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All New Ford Focus: The Art Of Noise

All New Ford Focus: The Art Of Noise

The 1.6-litre EcoBoost petrol engine in new Ford Focus has been acoustically tuned to produce an impressively sporty growl under hard acceleration. It features special technology that filters out unwanted engine noises, while transmitting pleasing sounds straight inside the car for maximum driver enjoyment. ... Continue reading

One L Of A Hyundai Deal For Driving School

One L Of A Hyundai Deal For Driving School

Bill Plant, one of the UK's largest driving schools, has extended its successful relationship with Hyundai. The nationwide operation is adding ix35s to its driving school fleet, with the first lucky learners and instructors set to climb behind the wheel early next month. ... Continue reading

The Perfect Shape: The Mercedes-Benz C-Class Coupe

The Perfect Shape: The Mercedes-Benz C-Class Coupe

What more dynamic way to celebrate the invention of the automobile? The expressive C-Class Coupé sees Mercedes-Benz, now in its 125th year of corporate history, entering a new market segment and for the first time offering a compact, classic coupé. This youthful, sporty two-door car will be unveiled at the Geneva Mot ... Continue reading

Airstream of Chicago Featured at the 2011 Chicago Auto Show

Airstream of Chicago Featured at the 2011 Chicago Auto Show

CHICAGO, Feb. 12, 2011 CHICAGO, Feb. 12, 2011 -- Airstream of Chicago is Illinois' exclusive dealer of the iconic Airstream Trailer brand.  At this year's Auto Show, the company will be featuring some of the highlights of the 2011 Airstream fleet –among many of which is the green technology that the ... Continue reading

Volkswagen Group Starts Year With Strong Increase In Deliveries

Volkswagen Group Starts Year With Strong Increase In Deliveries

The Volkswagen Group started 2011 with a strong increase in deliveries, handing over 644,200 (January 2010: 538,600) vehicles to customers in January. ... Continue reading

All-New Ford Focus On First Public Display

All-New Ford Focus On First Public Display

Essex shoppers will get the UK's first public glimpse of the new Ford Focus when it goes on display at Lakeside next week. ... Continue reading

UK Ready To Take A Longer Look at the Audi A8

UK Ready To Take A Longer Look at the Audi A8

Audi has gone to even greater lengths to cocoon A8 passengers in absolute comfort in long wheelbase versions of the lightweight aluminium-bodied luxury saloon, the first examples of which have just reached the UK. ... Continue reading

BMW Vision Connecteddrive At 2011 Geneva Motor Show - VIDEO ENHANCED

BMW Vision Connecteddrive At 2011 Geneva Motor Show - VIDEO ENHANCED

The 2011 Geneva Motor Show will see the world premier of the BMW Vision ConnectedDrive concept car. The concept study, in a two-seat roadster guise, presents the automobile as a fully integrated part of the networked world in both its design and technological innovations. It is with this concept that BMW presents the p ... Continue reading

The Next Step Towards Emissions Free Mobility: The BMW ActiveE

The Next Step Towards Emissions Free Mobility: The BMW ActiveE

The 2011 Geneva Motor Show will see the world premier of the BMW ActiveE. Based on the current BMW 1 Series Coupé, the BMW ActiveE is the second electric test vehicle to be created by the BMW Group. ... Continue reading

Mazda Tops Customer Satisfaction Survey For Third Time

Mazda Tops Customer Satisfaction Survey For Third Time

Mazda has once again emerged as the nation's best car company for 'customer satisfaction' with the brand and its dealers topping the automotive sector in the latest UK Customer Satisfaction Index with a score of 83.3 percent, well above the car industry average of 78.4 percent. ... Continue reading

World Debut For LFA Nurburgring Package At Geneva Motor Show

World Debut For LFA Nurburgring Package At Geneva Motor Show

The most exclusive Lexus yet built, the LFA supercar gains an even more track-focused profile with the addition of the bespoke Nürburgring Package, to be shown in public for the first time at the Geneva motor show in March. ... Continue reading

Top Euro Award For Dualis Quality

Top Euro Award For Dualis Quality

More reliable than a BMW, more popular than a Mercedes... the Nissan DUALIS has become one of Germany's favourite cars. ... Continue reading

First Official Photos of All-New Kia Rio - Car to be Unveiled at 2011 Geneva Motor Show

First Official Photos of All-New Kia Rio - Car to be Unveiled at 2011 Geneva Motor Show

First photos of all-new Kia Rio released - Korean spice and Latin flair for Kia's B-segment newcomer - Available in 3-, 4-, and 5-door body styles - depending on market - Offered with wide range of fuel-efficient and low-CO2 engines - New Rio to be unveiled at Geneva Show, alongside new Picanto (SEOUL) February 11, 201 ... Continue reading

Nostalgia TV Drama on '50s & '60s LeMans Sparked by Shelby Book

Nostalgia TV Drama on '50s & '60s LeMans Sparked by Shelby Book

LeMans in '50s and '60s drama sparked by bio of Carroll Shelby Wallace Wyss, a California-based auto historian, reports that his latest biography of an East Texas race driver, Carroll Shelby, is slated to become the basis for a TV series. The book, SHELBY The Man The Cars The Legend, made its debut in 2007. In late Jan ... Continue reading

European Croatia Rally Set for May

European Croatia Rally Set for May

THE EUROPEAN CROATIA RALLY UNVEILED The promotion in the FIA European Championship calendar - of which it will be the third seasonal round after the 1000 Miglia in Italy and the Elpa in Greece - has given even more enthusiasm to the organizers of the Croatia Rally, who have prepared for the 2011 edition an even more in ... Continue reading

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