New iPod Touch: Reason it has no camera

Just in case you are still scratching your heads as to why the iPod Nano was the only iPod to recieve a camera upgrade, Apple’s bossman Steve Jobs has recently revealed the reason why the company chose to do it. Read more

Zone 40 Wireless Gaming: Alternative to Nintendo Wii

If you can afford both the Nintendo Wii and the price of the games, then you will not find a better games console for you in today’s market, but if you find the price of games high then we have an alternative for you.

This is the Zone 40 wireless gaming console, which looks like the Wii but is much more focused on those that like budget gaming Read more

2009 Honda Civic Sales Up

With the current trend of auto sales falling sharply, its good to see an increase in sales of the 2009 Honda Civic, even if the “Cash for Clunkers” program is the reason for the sales increase.

The overall U.S. sales for Honda Motor Co. fell 17.3% in July when compared to the same month in 2008, but sales of Read more

Cash for Clunkers Car List: Top 10 Purchased

Following on from our earlier story, which informed you about the full Cash for Clunkers car list, we now have a top ten list of the types of vehicles that consumers have purchased through the Cash for Clunkers program. Read more

Nissan Leaf and Cash-for-Clunkers: Changing Car Market

After the massive success of the “Cash for Clunkers” scheme last week, big question marks have popped up above the car market. It seems that more people than ever in the US are going for smaller and more economic cars. The Financial Times website has reported that Ford were the main benefactors of the “Cash for Clunkers” scheme with their small Ford Focus saloon being the most purchased car and Ford’s flagship SUV the Ford Explorer being the most traded in vehicle. Read more

Unveiled: Nokia 5530 XpressMusic release, specs and price

It seems as if Nokia are announcing new handsets every day, the phone maker has unveiled the Nokia 5530 XpressMusic, and the guys over at IntoMobile have all the release and spec details, along with the expected price of the handset. Read more

Alfa 149 photos: similar to MiTo and 8C Competizione

We have managed to locate some photos of the new Alfa 149, this hatchback is stunning and take inspiration from the MiTo and 8C Competizione. Like most Alfa’s the 149 has a sporty look, while still giving enough space for passengers at the rear. Read more

Ford Kuga Individual launched at Paris 2008

Before the Ford Kuga was launched it was full of hype, but once people started to test drive them, they were left a little disappointed. The Kuga looks cute, but lacks the aggressive styling that the Iosis X show car has. Read more

New Renault Megane III vs. Volkswagen Golf and Ford Focus

As we know Renault have upped their game when it comes to the design and driving experience of their cars, this is evident with their Laguna, Twingo and Koleos. But there is one model that has always been their bread and butter, and that is the Megane. You will get the chance to see the new Renault Megane III at the Paris Motor Show 2008. Read more

Sony BRAVIA VPL-VW80 SXRD Full HD Projector

Sony’s new BRAVIA VPL-VW80 SXRD projector is designed to be the next logical step for the serious Home Cinema enthusiast. At its heart lies Sony’s SXRD™ (Silicon X-tal Reflective Display) panel technology that delivers exquisitely fine-grained 1080p Full HD for a truly cinematic experience. The special High Frame Rate SXRD panels and exclusive Motionflow Dark Frame Insertion system double the frame rate to 100Hz for fluid, natural movement no matter how fast the action gets. Eight-stage real-time signal processing by Sony’s BRAVIA ENGINE 2 ensures outstanding colour and visibly superior overall image quality Read more

Updates: HTC S740, Palm Treo Pro and TomTom GPS

Below is an update with this weeks highlights from eXpansys that we think you will be interested in, this includes the new HTC S740, Palm Treo Pro and GPS updates Read more

Philips to lead euHeart project

Royal Philips Electronics today announced that it will lead a new European Union (EU) funded research project called ‘euHeart,’ which is aimed at improving the diagnosis, therapy planning and treatment of cardiovascular disease – one of the biggest causes of mortality in the western world. The euHeart consortium comprises public and private partners from 16 research, academic, industrial and medical organizations from six different European countries. It will run for four years and has a budget of approximately EUR 19 million, of which approximately EUR 14 million will be provided by the European Union Read more

Ford Focus Fuel Cell vehicles perform better than expected

Ford Motor Company’s fleet of 30 fuel cell vehicles has exceeded expectations of the company’s hydrogen research engineers by accumulating more than 865,000 real world miles without significant maintenance issues since the fleet’s launch three years ago. The Ford Focus Fuel Cell test vehicles also have earned accolades from the company’s global fleet partners for outstanding durability, reliability and capability Read more

Ford Europe’s total sales rise by two per cent

Ford of Europe’s total sales in its main 51 markets rose by two per cent to 1,196,200 in the first seven months this year.

Strong sales in Russia and the company’s 30 Direct Markets helped to offset lower sales in some of the traditional 19 European markets.

As a result of softening market conditions, sales in the Euro 19 markets declined by 6.6 per cent. While the drop was in line with overall industry decline, Ford’s market share was stable at 8.4 per cent in July, and at 8.7 per cent in the first seven months Read more

One Ford global product plan

Ford Motor Company expects the quality, fuel efficiency, smart technologies and shared global nature of its upcoming new Focus small car in North America and other derivatives built off a new global C-car platform to deliver a double-digit percentage profit improvement compared with today’s North American Focus Read more

Ford targets best-in-class quality for small vehicles

After climbing to the upper ranks in vehicle quality in the past two years, Ford Motor Company said today it has set an aggressive new target — best-in-class initial quality for compact cars the company will launch in North America in 2010.

“We aim to launch our new compact vehicles at 800 things gone wrong per 1,000 vehicles,” said Bennie Fowler, Ford’s group vice president, Global Quality. “That’s more than 500 TGWs less than the predicted industry average — and we believe these levels will ensure our upcoming small cars will achieve industry-best initial quality.” Read more

Ford Focus sales rise in July

The temperatures are on the rise outside and so are sales of Ford Focus for Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited. The dynamic and confident compact car registered a double-digit sales increase in July – 13.3 per cent – over the same month’s sales last year.

“Fuel efficiency is certainly on consumers’ minds today” said Barry Engle, president and CEO, Ford of Canada. “Along with our full lineup of crossover utility vehicles – including Ford Flex with segment-leading fuel economy – and compact truck Ford Ranger, Ford Focus provides a stylish and sporty solution to high prices at the pump.”

In July, Ford of Canada’s overall sales decreased 13.9 per cent to 18,171 units. Total truck sales were down 12.2 per cent at 13,554 units and total car sales of 4,617 units mark an 18.5 per cent decrease compared to last July.

Ford’s selling well in July - The Ford Focus sales rise 13%, Lincoln Town Car sales increase 266% over last July, Grand Marquis sales up 61% in July, Ford Escape Hybrid registered its best July sales on record with a 171% increase and the Ford Ranger sales are up 15%.

With the credit crunch in full swing, what’s happening with these sales?

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10 examples of Ford successes already achieved

Ford continues to make great strides toward achieving its goal of best-in-class quality. The following ten examples show some of the successes already achieved along the way.

1. Now shoulder-to-shoulder with industry leaders in initial quality - The quality of Ford brand vehicles soared to the top of the charts equaling that of Toyota and Honda, according to the second quarter 2008 U.S. Global Quality Research System (GQRS) study conducted by RDA Group of Bloomfield Hills, Mich. The study showed Ford brand improved 6.5 percent versus last year with a combined average of 1343 things-gone-wrong (TGW) per 1,000 vehicles during the first three months of ownership. This performance is statistically equivalent at the 95% confidence level to the TGW levels of Honda and Toyota Read more

Ford’s New ECO Cars: Cut UK CO2 emissions by over 80,000 tonnes

Ford’s new range of super frugal ECOnetic models showcased at this year’s British International Motor Show is leading the company’s bid to cut UK CO2 emissions by over 80,000 tonnes.

Independent industry analysis shows that if customers continue their move into lower CO2 and higher mpg Ford models, 83,818 tonnes of CO2 a year would be avoided Read more

76.3mpg Ford Fiesta ECOnetic at British International Motor Show

Ford’s new ultra-frugal Fiesta was unveiled at the British International Motor Show today, completing the company’s small, medium and large car ECOnetic line-up.

The wraps came off the 76.3mpg Ford Fiesta ECOnetic – Britain’s greenest family car with CO2 emissions of 98g/km. On sale from £11,800 by the end of this year, Ford Fiesta ECOnetic joins existing Mondeo and Focus ECOnetic models Read more

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