Cars Blog December Archive

Automotive Service Training at Port Huron

12/29/08 01:43

Don't know how to fix your own car? You better should! Times are getting more difficult, so you should already things that you can do. Or are you trying to earn some money out of fixing the cars of others?

Whatever your reasons, you might find this automotive service training to be valuable. It will be held at the St. Clair County Community College's Workforce Training Institute in Port Huron. For more information, please check out this article.

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Lane's Professional Car Products Interview

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Lane Pietro

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Lane's Professional Car Products is about offering the most concentrated auto detailing products on the market today. With years of auto detailing experience, Lane's is guaranteed to save you time while providing the ultimate protection for your car.

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Multi-Purpose Key Fob

BMW is once again planning to development a multifunction smart key which will contains a security chip that can be accessed by a card reader over short distances that can be use for electronic payments.

The car key fob could also carry an owners preferred setting from car to car, personalized to their ConnectedDrive preferences just like a dongle. This option will be available in any BMW out.

Link: KickingTires: BMW Moves Ahead on Multi-Purpose Key Fob

BMW Product Browser with Microsoft Surface Interface

BMW will is the first car maker worldwide that will implement and use the new Microsoft Surface interface. They'll be using the touchscreen technology to show they prostpect consumer the most realistic specification of a car through their product navigator.

Microsof Surface is a technology and software combined to enable user to manipulate digital content through touch, hand gesture of even with physical object. The first and good corporate application of which is with BMW's product browser.

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American Car

"Buy American", this is the frequent cry among those who are trying to save jobs but does it actually do. Buying cars from American Manufacturers like ones from the Big Three vehicle makers of U.S.

A Ford Fusion is assemble in Mexico and a Chrysler 300C is on Canada, most of their parts are made elsewhere. On the other hand, a foreign company, Toyota's Camry is comprised of 80 percent of parts made locally where about 56% of their sales are made here according to Sona Iliffe-Moon. If you really want to buy an American car, you should focus on the three points, engine, Transmission and where it was assemble which you could see on a vehicle's window sticker.

Link: What makes a car American? - CNN.com

Bigger Can Be Greener Too

Ever think that your truck can even have the possibility of being the slightest bit green? Probably not. You're probably thinking if that is even possible. One man named Johnathan Goodwin specially works on these kind of vehicles to make them better for the environment. He even gets celebrities to purchase his services.

The article I read this from had some pretty harsh comments in it though. One person went as far as pointing out that these kind of modifications are a felony and a crime. Some people just can't see past what kind of good others are doing for the environment by making cars greener.

So why can't the big time auto makers make these kind of changes as well? If one man can do it, why can't they?

Classic Chevy Overhauled to a New Modern Glory

Classic vehicles have been a passion and an option to some old folks and people on a tight budget. One of the classic but still "cool" automobile is the 1955 and 1977 Chevy truck.

A story of a man's quest for a truck and a cool ride is what you can find in the story provided below. See how he transformed the "rugged" Chevy he bought into one of his most prized trucks here:

Link: 1955 & 1972 Chevy Trucks - Custom Classic Trucks

GM November sales hurt due to speculation

Speculation, for whatever value it has, is the main culprit behind any correction the market has ever undergone. It has done nothing but hurt the market.

The same can be said about General Motors, which had its November sales hurt over speculation about the fate of its brand. More news about it here at CNN.com

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Car Dealer Sue Chrysler

Randy Henderson (Webster car dealer) sues Chrysler and claims that it is trying to force him out of business to consolidate dealerships and also because he is an African American.

Mr. Henderson owned Webster Chrysler Jeep for almost 11 years now but last year Chrysler asked him to sell the dealership even though it was on solid financial ground. And he also claimed that tactical maneuvers were made by the company to bring him down the business.

Link: Webster Car Dealer Sues Chrysler - 13WHAM.com

Ford to boost truck production

Probably due to the lower gas prices and higher incentives, demand for pickup trucks and sports-utility vehicles are on the rise while demand for other vehicle types is down, says officials of vehicle-producing company Ford.

This has prompted the company to increase its truck production for next year to around 305,000 while its car production will fall to 125,000.

Shares of Ford grew up by 3.9% in recent trading.

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