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Two Years on From its Wheels Car of the Year Win the Mercedes-Benz C-Class Continues its Winning Ways

Two Years on From its Wheels Car of the Year Win the Mercedes-Benz C-Class Continues its Winning Ways

Mercedes-Benz has celebrated the sale of its 15,000th W204-model C-Class in Australia by announcing a number of significant upgrades to the award-winning range ... Continue reading

Atomik Cars to Present Electric Fiat 500 at Top Marques

Atomik Cars to Present Electric Fiat 500 at Top Marques

Atomik Cars offers original handcrafted cars, an unique combination of cutting-edge technology and automotive excellence. ... Continue reading

AC Schnitzer Type VIII Alloy Wheels for the Spring

AC Schnitzer Type VIII Alloy Wheels for the Spring

Car fans can already start to celebrate Spring 2010, because tuning specialist AC Schnitzer has again added an extraordinary 19" wheel design to its range. The new AC Schnitzer Type VIII alloy rim in BiColor Finish supplements the Type VIII wheel range, which also includes the Type VIII forged racing rim. ... Continue reading

The Golf Sport Has a New Name - ABT Golf R

The Golf Sport Has a New Name - ABT Golf R

When ABT Sportsline deals with the VW Golf, the result is traditionally a compact super sports car. This is because the world's largest tuner of vehicles from the Volkswagen group has given all generations of the successful Wolfsburg car an optical and technical boost. The current super Golf answers to the letter R, wh ... Continue reading

Unichip Europe Launches Plug and Play Performance Piggy Back ECU Upgrade For 148bhp Subaru Impreza 2.0 Diesel

Unichip Europe Launches Plug and Play Performance Piggy Back ECU Upgrade For 148bhp Subaru Impreza 2.0 Diesel

Unichip Europe is delighted to announce the launch of a new performance enhancing plug and play 'U-Connect' piggy back Unichip upgrade for the 4wd 148bhp Subaru Impreza 2.0 Diesel. ... Continue reading

Calendar Announced For UK's New Abarth 500 Trofeo Series

Calendar Announced For UK's New Abarth 500 Trofeo Series

Dates for the new Trofeo Abarth 500 GB race series have been announced by Abarth UK. ... Continue reading

The Spider of the Future As Seen By Pininfarina

The Spider of the Future As Seen By Pininfarina

To mark its 80th anniversary, Pininfarina proposes an "open" Alfa Romeo that is exciting and a delight to drive ... Continue reading

Skoda Presents Fabia vRS And Fabia vRS Estate

Skoda Presents Fabia vRS And Fabia vRS Estate

Skoda Auto is presenting the new Fabia vRS hatch and estate at the Geneva Motor Show, where it will join the sports-tuned Octavia vRS. Both Fabia vRS versions are indeed impressive: for the first time ever, Skoda Auto is using a double-supercharged, four-cylinder petrol engine providing 180bhp, in an engine of just 1.4 ... Continue reading

Geneva Sees Dacia Launch Sixth Model - Duster - The Compact Off-Roader

Geneva Sees Dacia Launch Sixth Model - Duster - The Compact Off-Roader

Today's all-terrain vehicles are often synonymous with bulk, but Duster is an antidote to that idea. With a length of 4.31 metres and a width of 1.82 metres, Duster is very compact. Its Megane-size proportions ensure that it is as at home in built-up areas as it is off the beaten track. While it clearly belongs to the ... Continue reading

Renault At Geneva 2010: Fun Is Back On The Menu

Renault At Geneva 2010: Fun Is Back On The Menu

As a champion and pioneer of the principle of sustainable mobility for all, Renault sees the automobile as a means for mankind to progress. In keeping with this ambition, the brand sees the Geneva Motor Show as a chance to revive the tradition of affordable cars that place the emphasis on motoring enjoyment thanks to a ... Continue reading

New Mustang With New Powertrains in High Demand

New Mustang With New Powertrains in High Demand

DEARBORN, Mich., Feb. 25 -- -- Orders for the 2011 Ford Mustang approach 11,000 in first month order banks are open - triple the number of orders that the 2010 Ford Mustang had at the same point in its launch -- 2011 Mustang V-6s are 50 percent of all orders, up 19 percent versus initial orders in 2010 -- First-ever Mu ... Continue reading

Aps Sportec Upgrades New Volkswagen Golf R To 300 BHP

Aps Sportec Upgrades New Volkswagen Golf R To 300 BHP

APS of Brackley, UK importer for the Swiss based Sportec range of vehicle performance enhancements, is pleased to announce the launch of a new Stage One ECU upgrade package for the new Volkswagen Golf R. ... Continue reading

Mopar Announces 2010 Dodge Challenger Drag Pak Program for Grassroots Racers

Mopar Announces 2010 Dodge Challenger Drag Pak Program for Grassroots Racers

-- Dodge Challenger Drag Pak built for sanctioned NHRA Stock, Super Stock and Comp Eliminator configurations -- Priced at $39,999, production to start this summer -- Applications now available at www.mopar.com -- First-year build program in 2009 sold out AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Feb. 22 -- Following a first-year sell out o ... Continue reading

Evolution of Hyundai's Fluidic Sculpture to Continue at Geneva

Evolution of Hyundai's Fluidic Sculpture to Continue at Geneva

At this year's Salon International de L'Automobile in Geneva, Hyundai Motor Company will unveil an all-new concept car which pioneers an innovative look for the mid-sized sedan segment. A dramatic rendering gives a first glimpse of the concept car - named i-flow - which will make its world première at next month's s ... Continue reading

JCPenney Sponsors High School Robotics Teams Nationwide

JCPenney Sponsors High School Robotics Teams Nationwide

PLANO, Texas--As the leading corporate advocate for positive afterschool programs, J. C. Penney Company, Inc. is expanding its support of FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) by sponsoring 60 high school teams nationwide as they compete in FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC®) regional e ... Continue reading

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