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Main > Car Makers News > Porsche > Porsche out to buy more Volkswagen stock | detnews.com | The Detroit News After acquiring a majority stake in Europe's largest carmaker, Volkswagen AG, sports car manufacturer Porsche SE said Tuesday that it still planned to raise its holding to 75 percent, but would not rush to buy more stock. A spokesman for Stuttgart-based Porsche said the company would stick to its pledge to ensure that enough VW shares are left in the open market to allow investors to trade freely. Last October, shortages of VW stock on the market briefly drove VW shares above 1,000 euros, or more than... Full article... Article added: 2009-01-07 09:36:17 Article Views Rating: 211 Main > Car Makers News > Other > 2009 9ff GT9R First Drive On the damp, slippery road next to Dortmund airport, as the back wheels claw desperately in a bid to overtake the fronts and the exhaust outlets in the rocker panels spit fire and noise, it feels just for a second as if this car might have gone too far in the horsepower department.And then as there's the faintest whiff of traction from the 325/30R19 Continental ContiSportContact Vmax tires in the rear, the twin Garrett T35 turbos kick in and the world explodes. There are very few truly intimidating cars... Full article... Article added: 2009-01-03 09:19:52 Article Views Rating: 132 Main > Car Makers News > Porsche > Porsche's diesel Cayenne may come to U.S., hybrid coming in 2010 While we were bringing you live coverage of the 2008 LA Auto Show, Porsche decided to release the pictures and details of the 2010 Porsche Cayenne Diesel which will go on sale in Europe early next year with a price tag of 47,250 euros $58,916 USD.The Porsche Cayenne Diesel is powered by a 3.0L V6 turbo-diesel engine from Audi that produces 240-hp with a maximum torque of 406 lb-ft. Fuel-economy is estimated at...[source] Full article... Article added: 2008-12-23 06:51:58 Article Views Rating: 198 Main > Car Makers News > Porsche > Porsche's diesel Cayenne may come to U.S., hybrid coming in 2010 While we were bringing you live coverage of the 2008 LA Auto Show, Porsche decided to release the pictures and details of the 2010 Porsche Cayenne Diesel which will go on sale in Europe early next year with a price tag of 47,250 euros $58,916 USD.The Porsche Cayenne Diesel is powered by a 3.0L V6 turbo-diesel engine from Audi that produces 240-hp with a maximum torque of 406 lb-ft. Fuel-economy is estimated at...[source] Full article... Article added: 2008-12-23 06:51:48 Article Views Rating: 208 Main > Auto Shows > Other > Mazda Furai Concept It's called Furai, and designer Franz von Holzhausen says it's supposed to look like streamers fluttering in the wind. It's the fifth concept in Mazda's Nagare flow series and the visual realization of zoom zoom. If you say so, Franz.But then the car comes roaring down Laguna Seca's pit lane. I can't find the words. It looks so...so...bitchin! I've regressed to sputtering seventh-grade superlatives.Wicked. Sick. Badass, yo.Furai's a concept that's breathtakingly simple on paper, yet fiendishly... Full article... Article added: 2008-12-22 11:42:42 Article Views Rating: 270 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Tesla Sets The Record Straight On Top Gear's "Mischaracterizations" For the record: Thanks to The Stig's impressive turn behind the wheel, the Tesla Roadster gets a higher ranking in Top Gear's performance board than a Porsche 911 GT3. Jeremy Clarkson, a die-hard "petrol head" with a clear bias against green cars generally, said that it must be "snowing in hell" because he had such a great time driving the Roadster and now considers himself a "volt head" thanks to the Roadster's amazing performance. This is amazingly high praise from... Full article... Article added: 2008-12-22 05:54:37 Article Views Rating: 83 Main > Car Makers News > Bentley > Bentley plan to cut CO2 with ethanol comes under fire | detnews.com | The Detroit News Bentley, the British-based luxury carmaker owned by Germany's Volkswagen, reckons biofuels are the key to cutting its carbon dioxide CO2 emissions on the way to a greener future. In the short to medium term, this means embracing ethanol as the main so-called renewable fuel. But, unfortunately for Bentley and the likes of GM, the science points increasingly to this being a dead-end street. Some experts reckon this push for ethanol shows Bentley needs a quick and cheap way to at least appear to be... Full article... Article added: 2008-12-22 05:54:28 Article Views Rating: 225 Main > Car Makers News > Toyota > Toyota FT-HS 2010 Supra Consumer Guide's Impressions of the 2010 Toyota SupraToyota's "21st century sports car" concept has gossips talking about a new Supra. Is that big sports coupe about to be reborn as a mean-and-green hybrid? Right now, the odds are better than even.What We Know About the 2010 Toyota SupraGossips love concept vehicles, especially those that seem to belong in showrooms already. Take the Toyota FT-HS. Unveiled at the 2007 Detroit Auto Show as a "21st-century sports car," it reminded some... Full article... Article added: 2008-12-19 06:15:12 Article Views Rating: 8526 Main > Car Makers News > Porsche > First Drive: 2009 Porsche Cayman S Pity the poor Porsche 911. Wounded by challenges from brands as diverse as Aston Martin and Nissan it now faces the sternest test of all: that from its own flesh and blood. Richard Meaden drives the revamped Cayman S.Conspiracy theories, don’t you just love ‘em? You know, like the one about Porsche deliberately hobbling the Cayman by not fitting it with a limited-slip differential, just to protect the 911 from getting a kicking.Trouble is, it would have been much easier to laugh at the... Full article... Article added: 2008-12-18 08:04:04 Article Views Rating: 228 Main > Car Makers News > Honda > BREAKING NEWS: Honda Kills The NSX For Financial Reasons Is The Lexus LF-A Next? Honda has cancelled the new NSX as part of a radical restructuring of its car making business.The V10-engined supercar, which was a direct challenge to Ferrari and Porsche, would have been the most powerful production car that the company had ever produced.Honda CEO Takeo Fukui announced the move in his end of year speech, saying that all development of the car would be cancelled. The company has also withdrawn its plan to introduce the Acura brand to Japan in 2010.The Honda boss had previously... Full article... Article added: 2008-12-18 08:04:04 Article Views Rating: 190 |
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