Mercedes-Benz A-Class Future Plans Rumored

It’s no covert Mercedes-Benz is working on revamping their A-Class and B-Class lineups, as the company has confirmed they’ll be redesigning the entry level range from the ground up in a diversity of body types.

Speculating on what precisely might be in store for the models, Auto Express has published a rather extensive look at Mercedes upcoming models, starting with the fact a recently designed hatchback is in the works set to rival the Volkswagen Golf and Audi A3. According to the publication, the latest model will be based on a new front-wheel drive platform, and it will take its design cues mainly from the F800 Style concept in either a three or five door design. Launching in 2012, the hatchback will possible maintain the A-Class moniker, and it will serve as one of four new key vehicles making use of Mercedes’ latest front wheel drive architecture.

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Daimler to introduce electric scooter

Automaker Daimler plans to enter the electric scooter market with a latest prototype expected at the Paris Auto Show in September.

According to a report in British website Auto car, the German manufacturer will unveil a latest electric scooter under the company’s Smart brand.

The Daimler Corporation, which owns Mercedes-Benz, Maybach and elegant, lately entered a partnership with energy supplier EnBW to ascertain charging stations in Stuttgart, Germany, providing an infrastructure for electric vehicles. The project was initially slated to support 200 Smart and Mercedes-Benz cars, but Auto car reports the project will also support 500 electric scooters, with field testing of the fresh Smart scooters to begin within the next year.

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The 2012 Mercedes-Benz SLK AMG caught testing

After the subsequently generation Mercedes-Benz SLK, what we have now are the spy shots of its sibling the AMG while it underwent road tests.

By the sound that came to the spy photographers it was a V8 engine that had been fixed to the car. The engine would most possibly be a 5.5 liter twin turbo V8 as per the photographers. The power output is predictable to be 450 hp in AMG trim which is a jump of 90 hp from the present SLK 55 AMG. The present AMG is powered by a logically aspirated 5.5 liter V8. There could be chance of the next AMG coming up with a naturally aspirated V8 or a twin turbo V6.

Apart from a latest engine that the new SLK will be equipped with, no matter what type Mercedes eventually settles for, there is also a major overhaul that the AMG is undergoing as far as looks go and that would be the new SLK AMG. There would be an better hood and nose shape and there would also be quad tipped tailpipes. A full body treatment along with new set of front spoilers and air dam would help in improving the cars recital. Wheels are expected to be great in size and shiny forged alloy make. The brakes also would be big and the AMG logo would come along with a inimitable paint scheme.

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Near misses and close calls in the air

With more planes flying than ever before, the number of incidents has risen. Should anxious passengers be worried?

Not to fright anybody, but the number of near collisions between profitable aircraft is going up.

In the past year, according to the Federal Aviation Administration, the rate of what it considers grave airspace incursions in the United States rose from 2.44 per million flights to 3.28 per million flights. That works out to fewer than 10 incidents per year, but still the trend is a perturbing one, especially as the number of smaller infractions has risen more sharply.

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Two killed in crashes over Oregon's 'deadliest major holiday'

From Oregon State Police, Preliminary information from known reported deadly traffic crashes indicates 2 people died in two separate fatal traffic crashes through the 78-hour Fourth of July 2010 holiday reporting period between 6 p.m., Friday, July 2, and 11:59 p.m., Monday, July 5, on Oregon roadways.

According to ODOT's Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), this year's two known traffic fatalities matches previous year's number of fatalities for the Fourth of July holiday stage, which is the deadliest main holiday of the year in Oregon.

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Mercedes-Benz G-Wagen armoured patrol concept

Mercedes-Benz has come with an armored patrol vehicle model that seems to be attempting a rejuvenation of its military roots. Dubbed the G-Wagen Light Armoured Patrol Vehicle 6.X Concept, it shows the actual possibilities of the G-Wagen platform, other than creating rolling roadblocks on city streets.

Running a high-torque general rail diesel engine, the 6.X is capable of 150 kph speeds while being capable to transport 1.3 tonnes of cargo.

The monocoque steel body provides ballistic safety and sits upon a compact enough wheelbase to give it excellent angles of approach and departure off-road.

The vehicle’s modular armour plate system allows damaged plates to be removed rapidly and be replaced with fresh or extra plates, and includes a mine deflector plate on the vehicles floor.

The variable lift front and rear coil-over air shock absorbers which are adaptable while driving, help lift the LAPV 6.X to 450 mm of ground clearance. An individual tyre inflation system is also intelligent to detect ground conditions and adjust accordingly for best traction.

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Half of American drivers on cellphones when they hit people

Nearly half of Americans surveyed were hit by a car or managed to slightly escape being hit by drivers who were talking on their mobile phones, according to a fresh report released today.

The poll of 1,004 people taken by Harris Interactive on behalf of the countrywide Mutual Insurance Company showed that 38 percent of American drivers got into car accidents or managed to just circumvent them due to other drivers being distracted while on their mobile phones.

Actual calls were not the only problem, as the enlargement in smart phones has meant that more and more people are using their phones for applications, counting services like Google Maps, while driving, creating important hazards for other road users. Social networking, or should that be not driving, was also a big factor cited in the risky driving.

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Strong Tesla IPO Opening Raises Hopes for Electric Car Market

Since its founding in 2003, luxury automaker Tesla Motors has not at all turned a profit. Its charismatic founder lately ran out of cash. It has sold less than 1,500 vehicles.

Yet in a burst of eagerness for electric cars, investors are saluting the company's prediction, raising more than $200 million at its initial public offering
Monday and, on its first day of trading Tuesday, sending share prices up once more from $17 to $23.89.

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Live updates: Police Chief Castor holding news conference

TAMPA - A woman wanted for quizzical in connection with the deaths of two Tampa police officers has been taken into safekeeping, authorities say.

Police launched a manhunt for Dontae Rashawn Morris, 24, and Cortnee' Nicole Brantley, 22, later than Officer Jeffrey Kocab and Officer Dave Curtis were shot and left for deceased this morning.

Officer Kocab, who had been with the department about 14 months, was married, and his wife is nine months expecting. Officer Curtis, a four-year veteran of the department, was married with four youthful children.

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Merc outshines rival Lexus

For the first time in 21 years, Mercedes-Benz beat Lexus in one of the industry's most watched initial excellence studies. Now it's aiming for the pinnacle overall spot.

In the 2010 J.D. Power and Associates US Initial excellence Survey, Mercedes-Benz was third, up from sixth in 2009. Lexus plunged from the top niche in 2009 to fourth this year. Porsche was first, followed by Honda's premium Acura division.

J.D. Power has been conducting the survey for 24 years, and Mercedes-Benz was excellence king earlier than Lexus arrived in the United States in 1989.

Mercedes-Benz was first in original quality in 1987, dropped to second place in 1988, regained the crown in 1989 and mislaid it to Lexus in 1990.

In recent years - particularly since the arrival of Mercedes-Benz USA chief executive Ernst Lieb - Daimler AG's Mercedes brand has been hellbent on regaining its premier position in the luxury-car world.

It has overhauled dealer relations, better manufacturing and engineering, and fine-tuned processes to deliver what executives depict as the dream for customers.

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Naked Woman Steals Cars, Gets Tasered (Video)

Crime Beat Utah - Police say Sylvina Beagley first stole a private citizen's car and later than crashing it, swiped a police squad car and then crashed it as fine. Making the tale more bizarre, the 31-year old woman just happened to be totally nude at the time of her alleged crime spree as she led police on a wild chase in Utah that ended with two shattered cars and a sweaty nude woman at the mistaken end of a taser.

KSL-TV provides details and video and reports that the occurrence began at 5 a.m. in West Jordan, Utah. The report reveals a man was pulled over, posting business signs on the side of the street and his car was parked next to where he was working.

The woman, Beagley, drove up in a car and jumped out, nude. While that stunned the man her next move shocked him more as she then jump into his car, stealing it and driving during the city before crashing into a gate and fleeing the vehicle on foot.

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2010 Emergency Budget: What does it mean for motorists?

George Osbourne promised at the beginning of today's crisis budget that he wouldn't hide the hard choices from the British citizens. He positively didn't, but the motorist was hit no harder than anyone else.

The Chancellor promised that £4 out of each £5 required to reduce the national deficit would be establish through spending cuts rather than tax rises, but it is the headline tax rise which will brunt on the nation's drivers.

As some predicted, Mr Osbourne chose to augment the rate of VAT from 17.5 per cent to 20 per cent from January 4 2011.

The cost at the pumps will increase thanks to the rise, but there is no accompanying rise in fuel duty beyond that which was previously expected.

The additional 2.5 per cent will also brunt on the cost of buying a car, as well as having one serviced. As an example, the cost of a £16,000 Ford Fiesta 1.4 TDCI (one of the country's most popular cars) is set to increase by £400.

In line with the Conservatives pre-election proposals, the Chancellor suggested that the brunt of oil prices on the cost at the pumps would be examined to see if there's a way of stabilizing them in the future. Whether this results in the adoption of a fuel duty stabilizer remains to be seen.

The Liberal Democrat policy of a rebate for pastoral areas is also set to be studied.

The future of the Department of Transport's budget will be detailed in October, but with the defenseless departments facing a 25 per cent cut in their spending it is secure to presume that some road building projects will have to be shelved.

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Bonhams auctions the 20th century's 'most controversial' car...

That's how people describe the DeLorean, and an example with a exclusive history is up for sale

One of the 20th century's most contentious and fabled motor cars, a 1981 DeLorean DMC12 Coupé, will be sold by Bonhams as fraction of the Goodwood Festival of Speed on July 2.

This example is particularly unique, having once been owned and driven by Miranda Guinness, Countess of Iveagh.

The automobile, formerly on long-term display at the Robert Guinness Steam Museum in Dublin and the Irish Museum of Transport, has attracted a pre-sale approximation of £15,000 - 20,000.

The brainchild of ex-General Motors executive John Zachary DeLorean, the DeLorean sports car project found a home in Northern Ireland subsequent a grant from the British government.

Under the helm of a former Pontiac designer, Bill Collins, the car attracted much concentration for its stylish coupé body and doors which opened in a characteristic gull-wing fashion.

The highly-anticipated DeLorean lastly arrived in 1980 but quickly ran into quality control problems that were not at all recovered. This was additional exacerbated to the creator's indictment on drug charges in 1982.

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Motorcyclist air-lifted to hospital after A38 accident

A motorcyclist was air-lifted to hospital after a collide on the A38 at Biddisham on Friday afternoon (June 18th).

Police and ambulance crews from Burnham-On-Sea rushed to the scene at 1.25pm and found the man had suffered leg injury, which were serious sufficient for him to be air-lifted to Frenchay Hospital in Bristol.

The collision occurred along a fast-moving elongate of the A38 and involved a Ford Fiesta.

A man was taken to hospital via an air ambulance following a road traffic mishap between a car and a motorbike, police orator Claire Stanley told Burnham-On-Sea.com.

The road was closed for some hours, leading to a build-up of extended queues of traffic in both directions.

Police appealed for witnesses to the crash to contact them on 0845 456 7000.

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Toyota Prius long-term test review (2010)

Yes, I know, very humorous, Ben Barry – lover of oversteer, keeper of M3 – gets a Prius, must be some type of punishment from the editor, etc etc, guffaw, guffaw. That, in fact, is not so. I’ve chosen the Prius because I was frightened by its abilities on the press launch, and wondered if its comfort, practicality, economy and completely fine ability to go from A-to-B wouldn’t really be all that I needed for the commute and family duties.

There’s also a larger agenda at issue here. Firstly, I reckon that as petrol heads get increasingly squeezed at the pumps, by the DVLA and by – much as I hate to spout the common you-can’t-actually-drive-fast-anywhere-these-days and ooh-aren’t-there-a-lot-of-speed-cameras baloney – rising traffic levels, they’ll increasingly turn to very reasonable daily drives, while keeping something tasty (probably untaxed and uninsured) in the garage and trailered to the track. So, think of me as a type of keen-driving guinea pig, a test case who’ll report back to those of you who love driving but speculate if a hybrid on the drive and a hot car in the garage might be the future.

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Revealed: The World's Most Polluting Cars

The Lamborghini Murcielago has been named 2010's the majority polluting car, being five times not as good as than the greenest - the Toyota iQ.

The super car emits as much CO2 per year as would felling a football pitch-sized woods of trees, according to the Environmental Transport Association (ETA).

It also produces five times the carbon per kilometer than greenest car of the year, the Toyota iQ.

Over 12 months the Toyota only emit as much CO2 as would be engrossed by a forest the size of three tennis courts, says the ETA.

The group looked at 5,000 models, ranking them on power, emission, fuel competence and noise creation, in order to aid consumers choose the greenest vehicles.

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Tesla plans $180M IPO

Tesla Motors, a creator of high-end electric sports cars, has applied to be a public company and trade on the Nasdaq exchange by the ending of June.

The corporation plans to sell 11.1 million shares between $14 and $16 per share, under the symbol TSLA.

The Nasdaq exchange is presently considering the application. If it's victorious, it would be the first U.S. automaker to go public since Ford Motor Co. did so in the 1950s.

The California-based company has never made a profit and has only ever sold a small more than 1,000 vehicles. Its flagship vehicle is an electric roadster that costs above $100,000. Sold in 22 countries, it made its Canadian debut only weeks past.

The corporation is phasing out that model and plans to launch a sedan for $50,000 some time in 2012. Toyota Motor Corp. invested $50 million to become a partner on that invention, Tesla's first effort to cater to more mainstream consumers.

Announced in May 2010, Toyota's ante will give it about 2.5 per cent of the company.

The company has lost almost $300 million US since 2003. In its filing prospectus on Tuesday, Tesla reveals it lost $25.5 million US in the three months end March.

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Toyota benefits from the spirit of modern adventure

WITH its groundbreaking hybrid power train, celebrity endorsements and innovative looks, Prius is a Toyota community can get a handle on and get excited about.

The newest model is tasked with extending its appeal out of the green niche market and into the conventional. We tried a top spec T-Spirit model to assess its probability.

As you might imagine, there’s a enormous amount of technology at work in the car, making this possible and maximizing competence but to succeed, the Prius needs to incorporate that technology into a user-friendly package. It does a decent job. At 4,460mm long and 1,745mm wide, this Prius is a huge vehicle.

Rear legroom is good but the swooping roofline means anyone over six feet tall will move violently for headroom. The battery pack is located under the boot floor and this means that the baggage space available in is quite shallow but there’s plenty of length and a 445-litre capacity is far from stingy.

The headline figures with the newest Toyota Prius are its 72.4mpg combined cycle fuel financial system and 89g/km emissions.

Unlike a conservative, car the official economy events show the Prius giving similar returns in town and on the open road. The advanced power train adapts to the conditions.

Whether you can mimic these figures in real world driving is a diverse matter but there’s no doubt that the Prius is one of the most fuel and tax competent vehicles around.

The car can be set into ECO mode to enhance financial system or EV mode which uses electric power only for very small distances at low speeds.

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BMW Sales Up 10.8%

A BMW declaration said the group sold a total of 120,843 vehicles, of which 101,775 were BMW-brand cars, regardless of a slump in Germany and the United States.

The grouping also owns the Mini and Rolls-Royce brands.

BMW-brand delivery through May rose by 14.1 per cent to 466,087 vehicles, which meant it remained the important luxury brand.

In the similar five-month period, German rival Audi sold 455,700 cars and Daimler’s Mercedes-Benz brand sold 443,400.

We are on course to preserve our position as the world’s leading manufacturer of premium vehicles throughout 2010, BMW sales director Ian Robertson was quoted as adage.

The group benefited from a jump of 107.3 per cent in Chinese sales of BMW and Mini-brand cars to 13,998 vehicles, but saw deliveries slip by 3.9 per cent in the United States and by 13.7 percent in the domestic German marketplace.

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Chrysler Learns from Toyota’s Mistake – Recalls 35,000 Cars

When it comes to possible safety hazards, it looks like car makers aren’t taking any chances following the Toyota Sticky Gas Pedal fiasco. After a month’s inquiry by the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration, Chrysler is issuing a voluntary remember on the potentially sticky gas pedals put into 90 Jeep Compass and 34,631 Dodge Calibers from the 2007 model year. No reports of accidents or injury have been filed, which means they’re trying to correct the difficulty before it starts – exactly what should have been complete with Toyota.

Although the issue is parallel to the Toyota deal, the underlying issue isn’t the similar. The difficulty with the Chrysler pedals are due to a manufacturing issue from CTS – the supplier for the parts in question. Chrysler says only about a third of the recalled vehicles will have troubles, so owners are encouraged to have a gratis inspection done at their local dealer to see if the pedal wants to be replaced.

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