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Corvette ZR1 from £109,000(02/10/2008)
The 205 mph Corvette ZR1, available to order from UK Corvette retailers from October 2008, will be priced from £109,000 on-the-road. The fastest ever car from General Motors is the best value 200+ mph supercar on sale in the UK. GM has confirmed just two Corvette ZR1s will be delivered in 2008 and only single digit volumes will be available to order for delivery in 2009. Each customer of the ultra-exclusive ZR1 will receive an invitation to an advanced driver training course, to help ens... [more]
Chevrolet announces performance results and pricing for the new Corvette ZR1(19/08/2008)
Chevrolet has announced performance results and pricing for the new Corvette ZR1 * $103,300 MSRP (including $850 destination charge) * EPA-estimated fuel economy of 14 city and 20 highway * 0-60 mph in 3.4 seconds * 0-100 mph in 7.0 seconds * Quarter-mile elapsed time of 11.3 seconds at 131 mph The Corvette ZR1 also has a top speed of 205 mph (330 km/h), making it the fastest Corvette ever produced and ranking it among the global super cars of commensurate performance... [more]
Breckland Technology unveils two-seat V8 soft top Beira(09/06/2008)
Breckland Technology will remove the wraps from its exclusive two-seat V8 soft top, the Beira, at London Motorexpo. The Beira is a hand-built, two-seat roadster, based on proven GM architecture and powered by GM’s LS2, 6-litre V8 engine, tuned to produce just a whisper short of 400bhp. At some 1,400kg, the Beira’s power-to-weight ratio ensures performance, with the promise of a sub-five second sprint to 100kph, coupled with tremendous torque and a governed top speed of 155mph. Beira is bas... [more]
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| Australian Car Sales Will Drop 13% in 2009, Industry Group Says (Bloomberg)Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Australian sales of cars and trucks will fall 13 percent this year as the global financial crisis erodes domestic demand for vehicles, according to an industry group. |
| US car sales hit 17-year low (Daily Telegraph)US car sales crashed again in December as the industry posted its worst year since 1992 and the Detroit Three saw their annual share of their home market slip beneath 50 per cent for the first time. |
| US car makers sink to 16year sales low (Daily Telegraph)The US car industry had its worst year since 1992 with December sales falling by more than a third underlining the dire state of consumer confidence in the world's largest economy. |
| Car sales plunge heralding bleak 2009 (Reuters via Yahoo! News) U.S. auto sales plunged by 36 percent in December led by outsized declines at Chrysler LLC, Hyundai Motor (005380.KS) and Toyota Motor Corp(7203.T) as the battered industry closed out its weakest year since 1992 in its largest single market. |
| US car sales crash in 2008 (News 24 South Africa)US car sales have crashed again in December as the industry posts its worst year since 1992. |
| Car sales plunge, heralding bleak 2009 (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Major automakers reported U.S. sales in December that plunged by more than a third, closing out the weakest year for the battered industry in over a decade and a half in its largest single market. |
| Double-digit overseas car sales herald bleak 2009 (The Globe and Mail)PARIS — France and Japan posted steep falls in December car sales on Monday, adding to a swathe of depressing data from an industry bearing the brunt of wrecked consumer confidence, as analysts and a trade body forecast further pain in 2009. |
| U.S. December Auto Sales Dive 36%, Drag Industry to 16-Year Low (Bloomberg)Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. auto sales plunged 36 percent in December, dragging the industry’s volume in 2008 to a 16-year low as the recession ravaged demand. |
| Automakers fear new normal of lower sales in U.S. (International Herald Tribune)The collapse of the U.S. new-car market dragged on in December, raising questions of whether the auto industry will ever again have sales levels that it took for granted just a few years ago. |
| Economic meltdown, credit freeze make '08 a car sales year to forget (Detroit Free Press)With a global economic collapse ensnaring the housing, credit and financial markets, millions of U.S. consumers who would normally buy a new car and truck decided to save their money last year. That made 2008 the worst year for new car and truck sales since 1992. |
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