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Main > Car Makers News > BMW > BMW, Daimler look to share expenses | detnews.com | The Detroit News For more than a year, German luxury carmakers BMW AG and Daimler AG have explored ways to cooperate and share some production and development costs. The German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported Sunday that the longtime rivals may be close to signing cost-sharing agreements on such items as power window motors. Both companies declined to comment on Monday, and some analysts said the timing of the report suggested it might have been intended as a distraction from what are likely to be very... Full article... Article added: 2009-02-17 14:55:40 Article Views Rating: 239 Main > Car Makers News > Other > VW sedan sketches unveiled | detnews.com | The Detroit News Volkswagen AG released sketches of an as-yet unnamed mid-size VW-brand car that it is developing for the U.S. market. Volkswagen will start producing the car in 2011 at a plant it is building in Chattanooga, Tenn., as part of an effort to increase its presence in the U.S. auto market. VW aims to more than triple its U.S. vehicle sales to 1 million by 2018 -- 800,000 VW models and 200,000 Audis. [source] Full article... Article added: 2009-02-15 18:02:48 Article Views Rating: 158 Main > Car Makers News > Mitsubishi > Mitsubishi Leaves Dakar Rally Shocking news from Japan: all the work of Mitsubishi Motorsports is stopped, so there will be no more rallying, no more Dakar prizes. The automaker has taken part in Dakar rally 26 times, 12 of which were won. The Japanese manufacturer got so good in sport that it kept coming first seven times in a row. But those days are in the past because the company is cutting corners as well as many other firms and sport suffers first as an unnecessary luxury. Mitsubishi claims its good results in rallies for the... Full article... Article added: 2009-02-12 06:29:16 Article Views Rating: 192 Main > Car Makers News > Volkswagen > Volkswagen Touareg Hybrid Volkswagen says it is not enough to have gasoline and diesel-powered SUV, now they have to make a hybrid with the same name. Half-electric Touaregs is going to be a fuel efficient auto using up to 25 mpg in the city limit. The hybrid will run on a supercharged 3.0-liter V6 which approximately outputs 328 horsepower and 325 pound-feet of torque. Together with this engine there will be an electric motor that produces 51 hp and 221 lb-ft of torque. The SUV also receives an eight-speed automatic... Full article... Article added: 2009-02-05 07:31:57 Article Views Rating: 289 Main > Car Makers News > Volkswagen > Auto Tuning: Volkswagen Golf from Abt New Volkswagen Golf VI is already expecting the customers at the European dealerships, but North America will have to wait for the auto’s coming a little more. Although the U.S. buyers will be meeting the vehicle later, they will have an option to order a tune-up package from the German tuner as soon as they purchase the auto.Abt Sportline equipped Golf VI with new grille, side sills, front apron, rear valance and spoiler. The tuner offers a choice of 18- or 19-inch wheels.VW makes the SUV with... Full article... Article added: 2009-02-03 07:09:26 Article Views Rating: 394 Main > Forums and Clubs > forums > Three Years Servicing From £295 On Vans For Sale With Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles From as little as £295 plus VAT, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles www.volkswagen-vans.co.uk is offering three year fixed-cost service plans for all models of van for sale in the 'We're offering these service plans across all vans for sale in the VW van range to give our customers an affordable package with greater peace of mind for today's market conditions,' said Stephen Bateson, Head of Aftersales for Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles. Apart from financial peace of mind, the van service... Full article... Article added: 2009-02-02 13:44:27 Article Views Rating: 258 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Eleven Finalists for World Car of the Year Are Announced The results of the fifth annual World Car of the Year WCOTY competition will be announced at the2009 New-York Auto Show in April, but the journalists have already made the list of the 11 finalists. It is interesting that only European and Japanese autos are participating this year leaving American, Asian Chinese, Korean and Indian and Australian manufacturers behind. The majority of candidates for WCOTY Award come from Europe. They are German Audi A4, Volkswagen Golf VI and BMW 7 Series, French Citroën... Full article... Article added: 2009-01-30 07:07:54 Article Views Rating: 193 Main > Car Makers News > Ford > Ford Focus RS in detail The new Ford Focus RS has easily been one of the most highly anticipated new models for 2009, and with production already well underway, Ford has released every minute detail on its scorching hatch.Over 100 engineers from Ford Europe and Team RS have been involved in the development of the Focus RS, adamant in producing a sports hatch to honour the namesake’s 40-year long heritage. Thanks to this incredible level of intensive engineering development, Ford eagerly boasts that the new Focus RS will... Full article... Article added: 2009-01-29 11:33:22 Article Views Rating: 643 Main > Car Makers News > Volkswagen > Volkswagen Golf GTI Pirelli Review Model Tested: 2009 Volkswagen Golf GTI Pirelli, 2.0-litre, four-cylinder, six-speed DSG, three-door - $47,490 RRPThere are some icons in the automotive world that have earned their reputation. The Ferrari Enzo is one such car, with its unbelievably good looks and limited production run, the Bugatti Veyron is another for, well, the obvious. Moving a lot further down the price spectrum we come to the humble Golf GTI, a model that has been around since 1976. Stop and think about that for a moment, how many... Full article... Article added: 2009-01-29 11:23:59 Article Views Rating: 847 Main > Car Makers News > Kia > 2009 Kia Cerato First Steer Kia has a bit of a penchant for spelling words with a ‘K’ , for possibly obvious reasons, so I’m going to make a suggestion to it here, consider adding ‘Konservative’ to the lexicon – at least where it relates to the estimate that it will sell just 3000 of the all-new Cerato small sedan in Australia this year.While on the one hand the company has been talking up the new Cerato as a contender against the major players in the small car segment here, that’s Toyota... Full article... 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