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Main > Car Makers News > Other > ‘Avions Voisin’ name revived with new supercar concept Just as Volkswagen Group’s Veyron supercar revived the longstanding Bugatti label, Portuguese-based designer Ernesto Freitas from Luso Motors envisages his new Voisin Concept injecting some life into France’s forgotten carmaker, Avions Voisin. At the moment his new Voisin Concept remains just a 3D simulated model but Freitas has plans to create a full scale model and hopes to display it at several international car shows. Avions Voisin was a carmaker based in Paris, which built a number of luxury... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-31 04:36:32 Article Views Rating: 201 Main > Car Makers News > Audi > 2012 launch expected for Audi Q1 Audi bosses have hinted at launching a new compact SUV-crossover positioned below the recently revealed Q5 but an even smaller soft-roader is expected to be launched to help the carmaker reach its goal of delivering 40 different models by 2015. The new entry-level soft-roader is likely to be called the Q1 and latest reports claim it won’t come onto the market until late 2012 at the earliest. Rising fuel prices are causing buyers of large SUVs to downsize to smaller and more fuel efficient vehicles... Full article... Article added: 2008-06-14 06:15:56 Article Views Rating: 222 Main > Car Makers News > BMW > AC Schnitzer restyles ACS6 BMW 6-series BMW-specialist AC Schnitzer has released its latest aero kit for the facelifted 6-series coupe and cabrio and has added a host of performance upgrades as well. Like its predecessor, the new front skirt of the ACS6 mirrors the famous kidney design of the grille but gets a more aggressive look with sharper lines and new-style triangular fog lights. The changes continue at the rear with a new, slightly smoother rear skirt and BMW’s facelifted taillights. Other changes include new side skirts, which now... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-11 08:37:04 Article Views Rating: 177 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Alpina to return to motorsports with B6 GT3 BMW-tuners extraordinaire Alpina have decided to return to motorsports after a 20 year absence. The comeback will be staged in the 2009 FIA GT3 European Championship - but the best part: they’ll be selling exact copies of their race cars to individuals, collectors and other teams. Alpina’s racing history is a long and lauded one, despite the 20-year lay off. Drivers like Hans Stuck, Jacky Ickx and Niki Lauda all drove for Alpina at one point, each winning a European Touring Car championship... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-25 06:15:30 Article Views Rating: 116 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Beijing 2008 preview: Brilliance BS2 The Brilliance BS2 was shown at last year’s Frankfurt auto show, but it was unclear at the time what plans the company had for the car - partly due to indecipherable press materials. Now pictures of the production variant have leaked onto the web ahead of what is likely to be the official reveal at the Beijing Motor Show. According to denizens of the Dutch AutoWeek forums, the car, sold in China as the Zhonghua FRV, will be coming to Europe. Powered by a 1.6L 79kW 107hp four-cylinder diesel, the... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-28 05:33:27 Article Views Rating: 144 Main > Car Makers News > Bugatti > Bugatti confirms open-top Veyron Targa Bugatti’s widely renowned Veyron will be getting a Targa variant next year, according to a source at parent company Volkswagen. The news confirms what we had speculated almost a year ago, and the fact that a former Bugatti executive has spoken out lends a good deal of credibility to the claim - not to mention that Bugatti’s communication chief, Georges Keller, has also confirmed the convertible Veyron is in the works. According to the exec, the targa option was the only one available to... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-14 17:41:32 Article Views Rating: 639 Main > Car Makers News > Cadillac > Cadillac CTS wagon details leak Prototypes of Cadillac’s upcoming CTS wagon have been spotted testing recently and now the first solid details about the new model’s specifications as well as some blurry images have been revealed in what’s alleged to be a leaked market research document. Expected to be released in 2010, the addition of the new wagon plus a coupe variant will increase the CTS family to three unique models. According to the document, the 304hp 3.6L direct-injection V6 engine will remain unchanged, however there... Full article... Article added: 2008-06-02 06:47:57 Article Views Rating: 200 Main > Car Makers News > Cadillac > Cadillac working to build image with new models Over the last few decades the American auto industry - including Cadillac - has seen brand image slide steadily lower, both at home and abroad, while rivals in Germany and Japan have been becoming progressively stronger. It looks like we may already be seeing the pendulum swing back toward Cadillac, however. Just a couple months ago, Consumer Reports ranked Cadillac’s latest offerings above the best Germany or Japan had to offer, and word from the company indicates this is just the beginning... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-14 17:41:06 Article Views Rating: 189 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Carroll Shelby takes delivery of custom Cobra Daytona The original Daytona Coupe was a race car based loosely on the AC Cobra roadster that was produced in an extremely limited run of just six cars during the 1960s. The cars were created in collaboration with a number of racing legends including Carroll Shelby, Peter Brock and Bob Negstad and there was one in Shelby’s personal collection for more than 20 years until he sold it off back in 1999. This week, Shelby Automobiles presented Shelby with a custom Superformance Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe in honor... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-25 06:15:49 Article Views Rating: 209 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Changan V802 Concept headed for Beijing Motor Show Chinese car designers are rarely lauded for their efforts, mostly because of the country’s reputation for ‘borrowing’ designs from other brands, but a number of local carmakers are helping to turn around the bad rep with several interesting concepts planned for this month’s Beijing Motor Show. We’ve already seen Geely’s sporty GT concept, a new coupe with swooping lines and a very original front grille that looks both svelte and alluring. Now we have a preview of Changan Auto’s V802... 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