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Jan Ake Jonsson Retires as President and CEO of Saab Automobile Ab

Jan Ake Jonsson Retires as President and CEO of Saab Automobile Ab

Saab Automobile today announced that Jan Ake Jonsson has decided to retire from his position as President and CEO of Saab Automobile AB ("Saab Automobile") effective per Spyker Cars N.V.'s Annual General Shareholders meeting to be held on 19 May, 2011. ... Continue reading

Opel/Vauxhall and Renault Announce Production Location for Next-Generation Vivaro and Trafic Models

Opel/Vauxhall and Renault Announce Production Location for Next-Generation Vivaro and Trafic Models

Opel/Vauxhall and Renault today announced the production locations for the next generation of the successful Opel/Vauxhall Vivaro and Renault Trafic models. Production is scheduled to start in 2013. ... Continue reading

Young Male Engineers Develop All-New Ford Focus For All Ages

Young Male Engineers Develop All-New Ford Focus For All Ages

What does a middle-aged male engineer know about the difficulties of driving a car while heavily pregnant or suffering from arthritis? ... Continue reading

Straight To The Top: The New BMW X3 Is Voted "Off-Roader Of The Year 2011"

Straight To The Top: The New BMW X3 Is Voted "Off-Roader Of The Year 2011"

Reader poll by German magazine Off Road: latest addition to the family of BMW X models wins the "SUV" category – BMW X6 and BMW X5 make it into the top three in the "Crossover" and "Luxury Off-Roader" categories. ... Continue reading

Maserati Granturismo MC Stradale to Make UK Debut at Salon Privé - VIDEO ENHANCED

Maserati Granturismo MC Stradale to Make UK Debut at Salon Privé - VIDEO ENHANCED

LONDON - March 24, 2011: Maserati's fastest, lightest and most powerful car in its range, the GranTurismo MC Stradale, will have its UK debut at this year's Salon Privé event at Syon Park. Sitting alongside some of the world's most desirable and powerful cars at Salon Privé 2011 the GranTurismo MC Stradale is a road ... Continue reading

Consumer Demand Drives Kia To Production Milestones

Consumer Demand Drives Kia To Production Milestones

Kia Motors Corporation reached the 10 millionth global vehicle export mark when a Snow White Pearl Optima sedan was shipped to the US market from Kia's main hub, Pyeongtaek Port, located 50 miles southwest of Seoul, South Korea. ... Continue reading

Volvo: Mack Launches Medium Heavy Version of Granite Model

Volvo: Mack Launches Medium Heavy Version of Granite Model

GÖTEBORG, Sweden--Regulatory News: “Considering the current economic climate, many companies are focusing on exactly how much truck they really need” The Volvo Group (STO:VOLVA)(STO:VOLVB) The Volvo Group’s US subsidiary Mack is launching a new medium heavy version of its highly succes ... Continue reading

Porsche Carrera Cup GB Championship Revs Up

Porsche Carrera Cup GB Championship Revs Up

The entry for this year’s Porsche Carrera Cup GB Championship has both quality and quantity with more potential race winners than ever before, as an influx of new drivers join established aces like Tim Harvey (Champion in 2008 and 2010), James Sutton (Champion in 2007) and Michael Caine (Championship Runner-up in 2008 ... Continue reading

Vauxhall Celebrates Classic Car Motoring with 'DRIVE IT DAY'

Vauxhall Celebrates Classic Car Motoring with 'DRIVE IT DAY'

Vauxhall is supporting the annual classic car celebration and opens its Heritage Centre to mark the 'Drive it Day' celebrations of classic car motoring ... Continue reading

Nissan Leaf Joins UK Electric Vehicle Trial

Nissan Leaf Joins UK Electric Vehicle Trial

Fourteen people today took delivery of a 100% electric Nissan LEAF each as part of their participation in Switch EV, a major electric vehicle test drive in North East England. ... Continue reading

Fuel-Efficiency The Antidote To Budget Uncertainty

Fuel-Efficiency The Antidote To Budget Uncertainty

With fuel duty at the pumps cut, but an increase in tax on oil production alongside a new fair fuel stabiliser, increased rates of Vehicle Excise Duty and planned increases on company car tax, the Budget continues to confound when it comes to balancing the cost of motoring. ... Continue reading

English Footballers Team Up with Hyundai for iPhone App Videos

English Footballers Team Up with Hyundai for iPhone App Videos

LONDON - March 24, 2011: As part of Hyundai’s Euro 2012 qualifier sponsorship, Hyundai created a series of ‘Boot Shoot’ idents where famous retired footballers were set football challenges around a number of Hyundai cars. The idents are currently live and will be seen on Saturday’s Sky coverage of t ... Continue reading

Ferrari Shareholders' Meeting

Ferrari Shareholders' Meeting

The Annual Meeting of Ferrari Shareholders took place today under the chairmanship of Luca di Montezemolo. ... Continue reading

Chauffeur Company Set For Scottish First With Toyota Prius

Chauffeur Company Set For Scottish First With Toyota Prius

eCorporate Travel has a clear objective - to become Scotland's first carbon-neutral chauffeur company. With the arrival of the first of Toyota Prius full hybrid hatchbacks, and a flood of support from bluechip corporate clients, it believes it is well on the way to achieving its goal. ... Continue reading

Volkswagen and Audi Step Up to Help People in Japan

Volkswagen and Audi Step Up to Help People in Japan

Following the severe earthquake and the devastating tsunami in Japan, Volkswagen is to make significant donations to support the people of Japan ... Continue reading

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