The all-new Audi Q7 has been spied for the first time, caught by CarAdvice’s spy photographers on public roads in Austria. Expected to keep the same basic dimensions as the current model, the new Audi Q7 should be some 400kg lighter ...
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The Audi A3 family is set to expand with the brand’s first MPV reportedly given the green light. Autocar reports a future Audi MPV, to be offered in five- and seven-seat configurations, has already been built by the German ...
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BMW, Ferrari, Porsche and Volkswagen vehicles feature tungsten that is illegally mined by a terrorist group in Columbia, according to a Bloomberg Markets magazine report. Bloomberg followed the journey of the tungsten ore, called ...
Toyota Motor Corporation appears set to become the first car maker to build 10 million vehicles in a single year, as it simultaneously holds a six-month sales lead over both General Motors and Volkswagen. Helped by demand for hybrids in ...
German carmaker Volkswagen Group has launched a new in-car system, VW Car-Net, which claimed to offer convenience and diagnostics features along with the security. The company will make the VW Car-Net available in the selected vehicles of ...
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A talk promising to reveal security shortcomings of modern cars’ electronic network systems will be presented at the DefCon 21 hacking conference in Las Vegas next month. To be presented by Twitter security engineer Charlie Miller ...
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Porsche has been rated the most appealing new car brand to own in the US for the ninth consecutive year. The Stuttgart-based luxury sports car maker topped the 2013 JD Power US Automotive Performance, Execution and Layout (APEAL) study ...
The Volkswagen Phaeton appears set to make its US return after the company's CEO admitted the brand needs an high-end halo car. Bloomberg reports Volkswagen Group head Martin Winterkorn has all but confirmed the luxury Phaeton's US return ...
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German carmaker Volkswagen Group has reported 5.5% rise in its sales during the first half year of 2013 to 4.7 million vehicles, compared to 4.45 million units sold during the corresponding period in 2012. The carmaker sold 1.87 million ...
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Prof. Dr. Martin Winterkorn (right) and Dr. Francisco Javier Garcia Sanz (left) give the Volkswagen Group Award to Pirelli board member Alberto Pirelli. Pirelli & Cie SpA has won the 2013 Volkswagen Group Award, given to the Volkswagen ...
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Pieces of the all-new Volvo XC90 puzzle will be revealed progressively over the coming months before the complete picture comes together at its late-2014 unveiling. Volvo this week gave us an early look at some of the innovative ...
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Volkswagen has recalled more than 25,000 cars in Australia to correct a potential defect with the vehicles' dual-clutch automatic 'DSG' transmissions. The recall affects 25,928 Volkswagen Polo, Golf, Jetta, Passat and Caddy vehicles ...
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Czech automobile manufacturer Skoda, in co-operation with Volkswagen Group Russia and GAZ Group, has started the production of the new Octavia vehicle at the GAZ's Nizhny Novgorod plant in Russia. The plant, which already produces ...
German carmaker Volkswagen Group has reported 5.6% rise in its sakes during the initial four months of 2013 to 3.05 million units, compared to 2.89 million sold during the corresponding quarter in 2012. The carmaker's European sales ...
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Volkswagen is recalling around 91,000 cars in Japan due to potential problems with the company’s dual-clutch (DSG) automatic gearboxes, less than two months after more than 384,000 cars were recalled in China for a similar issue. A ...
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