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GM Recall 2010: 1.3 Million Cars Include Chevrolet Cobalt, Pontiac G5, And Others

General Motors Co. said Monday it will recall 1.3 million Chevrolet and Pontiac compact cars sold in the U.S., Canada and Mexico to fix power steering motors that can fail. The recall affects 2005 to 2010 Chevrolet Cobalts, 2007 to 2010 Pontiac G5s, 2005 and 2006 Pontiac Pursuits sold in Canada and 2005 and 2006 Pontiac G4s sold in Mexico.

The automaker said the vehicles are still safe to drive and never lose their steering, but it may be harder to steer them when traveling under 15 mph.

GM spokesman Alan Adler said it will take time for the automaker to get 1.3 million new power steering motors from the supplier, JTEKT Corp., and GM will notify car owners when the parts are available.

Adler said the failures are rare and the cars can still be driven until motors can be replaced by dealers. Drivers will see a warning light and hear a chime if the power steering fails, but they could be surprised when the steering becomes more difficult.

GM told the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration about the recall on Monday. NHTSA began an investigation into 905,000 of the models on Jan. 27 after getting 1,100 complaints that the cars lost their power steering assist. The complaints included 14 crashes and one injury.

The automaker will fix older models first because it usually takes 20,000 to 30,000 miles of driving for the condition to develop, Adler said. GM also will have to repair thousands of vehicles on dealer lots before they can be sold, he said.

"Recalling these vehicles is the right thing to do for our customers' peace of mind," Jamie Hresko, GM's vice president of quality, said in a statement.

Adler said if the power steering assist fails, it usually comes back for a time after the car is shut off and restarted.

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Acura NSX - Luxurious Sports Car

Acura NSX - Luxurious Sports Car

The Acura NSX, also called as Honda NSX is a sports car, prototypal released in 1990, manufactured by the Asian automaker Honda. The model is a rear wheel drive car, powered by an aluminum V6 gasoline engine and the engine is featured with lift electronic curb and Variable valve timing system.

The Acura NSX is produced at the Takanezawa R&D gathering plant in Japan. The NSX is a two door coupe model with the mid engine layout. The container also offers different engines to the sports automobile same C30A V6 that produces power up to 201 kilo watts and torque of 280 lb ft, C32B V6 that produces 216 kilo watts of power and torque of 304 lb ft. Both the engines are paired to a standard four-speed automatic transmission. The nonmandatory transmissions offered by the engine include fivesome and six-speed drill transmission.

As far as the dimensions and the capacity of the automobile are concerned, it has the wheel humble of 2530 mm, length of 4405 mm, width of 1810 mm and peak of 1170 mm. The fuel tank in the automobile has the capacity to hold up to 18.50 US gallons. The curb weight of the automobile is 1340 kilo grams.

Though the sports automobile was introduced in 1990, the container was redesigned and released in different generations, with added and revised features in apiece generation. There were newborn standards and features added for every newborn release and the model was also offered in different body styles and colors. The cut options and the different body styles offered by the automobile attracted the customers towards the automobile and it became digit of the top selling sports cars in the United States automobile market.

Ferris Bueller’ Ferrari Sold

Bonhams The replica 1961 Ferrari 250GT California Spyder was sold for $122,000.

A replica 1961 Ferrari 250GT California Spyder used in the film “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” fetched $122,000 at Bonhams in London on Monday, far exceeding the auction house’s pre-sale estimate of $45,000-60,000.

The car’s Hollywood pedigree wasn’t enough to draw the top price of the day, however. That honor went to a 1938 SS Jaguar 2.5-liter Drophead Coupe, which brought over $154,000.

The auction was held in spite of volcano-related air travel restrictions in Europe that forced many prospective buyers to bid by phone. According to Bonhams, eight telephone bidders were among those in the running for the faux-Ferrari, with the winning bid coming from an American buyer.

concept Peugeot 4002 Lion 2003

concept Peugeot 4002 Lion 2003

The concept Peugeot 4002 Lion 2003 is present on the car with the large chrome radiator grill behind which two round headlights are concealed, the characteristic Peugeot emblems on the front, sides and rear of the car and by the slanted headlight configuration similar to what is seen on current Peugeot production cars. It recalls the 1936 Peugeot 402 in particular which had the typical double headlight configuration behind the elliptic grill; also the three bars on each side, the hubcaps and color scheme add to the recollection of the historic concept Peugeot 4002 Lion 2003. Odd enough the 402 didn't have footboards between the fenders while the concept Peugeot 4002 Lion 2003. The innovative parts of the design are the forward placing of the passenger compartment, the symmetry between front and rear and the hidden spoiler configuration underneath the car. To avoid having to fit large spoilers on the bodywork of this car, which is meant to be a super sports car, an air stream is lead under the car resulting in the necessary downforce. The grill in front acts as an air intake and the exhaust array in the rear, also fitted in a similar elliptic grill shell, as an outlet.
In all it's an appealing and expressive design, though not quite realistic. The Lion name refers not only to the Peugeot logo, but also to the similarities between a crouched, leering lion and the shape of the car which the designer sees in it. Well, in any case it's a bold addition to the range of Peugeot show cars and it would be wonderful if Peugeot added some of this boldness to the designs of its usually rather dull looking production cars.