| Lamborghini boss zooms in to meet team
NEW LAMBO: Lamborghini boss Stephan Winkelmann has visited New Zealand after opening two new dealerships in Australia. He is flanked here by Colin Giltrap, founder of the Giltrap Group (L), and Michael Giltrap (R), CEO of Independent Prestige. .
Plano police: Chevy Tahoes' room, resale value offset gas consumption
In an era of expensive gas and governments promising to "go green," Plano officials in late 2006 came up with a counterintuitive solution to its aging fleet of police cars: gas-thirsty Chevrolet Tahoe SUVs. The bigger, pricier vehicles, officials thought, might use more gas. But they also would provide more space for equipment, last longer and fetch more at resale. .
Corvette Driver Killed In Single-Car Crash
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A 37-year-old driver was killed and his passenger injured early Saturday morning when his Chevrolet Corvette left Lem Tuner Road, hit two utility poles, went airborne and overturned. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, Scott Montgomery was driving north near Eagerton Road just after 1 a.m. when he apparently lost control of his car. His car landed upside down on the shoulder of the road. Montgomery was transported to Shands-Jacksonville Medical Center, where he died. Troopers said he was not wearing a seat belt. .
Overcoming the Diesel Challenge
For the past 32 years, fuel economy requirements for cars and trucks in the U.S. were stagnant. That all changed in December when President Bush put his signature on a new law that slowly raises gas mileage standards for cars and trucks by 40%, to an average of 35 mpg by 2020. As a result, carmakers will begin marching out a parade of new, advanced technologies to boost miles per gallon in their vehicles. One of the most effective and feasible solutions may seem surprising to many U.S. drivers. But diesel-engine vehicles, especially in Europe, are on the rise, and could overtake hybrids as the darlings of the green car world. Bradley Berman, editor of HybridCars.com, spoke with Johannes-Joerg Rueger, vice-president of engineering for diesel systems for Robert Bosch in Farmington Hills, Mich., a leading manufacturer of diesel vehicle technologies.
Racer ready to roll with Savage Energy
Mike Robertson resists calling this a make-or-break year for his racing son, Ryan. He doesn't want to put that kind of pressure on the 21-year-old driver from Winston-Salem. But the father knows their family-structured racing team has gone about as far as it can toward the dream of landing a big NASCAR ride for Ryan. All they can do now is keep rolling up their sleeves, race for some impressive late model stock car wins, add in as much exposure as possible and hope someone comes calling. "He's got the tools," Mike Robertson said. "Now he just needs that extra break." One of those extra breaks in 2008 may come from Salisbury-based Carolina Beverage Corp., the makers of Cheerwine who also are trying to make a dent in the energy drink market with Savage Energy.
First, Newspapers. Now, TV
Second, it plans to place clickable video ads on the side of its own search results pages. So if someone searches for "skiing," he might be presented with a video featuring Bode Miller talking about how great his Rossignol skis are -- along with some undoubtedly amazing footage of him going downhill. The video advertiser would pay Google whenever someone clicks on the ad. If Google succeeds in marrying advertising to online video, broadcasters could find themselves in a bind similar to newspaper publishers. The latter suffer from declining circulation, higher production costs than their digital brethren and advertisers that are switching to cheaper, more effective online distribution. Broadcasters already face variants of the first two problems. Google's initiative might complete the trifecta.
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