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Shanghai Orders 87 Midi-Buses From Volvo

 by: Jenny McLane

Volvo makes an important move by launching the first midi-bus in China. Shanghai, one of the fastest growing financial centers in Asia has placed an order for 87 city buses from Volvo Buses. More than half of these will be the first midi-buses in China.

City bus operator ShenXin Bus of Shanghai, a joint venture company owned by ComfortDelgro Group of Singapore and Dazhong Group of China, ordered a 40 12-metre Volvo B7R Buses and 47 10.5-metre Volvo B6R Buses. All buses are air-conditioned. The midi-bus is very popular in China and is in fact a bestseller. A total volume of about 25,000 buses over 10m are sold every year.

The new buses will augment Dazhong group’s fleet of 5,200 buses, 290 of which are Volvos. Dazhong Group currently consists of five bus operators. On the other hand, ShenXin has 590 buses, including 69 Volvo B7Rs. Michael Liew; CEO of ShenXin said that most of the company’s 590 buses consist of some 20 different models of mainly Chinese brand. He further divulged that this fact presented a challenge when it comes to maintenance and repair. They decided to purchase more buses from Volvo, owing to the positive experience they gained from the first Volvo buses they bought. This is part of a long term partnership between ComfortDelgro, ShenXin and Volvo.

Liew added that one of the reasons why they chose Volvo is that the aftersales support is excellent. Thus, they are also planning a five-year service contract for the new buses. Sunwin Bus of China, a joint venture between Volvo Buses and SAIC of Shanghai, will manufacture the buses and will be ready for delivery by summer.

With this new deal, Jan Vandooren, Marketing and Sales Manager of Sunwin Bus says that purchasing new city buses in China is considered more and more as an investment rather than an initial cost. He concludes that, “Uptime, life time cost and passenger comfort are already becoming the decisive factors in the purchase procedure of the Shanghainese operators.

This new purchase agreement between Volvo and Shanghai, underscores the excellent quality and reputation of Volvo Motors and its subsidiaries. Volvo’s products, including these Buses, are manufactured using the best and latest technologies. Volvo Cars, long considered as a luxurious and excellent quality brand, continues to enjoy a growing global market share.

Superior aftersales support was one of the reasons cited by Shanghai Bus operators why they chose Volvo. Maintenance and repair is considerably less of a hassle with Volvo. This can also be attributed to the abundance of top-quality parts in the market today. Any Volvo car owner can have easy access to the best Volvo Parts for maintenance and repair. One of the easiest and fastest ways to purchase Volvo Auto Parts is through online auto parts stores. There are dozens of online auto parts stores offering the best Volvo Parts. For instance, Auto Parts Train, a leading online auto parts store based in California, USA, has over a million auto parts in their warehouse. You can shop for Volvo parts at their secure and easy to use website at http://www.partstrain.com/ShopByVehicle/VOLVO.

Can you really get a free car?

You may have heard rumours that you can get a free car. Well, this is not exactly true.

As the old adage goes, you can’t get something for nothing and this holds true in this case.

You can however ALMOST get a free car.

Why do I say almost?

Because you are going to put your car in a job!

That’s right!

Advertising companies are willing to employ your car to display logos, signs and almost any sort of fluffy toy that suits their marketing campaign.

You see, advertising space has become very crowded and advertisers in their wisdom have worked out that people actually pay attention when they are driving.

Otherwise they will crash. Now that’s not rocket science is it?

Well, if you know anything about advertising you will realise that the first step of the Ultimate Advertising Mantra is.

ATTENTION.

And so we have the perfect advertising medium.

So yes it’s true, they will pay you and in some cases you can actually cover your loan repayments, which means in effect.

You are getting a free car.

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About the Author

Graeme J. Sprigge is the author of 28 Dynamite Money-Making & Money-Saving Cartips - a free ebook which explores every nook of money saving and some money making ideas with cars. You can get it here. http://www.90minutecarsalesman.com/28cartipsdownload.html

Copyright 2005 Graeme Sprigge

BMW is committing its engineering resources to honing the technology that enables it to use hydrogen as an alternative to fossil fuels. Though the hydrogen concept has long been espoused and may be old news to many, the recent engineering and marketing breakthroughs for the proliferation of more hydrogen powered BMW cars is something new.

In the late 1990s, BMW was worried if its hydrogen fueled will actually gain a following despite its obvious environmental advantage. People have gotten used to the ease of driving through a gas station for refueling, that same comfort is not available with the hydrogen car. And though hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe, energy companies will not be easy to convince to build hydrogen stations if the market is minimal.

But BMW’s dedication and commitment to educate the public against preconceived notions such as vehicular performance and safety has paid of. Several years after the company first brought the idea to the public, BMW reports of unprecedented record sales in 2004.

2005 brought more success to the Bimmer as its H2R reaped accolades and awards proving that it can perform at par with its gas-guzzling contemporaries.

BMW is the world leader in the development of hydrogen cars with internal combustion engines,” said Tom Purves, chairman and CEO of BMW Group (U.S.). “We believe that in the output range above 140 horsepower, there is still no other clean, practical alternative to hydrogen.

“The H2R concept car is more than a mere exercise. We will offer customers a production car with a hydrogen combustion engine during the production period of the current BMW 7 series.”

BMW owners can find BMW auto body parts at http://www.partstrain.com/ShopByVehicle/BMW where an organized catalogue of the best quality BMW aftermarket parts is waiting to be perused. At Parts Train you will receive not just great products but an excellent customer service too. After 25 years in the biz, we have mastered the art of keeping our customers happy by providing them the lowest prices, the best BMW replacement auto body parts and service that is worthy of praise. Click on the link above and get a taste of the Parts Train shopping experience.

About The Author

Jenny McLane works as a Market Analyst for one of the country’s leading auto parts distributors. She has been in the auto parts industry for over ten years now.

jenny@partstrain.com

My Review Of Kung Fu Hustle:

I heard alot of buzz about this movie and was drawn to the theatre to see it. Kung Fu movies are funny to me anyway so if THEY went “over the top” to make it a comedy, then it will be pure genius. There was a little bit of syncronized dancing in the beginning (wouldn’t have minded seeing more of it…just one scene).

The characters were GREAT. My favorite was the smoking old Kung Fu Master landlady. It was very enjoyable even with the subtitles……. but not as commercial as Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon.

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