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Still, autumn is the traditional start of the new model year for the auto industry, and the theme for 2011 is unmistakable: small, fuel-efficient cars.
In the 1950s, Marino Auriti, an Italian immigrant and auto mechanic, created an architectural model for a mammoth, wedding cake-shaped museum he hoped would be built on the Mall.
And because it was easier and profitable, it naturally became the main focus of Japanese (as well as global competitor) auto companies, with each new model bigger, heavier, and more expensive.
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Similarly, GM will unveil the new Chevrolet Spark EV at the Los Angeles Auto Show later this month, and the model will hit the showrooms in early 2013.
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And that means that everybody is going to have to give a little bit -- shareholders, workers, creditors, suppliers, dealers -- everybody is going to have to recognize that the current model, economic model, of the U.S. auto industry is unsustainable.
Case in point: the Model U concept vehicle unveiled at the recent Detroit auto show.
Covisint started out as an online auction site for auto components, but evolved toward a far more useful business model: providing motorists with secure access to the internet through their car.
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The ceremony Friday at which Tesla delivered the first Model S cars had all the trappings of a typical auto company pep rally, save for an actual marching band.
Using advanced design software typically used in auto and airplane design, they were able to figure our how to model the advanced shapes and surfaces that Gaudi's avant garde plans demanded and building continued.
Subaru announced at the New York International Auto Show it will add a more SUV-like version of the Impreza model, called the 2013 Suburu XV Crosstrek, with sales starting this fall.
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Well, late-model used cars have been among the most wanted vehicles in the overall auto market in recent years, in part because there have been so few of them since the beginning of the Great Recession.
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Fuel economy is very much on the front burner in the auto industry, because the U.S. government is imposing tougher mileage standards for the 2016 to 2025 model years.
And because of its low price and icon status, Tata's new model should also swipe customers from Hero Honda and other two- and three-wheel manufacturers like Bajaj Auto and TVS Motor.
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