2007 July - egmCarTech (2)

Toyota Prius price drops $1,225 for 2008

Posted: Jul 31, 2007

Filed under: 2008 Releases, Hybrids, Green News, Toyota

Toyota yesterday announced the pricing for eight of its 2008 models. The 2008 Toyota Prius, Avalon, Yaris, RAV4, FJ Cruiser, 4Runner, Tacoma and Sienna all arrive in dealerships in late July and throughout August.
Our favorite green car Prius saw a new lower price due to a new standard model. The 2008 Toyota Prius hybrid now starts at [...]

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The Find Your Way Giveaway Winner is…

Posted: Jul 31, 2007

Filed under: Industry News

We promised to announced the winner yesterday, but we got a little backed up. So here it is now. The lucky winner, chosen at random, of the TomTom One navigation system is catsmeow.
If you didn’t win, don’t worry. eGMCarTech will be running their last summer giveaway in August and believe us, it’ll be better than [...]

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Video: 2008 MINI Clubman in all of its angles

Posted: Jul 31, 2007

Filed under: 2008 Releases, MINI, Videos

Here is a video of the 2008 MINI Clubman and all of its angles. The 2008 MINI Clubman is powered by two different engine options including a 1.6 liter 4-cylinder turbocharged engine and one regular 1.6 liter 4-cylinder engine.
The turbocharged engine will give the MINI Clubman S the ability to produce 175 hp and 177 [...]

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Lamborghini’s first-half profit is more than it earned in all of 2006

Posted: Jul 31, 2007

Filed under: Industry News, Lamborghini

Volkswagen owned, Lamborghini, reported a pretax profit of 26.4 million euros ($36.1 million) for the first half of 2007. Lamborghini has already surpassed its record profit of 18.1 million, earned in all of 2006.
“The company came one step closer to its target of being the most profitable super sports car manufacturer in the world,” said [...]

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Spy Shots: Next-Generation Acura TL or TSX

Posted: Jul 31, 2007

Filed under: Acura, Spy Shots/Renderings

Spies have caught a new Acura sedan prototype running late night tests in the Californian desert. It is not clear whether this is the next-generation TL or TSX. Speculations are even leaning towards the next-generation RL, but sources have said that the RL won’t be changed until 2010 or 2011.
So with the size of this [...]

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Russian company says its not bidding for Jaguar, Land Rover

Posted: Jul 31, 2007

Filed under: Ford, Industry News, Jaguar, Land Rover

We thought long and hard yesterday about reporting news of Russian company GAZ’s interest in purchasing Jaguar and Land Rover from Ford. Of course we held off, thinking Oleg Deripaska, owner of GAZ, would come out tomorrow and say he had no interest in Jaguar or Land Rover.
Well that’s exactly what happened. These “reports” seem to be [...]

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Audi: First half net profit up 67 percent

Posted: Jul 30, 2007

Filed under: Audi, Industry News

Audi said that its net profit for the first half of 2007 rose 67 percent to 679 million euros ($926.9 million). Audi said the boost in profit was caused by interest income from the investment of rising net liquidity, coupled with higher income from the valuation of commodity futures.
Audi, who has never enjoyed popularity in [...]

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Peugeot bites off of Audi: 308 RC Z concept debuting at Frankfurt

Posted: Jul 30, 2007

Filed under: 2007 Releases

Peugeot today announced that it will be unveiled its 308 RC Z concept car, a car that strikingly resembles the Audi TT, at the 2007 Frankfurt Auto Show. The 2+2 coupe shows us another possible variant of the Peugeot 308 lineup.
Keeping the front of the car same as the 308 hatchback, Peugeot dosen’t hesitate to [...]

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Mitsubishi to unveil Concept-cX at 2007 Frankfurt Show

Posted: Jul 30, 2007

Filed under: Mitsubishi

As we reported early last week, Mitsubishi will be showing a small crossover concept at the 2007 Frankfurt Auto Show. Today Mitsubishi released official sketches and information on the crossover, called Concept-cX.
The Mitsubishi Concept-cX joins the new segment of compact crossover SUVs and uses, what Mitsubishi says, is a high-output, high-efficiency 1.8 liter clean diesel [...]

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Saturn’s Future: More European influence, new Sky in 2011, bigger Aura in 2010

Posted: Jul 30, 2007

Filed under: GM, Saturn

As Saturn begins to move up market, GM is sticking with the strategy to give it a more European influence. The first major European influence will come when GM replaces the Ion with an imported model, a rebadged Opel Astra (Opel is seen as Saturn’s European counterpart).
The 2008 Saturn Astra will go on sale at [...]