Violence erupted in Athens on Monday as clashes broke out near the parliament building, as members decided on schemes to tackle the ongoing debt crisis in the Greece.
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There’s the right way to immortalize a car in song, and the wrong way. For every ode to the V-O-L-V-O 240, there’s at least one Chevy Volt Song. Granted, the piece of fanboyism after the jump isn’t nearly so toxic as the prepackaged corporate drivel served up in honor of the GM plug-in, but we’d still put it on the same level as shoveling week-old, unrefrigerated sushi down your gullet. It’s just not something that we’d recommend, which is exactly why we’ve decided to post it here and share it with the masses.
Someone by the name of J Brave and a merry band of musicians under the name the Luminaries have taken it upon themselves to pontificate on the benefits of the Tesla Roadster in song. We’ll be honest – we don’t have a single musical bone in our body. It’s why we’re sitting here banging on a computer keyboard instead of rocking out on the ivories, but we know something worth listening to when we hear it, and this just ain’t it. Hit the jump if you dare.
Gallery: Tesla Model S in motion
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Continue reading Video: J Brave’s “Dippin’ in my Tesla” rap track is steady clean flossin’
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A man claiming to be an Iranian nuclear scientist kidnapped by the US says he has escaped from custody, in a video shown on Iranian TV.
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Uganda has sustained robust economic growth for the last 23 years, a fact that opponents of President Yoweri Musevei ignore actually to their disadvantage. This growth has produced a private sector and a political and bureaucratic class with money and power. In denying it, the opposition actually lose the support, implicit or explicit of this small but rich and most influential section of our society.
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Renault debuted its all new Wind coupe-convertible at the Geneva Motor Show in March, and now that summer is here, it’s time for it to hit the streets. At just over 12.5 feet long, the Wind’s closest competitor is likely to be the upcoming Mini Roadster and Coupe. Like so many other European automakers, Renault has gone with a hardtop, but not the type of complex, folding multi-piece unit found on so many others. Similar to the late Ferrari 575 SuperAmerica, the roof panel simply rotates back 180 degrees and stows flat under the rear deck.
The relatively simple top design allows the Wind to retain 9.5 cubic feet of trunk space, even with the top down. The only real downside is the huge sail panels that mean over-the-shoulder visibility looks to be all but non-existent.
The front wheels are spun by a choice of inline-four cylinder engines. The TCe 100 is a 1.15-liter turbocharged unit that delivers 100 horsepower and 112 pound-feet of torque while the 1.6-liter normally aspirated mill cranks out 133 hp and 118 lb-ft. The two powerplants (if that isn’t too strong a word in this case) deliver 37.3 and 33.6 miles per gallon (U.S.) respectively. With a mass under 2,500 pounds this could be a fun little machine regardless of the output.
Gallery: 2011 Renault Wind
[Source: Renault]
Continue reading Pics Aplenty: 2011 Renault Wind convertible blows in
Pics Aplenty: 2011 Renault Wind convertible blows in originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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The Managing Director of the World Bank has expressed her confidence that Liberia will reach the Completion Point of the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative tomorrow. Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said the World Bank is impressed with the progress Liberia is making in its post-conflict recovery programs. The World Bank Managing Director said Liberia is seen as a post-conflict success story. Mrs. Okonjo-Iweala said Liberia and its President Madam Ellen Johnson Sirleaf remain willing and committed to economic reform and prudent fiscal and monetary reforms.
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Filed under: Podcasts, Etc., Dodge, GM, Honda, Infiniti, Nissan, Earnings/Financials, Rumormill
Chris Shunk rejoins Sam, Alex and Dan for Episode #184 of the Autoblog Podcast. Topics we mull are Tesla’s actual IPO and General Motors‘ apparently impending public offering. Gordon Murray’s T.25 city car makes the cut before we do a 180 and talk about the possibility of a 480-horsepower Dodge Challenger SRT8 and a manlier minivan. It ends with your feedback, a tidy hour and ten minutes. See you next week!
Autoblog Podcast #184 – IPOs, Manly Minivans, City Cars and Hemi Horsepower
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Autoblog Podcast #184 – IPOs, Manly Minivans, City Cars and Hemi horsepower originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Witness two pervasive trends in the German auto industry especially: First, the proliferation of sport-utes and crossovers. Second, the blurring of traditional market segments with increasingly bizarre bodystyles. Mercedes-Benz, in particular, has been a pioneer of sorts in both, ballooning its SUV and crossover lineup to no fewer than five models, and kicking off the segment-busting craze with the CLS four-door coupe. Now, the two may come together in a new product, if emerging reports prove accurate.
According to the ever-churning rumormill, the marque of the Three-Pointed Star is currently developing a new model to be called the GLC – short-hand for Geländecoupé. Now before you protest that the long-serving Geländewagen (or G-Class for short) has already bred a two-door model, the GLC will share nothing with the inimitable off-roader. Instead it is tipped to be a crossover, with a sloping roofline like the BMW X6 but in a smaller package that may even be offered with two-wheel drive as standard. Sources expect the GLC to hit the road sometime around 2014, but as yet, there’s no word yet on how Mazda feels about all this.
[Source: AutoZeitung via eMercedesBenz]
Mercedes developing BMW X6-style Geländecoupé crossover? originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Mobil Producing Nigeria, MPN, has confirmed a second oil spill within a week in the Qua Iboe oil fields.
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Africa is reaping huge gains from the deepening of trade ties between it and other emerging economies, a new study shows.
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