SAN DIEGO AUTO SHOW

Agent 001 was up bright and early this New Years Eve day getting you the ultimate insider's look at the 2009 San Diego Auto Show.Believe it or not it is one of the most attended auto shows in North America and the kickoff for the new year's auto show season.San Diego Auto Show  San Diego Auto Show  San Diego Auto Show Photo GallerySan Diego Auto Show Photo GalleryWe would like to thank our readers for a great 2008 and are looking forward to serving you more of the best in 2009.Happy New Year!And look for a special surprise from AutoSpies.com on Monday, January 5th. ;) San...

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Zavod- Russian Truck and Heavy Equipment Manufacturer

THE HISTORY OF ZILZAVOD IMENI LIKHACHEVAZavod Imeni Likhacheva (ZIL or ZiL, Russian: Завод имени Лихачёва (ЗиЛ) - Likhachev Factory) is a major Russian truck and heavy equipment manufacturer, which also produced armored cars for most Soviet leaders, as well as buses and armored fighting vehicles. The company also produces hand-built limousines and high-end luxury sedans in extremely low quantities, primarily for the Russian government. ZIL passenger cars are priced at the equivalent of models from Maybach and Rolls-Royce, but are largely unknown outside the CIS and production rarely exceeds a...

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ZAZ - Zucker- Ukrainian Manufacturer

THE HISTORY OF ZAZZAZZAZ can also stand for Zucker, Abrahams and ZuckerZAZ or Zaporizhia Automobile Building Plant (Ukrainian: ЗАЗ, Запорізький автомобілебудівельний завод) is the main automobile-manufacturer of Ukraine, based in the south-eastern city of Zaporizhzhya. It is also known for its former mother company name, AvtoZAZ.MODELSFull-scale productionZAZ-965 Zaporozhets (1962-1969)ZAZ-966 Zaporozhets (1967-1972)ZAZ-968 Zaporozhets (1972-1994)ZAZ-1102 Tavria/Tavria Nova (1987- )ZAZ-1105 Dana/Slavuta (1995- )ZAZ Lanos (model T150) (2004- )Complete, Knocked Down (CKD) AssemblyVAZ 2104, 2105,...

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Yamaha Motor Company

THE HISTORY OF YAMAHAYAMAHA MOTOR COMPANYYamaha Motor Company Limited (ヤマハ発動機株式会社, Yamaha Hatsudōki Kabushiki-gaisha?) (TYO: 7272), a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company (whose HQ is at 2500 Shingai, Iwata, Shizuoka), is part of the Yamaha Corporation. After expanding Yamaha Corporation into the world's biggest piano maker, then Yamaha CEO Genichi Kawakami took Yamaha into the field of motorized vehicles on July 1, 1955. The company's intensive research into metal alloys for use in acoustic pianos had given Yamaha wide knowledge of the making of lightweight, yet sturdy and reliable metal constructions. This knowledge was easily applied to the making of metal frames and motor parts for motorcycles. Yamaha Motor is the world's second...

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Volvo in Sweden

                    THE HISTORY OF VOLVOVOLVO CARSVolvo Cars, or Volvo Personvagnar, is an automobile maker that was founded in 1927 in the city of Gothenburg in Sweden. Volvo, which is Latin for "I roll," was formed as a spin-off from roller ball bearing maker SKF. Volvo Cars was owned by AB Volvo until 1998, when it was acquired by the Ford Motor Company and placed in its Premier Automotive Group. In the American market, Volvo is marketed as a luxury car, with the intent to compete with Acura, Audi, BMW, Cadillac, Infiniti, Lexus, Mercedes-Benz...

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Volkswagen- German Automobile Manufacturer

                     THE HISTORY OF VOLKSWAGENVOLKSWAGENVolkswagen, pronounced folksvagen meaning: "people's car" (also known as VW) is an automobile manufacturer based in Wolfsburg, Germany in the State of Lower Saxony.It forms the core of Volkswagen AG (VAG or VWAG), one of the world's four largest car producers.ORIGINS IN 1930S GERMANYThough the origins of the company date back to the 1930s, the design for the car that would become known as the Beetle / "Käfer" date back even further, as a pet project by car designer Ferdinand Porsche (1875–1951)....

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AvtoVAZ - Russian Automobile Manufacturer

                    THE HISTORY OF VAZAVTOVAZAvtoVAZ (АВТОВАЗ) is a Russian automobile manufacturer, also known as VAZ, Volzhsky Automobilny Zavod (ВАЗ, Во́лжский автомоби́льный заво́д ), and better known to the world as Lada was set up in the late 1960s in collaboration with Fiat.It produces nearly one million cars a year, including the Samara, Lada 110 and the Niva, a 4x4 vehicle. The variations of their first car, the model VAZ-2101, based on the 1966 Fiat 124 and introduced in 1970, are still the cars most associated with its Lada brand.The...

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