In the second quarter of 2013, the Daimler Group sold 605,800 cars and commercial vehicles worldwide, surpassing the prior year total by 6%. Daimler Trucks’ second-quarter unit sales were slightly above the prior-year level at ...
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Audi Australia has placed pricing submissions in with Germany to get the Audi A3 e-tron here next year. The launch of the A3 e-tron, which uses a turbo petrol engine and electric motor, would make it Audi’s first hybrid model on ...
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Our Rating: Performance, Ride & Handling 4.5 Comfort & Interior 3.5 Quality & Design 3.5 Value & Features 3.5 Safety 5 Green 5 Choosing a BMW 3 Series with a four-cylinder engine instead of one of the company’s iconic, and ...
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The Audi e-tron family is set to expand with the Audi Q7 next to utilise electric motor technology. Speaking at the launch of the brand’s first local advertising campaign tagged ‘land of quattro’, Audi Australia managing ...
German carmaker Daimler is set to establish a car manufacturing plant in Brazil to produce C-Class model cars in its Mercedes-Benz brand by 2015. As the taxes on foreign vehicles are increasing in Brazil, the auto firm finds it hard to ...
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Mercedes Benz is increasing its investment in Vietnam by opening its first electro-dipping coating facility worldwide in Ho Chi Minh City. The advanced and eco-friendly facility has an investment of nearly $10 million. Mercedes is using ...
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Apple's new low-cost iPhone may be called the iPhone 5C, a name that didn't strike analysts as "C" for "Comforting." The name of the long-rumored lower-priced iPhone -- meant to give Apple new ammunition in its war against Android ...
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Design sketches purporting to reveal the all-new Mercedes-Benz Viano have been leaked ahead of its expected Frankfurt motor show debut next month. First published by German blog site Mercedes-Benz Passion, and touted as coming directly ...
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HSV had officially stamped its new range flagship, the HSV GTS, as the fastest production car ever produced in Australia. With either the six-speed manual or no-cost optional automatic, and employing standard launch control and 275mm-wide ...
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The 2013 Los Angeles auto show will host international premieres from nine brands when its doors open on November 20. The event’s organisers confirmed BMW, Chevrolet, Ford, Honda, Mercedes-Benz, Mini, Porsche, Subaru and Volkswagen ...
Wiping off big speed approaching a tight hairpin then powering out of it resolutely confirms that the 2013 HSV GTS can handle 430kW of supercharged V8 grunt. That specific corner – turn four, or the Honda hairpin at Phillip Island ...
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Mercedes-Benz has revealed it is researching ways to integrate Google Glass technology into its future vehicle range. Despite Google Glass still being in the development phase, the German marque is already working on one project that ...
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Luxury car maker Mercedes-Benz will unveil an exclusive vehicle of a different breed – the Silver Arrow of the Seas concept yacht – in Montenegro this weekend. The 14-metre (46-foot) luxury yacht – initially announced ...
Audi is set to launch its first ever made-in-Australia ad campaign this month, running the theme 'Australia. Land of quattro.' The $3 million campaign, which focuses on the suitability of Audi's four-wheel-drive technology for Australia, ...
Mercedes-Benz parent company Daimler will build a new vehicle safety technology centre in Germany as part of its continued development of passenger car protection measures. The new vehicle safety technology centre will be built in ...