Daily Archives: November 7, 2013

October Used 4×4 values increase by 7.3 per cent says BCA

October Used 4x4 values increase by 7.3 per cent says BCA

The cost of a used four-wheel drive vehicle rose by 7.3 per cent in October, with buyers keen to get an all-terrain vehicle before winter sets in, according to British Car Auctions (BCA).

Japanese automakers push on profit accelerator

A Toyota Motor employee works on an assembly line for the Corolla Axio at a plant in the village of Ohira, northern Japan

Japanese automakers are stepping on the profit accelerator as a weak yen, recovering US demand and the fading impact of a consumer boycott in China boost their bottom line.

5,000 BHP Devel Sixteen with a top speed of 348mph debuts in Dubai

Crazy doesn’t even come close, here’s the Devel Sixteen, revealed at the 2013 Dubai International Motor Show. The car claims a bonkers 5,000bhp offering a top speed of 560km/h, 0-100km/h in just 1.8s via a machine that looks like a Lamborghini Veneno crossed with Pagani Zonda and Koenigsegg.

Jaguar 2014 F-type Coupé to debut at L.A. and Tokyo Motor Shows

Jaguar 2014 F-type Coupé to debut at L.A. and Tokyo Motor Shows

Jaguar F-Type coupe will make its global debut later this month at the Los Angeles and Tokyo Motor Shows.

CO2 pollution levels at annual record high says UN WMO

Michel Jarraud, Secretary-General of World Meteorological Organization, WMO, informs the media about the annual greenhouse gas bulletin in the atmosphere during a press conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013. The U.N. weather agency says concentrations of carbon dioxide pollution in the atmosphere have accelerated and reached a record high in 2012. WMO says carbon dioxide was measured at 393.1 parts per million last year, up 2.2 ppm from the previous year.

World carbon dioxide pollution levels in the atmosphere are accelerating and reached a record high in 2012, the U.N. weather agency said Wednesday.