This weekend, the SEAT Sport team is travelling to the fourth season event with high spirits after successfully participating at the gruelling Cheste circuit, where they confirmed their leadership in the World Championship, and is ready to challenge the difficult urban track in Pau, France, where the SEAT León TDI has yet to be proven. The objective is the same as in Valencia – stay well in the lead in both the drivers’ and manufacturers’ titles.
Volkswagen of America, Inc. announced today that they have been named the best-full line corporation by Strategic Vision for the third consecutive year in a row. Strategic Vision has also named Volkswagen’s best selling U.S. nameplate, the Jetta, as the top vehicle in its category in their annual Total Quality Index™ (TQI), which offers a complete measure of a customer’s new car ownership experience.
Fewer road accidents, greater traffic efficiency and safer, more comfortable motoring are the objectives of the eCar Project jointly developed by the SEAT Technical Centre and Telefónica España through the application of Information and Communication Technologies in cars.
We came across this Chinese animation, but don’t have a clue as to what it’s all about We don’t even know if it was created by Mercedes-Benz? If you can fill us in, we’ll send you a big fat slice of Black Forest gateau…
The prevailing notion that sports cars are just a pleasure for two was now contradicted by Kicherer. The renowned Mercedes embellishing specialists from Stockach have enriched the CLK 63 AMG, which is actually a two-seater, with a sporty back seat.
Volkswagen has entered the thriving Compact SUV segment in Australia for the first time with the all new Tiguan - offering the versatility and spaciousness of an SUV and the quality, style and technology of a Volkswagen.
São Bernardo do Campo – Mercedes-Benz do Brasil reached a record of more than 1,600,000 commercial vehicles produced in Brazil. The biggest manufacturer of commercial vehicles in Latin America started its activities in the country in 1956.
The new SEAT Ibiza received an excellent rating after the stringent crash tests organised by the prestigious Euro NCAP organisation – 5 stars in passenger protection, 4 stars in child safety and 3 stars in pedestrian protection. Officially released today, this result places the Spanish model in a privileged position, scoring it as one of the safest cars of its segment.
Here’s BMW’s new commercial for the company’s ConnectedDrive system. ConnectedDrive gives the driver and his passengers the option to surf the internet while travelling, calling up any random internet site either by entering the URL address through the iDrive control system or via a personalised list of favourites, and then presenting the website on the central display in the instrument panel.
With a child that irritating, no wonder he’s trying to abandon her in the woods.
Wolfsburg, GERMANY - The Volkswagen Group moved into the second quarter of 2008 with yet another record in global vehicle deliveries. In an increasingly difficult market environment Europe’s largest automaker delivered 568,000 vehicles in April.
Volkswagen of America, Inc. announced today that the Eos has been named to kbb.com’s 2008 Top 10 Best New Road Trip Vehicles. Kelley Blue Book (www.kbb.com), the leading provider of new- and used-vehicle information, recognized that even with gas prices reaching $4 per gallon, many Americans will still hit the road for summer road trips.
Motoren Technik Mayer from Wettstetten, Germany, puts the Audi S5 under pressure. As “MTM GT Supercharged” the sporty coupe’s supercharged engine demonstrates impressive performance data. Together with bigger brakes, a coilover suspension and other minor changes, the result is an overall package which can take on the race track.
27 May 2008, Goodwood: Rolls-Royce Motor Cars today revealed the first design sketches of its next new model. Known as RR4, the car is due to be launched in 2010 and will sit alongside the Phantom model line-up. RR4 will be smaller than Phantom and powered by a new engine, unique to Rolls-Royce.
Posted on 27th May, 2008 by Warren M
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Following a road accident, the number one priority is to provide prompt and appropriate assistance. Innovative technology from BMW helps to ensure the rescue services are notified as quickly and accurately as possible following a collision. Now, based on the latest development advances in this field, a new system is going into production.
Kind of… Thanks to some enterprising German guy - with a “binding sales contract”, here’s a snippet of information regarding the forthcoming Audi R8 V10. The meatier version of the Ingolstadt supercar has appeared on the car-trading website mobile.de, with the (as yet to be built) model promised to roll off Audi’s production during the first half of 2009.
