Category Archives: Auto Production

Auto Production

Ford Sells Knight Rider Vehicles

Gone were the days when we would all troop to our living rooms to watch �Knight Rider’ on our television sets. But one person can take home the vehicle used in the TV series when Ford puts two of these Knight Rider vehicles under the hammer.

Come March 29th, the Ford Motor Company would be bringing two KITT (Knight Industries 3000) Ford Shelby Mustang units used in the show �Knight Rider’. The vehicles would be put up for auction at the upcoming Barrett-Jack Collector Car Event which is in its sixth year already.

The KITT Ford Shelby Mustangs to be auctioned are actually products of the collaboration between Ford and NBC. They worked together to have a vehicle which would be used in the TV station’s TV series �Knight Rider’. The vehicles - the Super KITT and the Attack Mode KITT - would be put up for sale as a pair.

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Chrysler chief Nardelli tells employees automaker expects to lose $1.6B in 2007

Avtovaz will offer Renault a large minority stake in the struggling company, the Interfax news agency quoted an official with the state concern that controls Avtovaz as saying.

OAO Avtovaz has been considering bids from foreign companies including General Motors Corp. (NYSE:GM) and Fiat SpA.

Avtovaz President Sergei Chemezov will present the project to Renault Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn on Saturday in the Russian city of Togliatti, Renault spokeswoman Rochelle Chimenes said. She declined to give further details.

Avtovaz, maker of the boxy Lada sedans that were a staple among the relatively small number of car owners during the Soviet era, has found it difficult to compete with higher-quality imports.

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Democrats reach deal to boost automobile fuel economy by 40 per cent

Avtovaz will offer Renault a large minority stake in the struggling company, the Interfax news agency quoted an official with the state concern that controls Avtovaz as saying.

OAO Avtovaz has been considering bids from foreign companies including General Motors Corp. (NYSE:GM) and Fiat SpA.

Avtovaz President Sergei Chemezov will present the project to Renault Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn on Saturday in the Russian city of Togliatti, Renault spokeswoman Rochelle Chimenes said. She declined to give further details.

Avtovaz, maker of the boxy Lada sedans that were a staple among the relatively small number of car owners during the Soviet era, has found it difficult to compete with higher-quality imports.

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General Motors Corp. bidding for stake in Russian carmaker

Avtovaz will offer Renault a large minority stake in the struggling company, the Interfax news agency quoted an official with the state concern that controls Avtovaz as saying.

OAO Avtovaz has been considering bids from foreign companies including General Motors Corp. (NYSE:GM) and Fiat SpA.

Avtovaz President Sergei Chemezov will present the project to Renault Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn on Saturday in the Russian city of Togliatti, Renault spokeswoman Rochelle Chimenes said. She declined to give further details.

Avtovaz, maker of the boxy Lada sedans that were a staple among the relatively small number of car owners during the Soviet era, has found it difficult to compete with higher-quality imports.

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Ottawa proposes change to rules for importing U.S. vehicles into Canada

Avtovaz will offer Renault a large minority stake in the struggling company, the Interfax news agency quoted an official with the state concern that controls Avtovaz as saying.

OAO Avtovaz has been considering bids from foreign companies including General Motors Corp. (NYSE:GM) and Fiat SpA.

Avtovaz President Sergei Chemezov will present the project to Renault Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn on Saturday in the Russian city of Togliatti, Renault spokeswoman Rochelle Chimenes said. She declined to give further details.

Avtovaz, maker of the boxy Lada sedans that were a staple among the relatively small number of car owners during the Soviet era, has found it difficult to compete with higher-quality imports.

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Pressure growing on Ontario to ban drivers with young passengers from smoking

Avtovaz will offer Renault a large minority stake in the struggling company, the Interfax news agency quoted an official with the state concern that controls Avtovaz as saying.

OAO Avtovaz has been considering bids from foreign companies including General Motors Corp. (NYSE:GM) and Fiat SpA.

Avtovaz President Sergei Chemezov will present the project to Renault Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn on Saturday in the Russian city of Togliatti, Renault spokeswoman Rochelle Chimenes said. She declined to give further details.

Avtovaz, maker of the boxy Lada sedans that were a staple among the relatively small number of car owners during the Soviet era, has found it difficult to compete with higher-quality imports.

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Goodyear Canada to expand tire retread plant in North Bay next year

Avtovaz will offer Renault a large minority stake in the struggling company, the Interfax news agency quoted an official with the state concern that controls Avtovaz as saying.

OAO Avtovaz has been considering bids from foreign companies including General Motors Corp. (NYSE:GM) and Fiat SpA.

Avtovaz President Sergei Chemezov will present the project to Renault Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn on Saturday in the Russian city of Togliatti, Renault spokeswoman Rochelle Chimenes said. She declined to give further details.

Avtovaz, maker of the boxy Lada sedans that were a staple among the relatively small number of car owners during the Soviet era, has found it difficult to compete with higher-quality imports.

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GM Canadian sales down 10.2 per cent in November

Avtovaz will offer Renault a large minority stake in the struggling company, the Interfax news agency quoted an official with the state concern that controls Avtovaz as saying.

OAO Avtovaz has been considering bids from foreign companies including General Motors Corp. (NYSE:GM) and Fiat SpA.

Avtovaz President Sergei Chemezov will present the project to Renault Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn on Saturday in the Russian city of Togliatti, Renault spokeswoman Rochelle Chimenes said. She declined to give further details.

Avtovaz, maker of the boxy Lada sedans that were a staple among the relatively small number of car owners during the Soviet era, has found it difficult to compete with higher-quality imports.

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Ford and Toyota see flat U.S. sales in November, GM declines

Avtovaz will offer Renault a large minority stake in the struggling company, the Interfax news agency quoted an official with the state concern that controls Avtovaz as saying.

OAO Avtovaz has been considering bids from foreign companies including General Motors Corp. (NYSE:GM) and Fiat SpA.

Avtovaz President Sergei Chemezov will present the project to Renault Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn on Saturday in the Russian city of Togliatti, Renault spokeswoman Rochelle Chimenes said. She declined to give further details.

Avtovaz, maker of the boxy Lada sedans that were a staple among the relatively small number of car owners during the Soviet era, has found it difficult to compete with higher-quality imports.

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Goodyear tentatively agrees to keep headquarters in Akron

Avtovaz will offer Renault a large minority stake in the struggling company, the Interfax news agency quoted an official with the state concern that controls Avtovaz as saying.

OAO Avtovaz has been considering bids from foreign companies including General Motors Corp. (NYSE:GM) and Fiat SpA.

Avtovaz President Sergei Chemezov will present the project to Renault Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn on Saturday in the Russian city of Togliatti, Renault spokeswoman Rochelle Chimenes said. She declined to give further details.

Avtovaz, maker of the boxy Lada sedans that were a staple among the relatively small number of car owners during the Soviet era, has found it difficult to compete with higher-quality imports.

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