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car2go: Withdrawal from UK market

car2go: Withdrawal from UK market

car2go, the pioneer of “free-floating” car sharing, will be withdrawing from the UK with effect from 30 May 2014. We’ve listened closely to customer feedback and taking the UK’s strong culture and tradition of private vehicle ownership into account, we have decided to withdraw from the UK market pla ... Continue reading

Porsche is checking the brake booster units of about 2500 new Macan vehicles

Porsche is checking the brake booster units of about 2500 new Macan vehicles

Porsche is checking the brake booster units of approximately 2500 new vehicles from the Macan model series that were predominantly delivered to customers in Europe. In-house quality tests revealed that in the initial phase in very isolated cases brake booster units were damaged during an assembly process. The braking f ... Continue reading

Dacia reaches threshold of 600,000 sales in France

Dacia reaches threshold of 600,000 sales in France

In less than nine years, Dacia has won over 600,000 customers in France. The 600,000th Dacia sold in France was a Sandero. Less than nine years after launching Logan in France, Dacia has passed the milestone of 600,000 vehicles sold in France. To date, more than 232,000 Sanderos, 150,000 Dusters, 100,000 Logan MCVs and ... Continue reading

Vauxhall Launches New Ad Campaign

Vauxhall Launches New Ad Campaign

Today, Vauxhall Motors launch ‘Stand Together’, a new Home Nations football TV advert. ‘Stand Together’ features current members of the England Football Squad, football fans and Vauxhall staff from the Vauxhall Ellesmere Port production facility in Merseyside, the UK home of the Vauxhall Astra. Curr ... Continue reading

Highlights from Research & Development: The curve tilting function in the S-Class Coupe - Cornering artist

Highlights from Research & Development: The curve tilting function in the S-Class Coupe - Cornering artist

Stuttgart. Gliding along elegantly and briskly – something that the new S-Class Coupé does effortlessly. This driving experience becomes even more exclusive with the curve tilting function, a world first for series production cars: the vehicle leans into bends in a similar way to motorcyclists or skiers. The la ... Continue reading

Confirmed: B-Class drivers are the most satisfied - A success right from the start

Confirmed: B-Class drivers are the most satisfied - A success right from the start

The Mercedes-Benz B-Class has won the J.D. Power satisfaction study in its vehicle segment. The award was presented yesterday in connection with the AMI in Leipzig. The high customer satisfaction is also reflected in the sales figures: since its market launch in 2005, Mercedes-Benz has delivered more than a million B-C ... Continue reading

Kia Motors makes pledge to Make-A-Wish international

Kia Motors makes pledge to Make-A-Wish international

Kia donates US$100,000 to non-profit organisation that grants the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions Five wish children will serve as Kia Mascot Friends at the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ As an official sponsor of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™, Kia Motors Corporation has donated US$ ... Continue reading

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