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CARMAKERS NEWS * WORLDWIDE
* Italy - Maserati to debut four-seat GranTurismo MC Stradale in Geneva, Swiss
(Photo: New Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale)Bologna,Italy -Gizmag, by C.C. Weiss -February 28, 2013: -- Fresh off a glorious victory on the high seas, Maserati has its mind back on the road. At this year's Geneva Motor Show, the Italian marque will premiere a new four-seat version of the race-inspired GranTurismo MC Stradale, along with flashing Europe a glimpse of the new Quattroporte... The original MC Stradale featured a power upgrade over its GranTurismo contemporary, but Maserati is content to stick with the since-upgraded 460-hp 4.7-liter V8 engine seen in the current GranTurismo Sport and MC Stradale models. That engine works with the MC Race Shift six-speed robotized manual transmission... Up to 188 mph (303 km/h) of speed is brought screaming back to zero with Brembo carbon-ceramic disc brakes...
* Japan - Toyota to export U.S.-made ‘Venza’ to Russia and Ukraine
Toyota City,Aichi Pref,Japan -Automotive World ((UK) -26 Feb 2013: -- Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announces that its U.S. sales subsidiary Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A., Inc. will begin exports to Russia and Ukraine this April of “Venza” crossover SUV vehicles manufactured at Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc. (TMMK), TMC’s vehicle manufacturing subsidiary in the United States. Initial annual export volume will be approximately 5,000 units in total; approximately 4,000 units to Russia and approximately 1,000 to Ukraine...
* China - Cadillac XTS Luxury Sedan and ELR Luxury Electric Coupe coming to
(Photo from GM: Cadillac ELR Luxury Electric Coupe)
Beijing,China -Media (China) -23 Feb 2012: -- General Motors Chairman and CEO. Dan Akerson. announced plans today to bring two new Cadillac models to China, the brand’s second-largest market. The XTS luxury sedan and ELR luxury electric coupe will help expand the brand’s model portfolio in a luxury vehicle market that grew by 39 percent in 2011. The XTS luxury sedan, the most technologically advanced production car in Cadillac’s history, will be manufactured and distributed in China by Shanghai GM. It will go on sale at Cadillac dealers nationwide in the fourth quarter of 2012...
* S. Korea - Hyundai celebrates world’s first assembly line production of zero-emissions fuel cell vehicles
Seoul,S.K. -Automotive World (UK) -26 Feb 2013: -- A white Hyundai Motor Co. ix35 Fuel Cell vehicle rolled off the assembly line at the company’s Ulsan manufacturing complex today, as Hyundai became the world’s first automaker to begin assembly-line production of zero-emissions, hydrogen-powered vehicles for fleet use. The ix35 Fuel Cell vehicle, based on Hyundai’s popular ix35, C-segment SUV (Tucson in some markets), exited the assembly line at Hyundai Motor’s Plant No. 5 during a launch event attended by Hyundai top management and VIPs...
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