Archive for May, 2009



NEW HOPE: ‘Inebriated’ car makes stop at NH-S (The Beacon)

Friday 29 May 2009 @ 12:05 pm

NEW HOPE — Drunken drivers are, unfortunately, nothing new on local roads, but recently a first was brought to the area — a “drunken” car.

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AAA Auto First-Quarter Loss Narrows on Cost Cuts (Update1) (Bloomberg)

Friday 29 May 2009 @ 12:05 pm

May 29 (Bloomberg) — AAA Auto Group NV , the biggest chain of used-car dealerships in Central Europe, said its loss narrowed in the first quarter as operating expenses declined.

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Scranton Woman Buys “First Zap Car” In NEPA (PAHomePage.com)

Friday 29 May 2009 @ 11:05 am

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY –As gas prices climb, there’s one woman in Scranton who doesn’t mind. She’s driving what she says is the first zap car in northeastern Pennsylvania. It’s one hundred percent electric. Consumer reporter Jeff Chirico just back from a ride in the ZAP.

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Nigeria: Got My First Job at Nine, Drove My First Car at 22 (AllAfrica.com)

Friday 29 May 2009 @ 11:05 am

Lagos — At 21, Toyosi Akerele became the publisher of Rise Magazine. A pace setter among her peers, she’s a marketing consultant in youths development.

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Hoon’s car confiscated (The West Australian)

Friday 29 May 2009 @ 10:05 am

A 20-year-old hoon has become the first person to have his car confiscated and crushed by the State Government under tough anti-hoon laws. Ryan James Joseph — who has an extensive driving record that

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SAUDI ARABIA: State to see first car sales drop in decade (just-auto)

Friday 29 May 2009 @ 10:05 am

This article is locked. You need to be a Full Member of just-auto to view this article. Existing users, please login at the top of the page. Summary: Saudi Arabia, one of the Middle East’s biggest car markets, may suffer its first drop in car imports in 10 years as a crisis hits the oil-based economy, according to analysts and traders.

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Serial hoon’s car on way to crusher as deterrent (The West Australian)

Friday 29 May 2009 @ 10:05 am

Doing a burnout with his 14-month-old son and girlfriend in the passenger seats was the final indiscretion for 20-year-old hoon Ryan James Joseph, the first person to have a car confiscated under toug

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AAA Auto’s First-Quarter Loss Narrows on Cost Cuts (Update3) (Bloomberg)

Friday 29 May 2009 @ 10:05 am

May 29 (Bloomberg) — AAA Auto Group NV , the biggest chain of used-car dealerships in central Europe, said its first- quarter loss narrowed after cutting costs and withdrawing from unprofitable markets in Hungary and Romania.

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Car show attracts auto enthusiasts of all kinds (Meadow Lake Progress)

Friday 29 May 2009 @ 9:05 am

It’s been 10 years since the first Meadow Lake Cruisers Car Show, and organizers hope there will be decades more to come. It was the first year that the event was held in May, and member Bill Krisicki said the change was good for the club.

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Dutch ’scrap premium’ launched to improve car sales (EARTHtimes.org)

Friday 29 May 2009 @ 8:05 am

Amsterdam - Dutch car sellers were expecting a busy Pentecost weekend following the launch of the national car scrap premium offered to motorists turning in their old cars. Environment Minister Jacqueline Cramer symbolically welcomed the first cust…

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