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LeMans Series Announces 2010 schedule

12 December 2009

At the same time as the past season is officially declared over and many guests are gathered at the Le Mans circuit for the 2009 prize giving ceremony, the complete 2010 calendar is finally disclosed. Five races for this seventh season, including some novelties. First of all, the opening race of the season will be held [...]

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Audi 2.0T, 3.0T, 2.0 TDI Win Ward’s 10 Best Engines Awards for 2010

12 December 2009

Soutfield, MI. — Ward’s 10 Best Engines, North America’s only award program honoring engine excellence, have been announced for 2010. The list symbolizes the auto industry’s swift movement toward downsized engines to attract consumers who now are making fuel efficiency a top priority. Highlights: Two turbodiesels (one each from BMW AG and Volkswagen AG) and two [...]

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Volkswagen Group Generates €1.2 Billion Operating Profit in H1 2009

29 October 2009

• Global market share increases to 12 percent • Automotive Division reports significantly higher net cash flow • Net liquidity in the Automotive Division exceeds €12 billion In the first half of 2009, the Volkswagen Group extended its global competitive position and strengthened its financial base. In the first six months of the year, Europe’s largest automobile manufacturer [...]

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Lamborghini announces first official South American dealer in Sao Paulo

25 October 2009

Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. yesterday announced the official opening of Lamborghini São Paulo as part of its global dealership network expansion and development program. The new showroom, the first official franchised Lamborghini dealership in South America, will be managed by Via Italia Group, one of Brazil’s most experienced luxury sports car sales companies. Lamborghini chose São Paulo [...]

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Gumpert Apollo sets new Nurburgring road legal record at 7:11,57

22 October 2009

Altenburg/Nurburg – It is August, 13th. The air has a temperature of 20 degrees Celsius and the sky is clouded. At 12:55 p.m. professional race driver Florian Gruber (age 26) crosses the line of the Nurburgring Nordschleife and unleashes the 700 hp of his GUMPERT Apollo Sport. He has set off into a race against [...]

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Volkswagen making first steps towards Porsche acquisition

22 October 2009

Wolfsburg – Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft will take a 49.9 percent stake in Porsche AG in a first step towards an integrated automotive group with Porsche. This was agreed between Volkswagen and Porsche SE during negotiations on the contracts of implementation relating to the merger of the two companies. The Comprehensive Agreement announced in August referred to [...]

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VW-Audi Group establish new training for international vehicle service

19 October 2009

AUDI AG is strengthening its training activities for service employees to further boost the quality of service in Audi repair centers worldwide. The premium carmaker today opened the new Service Training Center in Neckarsulm – the sixth of its kind in Germany. Employees of the roughly 1,700 German Audi Service Centers will be trained at [...]

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So who has the world’s fastest Police vehicle…Tuned investigates

16 October 2009

Ever ask yourself what kind of countermeasures cops have for your finely tuned machine as you drive down whichever highway you may find yourself on? Tuned has asked itself just that and for those of you living in the states, you are safe, we promise. As for those of you living in Italy or Germany, you [...]

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Largest Audi dealer opens in West London

15 October 2009

The world’s largest Audi Centre – West London Audi – is officially being launched with a huge party for the capital’s top glitterati. Among the guests will be Bryan Ferry, Gordon Ramsay, Dominic Cooper, Jamie and Louise Rednapp, Phil Glenister, Keeley Hawes, Rupert Penry Jones, James Cordon, Ronan Keating, Beverley Knight, Davina McCall, Sir Bobby [...]

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Lamborghini to now offer retail financing for Murcielago lineup

15 October 2009

SANT’AGATA BOLOGNESE, Italy — Today Lamborghini America LLC announced a new Lamborghini Retail Finance Plan for its most exclusive vehicles on the market, the Murcielago LP640 Coupe and Roadster (model years 2009 and 2010). The super sports car company is partnering with Woodside Credit and Volkswagen Credit, Inc. to provide alternative financing programs through authorized [...]

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Massa flies home to Brazil after season ending freak accident

04 August 2009

After what many called the strangest accident to ever happen in Formula 1, Felipe Massa has been cleared by Budapest doctors to fly home today onboard his private chartered jet. Massa will begin a series of 6 weeks of rehabilitation and will more then likely be out for the remainder of the 2009 Formula 1 [...]

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STaSIS Moving Headquarters to Summit Point, WV

04 August 2009

Summit Point, West Virginia - STaSIS Inc. announced today that the company is expanding operations and transferring its corporate headquarters to Summit Point Raceway in Summit Point, West Virginia. In response to its continued growth, STaSIS is constructing a new facility in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. In its new location, STaSIS will have access to one of the finest automotive test facilities in North America as well as proximity to major air and sea ports in the Washington, D.C. and Baltimore Area.

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