It was introduced in about 1929 when the authorities were trying to work out how to regulate the new form of locomotion - the motor car.
Though the Maybach doesn't officially go on sale until late this month, Lino Cascardi, the Maybach relationship manager at Benzel-Busch Motor Car Corp. in Englewood, N.
Though the Maybach doesn't officially go on sale until late this month, Lino Cascardi, the Maybach relationship manager at Benzel-Busch Motor Car Corp. in Englewood, New Jersey, says he's already taken 11 orders.
Just as in China, which got its foot on the F1 ladder in 2004, India's love affair with the motor car is growing -- at an average annual rate of 17.2 percent over the last five years.
Its batteries are already used in power tools, and the company has formed alliances to supply Chrysler and SAIC Motor Corporation of Shanghai with car-sized versions.
But the 60-kilowatt electric motor and lithium-ion battery pack are coming to a Smart car near you soon, as the company introduces its first electric car the Fortwo Electric Drive for the 2013 model year.
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An eco-friendly hybrid car, a gas-guzzling high-performance motor or would he stick with the greenest and most reliable form of transport on offer - his feet?
In 1999 a family in a one-car crash sued Ford Motor Credit over the accident that they caused.
Even so, says Garel Rhys, professor of motor-industry economics at Cardiff University, car makers keep investing in Britain.
The coming autos will challenge India's best-selling mass-market passenger car, the Maruti 800 manufactured by Japan's Suzuki Motor Corp. in a 50-50 venture with the Indian government.
"Our research shows that one-third of potential car buyers are motor sport fans, " said Jamie Allison, director of Ford racing.
The Equinox, GM's fourth-generation fuel-cell car, has an electric motor which has no fuel injection, no pistons, no transmission, no motor oil.
The company remains a force in the British motor industry, even without Rover's volume-car production, as Mr Milberg is understandably anxious to point out.
They cite further evidence of double standards: having exported its dirtiest industries to China, the West wants the country to curb its carbon emissions, potentially impeding its growth and depriving newly well-off Chinese of their right to a motor car.
In 1907 Rolls-Royce created the first Silver Ghost, which completed a 14, 371-mile journey, and was considered an elite motor car.
The well-publicised troubles of Nissan Motor, which is closing five car plants and chopping 21, 000 jobs to stave off bankruptcy, have made it acceptable for even profitable firms to announce pre-emptive cuts of their own.
And I think he pointed out today that of the companies that we're talking about, like I said, he said in his remarks, he mentioned -- I don't want to turn this into an advertisement -- (laughter) -- you know, Chevy Malibu was the 2008 Motor Trend Car of the Year, or North American Car of the Year.
The German manufacturer recently released a video of this self-parking wizardry -- you can catch it by following the Read link -- which shows a happy homeowner simply pushing a button on his keyfob to fire up the motor, retract the side-view mirrors, and send the car on a controlled journey to its home just inches from another luxury ride.
The car companies briefly threatened to set up a rival motor-racing competition, but relented after Kirch promised to keep the races on free television, and not shift them to its pay channels.
"It is the worst gas guzzler I have owned since a 1976 Ford Elite, " he lamented of the Honda Motor (nyse: HMC - news - people ) car in an e-mail to the Bluewater Network, a San Francisco-based environmental advocacy group.
The key to success in the luxury-car market seems to be to combine a reliable German motor and a lustrous British veneer.
Chen Guangfu said he was followed by a black car without a license plate while he was on a motor-scooter visiting a relative in another village in Shandong province.
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, which is owned by BMW, has reported record car sales for the third year in a row.
That isn't the only green car news that broke this week -- with the Geneva Motor Show fast approaching, we've been keeping an ear to the ground for the latest from Switzerland.
Speaking in balmy Palm Desert California, this week, Nardelli said that if you judged by consumer demand, Chrysler and Ford Motor could disappear with minimal disruption to the car market, and few tears shed by bailout-weary taxpayers.
In a neighboring hall at the Paris show, Audi is teasing visitors with the eTron Spyder, a convertible version of the high-performance electric sports car the Volkswagen AG luxury subsidiary first previewed at the Frankfurt Motor Show a year ago.
Like Ford Motor, GM says it will be mid-decade before it can break even in Europe, where car sales have fallen to their lowest levels in almost 20 years.
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"People like the car for the car, " emphasizes Stephen Wynne, the 54-year-old CEO of DeLorean Motor Co.
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Bosch, for example, calculates that a car fitted with a 40kW motor capable of speeds of up to 120kph would need a Li-ion battery with a capacity of 35kWh.
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