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  New D2 Phaeton to be smaller than Audi A8

  19 June 2007 / 18 comments

  Volkswagen’s new second generation Phaeton will be developed using Audi’s new MLP platform, and will be smaller than it’s stable-mate the Audi A8 in interests of product differentiation. The new Audi A8 will be revealed [...]

  
  

   

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  Scion might develop Scion xP pick-up

  19 June 2007 / 8 comments

  Toyota is considering adding a small monocoque two-door pick-up truck (think Proton Arena) to the Scion car line-up, which should fit right in to the whole youth and lifestyle angle of the Scion marque. Rumours [...]

  
  

   

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  Bosch develops new solenoid valve injector

  18 June 2007 / 5 comments

  Piezo fuel injectors are all the rage for turbodiesel engines these days for the superior performance they have. Pieze injectors (graphic shown) can inject fuel using multiple jets and multiple injections per cycle, and is [...]

  
  

   

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  Volkswagen Golf GT wins Barcelona award

  16 June 2007 / 14 comments

  The Volkswagen Golf GT is quickly becoming a favourite with the automotive world, heck, even I wish I could lay my hands on one, and the little boost meter on the top right of this [...]

  
  

   

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  New Toyota-Isuzu turbodiesel engine plant

  16 June 2007 / 9 comments

  Increasing demand for diesel-burning Toyota cars in the European market has prompted isuzu to build a new plant in Japan to increase supply to keep up with demand. The new US$110.5 million plant in Hokkaido [...]

  
  

   

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  Nissan plans diesel Titan

  16 June 2007 / 15 comments

  The Nissan Titan is Nissan’s full-sized pick-up truck offering in the US, and is powered by a 5.6 litre 32 valve V8 engine codenamed VK56DE, making 317 horsepower and 522Nm of torque at 3,600rpm. It [...]

  
  

   

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  PSA Peugoet Citroen might revive Panhard

  16 June 2007 / 5 comments

  PSA Peugeot Citroen said going into the market of premium vehicles with a new marque might be one of the options it is considering, a move much like Nissan and Toyota with their Infiniti and [...]

  
  

   

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  Honda wants to sell diesels in Japan

  15 June 2007 / 11 comments

  Honda wants to sell diesel-powered cars in Japan by 2009, in an attempt to reignite Japan’s dead diesel passenger car market, which is also the world’s third-biggest auto market. There is only one car manufacturer [...]

  
  

   

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  Ford might sell Jaguar and Land Rover

  15 June 2007 / 19 comments

  The latest whispers being passed around dinner tables in the automotive industry are that Jaguar and Land Rover are currently on the table, and potential buyers are Fiat. It seems that talks started in February [...]

  
  

   

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  Renault plans US$3000 car

  15 June 2007 / 37 comments

  If you think the Renault/Dacia Logan (shown above) was a budget car, wait til you see what Renault has in mind next. The guys at Renault are planning an even cheaper car that will cost [...]

  
  

   

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