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News
BMW's $750 million invest into
South Carolina plant almost finished
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It has been over one
year since BMW Manufacturing announced it would
invest $750 million in its upstate South Carolina
factory to add 1.5 million square feet.
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Chevrolet
builds 1,500,000th Corvette
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At the June meeting of
the Greater Atlanta Automotive Media Association,
Karen Rafferty, Chevrolet Product Marketing
Director, today announced the recent production of
the 1,500,000th Corvette at GM Bowling Green
Assembly.
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Mitsubishi Motors to bring new-generation EV i-MiEV to
market
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Mitsubishi Motors Corporation,
on World Environment Day, unveiled the production version of
the i-MiEV (Mitsubishi innovative Electric Vehicle)
new-generation electric vehicle (EV)
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Ford Taurus named "Inaugural Car of the Year" by Esquire
Magazine
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Esquire magazine editors
evaluated nearly a dozen significant new cars – using some
unique subjective criteria – before naming the 2010 Taurus
SHO as its inaugural Car of the Year.
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Mazda Launches All-New Axela (Mazda3) in Japan
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Mazda Motor Corporation has
announced the sales launch of the all-new Mazda Axela (known
overseas as the new Mazda3) in the Japanese market.
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A new record ahead with the Audi A3: three continents in
three days
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Covering over 4,900 kilometers
(3,044 miles) in three days, driving specialist Gerhard
Plattner is gearing up for his next record-breaking attempt
as the first driver to reach three continents in just three
days
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Luxurious Ghost will rumble the market by the end of 2009
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Rolls-Royce Motor Cars will
ensure that the new Ghost model delivers peerless riding
dynamics by making use of the very latest developments in
chassis engineering.
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BMW 700: The car that saved the BMW company in the 50th
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Things did not look good.
Indeed, BMW was rapidly approaching the final collapse and
demise of the Company in the 1950s
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Audi marks brand centenary with big
showing at Donau Classic 2009
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Audi Tradition is marking the
centenary of the Audi brand by participating in the Donau
Classic with a dozen classic cars and inviting various VIP
guests
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Robert E. Socia to Lead Global
Purchasing and Supply Chain
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General Motors announced that
Bob Socia, currently executive vice president of Shanghai
General Motors (SGM), will be appointed GM vice president,
Global Purchasing and Supply Chain
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GM's Global Purchasing Group Vice
President Bo I. Andersson leaving GM and heading for Russian
car manufacturer GAZ
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It is said, that he has agreed
to become chairman of Russian automaker GAZ, Russia's
second-largest automaker
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Christiane Hesse to succeed Elke Eller
on the Board of Management of Volkswagen Financial Services
AG
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Christiane Hesse has been
appointed Member of the Board of Management for Human
Resources and Organisation at Volkswagen Financial Services
AG
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Edward Whitacre, Jr. to Become Chairman
of New GM
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Edward E. Whitacre, Jr.,
former chairman and CEO of AT&T Inc., will become chairman
of the New GM when the company is launched later this summer
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Volkswagen named new sales directors
for China, Australia, North and South America
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Kevin Rose will take charge of
sales activities at FAW-Volkswagen on the key Chinese market
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Specials
Porsche Panamera 2009:
The Porsche in the Gran Turismo World
Introducing the Panamera,
Porsche is proudly presenting the first four-door Gran Turismo in
the history of the Company. This new model series sets the
benchmark in its class not only in terms of superior performance
and exemplary efficiency, but also through a particularly high
standard of personal comfort and exclusive features.
Allard J2X MkII
- handmade replica by Sydney Allard
The Allard J2X MkII, replica of the Jaguar J2X, is delivered
‘fully-loaded’ with options restricted to the choice of engine,
a full-width windshield and a canvas top. Current options
include the 5.7 liter fuel-injected GM RamJet V8 , the 5.7 liter
Chrysler Hemi and the 6.1 liter Hemi.
Brilliant
winner lights up the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este 2009
5th Annual Flagship Event
Smart Interior Surfaces & Materials 29th June – 1st July
2009
IQPC’s 5th annual Flagship Event
Smart Interior Surfaces & Materials will give insights into
the latest news on surface technologies and surface design
trends. High-level speakers from companies such as IVECO,
Daimler, Visteon, Faurecia, BASF, Freudenberg and many more
will report about first-hand experiences and latest
developments.
For detailed information please
visit
www.iqpc.com/de/surfaces
Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este
2009: Double Toast on 80th Anniversary
The Concorso d'Eleganza Villa
d'Este drew visitors to Lake Como for the first time 80 years
ago. For ten years now, BMW has organised the Concorso jointly
with the Grand Hotel Villa d'Este luxury hotel.
79. Geneva
Motor Show (March 5 - 15, 2009)
Geneva Switzerland
The New Porsche Boxster and
Boxster S - Two Dynamic Power Machines with Supreme Fuel
Efficiency
The Porsche Boxster is continuing to expand its lead as the
trendsetter in the two-seater open sports car segment.
Already acknowledged as a lightweight athlete with lots of
power on very little fuel, Porsche’s mid-engined roadster
now entering its second generation is becoming an even
greater performer on even less fuel than ever before.
Highlights Of The new MINI
Convertible
A new edition of the highly
successful open four-seater accounting for worldwide sales of
some 164,000 units, continuation of the third body version
within the MINI model family comes on the market.
Fiat
Abarth Video Clip: History, the 60's and 70's
Video:
Fiat Abarth History
Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Roadster
SLR McLaren Roadster
Mercedes-Benz will in future also market
its SLR McLaren super sports car in the form of a roadster with
a top. In common with Formula 1 vehicles of today, it, too,
will be made of carbon fibre, a material that will endow the
vehicle with a very high degree of safety as well as extreme
torsional stiffness at the same high level as the coupé version.
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