Italian Anfia automotive industry association announced recently, Italian new car sales reached 113,525 vehicles in January this year, down 17.58% year on year compared to 137,745 vehicles in January, 2012. Fiat Group Italian sales ...
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Mercedes-Benz has had its second top-ranked engineer leave its AMG performance arm for a rival German brand within a month. UK publication Autocar reports AMG’s key chassis engineer, Arnd Meyer, has jumped ship from Mercedes-Benz to ...
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Five hatchbacks, one medium car, two SUVs and two sets of sports car twins that include the Toyota 86 and Subaru BRZ are among the finalists announced for the 2013 World Car of the Year award. The distinguished list of contenders for ...
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Spanish ANFAC announced recently, since national sales declined 13.4% year on year in 2012, Spanish car market didn’t change the trend of gliding in January, 2013, and new car sales decreased 9.6% year on year. In January of 2013, ...
BMW Australia has announced a range of limited edition M Sport models as part of the German brand’s ‘Festival of M’. Starting with the BMW X5 M Sport Limited Edition – priced from $99,900 driveaway – the ...
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Toyota has claimed top spot in the US Consumer Reports’ Car Brand Perception Survey for another year, despite a 2012 dotted with recalls. Conducted by the Consumer Reports National Research Centre, the Car Brand Perception Survey is ...
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Toyota Motor Europe will use Nokia's mapping technology in its next-generation navigation and infotainment systems. The car company will use a tailored packaging of Nokia's Here platform called Local Search for Automotive, which as the ...
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Turbocharging is more popular than ever as car makers look for ways to produce power more, more efficiently. Turbos have been around since before the First World War and have traditionally been used as a way of generating more power ...
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A teaser sketch of the Kia Cross GT has been released ahead of the striking concept’s world premiere at next month’s Chicago auto show. Dubbed a “premium crossover utility vehicle”, the Cross GT concept is larger ...
The Infiniti FX SUV is by all accounts a unique car. That’s not ‘unique’ because it’s a rare SUV that doesn’t sell in decent numbers – therefore ensuring exclusivity – but also because few SUV ...
Cai Che, the CEO of Daimler, said the employment contract between him and the Company will be prolonged, which can be seen the result in February. Cai Che said: “There is now good omen that I will continue to be the CEO of ...
Daimler recently announced to produce new Benz CLA in Hungary, and Kecskemet factory in Hungary will be the only factory to produce this model. In order to defeat BMW and Audi and to regain the luxury car market sales champion, Daimler ...
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BMW and Toyota have revealed more details of the partnership that will see the two global automotive giants collaborate on a pair of new sports cars and technology for a range of next-generation hydrogen fuel cell-powered vehicles. Having ...
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Australian tennis prodigy Bernard Tomic is set to lose his licence after being caught speeding in his Ferrari on the Gold Coast this morning. AAP reports Queensland Police clocked the 20-year-old travelling at 78km/h in a 60km/h zone in ...
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Daimler, Ford and Nissan have entered into a unique three-way alliance that will see the three leading global automakers collaborate on a common hydrogen fuel cell system to power their future zero-emission vehicles. The joint venture ...
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