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Honda premiers BRIO urban commuter car in Thailand

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Honda Automobile (Thailand) Co., HATC), Honda’s automobile production and sales subsidiary in Thailand, has unveiled the BRIO urban commuter car. liter 4-cylinder i-VTEC engine delivering 90 hp (67 kW), with fuel economy of 5 L/100km (47 mpg US). Click to enlarge. The BRIO is equipped with Honda’s 1.2-liter

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Ford’s next-gen Ranger pickup gets bigger, adds V6 turbodiesel

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The next-gen Ranger project was led by Ford’s Product Development Center in Australia. The single-turbo comes in two different performance levels and delivers power, torque and fuel economy, which is important to small business owners or commercial vehicle fleets. L EcoBoost four cylinder.

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Mitsubishi Motors to launch next-generation global compact sedan in July

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MIVEC engine, the Attrage is projected to deliver fuel economy of 22 km/liter (51.8 Attrage will be produced at MMC subsidiary Mitsubishi Motors (Thailand) Co. s third factory at the Laem Chabang Industrial Estate in Chonburi province in Thailand. Powered by a 1.2L mpg US, 4.5 L/100km) on the NEDC. Click to enlarge.

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Cumulative worldwide sales of Honda hybrids passes 1 million units

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This milestone was reached 12 years and 11 months after the start of sales of the first generation Insight in Japan November 1999, which realized fuel economy of 35 km/liter (82.3 15 mode with a 5-speed MT vehicle—at the time the world’s highest fuel economy among all mass-production gasoline-powered vehicles.

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Chevrolet introduces second-generation Duramax 4-cylinder diesels; global engine

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Chevrolet Sales Thailand introduced the new-generation MY14 Duramax four-cylinder turbo-diesel engine in 2.5- Applications include powering the Colorado pickup truck and Trailblazer SUV for the Thailand and Southeast Asian markets. The second generation engine offers better fuel economy, performance and lower emissions.

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Honda unveils new small car prototype

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Honda introduced a prototype of Honda BRIO, the new small-sized vehicle developed for Asian markets and scheduled to be introduced in Thailand and India in 2011, at the 27 th Thailand International Motor Expo. The BRIO prototype. Based on Thai spec.) Click to enlarge.

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Mitsubishi Mirage to Be Discontinued by 2025

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Despite fuel prices and an economy that seems poised to bolster the sale of value-focused cars, the United States is losing another one. Mitsubishi said it will introduce nine new electrified models globally during the next five years and plow $10 billion into electrified vehicles and battery production through 2030. Annual U.S.