GENERAL MOTORS is considering a deal to lease lithium-ion batteries for its 2011 Chevrolet Volt and Opel Flextreme. A lease deal will make it possible to bring the plug-in hybrids to market in late 2010 and indicates the cars will be low-volume.
“THOSE ARE BREMBOS” are magic words when talking brakes on American, European, and Japanese performance cars and light trucks. Now Brembo could become to brakes what Bose has become to premium sound systems, as the Italian company has bought Hayes Lemmerz’s automotive brake division for $58 million. The transaction will allow Brembo to expand and make brake components in Homer, Michigan, and Apodaca, Mexico.
JENSEN is attempting a comeback. After more than 35 years, during which the company made 3000 restorations and repairs, probably half of them on the same…
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MotorTrend (Digital) - 1 Issue, February 2008