
It's one of those ideas that seems so simple you smack your forehead wondering why it took so long. Conventional airbags are sometimes demonized for causing injuries while attempting to save your life. It's easy to criticize something that has to be a one-size-fits-all solution, and SRS does an admi......
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Saturday, October 14th, 2006
The NHTSA says Ford, Volvo and Chrysler are recalling a total of about 300,600 vehicles.Ford gets off relatively light and is bringing in 422 Crown Vics and Mercury Grand Marquis to replace improperly secured windshields.Volvo, however, will install new software to fix speed controls on more than 17......
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