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Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Bad Cars 2011 version of "Forbes"

Forbes magazine wrote about the ugliest car of 2011
car pulled into the poor category are luxury cars,

Criteria worst cars based on the total value of the lowest of the 6 parameters are traced, namely reliability and vehicle performance conducted by Consumer Reports. These parameters is the Most Reliable Cars, Best and Worst Safety Performance Survey, Best and Worst Fuel Economy, the Highest Cost of Ownership, the Best and Worst Values ​​Report, and the total value of new cars from Consumer Reports.

Explained, Mercedes-Benz S550 on the list of worst cars because of the high cost of ownership and the wasteful consumption of fuel resulting in low average rating. In this case, reliability, security, or performance is not decisive. Hence, the luxury SUV Cadillac, Escalade, which has a luxurious interior and high-quality and very powerful engine, also entered as the worst car.

"The worst is the highest cost of ownership," commented Terry Woychowsky, Vice President Global Quality and GM. Analogues, "If you put the price to buy the clock and time accuracy, the choice fell on the Casio. However, if the consideration of price and value, yes Rolex," he said.

Added, the cars now more secure, efficient, and more reliable than 15 years ago. However, it could be vehicles like the Jeep Liberty is less reliable and wasteful of fuel.

Jeep Liberty and Wrangler rated by Consumer Reports as a car that most low-level reliability. Meanwhile, the Wrangler receive predicate worst.

To obtain this data, 50 people were directly tested for the car and drive it directly.

Here the cars are considered the worst: Cadillac Escalade, Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrid, Aveo, Colorado, Dodge Nitro, Dakota, Jeep Liberty, Jeep Wrangler, Chrysler Town & Country, Nissan Titan, Mercedes-Benz S-Class, and Smart ForTwo.

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

HKS close the American branch

First business opportunity: HKS close branch offices in the United States on Thursday (04/28/2011). All matters relating to the marketing office and will then be returned to the HKS Co. Ltd. in the country of origin HKS, Japan.

Many things underlie HKS decision to close offices in Los Angeles, California, USA, is. "Currently, HKS besieged mercilessly by the pressures and challenges. Market decline aftermarket products globally and continues. U.S. dollar weakened substantially. Japan and the world economy is depressed. Tsunamis Japan had an impact," said a statement received by HKS exclusively by Jalopnik.

HKS office closure in the U.S. means to stay leaves two other branches, namely in Cambridgeshire, England (HKS Europe), and Bangkok, Thailand (HKS Thailand).

Appeared in "2 Fast 2 Furious" HKS has existed since 1982 or nearly entrenched for three decades in the U.S. state. In Japan, the company built by Hiroyuki Hasegawa as the "alumni" early Yamaha Motor Company, Goichi Kitagawa, and working with Sigma Automotive has been established since 1973.

HKS stands for Hasegawa, Kitagawa, and Sigma. Especially in the U.S., HKS products already support racing in various classes since the 1980s, like a drag race, JTCC, JGTC, F3, D1 Grand Prix, Superbike, and many others. HKS is claimed as a pioneer aftermarket support device performance, considering the Japanese invasion in terms of racing products enough to steal the hearts of the modifier in there.

2 Fast 2 Furious movie including many of the attendant presence HKS products in the U.S.. Take for example, Skyline GTR R33 used the main character, Brian O'Conner (Paul Walker). Sedan silver striped blue and branded front-coded street racing "HKS". That means, starting from the turbo, engine management, to be supported by the HKS exhaust. This is not another because it is associated with imagery that is so whiz HKS product and be proud.

So too many U.S. consumers who already depend on the HKS. In fact, about 17 hours from the time of this writing, a consumer still need input from HKS via up HKS Driving Performance. "I have a Lancer 2011 and need a bigger turbo. You can give me recommendations?"

In the U.S., users do not spare a little energy booster, began to everyday vehicles, racing, until the contest.

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Isuzu stock increase sharper

Isuzu stock increase sharper
FRANKFURT. A magazine in Germany on Wednesday (13 / 4) reported that Volkswagen (VW) is currently considering a plan to buy a Japanese automaker Isuzu Motors.

MAN, a German manufacturer of trucks that are 30% owned by VW, is also being considered for the possibility to take over stock Isuzu. However, VW and MAN management still could not give confirmation of this news.

According to Reuters data, Isuzu has a market capitalization of U.S. $ 5.86 billion, or around € 4 billion. Since news is sticking out, stock prices in Japan's Isuzu Motors jumped sharper. Yesterday, Isuzu stock rose 6.5% and become the most active stock traded on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

"I spoke with several investors from Singapore, and I saw that the large uncertainties arising between foreign investors in Japan's economy today," said Yuuki Sakurai, CEO of Fukoku Capital Management.