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In the language of business, there are two types of business merger and acquisition. The first type, for example if a car manufacturer acquired a transmission company, then this is called a horizontal integration. On the other hand, the Hooters restaurant company acquired the Pace Airlines to form the Hooters Airlines back in 2002, which sounds strange (why a food business want to participate in the air transportation industry?), this is called a vertical integration.

Back in June 2012, a Hong Kong energy company: National Bio Energy Group, teamed with a Japanese venture investment company called “Sun Investment”, formed a subsidiary called NEVS (Nation Electric Vehicle S...

2014 March sales statistics of the Chinese auto market come out today.

During the last month, total auto sales in China region is 1 ,094,472 units. One surprising fact is for March 2014, the Audi A6 outsold the Toyota Camry (15,800 units vs. 15,723 units). Compared to the best selling mid-size luxury sedan in US market, the Mercedes-Benz E class only sold 6,335 units.

In the same period, BMW sold 12,279 units of the 5 series in China; and Mercedes-Benz sold 3,360 units of the E class.

The weak Mercedes-Benz sales is caused by the scandal that, the largest Chinese television media (CCTV) reported back in March 2013, that Mercedes-Benz used poisonous materials in some of th...

Ever think of a head-on collision with a 30-ton (66,000lb) cement truck? Well, if you don’t, here is a thrilling video captured by the victim’s dash camera.

The story is quite simple: a Texas A&M University professor drove his Toyota Sienna and got the head-on hit by a fully-loaded run-the-red-light cement truck. Sounds like there might be a casualty? No, this Aggie professor actually didn’t get hurt at all.

Here is what the Sienna looks like after this accident.

Let’s take a close look. The safe cage is still intact after the collision, which protects the occupant inside.

You can watch the full video here...

The 2015 X6 is a newly designed ride on the same platform of the new X5. It will debut in this August’s Moscow Auto Show. The M version (X6M) will be in this November’s Los Angeles Auto Show.

Here are new information:

– length increased by 1.3 inches, compared to the old X6;

– approx. 330lbs lighter;

– three engine options: 258hp 3.0L turbo inline-six; 381hp 3.0L tri-turbo inline-six; 4.4L turbo V8 with around 450hp. M versioin engine spec is unknown at this moment;

– made in US Spartanburg plant;

– Along with the X6 news, Mercedes-Benz said today they will have a new SUV: MLC class as the answer to BMW’s new X6.

Below are some spyshots...

Starting July next year (2015), BMW will put the new designed 4 cylinder turbon engine (code name B48) in its 320i sedan, to replace the old N20 engine; Also the new B58 six-cylinder engine will appear in the 335i too.

Compared to the current N20 engine, the new B48 four-cylinder turbo engine has a smaller bore (B48: 82mm; N20: 84mm) and longer stroke (B48: 94.6mm; N20: 90.1mm). The smaller bore/stroke ratio means this new engine is more focus on low-end torque, rather than high revving power.

The B48 engine uses piezoelectric direct injection, valvetronic, Double VANOS...