BENTLEY TANGLES WITH MAYBACH IN MOSCOW

Not exactly crash of the century, more of a minor exchange of paint, here. But when the cars doing the colliding are a Bentley Continental and Maybach 62, that makes things a little more interesting. Apparently, the Maybach is owned by furniture company Orteks-Line, and the Bentley by restaurant chain-owning Gallery-Alex, So they can afford it – and nobody was hurt, so it’s all (kinda) good…

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SKODA SALES CONTINUE TO SOAR IN NOVEMBER

MILTON KEYNES, UNITED KINGDOM – December 30, 2009: Škoda Auto has posted bumper November sales in 2009, with UK demand up 45.3% year-on-year. In total 2,511 Škodas found homes in the UK during the period.

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AUDI TO PASS ON TARIFF SAVINGS

ZETLAND, AUSTRALIA – December 30, 2009: Audi will pass on tariff reduction savings to customers, following a 5 percent duty drop by the Federal Government from 1 January 2010.

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THE MERCEDES-BENZ SLS AMG & JAY LENO IN ‘FAST AND THE FAMOUS’ ON HOLLYWOOD’S SECRET RACE TRACK

Hollywood has a secret race circuit. Watch Jay Leno as he unearths the track on which Steve McQueen, James Coburn and others used to dice. His wheels for this urban street challenge; the new Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG.

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AUDI R8 SNOWY DAY

Ezra Dyer, a contributor to The Times, runs an important errand after a blizzard… in an Audi R8 sports car.

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MERCEDES-BENZ ECONIC POWERED BY NATURAL GAS HANDED OVER TO ALDI SÜD

Mönchengladbach/ Wörth – The first Mercedes-Benz Econic with NGT (Natural Gas Technology) for food distribution operations has been handed over to the ALDI SÜD group of companies in Mönchengladbach. The vehicle is a semitrailer tractor with a high roof and a refrigerated semitrailer. To honour its environmen­tal responsibilities in the areas of procurement and distribution, ALDI SÜD decided in favour of an environmentally friendly natural gas engine – this is now being put to the test with this vehicle.

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PORSCHE GIVES VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AN EXTRA CHOICE

Stuttgart: Two vocational high school graduates who have not yet found an apprenticeship position can start off their careers at
Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, in the fall 2010. Porsche works council head Uwe Hück announced this for Christmas in an interview with radio station SWR1.

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AUDI OFFICIALLY CONFIRMS Q5 HYBRID

Audi will continue to invest heavily in new products and forward-looking technologies in the future: plans for 2009 through 2012 envisage total investments of 7.3 billion euros for fixed assets.

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LEWIS CHRISTMAS CAR(OL)

Lewis Hamilton performs a Christmas Car(ol) – ‘We wish you a Merry Christmas.’

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MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Have a good one, people. X

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MR CAR DESIGN AUDI S3

The individualization of MR Car Design for Audi S3 series underlines the unique character of the “sportster” in a distinctive way. Another evidence thereto is given by actual S3 retrofitting on the base of S3 2.0 T-FSI: equipped by quite a lot of performance, a more vigorous design and complete matt foliation of the car body.

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ENTRY LEVEL SCIROCCO FROM VOLKSWAGEN

From next year, the Volkswagen Scirocco will be available to order with an efficient new entry-level engine. From 4 January 2010, it will be possible to order the two-door compact coupe with the 1.4-litre TSI 122 PS engine, with prices starting at £18,860 RRP on the road.

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TWO WORLD AND TWO NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERES FOR BMW AT NORTH AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL AUTO SHOW

Woodcliff Lake, NJ – December 23, 2009… The North American International Auto Show in Detroit will see the World debut of the BMW Concept ActiveE and BMW Z4 sDrive35is, as well as the North American unveiling of the twin-turbocharged inline-6 engine version of the BMW 740i and 740Li Sedans and the six-cylinder turbocharged version of the BMW 535i Gran Turismo.

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THE NEW AUDI A8 – WITH GOOGLE AT THE LEADING EDGE OF CONNECTIVITY

INGOLSTADT, GERMANY – December 23, 2009: Vorsprung durch Technik will come to the fore yet again in 2010 as exciting new technological advances make their debut in the new Audi A8, not least of which being the option of Google information services channelled to the new luxury flagship via the internet.

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MICHAEL SCHUMACHER JOINS MERCEDES GP PETRONAS

The MERCEDES GP PETRONAS Formula One Team can confirm today that seven-times Formula One World Champion Michael Schumacher will make his racing return in 2010 with the Silver Arrows team.

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