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KTM Collects Motorsport Vehicle Development Award

KTM Collects Motorsport Vehicle Development Award

KTM has been recognised by a panel of elite motorsport experts for the development of a track-only version of its X-Bow sportscar: the KTM X-Bow 'Race'. The Austrian company was presented with the 'Vehicle Development of the Year' Award at the Professional Motorsport World EXPO in Cologne on 11 November. ... Continue reading

Brabus Customization Program for the Tesla Roadster

Brabus Customization Program for the Tesla Roadster

The first tuned electric car comes from BRABUS: The first project of the future cooperation between Tesla Motors, Inc. and the new BRABUS business division Zero Emission celebrates its world debut at the 2008 Essen Motor Show. BRABUS presents an exclusive customization program for the Tesla Roadster, the world’s ... Continue reading

Fisker Automotive And Valmet Automotive Have Signed Final Assembly Contract For The Fisker Karma

Fisker Automotive And Valmet Automotive Have Signed Final Assembly Contract For The Fisker Karma

Fisker Automotive, Inc., a green American premium car company, today announced that they have signed the final assembly contract with Valmet Automotive to manufacture the Fisker Karma in Finland. Valmet Automotive will be the engineering and manufacturing supplier for Fisker Automotive. ... Continue reading

Delphi Wins HSDD Business From GM Europe - New Technology Provides One System for Connecting All Protocols

Delphi Wins HSDD Business From GM Europe - New Technology Provides One System for Connecting All Protocols

Delphi Corporation has signed an agreement to provide its new High-Speed Digital Data (HSDD) connectivity systems for inclusion on new General Motors vehicles in Europe. ... Continue reading

KTM X-Bow Selected For The Race Of Champions

KTM X-Bow Selected For The Race Of Champions

The stunning KTM X-Bow has been selected for the 'Race of Champions', the crowning finale of the motorsport year, which takes place at Wembley Stadium in December. ... Continue reading

6th London Short Film Festival & Vauxhall look to find the next Scorsese

6th London Short Film Festival & Vauxhall look to find the next Scorsese

Vauxhall Motors is looking for the next Scorsese, Spielberg or Tarantino who can produce, write, direct, shoot, act, edit and/or has written the music for their short film to qualify for the Vauxhall Auteur Theory Award. ... Continue reading

KTM to Join Race Car Line-up For The Race of Champions at Wembley

KTM to Join Race Car Line-up For The Race of Champions at Wembley

The 'Race of Champions' (13th and 14th of December 2008) is the crowning finale of the motorsport year, bringing together some of the world's best racing drivers to go head-to-head at the wheel of a variety of cars. KTM are delighted that the X-Bow will be one of the cars driven by motor racing legends Michael Schumach ... Continue reading

Vauxhall Commercial Vehicles - Britain's Number One!

Vauxhall Commercial Vehicles - Britain's Number One!

As well as parent company GM being Britain's biggest van producer, Vauxhall has further reason to celebrate after its Commercial Vehicle range claimed the top spot in the LCV market for the first time since records began. ... Continue reading

World First - New Caterham To Be Created Online

World First - New Caterham To Be Created Online

In collaboration with Project Splitwheel, the manufacturer of the legendary Seven is offering every car enthusiast, irrespective of any engineering skill, design experience or mechanical ability, a dream opportunity to design an all-new sports car. ... Continue reading

Six Month Trial Leads To 523 Movano Van Order For Vauxhall

Six Month Trial Leads To 523 Movano Van Order For Vauxhall

An order for 523 Movano panel vans has been won by Vauxhall Commercial Vehicles following an intensive six-month evaluation exercise involving 58 vehicles and carried out by the UK's largest dedicated home collection and delivery company. ... Continue reading

Emma Bell's Vault For Vauxhall

Emma Bell's Vault For Vauxhall

Super hot British fashion designer Emma Bell has teamed up with Vauxhall Motors to stage an event in London designed to take people into a fairytale wonderland that is "Emma Bell's Vault for Vauxhall" - set to be a unique, phantasmagorical, candy encrusted evening of glitter, fashion with the hottest music in town! ... Continue reading

LDV Answers The Call Of Nature

LDV Answers The Call Of Nature

A Norfolk-based cabin hire company is relieved with its purchase of two MAXUS chassis cabs to transport its portable toilets across the region. The new vehicles are being supplied by Ford and Slater Peterborough. ... Continue reading

Roush Technology Makes the Case for Hydrogen Internal Combustion Engines Now - VIDEO FEATURE

Roush Technology Makes the Case for Hydrogen Internal Combustion Engines Now - VIDEO FEATURE

Roush Technologies shows its latest bi-fuel Internal Combustion Engine conversion (H2ICE) technology at the Cenex hosted UK National Low Carbon Vehicle event at Millbrook Proving Ground tomorrow (28th October 2008). Roush has modified the engine of a Ford Transit-based vehicle to operate using compressed hydrogen gas f ... Continue reading

Piaggio Porter Provides Green Solution

Piaggio Porter Provides Green Solution

Piaggio Commercial Vehicles will be attending the UK National Low Carbon Vehicle Event next week held at Millbrook Proving Ground and will be displaying a Piaggio Porter electric MPV available for test drives. The event is hosted by Cenex, the organisation committed to the development of low carbon transport. ... Continue reading

Spyker Trading Update Third Quarter 2008

Spyker Trading Update Third Quarter 2008

Spyker Cars N.V. "), manufacturer of exclusive premium sports cars, today announces the trading update for the third quarter of 2008. The two most significant developments were the move to line production in Zeewolde and the launch of the Spyker C8 Laviolette LM85 ... Continue reading

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