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Peugeot and EX1 Bring Electric Excitement to the Goodwood Festival of Speed

Peugeot and EX1 Bring Electric Excitement to the Goodwood Festival of Speed

Peugeot, a sponsor of the prestigious Goodwood Festival of Speed, is demonstrating excitement at this year's event with an advanced electric vehicle concept - the EX1 - that is capable of record-breaking acceleration, and will be running up the 1.16-mile hill climb, in the hands of Stephane Caillet and prominent motori ... Continue reading

Renault To Offer Z.E. Range Test Drives As Part Of Twenty-Two-Strong Vehicle Display At Fleet News' Company Car...

Renault To Offer Z.E. Range Test Drives As Part Of Twenty-Two-Strong Vehicle Display At Fleet News' Company Car...

The Company Car in Action show is set for some French flair combined with eco chic when Renault displays an impressive 22-vehicle range at the Millbrook Proving Ground from 28th to 29th June 2011. ... Continue reading

Chevrolet Camaro Bumblebee: The Buzz is Back - VIDEO ENHANCED

Chevrolet Camaro Bumblebee: The Buzz is Back - VIDEO ENHANCED

PR Newswire DETROIT, June 27, 2011 DETROIT, June 27, 2011 -- Two previous Transformers films helped make Camaro America's best-selling sports car for 2010 and 2011 2012 Transformers Special Edition Camaro Coupe allows fans around the world to get behind the wheel of Bumblebee The Chevrolet Camaro returns as the Autobot ... Continue reading

New European Regulation that Requires Daytime Running Lights Could Be Expensive for Drivers

New European Regulation that Requires Daytime Running Lights Could Be Expensive for Drivers

According to an exclusive interview with just-auto.com, UK aftermarket lighting specialist Astra Automotive suggests that as the European Commission has recently mandated the use of daytime running lights for newly-registered vehicles, European motorists could get stung if their LED (light emitting diode) lights fail, ... Continue reading

Saab Trying to Stay Alive with Upfront Payments on New Orders

Saab Trying to Stay Alive with Upfront Payments on New Orders

ZEEWOLDE, The Netherlands - June 27, 2011: Swedish Automobile N.V. (Swedish Automobile, formerly Spyker Cars N.V.) announces that a Chinese company placed an order to purchase 582 Saab vehicles with a total value of EUR 13 million from Saab Automobile AB (Saab Automobile) and the full pre-payment is expected to be rece ... Continue reading

Jaguar Reaffirms Commitment To Team Sky Pro-Cycling

Jaguar Reaffirms Commitment To Team Sky Pro-Cycling

Jaguar has reaffirmed its commitment to Team Sky by extending its partnership for the 2011 season. ... Continue reading

Audi R8 Spyder Takes Two For Elton John Aids Foundation

Audi R8 Spyder Takes Two For Elton John Aids Foundation

The Audi R8 Spyder proved such an enticement to bidders last night at the White Tie & Tiara auction in aid of the Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF) that Audi UK submitted a second car to go under the hammer, helping to contribute £620,000 to the charitable organisation. ... Continue reading

Celebrating The Past, Present And Future: Jaguar Takes Lead At Goodwood

Celebrating The Past, Present And Future: Jaguar Takes Lead At Goodwood

The 50th anniversary of the launch of the E-type is set to be celebrated in style with cars from the past present and a little way into the future as Jaguar is honoured as featured marque at the 2011 Goodwood Festival of Speed. ... Continue reading

New Managing Director For Nissan Motor GB.

New Managing Director For Nissan Motor GB.

Nissan has announced that Jim Wright has been appointed as Managing Director, Nissan Motor GB Ltd. ... Continue reading

Infiniti Appoints New VP For Europe And Middle East Regions

Infiniti Appoints New VP For Europe And Middle East Regions

Infiniti has announced that Bernard Loire, will be appointed as Vice President, Infiniti Europe and Middle East, based in Rolle, Switzerland from August 1, 2011. Currently Vice President Sales Operations, Nissan Europe, Bernard replaces Jim Wright who is appointed Managing Director, Nissan Motor GB Ltd., and will repor ... Continue reading

BMW M5 and M3 CRT Make Their Debut During M Party at Nürburgring - VIDEO ENHANCED

BMW M5 and M3 CRT Make Their Debut During M Party at Nürburgring - VIDEO ENHANCED

By Henny Hemmes Senior European Editor NÜRBURGRING, Germany - June 27, 2011: On the eve of the 24-hour race of the Nürburgring, BMW M GmbH unveiled the fifth generation of the M5 as well as a very exclusive edition of the M3. For a sporty division like M GmbH, the Ring is the perfect place to present a new model. ... Continue reading

Chrysler's Eminem "Born of Fire" Super Bowl TV Commercial Wins 5 Awards at Cannes Lions Festival - VIDEO ENHANCED

Chrysler's Eminem "Born of Fire" Super Bowl TV Commercial Wins 5 Awards at Cannes Lions Festival - VIDEO ENHANCED

Four Gold Lions awarded to the brand for Best Direction, Best Script, Best Use of Music, Best Automotive Commercial and Best Editing Bronze Lion awarded to the brand for Best Editing SEE ALSO: CANNES, France - June 25, 2011: The Chrysler brand’s 2011 Super Bowl commercial, ‘Born of Fire,’ was honored tod ... Continue reading

INSIDE STORY: New Mercedes M-Class Barely Made It Into Production - VIDEO ENHANCED

INSIDE STORY: New Mercedes M-Class Barely Made It Into Production - VIDEO ENHANCED

By Henny Hemmes Senior European Editor The Auto Channel STUTTGART, June 21, 2011. Last week, The Auto Channel brought you the news, details and pictures of the new Mercedes M-Class. However, the third generation was close to being cancelled. Just when Mercedes-Benz had initiated the development of the new M-Class the f ... Continue reading

New Bentley Continental GT Offers Dramatic Mulliner Styling Options - VIDEO ENHANCED

New Bentley Continental GT Offers Dramatic Mulliner Styling Options - VIDEO ENHANCED

CREWE, England - June 24, 2011: Widely acclaimed for its crisp, sculpted design, the new Bentley Continental GT is poised to create a further stir with the new Mulliner Styling Specification, a range of Bentley-designed styling options reaffirming its potent road presence. The new Mulliner Styling Specification's Class ... Continue reading

Top Summer Safety Tips for Holiday Travelers - VIDEO STORY

Top Summer Safety Tips for Holiday Travelers - VIDEO STORY

LONDON - June 24, 2011: Some 74 per cent of European holidaymakers are travelling by car to their summer holiday destination this year but they are still falling short when it comes to preparing themselves and their cars for the journey, a major survey conducted by Goodyear Dunlop shows. The Road Safety Survey, part of ... Continue reading

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