Archive for May 2008

Heavy duty drivers – about truck parts and accessories

In many areas of the United States and other countries too, the usage of trucks seem to be of significance specially when you need large bed and more storage space for heavy cargo to be taken for one state to another or from one city to another. We need to buy or use truck that are known for their performance and have high reliable car parts and accessories. Such truck with heavy duty parts does not fail the truck’s driver while travelling distances.

In the highly competitive market of automobile like the USA, auto manufacturers not only fight on taking precedence on bring out new cars and that appeal to the masses but also swell on keeping there sales figures high.Toyota with its Tundra and Chevy with its Chevy Silverado seem to be ruling the Texas road and highways. Tundra with its 18 inch wheels and small diameter maneuvers with ease, Chevy’s Silverado on the other hand has 20 inch wheels and has the same length wheel base as Tundra.

While comparing the horsepower of both we find that Chevy’s performance high with its 315 hp where as Tundra’s enormous engine gives away 381 hp. These speed and torque of Tundra comes out well on straight roads.

This story of power and performance of truck and trucks parts and accessories thrills the trucks buyers who really look around for heavy duty, reliable trucks for the use on the high ways of Texas. For such truck owners engine parts and accessories, interior parts and body parts and accessories , online car parts and accessories sellers offer lowest prices with home delivery.

performance improvement 02-08 Acura RSX Factory Rear Lip Spoiler

Its not that, that Acura RSX need any improvement in the styling or performance but adding a rear lip spoiler at Acura RSX car is surly like adding creamy icing to a cake. Car owners who want to make their 02 or 08 Acura RSX more eye catching can also buy the factory lip rear spoiler for their Acura car.

The 02-08 Acura RSX Factory Rear lip spoilers are available online at car parts online store in color that matches the Acura cars of their customers. Pre painted to match; these bumper spoilers are primed and finished to enhance the Acura’s aesthetics. The color codes that are available online are:

- B-92P-Nighthawk Black
- YR-552M-Blaze Orange
- G-523M-Jade Green
- NH-578-Taffeta White
- NH-624P-Premium White
- NH-675M-Magnesium
- B-520P-Vivid Blue
- R-81-Milano Red

The aftermarket Acura Rear Lip car spoilers come with a choice. Customers can buy 02-08 Acura RSX factory rear lip spoiler with or without DOT approved LED lights. Both types of spoilers give a dashing look to Acura RSX cars. The car spoiler package comes with all hardwear and templates necessary to attach the car spoiler.

The on road performance of these cars also improves with the attachment of these Acura rear lip spoilers. With the improvement in the aero dynamics of the car the Acura car owners can get enhanced on road performance.

The online car parts store along with 02-08 Acura RSX Factory Rear Lip Spoiler also carries, billet grilles, body kits, wings and performance car parts and accessories

Volkswagen’s U.S. plant may make Porsches, Audis

Volkswagen’s planned U.S. factory is likely to also make upscale Audis and Porsches, VW of America CEO Stefan Jacoby said Thursday.

In an interview with USA TODAY, Jacoby said of the planned U.S. plant: “For Audi and Porsche, it would be an opportunity to add on units” as German parent VW AG seeks to triple U.S. VW and Audi sales to a million total by 2018 and boost sales dramatically worldwide.

Porsche is VW AG’s biggest shareholder, with 31% and has been involved in many joint ventures with VW. The VW and Audi brands are among a VW AG portfolio ranging from low-price European-market Seat and Skoda to high-end Lamborghini and Bentley.

The U.S. factory, Jacoby said, will be built in Tennessee, Alabama or Michigan. “July, the latest, we will make our decision,” he said. He said the factory should be in operation by the end of 2010, an ambitious schedule for a plant not yet under construction.

A U.S. factory would avoid the currency-exchange whammy, in which the falling U.S. dollar has made imported goods more expensive. VW, a mainstream brand, has less room to boost prices to make up the difference than luxury brands such as Audi.

According to a report from Germany published Thursday by trade magazine Automotive News, Porsche denied it plans to build its current Cayenne SUV in VW’s U.S. plant, but it would not comment on the next-generation SUV or other Porsches.

Porsche and Audi buyers value the German heritage of those brands and might balk at U.S. versions. “My instinct is that it would annoy Porschephiles more than Audiphiles. I think the Porsche guys might get up in arms a little bit,” says Stephanie Brinley, senior manager of product analysis for marketing consultant AutoPacific.

VW pioneered what are called transplant factories in the USA, building about 1 million cars at Westmoreland, Pa., from 1978 to 1988.

Jacoby, who took over U.S. operations on Sept. 1, said VW will “custom tailor” VWs for U.S. tastes. He said U.S. buyers appear to like “soft-riding” cars that don’t need high top speeds because of “speed limits that are much more rigorously enforced” than in Germany.

But he emphasized that U.S. VWs won’t be sloppy-handling or sluggish.

Jacoby acknowledged that VW “did a lot of things wrong” to earn a U.S. reputation as unreliable and costly to maintain. But he said improved quality — “our warranty costs are down considerably” — and a new three-year free maintenance offer should raise perceptions.

Audi models feature best anti-theft system

AUDI AG has received the renowned Thatcham Award for the second consecutive year, in recognition of the extensive theft protection featured throughout its model range. This prize spotlights the premium cars from Ingolstadt as Europe’s best-protected cars when it came to thefts in 2007.

Audi’s innovative electronic immobilizer helped avoid more thefts during the past year. German insurance companies are rewarding this lowered risk: among the premium brands, the majority of Audi models have received the most economical coverage classification in their respective segments.

The British Thatcham institute is one of Europe’s leaders in evaluating the quality of car security systems. Experts use a specially developed test method and award up to five stars for security against break-in and theft. Thatcham awarded AUDI AG the prize for the maker of the cars with the best security protection and honored five Audi models individually in 2007. The Audi TT Roadster, Audi S8 and Audi Q7 each took first place in their respective categories.

AUDI AG develops its anti-theft systems with an interdisciplinary team of specialists. The innovations developed by this team, which are used in all new Audi models, include extensive protection of all doors plus a sophisticated immobilizer with component protection that runs throughout the entire car. These complex technologies have led to a continuous decline in thefts of Audi cars in Germany over the past few years.

Aside from the excellent anti-theft security, Audi customers have a further advantage: the low risk of theft contributes to a particularly economical insurance coverage classification. This generally makes owning an Audi less costly than owning a car from one of the company’s competitors.

Courtesy: Courtesy: Audi AG, Germany