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Main > Car Makers News > Audi > Audi reveals Nurburgring 24-hour endurance R8 As this year’s Nurburgring 24 hour endurance challenge approaches several more carmakers have announced plans to enter the comp. The latest is Audi, which plans to enter a race-prepped version of its R8 super-sports car in the grueling event. In keeping with race regulations for its class, engineers have replaced the standard car’s 4.2L V8 with a race-spec 4.0L mill pumping out 530hp and 353 lb-ft of torque. The stock bumpers have also been replaced with new widebody pieces that resemble the units... Full article... Article added: 2008-05-19 11:19:03 Article Views Rating: 206 Main > Car Makers News > Lamborghini > First drive: Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 To a large extent Lamborghini exists today because of the Gallardo. While the Murcielago has always remained the top model in the company’s line-up, it was strong sales of the Gallardo that allowed it to reach profitability after almost 30 years of losses. At its initial launch back in 2003 there was the worry that this new ‘entry-level’ Lamborghini would dilute the brand’s exclusive cachet. As the first model completely designed under the watchful and sensible eye of Audi, there was also some... Full article... Article added: 2008-06-02 06:48:11 Article Views Rating: 199 Main > Car Makers News > Ford > Ford planning Capri comeback? After bowing out of the market in the late 1980s, Ford’s European Capri sports coupe could make a return as a rival to Volkswagen’s rejuvenated Scirocco coupe. Several reports coming out of Germany claim Ford is prepping a new a concept to celebrate next year’s 40th anniversary of the original Ford Capri Mk1 from 1969. The concept will eventually spawn a new Mk4 version around 2012. In 2003 Ford gave a hint that a new Capri was on the drawing board with the unveiling of the Visos concept car... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-25 07:30:57 Article Views Rating: 219 Main > Car Makers News > GM > GM downsizing engines, reveals 2 new compact turbos General Motors has taken heed of public desire for smaller, more economical engines and developed two brand-new engines for its global markets. The new engines consist of a new 1.4-liter petrol unit and a 1.6-liter Compressed Natural Gas CNG unit, and will be rolled out in GM’s production cars over the next 12 months. Both engines are compact four-cylinder units that use turbochargers to make up for their lack of displacement. The petrol unit delivers an 8% fuel consumption saving compared to a... Full article... Article added: 2008-05-16 07:18:54 Article Views Rating: 181 Main > Car Makers News > GM > GM to present Delta family of cars at Paris Motor Show GM’s Delta compact FWD platform, currently used in cars Opel Saturn Astra, Chevrolet Cobalt and Pontiac G5, is due for an update this year and the first new-generation model is set to appear at October’s Paris Motor Show. Some of the cars expected to be based on the revised platform include the next-generation Opel Astra, the Saab 9-1 and a four-door Chevrolet sedan to replace the Daewoo-sourced Lacetti and Cobalt. The new Chevrolet sedan will be roughly the same size the Volkswagen Jetta and will... Full article... Article added: 2008-05-19 11:19:42 Article Views Rating: 148 Main > Car Makers News > Vauxhall > New Griffin logo to debut on Vauxhall Insignia The Griffin, a mythical half-eagle, half-lion beast, has been the face of Vauxhall for the better part of the past century. In its new guise, Vauxhall hopes logo will reflect its renewed focus on fresh design. Recent redesigns of the Astra and Corsa and the upcoming all-new Insignia are the images Vauxhall wants to keep in buyers’ minds. The new logo is designed to capture the essence of these new cars and help the public see the company as it sees itself: modern, fresh and inspired. Nevertheless... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-09 05:44:04 Article Views Rating: 320 Main > Car Makers News > Opel > Next-gen Saab 9-5 to enter production at Opel plant in 2009 The Saab 9-5 is long overdue for an overhaul, with the current model first hitting streets as far back as 1997, but the next-generation model due late next year may not even be built at Saab’s traditional home in Sweden. Latest reports claim the new model will be sourced from Opel’s Ruesselsheim plant in Germany with production tipped to start mid next year. The car will then debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September before going on sale towards the end of the year. According to Automotive... Full article... Article added: 2008-05-20 06:36:04 Article Views Rating: 1337 Main > Car Makers News > Opel > Opel to enter Astra OPC in Nurburgring 24 hour race As this year’s Nurburgring 24 hour endurance challenge approaches several more carmakers have announced plans to enter the comp. The latest is General Motors, which plans to enter a race-prepped version of its Opel Astra OPC in the grueling event. The standard Astra OPC features a 237hp 177kW 2.0L turbo motor and is already one of the fastest cars around the ‘Ring for its class. GM will contest a pair of 300hp Opel Astra OPCs that have been converted for racing by Opel’s partner Kissling... Full article... Article added: 2008-05-16 07:19:05 Article Views Rating: 210 Main > Car Makers News > Opel > Preview: 2010 Opel Astra A heavily camouflaged prototype of Opel’s next-generation Astra hatch, due for launch next year, was recently spotted racking up some laps at Germany’s Nurburgring circuit. The new model is crucial for GM as it will need to recover market share lost by the current model to Ford’s strong-selling Focus hatch and it could possibly be manufactured in the U.S. for the first time in the model’s history. The new Astra is expected to go on sale in Europe following its debut at next year’s Geneva Motor... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-11 08:37:07 Article Views Rating: 254 Main > Car Makers News > Opel > Preview: Opel Insignia Coupe and Estate Now that Opel’s all-new Insignia sedan is out in the open the next new models to look forward to from GM’s Euro division is likely to be a new wagon variant as well as a possible coupe flagship. Opel has sold wagon versions of the previous Vectra the model the Insignia replaces for a number of generations so the chances of the new five-door hatchback are high but as for the coupe the only indications that such a model will be produced was the unveiling of the GTC coupe concept at last year’s... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-23 06:16:40 Article Views Rating: 321 |
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