Palestinian leaders have decided to ask the UN Security Council and the Arab League to help put a stop to Israeli settlements in Palestinian territories.
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Proving that he is nothing if not predictable, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich blamed the United Auto Workers for the loss of American manufacturing jobs at a recent campaign appearance. Automotive News reports that Gingrich lauded the BMW factory in Spartanburg, SC, for being “vibrant” and mentioned Honda, Mercedes-Benz and Nissan in a positive light, while blaming the UAW for impeding continuous improvement at domestic automakers. The UAW did not respond to a request for comment, according to the report.
While we wouldn’t expect Gingrich to behave any differently towards his political enemies in the union, we will say that the loss of manufacturing jobs is a far more complicated subject than this or any other soundbite can explain. And for all the attention that the auto industry continues to receive from politicians hoping to score points with voters, we remain appalled at how little those on both sides of the aisle actually know about the business.
Gingrich says UAW to blame for hobbling U.S. industry originally appeared on Autoblog on Sat, 31 Dec 2011 12:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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As the Poison frontman is wont to sing, every rose has its thorn. Indeed, if the 1969 Chevrolet Camaro Bret Michaels sold at the 2011 Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale auction was that flower, his latest consignments are as painful as pricked fingers.
Michaels will be offering three vehicles at the sale, to be held January 15-22, 2012. The first (and the only marginally interesting one) is a 2004 Bentley Continental GT. The other two are Blue Oval SUVs that might more appropriately be found on a used car lot: A 2004 Lincoln Navigator and a 2011 Ford Explorer.
Clearly, it was nothin’ but a good time for Michaels at last year’s Barrett-Jackson, where his non-original Camaro fetched a remarkable $200,000. That’s about five times what it might have sold for without playing the celebrity card. But hey, at least it was a ’69 Camaro and Bret even threw in an autographed guitar.
This year, however, Michaels’ consignments look like what the cat dragged in. While Barrett-Jackson is known for its unabashed embrace of celebrity cars of dubious quality and provenance, these offerings just hit a wrong note.
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Bret Michaels selling family truckster and more at Barrett-Jackson originally appeared on Autoblog on Sat, 31 Dec 2011 14:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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The Palestinian Authority has banned a famous Israeli Druse singer from appearing at a New Year party in Ramallah.The decision to ban the singer Mike Sharif, known as The Druse Boy, was taken …
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The United States has agreed to sell advanced antimissile interception systems to the United Arab Emirates.
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The new Ford Fusion. The 2012 BMW 3 Series. The Lexus LF-LC. The Craftsman CTX-series… lawn tractor? Indeed, as odd as it sounds, you can count the latter among the many debuts scheduled for the 2012 Detroit Auto Show when the doors open to the public.
Craftsman’s new premium tractors go on sale in February and will range in price from $3,000 to $6,500, with two yard tractor and two garden tractor models available. (The garden tractors are the most flexible, able to accommodate the full spectrum of towed, front-mounted, and ground-engaging attachments, which are sold separately.)
Power comes from Briggs & Stratton, whose available 30-horsepower engine allows for a top forward speed of 8 miles per hour (3 mph in reverse). It’s mated to a hydrostatic automatic transmission. Key features include electronic fuel management, automatic traction control (power is independently split between the rear drive wheels), a quick-release mowing deck, electronic cutting height adjustment, digital instrumentation, cruise control, tilt steering, and the obligatory cupholder. The evolution of creature comforts for these rigs will continue as well. In an interview with The New York Times’ Jim Motavalli, a Craftsman spokesperson says that an iPod jack is planned as a future enhancement for its tractors.
The Craftsman CTX will be displayed in the concourse/lobby area of the COBO Center, so Dodge needn’t be concerned about it stealing the Dart‘s thunder on the main show floor. Regardless, that placement ensures plenty of eyeballs for the new tractor as the public files in and out of the exhibition. And if you think the CTX seems like an absurd product to showcase in Detroit, consider this: it’s at least more viable and relevant to American consumers than the Chinese-car vaporware that has occupied premium floor space at the venue in the past.
You can read the full press blast from Craftsman after the jump.
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Detroit Auto Show debuting its first lawn tractor originally appeared on Autoblog on Sat, 31 Dec 2011 16:06:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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The president of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, has declared a state of emergency in some northern and central parts of the country.
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Qatar’s police force has a sizable fleet of Porsche Panamera and Cayenne patrol vehicles at its disposal. How is this? Well, Qatar has lots of oil, for starters, so there’s that income. The emirate also holds a 17 percent stake of preferential shares in the Volkswagen Group. So, it’s not particularly hard to see how the stable of luxo-cop cars came to be. The force took them for a spin on December 18, Qatar National Day, and you can get a look at the coolest fleet in the video after the jump.
Continue reading When your country floats on oil, your police drive only Porsches
When your country floats on oil, your police drive only Porsches originally appeared on Autoblog on Sat, 31 Dec 2011 10:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Seven people were killed on Friday morning in a road accident involving a matatu, a light truck and a motorcyclist at Sigona on the Nairobi-Nakuru highway.
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KANO – Four people were killed in an explosion near a mosque in the violence-torn Nigerian city of Maiduguri just after the Friday prayers, the military and residents said.
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