Land is finite, population is still expanding and the motor car's dominance may not last much longer.
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Take the motor car for example: we still measure engine power in horsepower.
In 1907 Rolls-Royce created the first Silver Ghost, which completed a 14, 371-mile journey, and was considered an elite motor car.
As an example, take this century's greatest consumer icon, the motor car.
Brembo is a world leader when it comes to high performance brakes, with a high profile at Formula 1 and other motor car racing events.
Then, as now, there was talk of a new era, with electricity and the motor car playing the role of the Internet and the computer.
It was introduced in about 1929 when the authorities were trying to work out how to regulate the new form of locomotion - the motor car.
Though the Maybach doesn't officially go on sale until late this month, Lino Cascardi, the Maybach relationship manager at Benzel-Busch Motor Car Corp. in Englewood, N.
Though the Maybach doesn't officially go on sale until late this month, Lino Cascardi, the Maybach relationship manager at Benzel-Busch Motor Car Corp. in Englewood, New Jersey, says he's already taken 11 orders.
He pointed out, for instance, that the train had lost out to the airplane and the motor car because it thought it was in the business of running trains rather than that of providing customers with transport.
Just as in China, which got its foot on the F1 ladder in 2004, India's love affair with the motor car is growing -- at an average annual rate of 17.2 percent over the last five years.
But nevertheless that's an extraordinary motor car.
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If somebody wants to go buy, as the President said, the Motor Trend car of the year, they can go do that.
The Volkswagen Passat won the 2012 Motor Trend Car of the Year award (which judges models on a variety of value and safety criteria), propelling it to sales of over 117, 000 that year alone.
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And I think he pointed out today that of the companies that we're talking about, like I said, he said in his remarks, he mentioned -- I don't want to turn this into an advertisement -- (laughter) -- you know, Chevy Malibu was the 2008 Motor Trend Car of the Year, or North American Car of the Year.
Because energy powers the economic engine much as it does the motor of your car, increases in its cost can have stark effects on inflation and growth.
Not only is the motor quiet but the car has been meticulously designed to minimize wind and tire noise as well.
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Motor Trend drove the car for almost 300 miles, charging at night and going through a routine of freeway and stop-start city driving.
Ford Motor just increased its car sales in China by 40% the market with the greatest future for many years if not decades to come.
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Tesla's Model S was named Motor Trend's Car of the Year, and after receiving the award Tesla CEO Elon Musk revealed that an electric pickup truck might be in the company's future.
Both Automobile Magazine and Motor Trend named it their car of the year for 2013.
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"Our research shows that one-third of potential car buyers are motor sport fans, " said Jamie Allison, director of Ford racing.
The next-generation Toyota Corolla promises to be much more stylish and alluring, based on the provocative Furia concept car that Toyota Motor is showing.
Its batteries are already used in power tools, and the company has formed alliances to supply Chrysler and SAIC Motor Corporation of Shanghai with car-sized versions.
In 1999 a family in a one-car crash sued Ford Motor Credit over the accident that they caused.
Among Japanese car makers, Mitsubishi Motor's market share fallen amid safety fears and product recalls.
The lucky pardonees included the bosses of Hyundai Motor, Korea's largest car firm, and SK, a chaebol (conglomerate) with interests in telecoms and energy.
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Model S has received many awards and accolades during its first year on the market, including Motor Trend's prestigious 2013 Car of the Year.
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On Friday, figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders showed new car sales in the UK were down 23% from a year ago.
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