A sports car (sports car or sport car) is a small, usually two seat, two door automobile designed for spirited performance and nimble handling. Sports cars may be spartan or luxurious but high maneuverability and minimum weight are ...
The sports car traces its roots to early 20th century touring cars and roadsters. These raced in early rallys, such as the Herkomer Cup, Prinz Heinrich Fahrt, and Monte Carlo. Though the term would not be coined until after World War One, ...
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Supercar is a term used most often to describe an expensive high end car. It has been defined specifically as "a very expensive, fast or powerful car". Stated in more general terms: "it must be very fast, with sporting handling to match", ...
Governor Dr. Robert Bentley announced that Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited, the world’s leading manufacturer of PET resins, will invest $190 million to build a new manufacturing plant adjacent to its current site on Finley ...
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Visitors can build their own programme from over 30 sessions across all three days of the event, while still allowing time to explore the technologies and services being demonstrated on the show floor. The show runs from 14-15 May at teh ...
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Bentley Motors has announced that it is installing the UK's largest roof mounted solar panel system. The installation will be owned and operated by Lightsource Renewable Energy Limited, the UK's leading solar energy generator. Over ...
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The wife of Volkswagen AG chairman Ferdinand Piech is set to join the supervisory board of the Volkswagen Group-owned Audi, almost a year after being elected to the board of Volkswagen AG. An Audi spokesperson confirmed the the likely ...
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Bentley is on the cusp of approving it luxury SUV to go on-sale in 2015, and according to sales and marketing member of the board Kevin Rose a plug-in hybrid version is a definite. "We'll probably bring an SUV to market, and that may be ...
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Current Coaster Co.'s full-size scooter bikes are constructed from bicycle components including 20-inch double-wall alloy rims, Kenda Kwick Roller tires and a Tektro front brake. They retail for $299-$349. Current also has a 16-inch ...
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A recall in China of more than 384,000 Volkswagen Group vehicles could cost the German manufacturer over $600 million, according to overseas reports. Industry journal Automotive News Europe reports the 384,181 Volkswagen Group vehicles ...
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A Rolls-Royce exhibition celebrating 10 years of BMW Group ownership and what would have been Sir Henry Royce’s 150th birthday opens its doors this week at the BMW Museum in Munich. The first-ever Rolls-Royce Motor Cars exhibition ...
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Volvo has appointed Briton Robin Page, formerly head of interior design at Bentley, as its new interior design director. Before joining Volvo, Page was responsible for interior design at Bentley Motors for 12 years, overseeing the ...
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Rolls-Royce has no plans to produce an ultra-luxury SUV in the short term but concedes a “never say never” attitude when quizzed about the potential for such a model. Rolls-Royce Asia Pacific regional director Paul Harris told ...
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The Renault group is looking to expand its reach with potential for a new premium brand in the future. Renault’s plans are to position itself in the middle of a Y-shaped strategy, which has budget brand Dacia down the bottom while ...
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A night in a Royal Penthouse Suite at Geneva’s Hotel President Wilson costs a staggering $65,000, which makes the $195,100 Range Rover Vogue SDV8 seem like positively good value. Each is as palatial – and large – as the ...
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