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Rolls Royce Phantom Tops Poll of the Most Popular Wedding Cars

Rolls Royce Phantom Tops Poll of the Most Popular Wedding Cars

LONDON, April 27, 2010 -- In a recent poll conducted by leading limousine hire company Limo Broker (http://www.limobroker.co.uk/), the Rolls Royce Phantom emerged as the clear winner for the title of most popular wedding car. The Rolls Royce name has long been synonymous with opulence and glamour, so it's not surprisin ... Continue reading

GM to Invest $890 Million to Build Cleaner, More Fuel-Efficient Engines

GM to Invest $890 Million to Build Cleaner, More Fuel-Efficient Engines

DETROIT, April 27 -- -- Five plants receive work: Tonawanda, N.Y.; Defiance, Ohio; Bedford, Ind.; Bay City, Mich. and St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada -- Investment creates or retains about 1,600 jobs -- New engines to save more fuel through direct injection technology and advanced combustion system design General Motor ... Continue reading

Ford Fiesta Upgrades Set To Keep UK Favourite At Number One

Ford Fiesta Upgrades Set To Keep UK Favourite At Number One

Safety, technology and powertrain upgrades are being added to the highly successful Ford Fiesta range. Already number one in the UK sales charts, the Fiesta range is being further enhanced to keep Britain's favourite small car in pole position. ... Continue reading

Sporty Octavia vRS For Skoda UK's Sports Star Wilks

Sporty Octavia vRS For Skoda UK's Sports Star Wilks

Skoda UK Motorsport super-star rally driver Guy Wilks has just received his new company car - and what better for the international sports star than one of Skoda's sportiest models, the 200bhp Octavia vRS. ... Continue reading

Vauxhall Starts the Electric Charge As Ampera Passes Production Milestone

Vauxhall Starts the Electric Charge As Ampera Passes Production Milestone

The Vauxhall Ampera passed an important milestone last Friday, when the first pre-production car rolled off the line at GM's Pre-Production Operations' assembly line in Warren, Michigan. ... Continue reading

Saab Enthusiasts To Flock To 2010 Saab Festival

Saab Enthusiasts To Flock To 2010 Saab Festival

Thousands of Saab enthusiasts from all over the world are expected to attend the 2010 Saab Festival in Sweden between 15-18 July, the first to be held since Saab became an independent company earlier this year ... Continue reading

Caterham UPS Production To Meet Demand

Caterham UPS Production To Meet Demand

In response to buoyant sales of its lightweight two-seater sportscar, Caterham Cars has announced plans to ramp up capacity at its Dartford factory for the foreseeable future. ... Continue reading

Historic Recreation: Saab and Spyker Ceos to Drive Classic Saabs on Mille Miglia

Historic Recreation: Saab and Spyker Ceos to Drive Classic Saabs on Mille Miglia

Italian hillsides are about to reverberate again to the distinctive crackle of a Saab two-stroke engine. Providing the soundtrack will be Saab Automobile CEO Jan Ake Jonsson and Saab Automobile Chairman and Spyker Cars CEO Victor Muller, who will each drive a 1957-vintage Saab 93 at this year's historic Mille Miglia ro ... Continue reading

Gullwing Takes Off as Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Pricing Announced

Gullwing Takes Off as Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Pricing Announced

Mercedes-Benz today announced Australian pricing for the stunning new Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG "Gullwing" sports car. ... Continue reading

BMW Presents the Concept of a New 4-Door Coupé

BMW Presents the Concept of a New 4-Door Coupé

With an exclusive Design Night on the evening of the first press day at Auto China in Beijing, BMW provides an in-depth insight into its design philosophy and development strategy ... Continue reading

Mercedes: C 63 AMG - 0 to 1000 in Two Years

Mercedes: C 63 AMG - 0 to 1000 in Two Years

German sports car maker Mercedes-AMG has just sold its 1,000th C63 AMG since the Australian launch at the iconic Bathurst race circuit in 2008. ... Continue reading

Shannons Offer Real Performance, Unreserved

Shannons Offer Real Performance, Unreserved

Following the success of its recent Melbourne auction, where cars offered with no reserve contributed to an impressive clearance rate of more than 87 per cent, Shannons is offering some very special sports sedans with no reserve prices at its upcoming Sydney Autumn Auction on Monday May 3. ... Continue reading

Is the Success or Failure of a Small Car Dependent on the Price of Oil?

Is the Success or Failure of a Small Car Dependent on the Price of Oil?

By Larry Nutson, ICN Director-at-large Listening to many auto industry analysts, pundits and scribes you would conclude that the answer to the headline question would be yes. And, led to believe that this is all that matters. Certainly increased mpg or conversely, reduced fuel consumption and spending less money for ga ... Continue reading

2010 Beijing Auto Show: AutoWeek Editors' Best in Show Award

2010 Beijing Auto Show: AutoWeek Editors' Best in Show Award

DETROIT--The AutoWeek editorial staff today announced its 2010 Beijing Editors’ Choice Award winners. “The Shooting Break was a clear choice as Best in Show. The car is visually stunning” For more than a decade, the AW editors have walked the show floors in Detroit, Geneva, Paris, Frankfurt and ... Continue reading

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