Octogenarian Gerry Crown is celebrating after winning the fifth Peking to Paris Rally with navigator Matt Bryson in a 1973 Leyland P76 – just as the vehicle is celebrating its 40th anniversary.
Daily Archives: July 1, 2013
40 Year Old Leyland P76 wins Peking to Paris 2013
Octogenarian Gerry Crown is celebrating after winning the fifth Peking to Paris Rally with navigator Matt Bryson in a 1973 Leyland P76 – just as the vehicle is celebrating its 40th anniversary.
Experts Examine Auto Telematics’ Pitfalls, Potential
Automotive telematics likely will undergo many changes, including a reduction in the number of companies participating in the industry and methods for auto makers to monetize their technologies.
Renault-Nissan Alliance unveils Common Module Family (CMF) architecture
Renault-Nissan Alliance has unveiled first details about their Common Module Family (CMF) architecture, that will generate an average 30-40% reduction in entry cost per model and 20-30% reduction in parts cost for the Alliance.
Manheim Separates Makes in 800 Car Auction
To make life easier for buyers on the auction floor, Manheim is separating car makes into four different streams in its 800 car Lex-Autolease sales.
At its latest ‘mega sale’ of more than 800 vehicles at Manheim, Colchester, Ford, Vauxhall, Audi and VW each had their own separate auction lane.
Toyota’s Kirobo booked for first chat with human in space
Kirobo is set to blast off from Japan for the International Space Station in August, then wait for Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata to arrive in November or December and take part in the first robot-human conversation in space.Photo credit: BLOOMBERG
