Approximately 23,688 Units Recalled Ford Ranger

Pull back car manufacturer Ford car. This time the Ranger pickup in the United States. Ford Ranger should be interesting  because of  damage to  the fuel intake system. As quoted from autoevolution, Monday (07/03/2011), the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recommends Ford Ranger must attract as many as 23,688 units. The recall involves the Ford Ranger, produced between October 15, 2009 and May 19, 2010. Ranger pulled off the market because there are components to deliver gasoline to the combustion chamber is not sealed properly so that the cause gasoline to leak. In connection with the incident, the Ford...

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Mercedes and Audi Create Employee Giving Bonuses

 Sales rose in the year 2010 and then make the German manufacturer to provide significant bonuses to their employees. As reported by AFP on Monday (03/07/2011) indiscriminately all workers would receive an average bonus of 6513 euros or equivalent to Rp 79 million. This is the biggest bonus ever divided Audi for its employees. This bonus money the company spends at 276.8 million euros. Like the rival BMW and Mercedes-Benz, Audi get big profit in China. In 2010 then Audi is able to sell up to 1.09 million vehicles worldwide, up 15 percent from the year famine to the automotive world that is 2009. "For Audi worker who was in Brussels and...

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Volkswagen Vento 1.6 TDI Review

 From the rear, the Vento with its huge boot looks big. Also, the rear track is 35mm wider and the wider haunches have allowed a wee bit more width for the rear seat. The Vento adopts the Polo’s Mac Pherson strut front suspension and non-independent trailing arm rear setup, modified to adjust for the wider track. This reflects the light build of the Vento which, at 1,220kg (for the diesel), is just 95kg more than an equivalently specced Polo – impressive considering how much more car the Vento is. The rear seatback is a bit too upright and you sink a touch too low into the seat squab. The Vento is currently available only in the base Trendline...

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Tata Aria -3 Review

The Aria’s crossover design is an attempt to combine the attributes of a car, MPV and SUV into one package. Also, the Aria’s hydroformed chassis, the first for an Indian car, is lighter and stronger than a conventional frame. The Aria is underpinned by an all-new front suspension not seen before on a Tata vehicle. The rear suspension is similar to the Safari’s five-link design but rear discs brakes are standard. The Aria gets a new all-wheel-drive (AWD) system from Divgi Warner that acts ‘on demand’ like in most soft-roaders and automatically switches from two-wheel drive to four-wheel drive when it senses slippery conditions. Traction and...

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