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Jaguar for sale?

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Russian carmaker GAZ will buy British car maker LDV Holding. It may buy American Ford???s Jaguar division.

Ford bought Jaguar for 1.6 billion pounds sterling in 1989 and has been trying to make their production profitable through conversion and dismissal of over 1,000 workers. The management of the U.S. company has repeatedly stated its determination to keep Jaguar. However losses of 64 million pounds in the second quarter of the year might have made it change its mind.

Jaguar made about 90,000 cars in 2005. GAZ can afford buying the brand that ranks seventh in the world among commercial carmakers.

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2007 BMW X5

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2007 BMW X5

BMW was released yesterday official photos of the new 2007 X5. Evolutionary exterior styling hides a fully reworked interior boasting an optional third seat row and space for seven. Engines include 3.0-liter 272-horsepower inline six-cylinder and a 4.8-liter 355-horsepower V8-the latter providing 0-62-mph acceleration in 6.5 seconds.

Mercedes-Benz M-Class and Audi Q7 will get a new rival.

New crash tests

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The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) released the results of it latest tests .

The vehicles tested:
2007 Dodge Caliber (small car);
2006 Kia Optima;
2007 Toyota Camry (midsize moderately priced cars);
2006 Lincoln Zephyr (midsize luxury car);
2006 Hyundai Tucson;
2006 Toyota RAV4 (small SUVs).

Front, side, and rear evaluations were conducted for all except the Optima, which was not tested for protection in side impacts. Kia is changing this car to improve its side performance, and the Institute will test it later this year.

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Chevrolet Camaro

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Chevy Camaro

GM CEO Rick Wagoner will announce that the Chevrolet Camaro concept will be built as early as 2008 and that a V6 will join two V8s as the powertrain offerings.

This platform, with independent suspension all around and robust parts for large and high-performance cars, was shelved for a while to save costs as GM struggled to bring its bottom line under control, but it is ready to go now.

Tthe next phase of making a real-world Camaro happen has to do with finalizing a production design, developing a specification list that will generate the requisite sales numbers, setting up to stamp out body parts from sheetmetal. The magic number of new Chevy is 100,000 units.

2007 version of the Kia Opirus (Amanti)

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2007 version of the Kia Opirus (Amanti)

The 2007 Kia Opirus (Amanti) is upgraded and facelifted for U.S. market. The new Kia Opirus will make debut at the Paris Motor Show in September.

The exterior received a new grille, taillamps and slightly revised headlamp clusters. The interior received a new dashboard, center stack and floor console. The seats are more versatile. The 3.5-liter engine has been replaced with a new 3.8-liter aluminum 266-h.p. engine. Potential top speed of 143 mph.

The 2007 Kia Opirus will arrive in U.S. as the Amanti early next year.

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2007 Peugeot SUV

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2007 Peugeot SUV

French carmaker PSA has been developing a first 4×4 SUV based on the new Outlander???s platform. It is to be launched under the Peugeot and Citroen badges 7007 and C9 respectively. Now you can see spy shots of new models testing in the France.

The Peugeot 7007 and Citroen C9 will arrive on the market in 2007. Talk is of a Mitsubishi fuel engine (2,4 litre 170 bhp) and a PSA Diesel engine (2,0 litre HDI, 136 bhp). Plans for the Peugeot 7007 and Citroen C9 are to produce 30,000 units per year. New SUVs will cost between 20,000 and 30,000 Euros.

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2007 Mercedes CLK63 AMG

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2007 Mercedes CLK63 AMG

Mercedes-Benz has unveiled two new cars in the CLK line: the CLK63 AMG Coupe and Cabriolet. The CLK63 AMG, with 6.2-liter V8, replaces the CLK55 AMG. The new engine makes 481 horses and 465 pound-feet of torque and is mated to a new AMG Speedshift version of the Mercedes 7G-Tronic 7-speed automatic, with shift paddles mounted on the AMG sport steering wheel.

The CLK63 AMG gets a retuned sport suspension and rides on 18-inch, 5-spoke light-alloy wheels. A new AMG high-performance composite brake system is also fitted. AMG has facelifted the CLK’s aero body kit, side air vents and a lip spoiler on the deck lid. The cabin gets new AMG multicontour sport seats trimmed in napa leather. The Coupe achieves 0-62mph time of 5.2 seconds; the Cabriolet is 5.3 sec. With a top speed of 155 mph (electronically limited), the new CLK 500 Coupe and Cabriolet have a combined fuel consumption figure of 24.8 and 24.4mpg.

The CLK 500 Coupe and Cabriolet will arrive at U.S. dealers during the 2007 model year.

Gold Gilded Porsche Boxter

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Gold Gilded Porsche Boxter

The Gold Porsche, which will be followed by a limited edition (only nine supercars), was realized by Bernd Hoeger, a goldsmith and artist from Stuttgart. The VISUALIS CEOs commissioned the artist to gild a Porsche Boxster in 22 carat beaten gold.

From the control elements such as the steering wheel and door knobs to the car body and alloy rims – the two seater is of an inestimable value.

???The Porsche warranty is not affected??? says Petra K??hler of VISUALIS. ???since only the body will be changed. Of course if there are any changes under the hood, you always have to get an extra warranty, but that’s up to the buyers. VISUALIS offers just the refinement.???

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Ford Recalls Trucks, SUVs

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Ford Excursion

Ford recalling trucks, sport utility vehicles and vans in the US. The recall was tied to the speed control deactivation switch system, which could corrode over time, overheat and ignite.

Affected vehicles are 1994-2002 F-250s, F-350s, F-450s and F-550s. It also affects Explorers and Mountaineers from ’98, along with 2000-’02 Excursion full-sized SUVs. Affected vans are ’94-’96 Econolines and ’96-2002 E-450 vans.

Total about 1.2 million cars! It builds upon one of the largest recalls in world history!

Mahindra looks to U.S.

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Mahindra Scorpio

The Indian automaker Mahindra & Mahindra is trying to set up a dealer network in U.S. About 200 dealers will sell an unspecified utility vehicle.
The SUV could go on U.S. market as early as 2007.

Mahindra makes a range of SUVs and pickups. The SUV, called Scorpio, is the company???s flagship vehicle.

Mahindra currently sells tractors under its own brand in the U.S. If the Indian carmaker want to sell low-priced SUVs to the Americans, they’ll have to get in line behind the Koreans, the Chinese and the Russians.

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