The 40-tonne Mercedes-Benz Actros trailer/tractor combination consumes exactly 19.44 litres of diesel per 100 km or the equivalent less than 0.8 litres per hundred tonne-kilometres (tkm) - that is the outcome of a test drive 12 728,94 kilometres. A record-breaking feat that the Guinness World Records observers recognised with a world record entry in “The most fuel-efficient 40 ton truck” category.
Posted on 31st May, 2008 by Warren M
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After 22 years, BMW’s Regensburg plant has produced its four millionth car, a 330i Convertible. Work at the factory began in 1986 with the 1300-strong workforce building 400 BMW E30 3-Series model on a daily basis. Today the plant employs 10,000 people and is capable of producing 1000 1-Series and 3-Series models a day, including the M3.
We love this! Having owned a few Mk1s in our time, this commercial brought back some great memories. It just shows how many pies the GTI’s consumed over the years…
After testing the new Audi A4 for passive crash safety, the Euro NCAP consortium awarded the vehicle five stars, the highest rating possible. The results achieved by the new Audi A4 for adult protection in frontal and side crashes as well as child and pedestrian protection make it one of the safest vehicles in its class.
Posted on 30th May, 2008 by Warren M
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Reutlingen. The Audi R8 is the first vehicle in which all lighting functions of the headlamp are realized with LED technology, i.e. low beam, high beam, turn signal, daytime running light and position light. With this development AL, a full subsidiary of Magneti Marelli Group, once again emphasizes its innovative leadership in lighting technology and provides a preview of the central topics of the future: design, technology and energy consumption.
Rüsselsheim. Twelve months ago, the eight OPC Race Camp finalists were simply engineers, students, sales representatives or dentists. Following their baptism of fire in this year’s 24-hour Nürburgring race, they are now also true racing drivers. They can look back on an exciting year of castings, racing driver trainings and increasingly challenging motorsport races. Professional racing car driver Manuel Reuter, who developed the project with Opel, trained the team from the very first day.
Stuttgart – Mercedes-Benz is moving its Southern Californian advanced design studio from Irvine to a newly-acquired, spacious facility near Carlsbad, in order to strengthen its creative base in the U.S. At the new Carlsbad facility, the styling masterminds pondering the car of the future have almost three times more space in which to realize their creative ideas. Thus, Mercedes-Benz is underscoring the continually growing influence of the advanced design studio on the internationally-oriented design strategy of the world’s oldest vehicle manufacturer.
Garmin, global leaders in portable satellite navigation, today announced Mercedes-Benz Accessories will continue its relationship with Garmin by selecting the nüvi 760 as their latest portable after market navigation solution. The nüvi 760 named the ‘StreetPilot III’ by Mercedes-Benz, is customised with a specially designed mount for the new generation A-Class, B-Class and C-Class cars will be available at dealers across Europe May 2008
Volkswagen of America, Inc. announced today that it has been named Grand Marshall for the 40th Annual Tecate SCORE International Baja 500 Thursday May 29 – Sunday June 1 in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico.
The Mercedes-Benz G-Class has been in production for 29 years now, making it by far the longest-serving passenger car model series there has been since Mercedes-Benz came into existence in 1886. And its haul of superlatives is set to grow still further, because the G-Class is subject to continual updating that keeps it in touch with the very latest motoring technology. This time, once again, the exterior has only been modernised to a limited degree quite deliberately. The advances mainly centre on the vehicle’s telematics, along with the new 5.5-litre V8 engine that is available for the G 500.
Posted on 30th May, 2008 by Warren M
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Shell is demonstrating its commitment to fuels innovation and the development of sustainable, low-carbon fuels with the blending of BTL (Biomass to Liquids) into its Shell V-Power Diesel race fuel at the 24 Hours of Le Mans race, in France on June 14, 2008.
Porsche celebrates its anniversary. Exactly 60 years ago the cornerstone was laid for the family-operated industrial company, whose rise from modest beginnings to become one of the most important sports car manufacturers in the world no one back then would have ever foreseen.
Volkswagen of America, Inc. announced today that two of its models, the Volkswagen Jetta and GTI, have each received a 2008 AutoPacific Vehicle Satisfaction Award (VSA). AutoPacific’s VSA is an industry benchmark for objectively measuring how satisfied an owner is with their new vehicle.
