Topic: CARS - on November 25, 2004 at 5:00:00 PM CET
US-Importautos mit Spionage-Einrichtung?
Der hessische Datenschutzbeauftragte Michael Ronellenfitsch geht dem Verdacht nach, dass in importierten US-Autos geheime Daten aufgezeichnet werden. So sollen Hersteller heimlich Spionage-Geräte zur Registrierung der Fahrdaten eingebaut haben.
Diese könnten sich eventuell in Navigationssystemen befinden und an Satelliten übermittelt werden, wo sich ein Auto befindet oder wie schnell es gerade fährt. Für Ronellenfitsch stellt das eine 'Horrorvision' dar.
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Topic: CARS - on October 29, 2004 at 8:36:00 AM CEST
Spion verriet geheime BMW-Modelle
Die geheimen BMW-Modelle, die erst im Jahr 2008 vom Band rollen sollten, wurden durch eine undichte Stelle verraten und in der Zeitschrift 'auto motor und sport' veröffentlicht.
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Topic: CARS - on September 14, 2004 at 6:21:00 PM CEST
Alkoholtest: Nicht nur blasen, auch pinkeln
Jeder Autofahrer hat Angst vor dem Satz des Ordnungshüters: 'Bitte blasen sie mal ins Röhrchen'. In Zukunft könnte man sich wirklich die Frage stellen zuviel getrunken zu haben, wenn nach einer Urinprobe verlangt wird.
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Topic: CARS - on September 14, 2004 at 11:29:00 AM CEST
Truck maker will sell giant pickup
For the driver looking for more in a pickup -- one that dwarfs the Hummer and the Ford F-350 -- Navistar has just the ride for you. The new CXT -- short for commercial extreme truck and built from the same platform as the heavy-truck maker's typical tow truck or cement mixer -- will be sold starting this week by Navistar's International Truck & Engine subsidiary.
At 258 inches, or 21-1/2 feet long, the CXT is about 4-1/2 feet longer than the new Hummer H2 pickup, and about 2 inches longer than the F-350 Crew Cab.
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Topic: CARS - on September 13, 2004 at 9:17:00 AM CEST
Autorennen auf der A7 mit 260 km/h
Auf der Mühlkreisautobahn lieferten sich drei PKW-Fahrer am Sonntag ein illegales Straßenrennen mit Geschwindigkeiten von bis zu 260 km/h. Die drei Männer fuhren nebeneinander und vollzogen einen 'fliegenden' Start.
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Topic: CARS - on September 11, 2004 at 2:37:00 PM CEST
Woman Checks Under Hood, Finds Snake
A northern New York woman taking a used car out for a test drive found a little something extra under the hood: A 3-foot snake.
Margaret Brusso took a 1999 Honda Accord out for a ride Wednesday after spotting the car at a dealership in Potsdam. When she noticed the car's hood was ajar, she decided to take a look at the engine.
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Topic: CARS - on September 10, 2004 at 10:23:00 AM CEST
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Topic: CARS - on August 28, 2004 at 12:27:00 PM CEST
115 mph in a Fiat Punto? You're having a laugh
A man accused by police of driving at 115 mph (185 kph) in a Fiat Punto thought the accusation so ridiculous he enlisted an expert driver to help prove his new car was incapable of going that fast. Law student Steve Lucas, who risked a large fine and losing his driving licence if convicted of being so far over the 70 mph limit, said his small Fiat hatchback was just too slow to have reached such a speed, newspapers reported on Saturday.
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Topic: CARS - on August 27, 2004 at 12:07:00 PM CEST
Australian inventor makes engine that runs off air
An Australian inventor claims to have made the world's first commercially-viable motor vehicle powered by compressed air.
The vehicle is being tried out by contractors in Melbourne's parks and gardens over the next 12 months as an alternative to conventional diesel or petrol engines.
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Topic: CARS - on August 25, 2004 at 8:51:00 PM CEST
Corvette ad pulled over dream sequence of boy driving wildly
General Motors Corp. pulled a Corvette ad that shows a young boy driving wildly through city streets after safety advocates complained, the company said Wednesday.
Auto safety groups sent a letter Tuesday to GM chairman and chief executive Rick Wagoner protesting the television ad, saying it sent a dangerous message. The ad had been running during the Olympics.
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Topic: CARS - on August 17, 2004 at 12:04:00 PM CEST
Donkey cart beats out Porsche in Portuguese road race
A donkey cart beat a Porsche in a race held in a northern Portuguese city over the weekend to see which mode of transportation could best handle car congestion. The cart, pulled by a seven-year-old donkey named Tironi, was the first to reach the port city of Viana do Castelo from the suburb of Areosa some two kilometres (just over one mile) away.
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Topic: CARS - on July 17, 2004 at 6:00:00 PM CEST
Ford Recalls Nearly 900,000 Taurus, Sable Vehicles in cold weather states.
Should a coil spring fracture, it could rupture a tire and cause an accident.
Ford will put protective shields in the recalled vehicles.
The government opened an investigation into the defect in May after receiving 82 reports that springs had broken.
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