The international “Science Award Electrochemistry” from BASF and Volkswagen goes in 2013 to Dr. Karl Mayrhofer, work group “Electrocatalysis”, Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung, Düsseldorf. The jury of ...
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They may not be the cars teenagers have pinned to their bedroom walls, but the Fiat 500, Mitsubishi Mirage, Nissan Micra and Volkswagen Up! are among the cheapest ways first-time drivers can get into a new car. Particularly when parents ...
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Falken Tire Corp. has been recognized by the International Academy of Visual Arts (IAVA) with two Gold Davey Awards for print and commercial. The Davey Awards are presented for outstanding work in a variety of visual fields. Falken won a ...
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The 2014 Mercedes-Benz S-Class has been locally unveiled at the Australian International Concours d’Elegance, the RACV’s MotorClassica event in Melbourne. The new S-Class will go on sale locally next month but pricing and ...
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House of Fraser, the UK and Ireland’s premium department store group, is pleased to announce that it will this weekend be opening its first international flagship store in the World Trade Centre Mall in Abu Dhabi, United Arab ...
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The 2014 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 has set a blistering lap time of 7:37.47 in damp conditions at the Nurburgring Nordschleife circuit. The high-performance American muscle car completed the lap of the 20.8km circuit through Germany’s ...
BMW has called in its DTM championship-winning driver to help in an extensive round of chassis set-up and tuning for its upcoming BMW M4 coupe. Held at Germany’s Nuburgring Nordschleife circuit, the 2012 DTM champion, French-born ...
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Official performance figures for the McLaren P1 reveal the supercar can storm from 0 to 100km/h in a claimed 2.8 seconds and hit 200km/h in a staggering 6.8 seconds. The figures were released to coincide with the first customer-bound ...
Nissan’s luxury vehicle division, Infiniti, is considering a new high-performance four-door coupe flagship in the mould of the Porsche Panamera. Andy Palmer, Nissan’s executive vice president responsible for future products, ...
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The mother of British racing driver Sean Edwards has paid tribute to her 26-year old son, killed while mentoring a fellow driver at the Queensland Raceway. In an emotional interview with Britain’s London Evening Standard newspaper, ...
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New official images of the Porsche Macan have been released ahead of its unveiling at next month’s Los Angeles auto show. The latest image gallery reveals a series of lightly camouflaged Macan prototypes undergoing final testing and ...
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Aston Martin has confirmed it is moving ahead with plans to launch a full-sized SUV, to be called the ‘Aston Martin Lagonda’ when it reaches showrooms. Aston Martin CEO Dr Ulrich Bez told Autocar that while the British marque ...
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An aggressive global expansion strategy will see Porsche enter 15 new countries by the end of the decade, mainly across Africa. Porsche’s global sales chief, Bernard Maier, told Bloomberg the strategy was about gaining brand ...
The Volkswagen Group grew worldwide deliveries in the first three quarters of this year by 4.8 percent, handing over 7.03 (January-September 2012: 6.71) million vehicles to customers. There was a 7.0 percent rise in September deliveries, ...
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Europe's biggest car maker Volkswagen group is expected to renew the car sales record in the fourth quarter of 2013. Volkswagen said on Friday, in the third quarter of 2013 the public brand cars and light commercial vehicles worldwide sales ...
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