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  Aston Martin Rapide: Safety by Volvo

  20 March 2007 / 9 comments

  Aston Martin will be procuring Volvo’s help to develop the Aston Martin Rapide 4-door sedan‘s safety system. Volvo’s safety engineering expertise was also used previously on the DB9 and V8 Vantage models. Volvo will develop […]

   

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  Proton Cars Get Some International Attention

  20 March 2007 / 40 comments

  Proton’s Gen2, Savvy and Satria Neo, regarded as the first few cars in a generation of Protons that attempt to breakaway from the Mitsubishi rebadging era have been making it’s way around the globe. The […]

   

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  Volkswagen to introduce new sedans once Proton deal is finalised

  19 March 2007 / 47 comments

  Volkswagen’s head of international sales Kevin Rose says talks between Volkswagen and Proton are now at a fairly advanced stage, and both parties clearly know what they would want from such an agreement. Volkswagen said […]

   

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  Proton Updates in Indonesia

  19 March 2007 / 44 comments

  Proton says it has managed to position itself in the top three spot in Indonesia’s taxi market, outselling other brands in a taxi market dominated by Toyota and Hyundai. This may be a case of […]

   

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  TV Poll: More than half of Germans want Autobahn speed limit imposed

  17 March 2007 / 10 comments

  You might remember how environmentalists petitioned for a speed limit to be imposed on the Autobahn some time back. Judging by your reactions, although most of you and me included would most likely never have […]

   

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  Spyker wants to buy Lotus

  16 March 2007 / 17 comments

  Dutch car manufacturer Spyker has made a bid for Lotus, reported Dutch auto magazine AutoWeek. AutoWeek’s unnamed sources claims the Dutch company is already in talks with Proton about the possible porchase. Spyker’s owner however, […]

   

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  Cerberus hires Bernhard to analyze Chrysler bid

  16 March 2007 / 2 comments

  Other than the obvious buyout by another car company – General Motors, two non-automotive companies have been interested in Chrysler – the Blackstone Group and Cerberus. Investment firm Blackstone is currently already in the auto […]

   

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  Kia’s Project Snowflake

  16 March 2007 / 8 comments

  Kia’s attack of new and upcoming models on the European market continues with Project Snowflake, which will be a sports car similiar to the likes of the Audi TT. Now, the codename Snowflake sounds very […]

   

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  BMW CEO confirms BMW X6 name

  15 March 2007 / 9 comments

  BMW CEO Norbert Reithofer has confirmed that it’s upcoming sporty crossover SUV model that has already been spotted going around on tests everywhere will indeed be called the BMW X6. Spyshots have shown a heavily […]

   

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  Turbodiesel Bentleys soon?

  14 March 2007 / 7 comments

  Bentley is considering expanding it’s engine line-up to something more than the current petrol guzzlers, either hybrids or turbodiesels. I personally think the Volkswagen Group’s V12 TDI turbodiesel found in the Audi Q7 is perfect […]

   

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  Lotus Integrated Exhaust Manifold

  14 March 2007 / 17 comments

  Lotus Engineering displayed their Integrated Exhaust Manifold technology at the 2007 Geneva International Motor Show. Basically, it is an exhaust manifold integrated into the cylinder head. A demonstration of this was shown as a cylinder […]

   

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  Subaru’s 4-year plan: turbodiesel boxers!

  13 March 2007 / 8 comments

  Not much details of Subaru’s new turbodiesel boxer engine were revealed at the Geneva 2007 Motor Show, causing an outcry from Subaru fans who expected to get the juicy details on the specifications, any new […]

   

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  Volkswagen to adopt Audi’s MLP platform strategy

  13 March 2007 / 7 comments

  Volkswagen, one of the few car companies that manages to maximize the amount of vehicles it can produce from a single platform will now further enhance it’s ability with Audi’s modular MLP platform. The first […]

   

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  New 2008 Volvo XC70 revealed

  13 March 2007 / 22 comments

  This is Volvo’s new XC70, the latest edition of it’s popular off-roading capable 4WD version of it’s V70 wagon. This time following Volvo’s new design language, the XC70 takes on a much more sculpted and […]

   

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  Prodrive(‘s chairman) buys Aston Martin

  12 March 2007 / 15 comments

  And Aston Martin goes to… Prodrive! The bid for Aston Martin was won by a consortium of private investors headed by David Richards who heads Prodrive, a British automotive company that tunes cars and manages […]

   

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