The Ferrari With the Dragon Tattoo

Posted on May 10, 2012 by allenewilley

Now China is the dragon in the room. As of 2009, the country is the world’s largest light-vehicle market (sales in 2012 are estimated at more than 18 million, compared with about 14.5 million for the U.S.), and the fastest-growing. The prediction blithely bandied about here at the Beijing International Auto Show was an annual car market of 30 million sales by 2020. Meanwhile, the premium-car market is, well, erupting is the only word, with predictions on the order of 15% to 20% annual growth for the next decade. Western car makers, frantic to get their hooks into China’s young and affluent, are rushing into joint ventures with Chinese interests as fast as the ink can dry.

In April, Ferrari rolled out a special-edition 458 Italia festooned with Chinese themes drawn from the “longma” folk tradition of the dragon-horse. The dragon coiling across the hood has a racetrack-like design on its back.

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Auto Sales Rise Puts U.S. on Pace to Best Year Since 2007

Posted on May 10, 2012 by allenewilley

U.S. auto sales are on pace for the best showing since 2007 and a third straight year of at least 10 percent gains, only the fourth such streak since the Great Depression, as more-confident buyers return to showrooms.

2012 Mercedes Fashion Show

Sales this year may reach 14.3 million cars and light trucks, equal to the first-quarter pace, according to estimates from 14 analysts compiled by Bloomberg. It would be the best full year since 16.1 million in 2007. The same analysts in January were expecting sales this year of 13.6 million before Toyota Motor Corp. (7203) and others exceeded projections. Continue…

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Vivus Pill Promising Faster-Than Viagra Erection Approved

Posted on April 28, 2012 by allenewilley

Instant Erections with new pill called Stendra

A Vivus Inc. (VVUS) pill that is supposed to provide erections within 15 minutes, about half the time or less than Pfizer (PFE) Inc.’s Viagra, won U.S. regulatory approval.

The Food and Drug Administration today cleared the erectile dysfunction treatment, called Stendra, the agency said in a statement. Erectile dysfunction is the inability to get or keep an erection firm enough for sexual intercourse.

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U.S. hunts for exports in Russian auto parts market

Posted on April 23, 2012 by micthomas

(Reuters) – Russian consumers, in the days of the Soviet Union, could spend years on a waiting list to buy a car. Now, Russia is poised to become the biggest auto market in Europe and President Barack Obama wants U.S. parts manufacturers in on the action.

A top U.S. Commerce Department official, beginning on Monday, will lead 13 auto parts and service companies on a trade mission to Moscow, Samara and St. Petersburg in search of new sales. Fender and gasket manufacturers are jointing companies that offer emission reduction and heating induction systems.

Russian car ownership has leapt about 70 percent over the past decade, from 140 cars per 1,000 people in 2001 to 244 cars per 1,000 people in 2010. That compares to about 850 cars for every 1,000 Americans, the Commerce Department said. more…

Don’t buy it Till your Check it!

Posted on April 18, 2012 by micthomas

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Dubai’s Pre-Eminence As Leading Trade Hub Fuels Interest In Automechanika Middle East By International Majors

Posted on April 17, 2012 by micthomas

Dubai imported automobiles worth AED 13.4 billion by end of Q3 2011; Re-exports totalled AED 5.8 billion in same period

Figures for the total trade in auto parts in Dubai during 2011 will be released in May at Au-tomechanika Middle East

Dubai is growing in importance as a pivotal market in automotive trade. This is bolstered by its po-sition as a regional trade and commerce hub coupled with the UAE’s well-known appetite for au-tomobiles. The business-friendly environment fostered by a far-sighted leadership as well as its excellent infrastructure and seamless transport & trans-shipment links means Dubai is fast becom-ing a preferred regional base for international auto manufacturers. more…

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A good time to sell used car, bad time to buy

Posted on April 11, 2012 by micthomas

Used cars

If you are planning to sell or trade in a used car, the next couple of months might be the most optimum time.

Prices of late-model used cars are expected to peak for the year over the next six weeks or so, according to analysts at the National Automobile Dealers Assn. Used Car Guide.

That’s because auto dealers are trying to stock up on their used car inventory for the busy spring and summer seasons and there is a shortage of good used cars, an echo effect of the recession. more…

Getting that new Car?

Posted on April 10, 2012 by micthomas

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Have you driven a Ford lately?

Posted on April 3, 2012 by micthomas

UNBELIEVABLE !!!

You can smell the rubber burning as you watch. Must view on full screen.

What a ride! What a driver!!! You’d have to wear Depends to ride with this guy!

Betcha can’t watch just once.

It sounds like the little car is running bad…..one reason it sounds like it is cutting out is because the rev limiter keeps the R.P.M. from going too high and blowing the motor……..the other popping sound is the wastegate on the turbo.

Also note at the very end, the sparks coming from the rear wheel rims as the tires burn down .

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=4TshFWSsrn8&vq=medium#t=35

Chrysler Poised to Lead U.S. Auto Sales Gains as Gas Rises: Cars

Posted on April 2, 2012 by allenewilley

Light-vehicle sales in March, set for release tomorrow, may have run at a 14.5 million seasonally adjusted annual rate, the average estimate of 16 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg. That would exceed the 13.1 million pace from a year earlier and set an average rate of 14.6 million for the first quarter, ahead of analysts’ estimates for full-year deliveries. Small-car sales were especially strong. Continue…

In April, Ferrari rolled out a special-edition 458 Italia festooned with Chinese themes drawn from the “longma” folk tradition of the dragon-horse. The dragon coiling across the hood has a racetrack-like design on its back.

U.S. auto sales are on pace for the best showing since 2007 and a third straight year of at least 10 percent gains, only the fourth such streak since the Great Depression, as more-confident buyers return to showrooms.

At FenderSplendor we are making sure that over 12,000 Car Dealers and Auto Auctions never get hit with the financial loss of missing paint work.

Instant Erections with new pill called Stendra

A Vivus Inc. (VVUS) pill that is supposed to provide erections within 15 minutes, about half the time or less than Pfizer (PFE) Inc.’s Viagra, won U.S. regulatory approval.

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