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Tuesday, April 29, 2008
BMW s News from Italy and India
BMW as well as other global automotive manufacturers is the search for quality and affordable source of auto components and fortunately for the German luxury car manufacturers it has found an in India. BMW automatically receive their components from India and will continue its international sales office in India to procure its worldwide auto parts requirements. BMW India President, Peter Kronschnabl said in an interview recently with media persons, " We are setting up an international office of the purchase is made by an expatriate to take care of sourcing components for BMW& 39;s global operations. " According Kronschnabl the proposed international purchasing office will be fully operational by August this year and is completely independent of the company acquire the unit in Chennai, India offers its operations. BMW India unit sale could work in cooperation with the International Purchasing Office or could work individually or together depending approach suppliers of products Kronschnabl added. Unfortunately, he refused to answer questions about the quantum components that BMW was planning to source from India say that it is still too early to comment on the matter. Butt said he has sourcing that the team would soon visit India to study and decide what kind of components are originating from that country. He also stated that the company has its sales target for this year due to the good response to its newly launched 3-Series sedan from its Chennai plant was. The turnover was revised by about 1000 cars up to 1200 units in India for this year. The company also plans to build its 5-Series models from Chennai plant hopefully in the coming June. On the other messages Bertone position in the U.S. BMW-powered sports car? --- According to reports from the Automotive News, the Italian coachbuilder Bertone is the development of a BMW-powered sports car for the U.S. market. Bertone is famous for creating styled cars for Alfa Romeo, Abarth, Ferrari, Fiat, Iso Rivolta, Lancia, Lamborghini, and Volvo cars. But this is not the only thing the Bertone is famous for. It is no secret that the family spats occurred within Bertone management that forced Barbara Bertone, the daughter of Lilli Bertone, the company Chairman and CEO, will leave the company in March 2006. As the saying goes-" blood is thicker than water " --- apparently was what led to the separation from the mother and daughter worked professionally. And now Barbara is again an active role in their company as managing director. Her responsibilities will include and look at Bertone business especially since it has not had a wide range stopped after the production of the Opel / Vauxhall Astra Coupe and Cabriolet in 2005. Currently, the company is working some minor work building a special edition of 2000 Minis, which are still short for the company. But according to Automotive News Bertone told their employees that it may produce 400 units a rental car and a BMW-powered sports car for the U.S. market. Automotive News has also asked BMW about the proposed model, unfortunately, the Bavarian automobile manufacturer said that they are not in the car - development, but they do not deny its existence. It may be recalled that Bertone has a 95th Anniversary Concept at the Geneva Motor Show in March, based on the Fiat Panda 100HP. This two-seater roadster concept could be a threat to the model that was mentioned that in the Automotive News article. And by the way Bertone, the famous brand& 39;s top-of-the-line Bertone oxygen sensor, based on BMW, Mazda, Honda, Toyota, etc.
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Monday, April 28, 2008
A Brief History About The Original Jeep
While Jeep is famous in the history of his & 39; service of the U.S. Army & 39; there is a misunderstanding about who created the Jeep. Many attribute wrongly development of the first Jeep Willys. The real inspiration of the first Jeep design came d & 39; a small and relatively unknown company by the name of & 39; American Bantam Car Company based in Butler, Pennsylvania.
The American Bantam Car Company was established as a subsidiary of & 39; Austin Car Company, a British car manufacturer, and was the origin & 39; called American "Austin Car Company. Austin made a small car Economic and called & 39; Austin Seven, which was very popular in England. Unfortunately for the Austin Car Company, Austin Seven & 39; n popularity has never seen here in the States and & 39; Austin American Car Company near bankruptcy. He was eventually taken over by the president who has changed its name to & 39; American Bantam Car Company (Bantam). Bantam took the Austin Seven & 39; original design and made a number of improvements & 39;. It was a slightly larger than its British cousin and was capable of harder.
The Bantam people were pioneers and saw the need & 39; a light military vehicle. They gave some of their cars at the National Guard in an effort to sell the military on & 39; use of these vehicles. The military has finally realized the need & 39; light mobile vehicle and finally agreed to talk with a design Banatm in 1940. The results of this meeting was proposed a military 4X4 hybrid should weigh less than 1300 pounds. In 1941, Bantam Bantam developed a car reconnaissance in response to the U.S. military & 39; a request for all-purpose military vehicle. The vehicle ultimately became the prototype Jeep, which was then manufactured by Willys (Willys MB) and Ford (GPW).
The military USA Bantam is concerned about the ability to produce the necessary quantity of vehicles and so they decided to propose d & 39; other manufacturers can produce the vehicle. L & 39; requirement was to design a vehicle and with the approval & 39; s & 39; U.S. Army, the manufacturer was to build and deliver a prototype in 49 days. With & 39; army & 39; approval of the prototype, a further 70 working platforms should be delivered in 75 days. The weight limit caused many manufacturers to turn away from the project with only Bantam and Willys participants a first step, and Ford & 39; s associates see you later.
Bantam drawings were closest to the & 39; Army requirements, even if their design had problems with weight restrictions. The Company has completed the design and construction and prototype delivered on schedule. The military tested the vehicle with the maximum was satisfied with the design and performance, and has ordered 70 additional vehicles to be built. C & 39; east is where the military began to be concerned about Bantam capacity to produce enough vehicles. L & 39; company is fairly small and has a limited capacity. What the military did, c & 39; east d & 39; Willys and Ford grant access to the trial of the prototype Bantam and their design, even if Willys failed to present a prototype at the time & 39; and Ford have shown little interest in & 39; l & 39; effort until & 39; at that time. Both Ford and Willys were allowed to submit prototypes, the Quad (Willys) and the Pygmies (Ford), well outside the precise timetable and well above the weight limit required. Both Ford and Willys versions " " borrowed a little Bantam design.
The vehicle Bantam, Bantam GPV (General Purpose Vehicle), was delivered on time, met the majority of specifications, and obtained good results in tests. By all accounts Bantam should have been awarded the contract, and there was a big controversy over how the contract was handled. The military, unfortunately for Bantam, identified the strengths and weaknesses of each vehicle. The Bantam is the high ground and was underpowered, while the Quad is well beyond the weight limit but has a more powerful engine, and pygmies and was underpowered suspect had elements of direction, but treated better three vehicles. L & 39; army remains concerned about the ability of two companies, Bantam and Willys, decided to place an order for 1500 vehicles each company with an output of 500, insofar as they met the original specifications with the only change being an increase in weight limit for a little over 2200 pounds.
All three companies have the best ideas from each other and Bantam production initial design to further develop their vehicles causing the 3 vehicles to be extremely similar. In mid-1941, the military has decided that the 1500 vehicles should be d & 39; standardized design and not three different types. They finally chose the Willys design because of its lower cost, and this version was adopted as the standard army vehicle. Willys went to get the contract to provide the next 16000 Willys. This allocation of a market & 39; called for a series of changes to the design, which lead to the standard classic Jeep design.
Bantam continued to produce its production version, known as the Bantam BRC 40, but the U.S. military & 39; n & 39; did not want & 39; because it was not standard. Vehicles already products and new production units have been sent to the Russian and British armies. It is very interesting to note that, after seeing the tests, the test & 39; Russian military actually chose the Bantam more than Ford and Willys. L & 39; possible Willys design resembles nearly 40 BRC.
In l & 39; winter of 1941, & 39; army wanted to develop a second source for the vehicle because Willys could not follow the requirements of the production and wanted a protection against possible sabotage a production facility. In November l & 39; U.S. Army has awarded Ford to build 15,000 Willys jeeps in the design and drawing. The Willys MB and Ford GPW vary in only minor details that & 39; army requires that the parts are interchangeable. The Ford GPW in the name of the model has been referred to G for vehicles, P referred to its wheelbase size, and W is for the designation & 39; that she had a Willys engine. The only change is Ford, which was adopted by the army as & 39; design standard, was now all familiar grill. With Ford, now with the Willys jeep, & 39; army was able to provide the jeeps to its allies and production of 40 Bantam BRC has been abandoned.
Combined production of the Willys MB and Ford GPW during the Second World War was over 500000. A total of 2675 Bantam 40 of the CRB have been built. The company had never produced vehicles again. L & 39; Bantam U.S. Army awarded contracts to build trailers as a way to give back to them for not receiving the jeep contract.
So, who created the original & 39; jeep? Although historically this has seen a little controversy goes back as far as 1943 when the Fair Trade Commission has finally Willys charged with false and misleading advertising claims that created the Willys Jeep. The court determined that the Jeep was encouraged and developed, Butler, Pennsylvania, by & 39; American Bantam Car Company. The main designer who worked on the draft Bantam Jeep was Karl Probst, and now you know who really created the first Jeep!
You can still find parts for the Willys MB and GPW in places like http://www.xtremeterrain.com.
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The American Bantam Car Company was established as a subsidiary of & 39; Austin Car Company, a British car manufacturer, and was the origin & 39; called American "Austin Car Company. Austin made a small car Economic and called & 39; Austin Seven, which was very popular in England. Unfortunately for the Austin Car Company, Austin Seven & 39; n popularity has never seen here in the States and & 39; Austin American Car Company near bankruptcy. He was eventually taken over by the president who has changed its name to & 39; American Bantam Car Company (Bantam). Bantam took the Austin Seven & 39; original design and made a number of improvements & 39;. It was a slightly larger than its British cousin and was capable of harder.
The Bantam people were pioneers and saw the need & 39; a light military vehicle. They gave some of their cars at the National Guard in an effort to sell the military on & 39; use of these vehicles. The military has finally realized the need & 39; light mobile vehicle and finally agreed to talk with a design Banatm in 1940. The results of this meeting was proposed a military 4X4 hybrid should weigh less than 1300 pounds. In 1941, Bantam Bantam developed a car reconnaissance in response to the U.S. military & 39; a request for all-purpose military vehicle. The vehicle ultimately became the prototype Jeep, which was then manufactured by Willys (Willys MB) and Ford (GPW).
The military USA Bantam is concerned about the ability to produce the necessary quantity of vehicles and so they decided to propose d & 39; other manufacturers can produce the vehicle. L & 39; requirement was to design a vehicle and with the approval & 39; s & 39; U.S. Army, the manufacturer was to build and deliver a prototype in 49 days. With & 39; army & 39; approval of the prototype, a further 70 working platforms should be delivered in 75 days. The weight limit caused many manufacturers to turn away from the project with only Bantam and Willys participants a first step, and Ford & 39; s associates see you later.
Bantam drawings were closest to the & 39; Army requirements, even if their design had problems with weight restrictions. The Company has completed the design and construction and prototype delivered on schedule. The military tested the vehicle with the maximum was satisfied with the design and performance, and has ordered 70 additional vehicles to be built. C & 39; east is where the military began to be concerned about Bantam capacity to produce enough vehicles. L & 39; company is fairly small and has a limited capacity. What the military did, c & 39; east d & 39; Willys and Ford grant access to the trial of the prototype Bantam and their design, even if Willys failed to present a prototype at the time & 39; and Ford have shown little interest in & 39; l & 39; effort until & 39; at that time. Both Ford and Willys were allowed to submit prototypes, the Quad (Willys) and the Pygmies (Ford), well outside the precise timetable and well above the weight limit required. Both Ford and Willys versions " " borrowed a little Bantam design.
The vehicle Bantam, Bantam GPV (General Purpose Vehicle), was delivered on time, met the majority of specifications, and obtained good results in tests. By all accounts Bantam should have been awarded the contract, and there was a big controversy over how the contract was handled. The military, unfortunately for Bantam, identified the strengths and weaknesses of each vehicle. The Bantam is the high ground and was underpowered, while the Quad is well beyond the weight limit but has a more powerful engine, and pygmies and was underpowered suspect had elements of direction, but treated better three vehicles. L & 39; army remains concerned about the ability of two companies, Bantam and Willys, decided to place an order for 1500 vehicles each company with an output of 500, insofar as they met the original specifications with the only change being an increase in weight limit for a little over 2200 pounds.
All three companies have the best ideas from each other and Bantam production initial design to further develop their vehicles causing the 3 vehicles to be extremely similar. In mid-1941, the military has decided that the 1500 vehicles should be d & 39; standardized design and not three different types. They finally chose the Willys design because of its lower cost, and this version was adopted as the standard army vehicle. Willys went to get the contract to provide the next 16000 Willys. This allocation of a market & 39; called for a series of changes to the design, which lead to the standard classic Jeep design.
Bantam continued to produce its production version, known as the Bantam BRC 40, but the U.S. military & 39; n & 39; did not want & 39; because it was not standard. Vehicles already products and new production units have been sent to the Russian and British armies. It is very interesting to note that, after seeing the tests, the test & 39; Russian military actually chose the Bantam more than Ford and Willys. L & 39; possible Willys design resembles nearly 40 BRC.
In l & 39; winter of 1941, & 39; army wanted to develop a second source for the vehicle because Willys could not follow the requirements of the production and wanted a protection against possible sabotage a production facility. In November l & 39; U.S. Army has awarded Ford to build 15,000 Willys jeeps in the design and drawing. The Willys MB and Ford GPW vary in only minor details that & 39; army requires that the parts are interchangeable. The Ford GPW in the name of the model has been referred to G for vehicles, P referred to its wheelbase size, and W is for the designation & 39; that she had a Willys engine. The only change is Ford, which was adopted by the army as & 39; design standard, was now all familiar grill. With Ford, now with the Willys jeep, & 39; army was able to provide the jeeps to its allies and production of 40 Bantam BRC has been abandoned.
Combined production of the Willys MB and Ford GPW during the Second World War was over 500000. A total of 2675 Bantam 40 of the CRB have been built. The company had never produced vehicles again. L & 39; Bantam U.S. Army awarded contracts to build trailers as a way to give back to them for not receiving the jeep contract.
So, who created the original & 39; jeep? Although historically this has seen a little controversy goes back as far as 1943 when the Fair Trade Commission has finally Willys charged with false and misleading advertising claims that created the Willys Jeep. The court determined that the Jeep was encouraged and developed, Butler, Pennsylvania, by & 39; American Bantam Car Company. The main designer who worked on the draft Bantam Jeep was Karl Probst, and now you know who really created the first Jeep!
You can still find parts for the Willys MB and GPW in places like http://www.xtremeterrain.com.
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Thursday, April 24, 2008
Different ways to sell your used car
Best car d & 39; opportunity cheap. For more information, please contact to annajosephs@gmail.com & quot; & gt; sale of a vehicle d & 39 and the opportunity may also purchase & 39; inconvenience. You have several opportunities to sell our cars d & 39; opportunity. It& 39;ll be very clear in your sense that the mode is more convenient for you d & 39; more profit from the sale D your car & 39; opportunity. Look at the different ways your program car.
Sell sell it yourself
If you have decided to sell your car d & 39 and the opportunity of the then & 39; usual route is a display Newspapers in the paper, in the classified section, put up for sale, sing in the car and the two. L & 39; advertisement to be placed, if it works, and this is likely d & 39; be read by people, most of the weekend, when all prefer to read. L & 39; display should be attractive so that & 39; one should believe that & 39; go a very good deal.
Try a standard for the maintenance of the selling price of Your car d & 39 and the opportunity for most of the time in this kind of sale, the buyer & 39; ask you, the price for barging in and what you leave room for manoeuvre. Decide how you come to reduce and then & 39; n, in your gun.
Take a certain time to take a decision that may not be the first case d & 39, some days, to get to see and May, the best offer that the first one.
Trade It In
Trade-ins & quot; are the easiest and best way to get your vehicle & 39, d & 39; opportunity to sell it because the dealer takes care of all formalities and the credit institutions can be a deposit on a new model. However, you will probably get less of what your car have been treated with the dealer, if c & 39, is a low point in the exchange offer or more of the final price for the exchange and unless car.
Until You have not been on the price of purchase & 39, for the replacement of his car better not do l & 39; exchange. This will help you, your transaction separately, so that the trade is not in the car dealers.
Use hands of a deposit Lot
For a percentage of the selling price - that you do not establish - a parcel & 39; Select your vehicle and manage all documents. L & 39; use & 39, and a lot lot & 39; given the possibility of a higher price for a replacement, nor can you avoid d & 39; the trouble to sell the vehicle yourself
Anna Joseph is an independent journalist, l & 39; experience of many years to write articles and press releases on various topics such as health for pets, & 39; automotive and social issues. It also has a great interest in poetry and painting, d & 39, where she likes to write on these subjects. currently in the editorial for this site http:// www.bestcheapusedcar.com/ & quot; & gt; Best Cheap Used Car. For more information, please contact to annajosephs@gmail.com
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Sell sell it yourself
If you have decided to sell your car d & 39 and the opportunity of the then & 39; usual route is a display Newspapers in the paper, in the classified section, put up for sale, sing in the car and the two. L & 39; advertisement to be placed, if it works, and this is likely d & 39; be read by people, most of the weekend, when all prefer to read. L & 39; display should be attractive so that & 39; one should believe that & 39; go a very good deal.
Try a standard for the maintenance of the selling price of Your car d & 39 and the opportunity for most of the time in this kind of sale, the buyer & 39; ask you, the price for barging in and what you leave room for manoeuvre. Decide how you come to reduce and then & 39; n, in your gun.
Take a certain time to take a decision that may not be the first case d & 39, some days, to get to see and May, the best offer that the first one.
Trade It In
Trade-ins & quot; are the easiest and best way to get your vehicle & 39, d & 39; opportunity to sell it because the dealer takes care of all formalities and the credit institutions can be a deposit on a new model. However, you will probably get less of what your car have been treated with the dealer, if c & 39, is a low point in the exchange offer or more of the final price for the exchange and unless car.
Until You have not been on the price of purchase & 39, for the replacement of his car better not do l & 39; exchange. This will help you, your transaction separately, so that the trade is not in the car dealers.
Use hands of a deposit Lot
For a percentage of the selling price - that you do not establish - a parcel & 39; Select your vehicle and manage all documents. L & 39; use & 39, and a lot lot & 39; given the possibility of a higher price for a replacement, nor can you avoid d & 39; the trouble to sell the vehicle yourself
Anna Joseph is an independent journalist, l & 39; experience of many years to write articles and press releases on various topics such as health for pets, & 39; automotive and social issues. It also has a great interest in poetry and painting, d & 39, where she likes to write on these subjects. currently in the editorial for this site http:// www.bestcheapusedcar.com/ & quot; & gt; Best Cheap Used Car. For more information, please contact to annajosephs@gmail.com
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Sunday, April 20, 2008
Wide Open Spaces How To Share The Roads Peacefully With Trucks
On your local news program, you may hear stories about an out of control truck wiping out a car load of people or destroying property. The media sensationalizes the facts, often putting most of the blame with the truckers. However, many times that is not the case. For the most part, truckers are responsible drivers who are diligent about road safety. Not only are they making sure they adhere to the rules of the road, but they also have to keep an eye on the nincompoop drivers of passenger vehicles who think they are the exception to the rules.
There are a few common problems that truckers come across with motorists. These problems are often also the ones most sited on insurance claims. Are you guilty of any of these practices?:
1. Brake this habit Everyone at one point or another gets stuck behind a large truck. So the most logical next step is to change lanes to pass the truck. No problems with that the problem lies in a vehicle cutting back into the truck s lane right in front of them, then braking for a turn or just slowing down, period. What most motorists don t take into account is that truckers need a lot of space in order to slow down, at least two to three times the amount of passenger vehicles.
2. Peek-a-boo! Now you see them, now you don t. This peek-a-boo game is very troublesome to truckers. Large trucks have several blind spots which make it hard for the drivers to see other motorists who like to hang out there. The best thing that you can do is either pass the truck or stay a comfortable distance behind them. When in doubt, check for the trucker s side view mirrors. If you can see them, then chances are that they might be able to see you too.
3. Back up and try again In this day and age of technology, people are more accustomed to instant results and hate waiting for anything. Unfortunately, when big trucks have to back into a space, it may take a few tries to succeed. Motorists should appreciate the fact that these trucks are bigger than they are and let the truckers do their job. Patience can be a virtue!
4. Teach a lesson Some drivers of passenger vehicles like to try and teach truckers a lesson. Sometimes, drivers think that the big trucks are either going too fast or slow. So they ll speed up to pass the trucker, then get back in the trucker s lane and slow down! Many parents tell their kids, Worry about yourself, and it would be smart for other motorists to heed that advice. Leave it to the troopers and policemen to enforce the laws of the road.
Common sense is what all these problems boil down to. Each person driving on the road is in charge of themselves. By exercising a little of that common sense, many accidents involving big trucks and passenger vehicles could be avoided. That old adage, It is better to be safe than sorry, certainly applies!
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There are a few common problems that truckers come across with motorists. These problems are often also the ones most sited on insurance claims. Are you guilty of any of these practices?:
1. Brake this habit Everyone at one point or another gets stuck behind a large truck. So the most logical next step is to change lanes to pass the truck. No problems with that the problem lies in a vehicle cutting back into the truck s lane right in front of them, then braking for a turn or just slowing down, period. What most motorists don t take into account is that truckers need a lot of space in order to slow down, at least two to three times the amount of passenger vehicles.
2. Peek-a-boo! Now you see them, now you don t. This peek-a-boo game is very troublesome to truckers. Large trucks have several blind spots which make it hard for the drivers to see other motorists who like to hang out there. The best thing that you can do is either pass the truck or stay a comfortable distance behind them. When in doubt, check for the trucker s side view mirrors. If you can see them, then chances are that they might be able to see you too.
3. Back up and try again In this day and age of technology, people are more accustomed to instant results and hate waiting for anything. Unfortunately, when big trucks have to back into a space, it may take a few tries to succeed. Motorists should appreciate the fact that these trucks are bigger than they are and let the truckers do their job. Patience can be a virtue!
4. Teach a lesson Some drivers of passenger vehicles like to try and teach truckers a lesson. Sometimes, drivers think that the big trucks are either going too fast or slow. So they ll speed up to pass the trucker, then get back in the trucker s lane and slow down! Many parents tell their kids, Worry about yourself, and it would be smart for other motorists to heed that advice. Leave it to the troopers and policemen to enforce the laws of the road.
Common sense is what all these problems boil down to. Each person driving on the road is in charge of themselves. By exercising a little of that common sense, many accidents involving big trucks and passenger vehicles could be avoided. That old adage, It is better to be safe than sorry, certainly applies!
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