Posted on 31st March, 2009 by Warren M
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AMG is kicking-off the 2009 driving season with a new superstar: shortly after the launch of the new E-Class, the AMG high-performance brand of Mercedes-Benz Cars presents the new 2010 E63 AMG. This dynamic sports sedan impresses with outstanding performance, thrilling handling characteristics and advanced technology transferred from its sibling, the SL63 AMG high-performance Roadster. The E63 AMG makes its U.S. sales debut in November 2009.
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Posted on 31st March, 2009 by Warren M
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HERNDON, Va., Mar 31, 2009 – From politicians to marketers, from oil companies to environmentalists. No matter who you speak to these days – it seems like everyone has an idea to reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil.
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Posted on 31st March, 2009 by Warren M
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GOODWOOD – March 31, 2009: Richard Carter has joined Rolls-Royce Motor Cars as Director of Global Communications. He will be based at the company’s head office and manufacturing plant at Goodwood and will have responsibility for the brand’s global communications strategy.
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Posted on 31st March, 2009 by Warren M
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Here’s a Japanese MINI promo celebrating the car’s 50th anniversary. Beginning with an appearance from the original creator, Alec Issigonis back in 1959, the video ends with a wall-mounted MINI in Osaka, Japan. Cool.
Posted on 31st March, 2009 by Warren M
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After the first six months of the current 2008/09 business year (August 1, 2009 to January 31, 2009), Porsche Automobil Holding SE, Stuttgart, has posted profits before taxes of EUR 7.34 billion; this compares with EUR 1.66 billion in the same period of the previous year.
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Posted on 31st March, 2009 by Warren M
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PUNE, INDIA – March 31, 2009: Škoda Auto is extending the scope of its Indian-based production. Together with Volkswagen, the company has today officially opened a new joint manufacturing plant in Pune, India. Starting one year earlier than planned, the local production of the Škoda Fabia will now start in May 2009.
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Posted on 30th March, 2009 by Warren M
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Munich. 38-year-old Marc Girard from France is to take up the post as head of the Interior Design department at BMW Automobiles commencing 1 April 2009. Marc Girard has worked as a designer for the BMW Group for 15 years now.
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Posted on 30th March, 2009 by Warren M
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HERNDON, VA — Volkswagen of America, Inc. welcomes back the Golf nameplate with the arrival of the sixth generation Golf.
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Posted on 30th March, 2009 by Warren M
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With the ABT Q5 the world’s largest tuner of vehicles from the VW group continues a series which has been extremely successful both technically and optically. This is because the classy yet sporty SUV is the latest in a range of exquisite vehicles, whose success began with the Touareg and was continued by the AS7 and Tiguan.
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Posted on 30th March, 2009 by Warren M
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For the next generation Agila, the Steinmetz engineers have taken the 1.2i as the base vehicle and made modifications in key areas.
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Posted on 30th March, 2009 by Warren M
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INGOLSTADT, GERMANY – March 30, 2009: Audi is the preferred car maker among builders and trade contractors in Germany. The brand was the readers’ first choice in both categories for a German-made “Executive Station Wagon of 2009”, as surveyed in the trade publications Deutsche Handwerks Zeitung and Handwerk Magazin. While the Audi A4 Avant took the laurels in the standard-size category, the Audi A6 Avant prevailed in the full-size category. Altogether 29 station wagon models were considered.
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Posted on 30th March, 2009 by Warren M
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More than 250 customers from 15 countries recently had the opportunity to experience at first hand the Mercedes-Benz Citaro G BlueTec Hybrid articulated bus in operation for the first time.
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Posted on 30th March, 2009 by Warren M
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HERNDON, Va. – Volkswagen of America, Inc. today announced an enhanced activation plan to expand its sponsorship as the presenting automotive sponsor of the Verizon Center, in Washington D.C.
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Posted on 30th March, 2009 by Warren M
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Rüsselsheim. Well more than 100 journalists are expected March 31 at Opel when Federal chancellor Angela Merkel visits the Insignia factory in Rüsselsheim. She will be accompanied by Defense Minister Franz Josef Jung as well as dignitaries from the state of Hessen, including Premiere Roland Koch and Economics Minister Dieter Posch.
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Posted on 29th March, 2009 by Warren M
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Not since 1954 has a team qualified on the front row of the grid before going on to secure first and second places on the podium. That was the Mercedes team, which is ironic because the reborn Brawn Mercedes cars are also powered by the company’s engines.
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