Land Rover wants sixteen models

Land Rover is planning its model range dramatically expand. With sixteen models, it is possible that the British least doubling their sales.

Land Rover may have about doubled in 2020, says Autocar. With the new models, the entire range of SUVs covered a model of the Evoque to more seven-seater, for example based on the Freelander.

Head of Design Gerry McGovern says that new variants coming on the Defender, Freelander and Range Rover, the latter six models should start counting. Market forecasts assume that in 2020 about 22 million SUVs sold as Land Rover and radically expand its range and 3 percent of that market manages to conquer, the annual selling 600,000 cars.

Just behind homeland Britain, China is the largest market for parent company Jaguar Land Rover. Favorable for Land Rover and its expansion is that the taste is shifting from ordinary luxury cars to SUVs.

There are in the first eight months of 2012 47.975 Land Rovers sold, up 85 percent over the same period last year. That in China crescendo, is also evident from the fact there are about fifty dealers to come alongside the roughly hundred that are already there.

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Two Chevy dealers offering special 700 hp Camaro models – just like Yenko and Berger

There was a time when dealers utilized General Motors’ Central Office Production Order to the fullest, giving us some truly terrific muscle car options. By judiciously picking hi-po OEM performance parts to augment some already formidable performers, COPO Chevrolet Camaros from the late ’60s put a few dealers on the national map, and today, we know about Berger, Nickey and, of course, Yenko. Well… the Camaro is certainly back, but where are the modern COPO versions? If you live near Albany, New York or Claxton and Jessup, Georgia then the cars are right down the street at your local dealerships.

DeNooyer Chevrolet of Albany has dipped into GM’s Performance Parts catalog and come out with an LSX454 engine. After stuffing it into a Camaro, they know have a 620-horsepower coupe prowling their lot. In Georgia, NeSmith Chevrolet also took a look into the catalog and put in an order for supercharged LS9 normally found in a Corvette ZR1. Their NeSmith Storm Camaro puts out nearly 700 horses. In other words, the COPO is back! Check out our gallery below and then hop the jump to see video clips of both cars.

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Lexus Announces Increased Prices for 2010 Models Updated LS600h L Starts from 109 675

The 2010 model year brings a price increase for most Lexus models, ranging from $300 for the IS 250 and IS 350 to $900 for the GS 450h and SC 430. The company also announced pricing for its updated flagship limo, the 2010 LS 600h L that starts from $109,675 including a delivery, processing and handling fee of $875.

The new LS 600h L hybrid sedan benefits from a subtle makeover that includes revised front grille, bumper and tail lights, plus newly designed 19-inch alloy wheels, exterior mirrors with integrated turn signals and exhaust diffusers.

Also new are the front active headrests, the standard Intuitive Park Assist with Advance Parking Guidance and Intelligent High-Beam, a driver’s seat with auto slide-away, an LCD instrument cluster, rear power sunshade and an upgraded navigation system.

Finally, the repackaging of the battery pack has resulted in the increase of the LS 600h L’s trunk capacity by nearly two cubic feet.

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GM recalls select 2011 model year pickup and SUV models over axle fears

General Motors is recalling a handful light-duty GMT900 pickups from the 2011 model year due to faulty rear axle cross pins. Both the Chevrolet Avalanche and Silverado 1500 are effected, as are the Cadillac Escalade EXT and GMC Sierra 1500 – a total of 1,262 vehicles in all.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration cites that these rear axle cross pins were not manufactured up to proper specification and that the pin could “fracture and become displaced within the rear axle.” NHTSA further details the consequences of a displaced pin, saying:

“The driver may hear a banging noise coming from the axle. If the pin shifts out of position, it could create an interference condition and cause the rear axle to lock. The driver may not be able to maintain directional control of the vehicle and a crash could occur without prior warning.”

GM will begin notifying owners about this problem in January, and dealers will install a new rear axle cross pin without any cost to the customer. NHTSA’s official statement is available after the jump

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Shelby promises two new models

At the North American International Auto Show later this month promises Mustang Shelby with two new cars to come.

In the Netherlands, Shelby not overly familiar, but here the lovers get warm feelings in the names Shelby GT500 Super Snake or.

In America the special Mustangs of the brand all legendary, the name Shelby is therefore from the very beginning with the sports car of Ford connected.

Now the brand promises, because tuner is too little honor, at the North American International Auto Show later this month with two new versions to come.

Pictures are not there yet, but Gary Patterson of Shelby American wants something let go: "We will explore a wide-body version of the Super Snake. The expansion allows much wider tires to fit, think of the size 345 or even 355.

Old-fashioned
that sounds like old-fashioned American violence, but in motor area would be a big surprise in the vessel can sit. Patterson indicates that the company is still working on the line that the old Carroll last year -- with the words: "The whole car industry will have to go to smaller turbocharged engines. That is the only way to meet the consumption requirements the government proposes to continue to meet. "

Detroit Free Press concludes that Mustang Shelby to get started with Fords 3.5-liter EcoBoost V6 engine, which is a pretty special twist would be for a company that until now no less than eight cylinders did.

What ultimately under the cloth comes we know January 14, because then the NAIAS started.

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