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First Infiniti Q50 Built in Japan Amid Celebration

First Infiniti Q50 Built in Japan Amid Celebration

Sales set to begin in the coming months

The first new Infiniti Q50 destined for customers has been built at Nissan’s factory in Tochigi, Japan. Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn and Infiniti President Johan de Nysschen were on hand to watch the car leave the assembly line. “The fi...
14.05.2013 | 4879 views | 0 comments
Red Bull Owner Joins Chorus Against Pirelli Tires

Red Bull Owner Joins Chorus Against Pirelli Tires

Believes F1 has become too much about tire management

Red Bull owner Dietrich Mateschitz held a 45-minute meeting with Bernie Ecclestone after the Spanish Grand Prix and argues that Formula 1 has become too much about tire management and not enough about racing. "Everyone knows what happens ...
14.05.2013 | 859 views | 0 comments
Electrified Infiniti Halo GT Car Due in Three Years

Electrified Infiniti Halo GT Car Due in Three Years

Style will be inspired by Emerg-E and Essense

Nissan head of product planning Andy Palmer says that Infiniti is working on an electrified halo GT car that will be aimed at wealthy Asian buyers in 2016. The style of the car will borrow elements from the Emerg-E and Essence concepts.  ...
13.05.2013 | 2374 views | 0 comments
Lamborghini Announces Urus Production During Anniversary Party

Lamborghini Announces Urus Production During Anniversary Party

The car will enter production in 2017

While enthusiasts are focusing on Lamborghini's Egoista concept that it revealed during the its 50th anniversary celebration over the weekend, the Italian supercar maker also announced that the Urus SUV has been confirmed for production and wi...
13.05.2013 | 1033 views | 0 comments
Maserati Moving Forward with Plans for Smaller Sports Car

Maserati Moving Forward with Plans for Smaller Sports Car

European boss explicitly hints at the car

The rumors of Maserati developing a two-seat sports car based on the platform of the Alfa Romeo 4C started even before the 4C was publically revealed, but Maserati's European boss has made the most explicit hint that the car is actually in the...
13.05.2013 | 9506 views | 0 comments
Lotus Will Get £10 million from Regional Growth Fund

Lotus Will Get £10 million from Regional Growth Fund

First applied for the money two years ago

Lotus is due to receive a £10 million ($15 million) cash payment from the UK government's regional growth fund, which is meant to go towards creating new jobs, training and research and development. The news was revealed in the East...
13.05.2013 | 881 views | 0 comments
Volvo Begins Production of New Family of Four-Cylinder Engines

Volvo Begins Production of New Family of Four-Cylinder Engines

They will be installed in the first cars in the fall

Volvo has begun production of its new VEA family of four-cylinder diesel and petrol engines that will begin being sold in Volvo vehicles in autumn.  Volvo's plan for the new VEA engines is to provide four-cylinder fuel economy with V6...
13.05.2013 | 920 views | 0 comments
Volkswagen Reveals Amarok Power-Pickup Concept at Wörthersee

Volkswagen Reveals Amarok Power-Pickup Concept at Wörthersee

Power comes from 3.0-liter V6 TDI

Nearly every major Volkswagen brand brought a special car to Wörthersee-Treffen 2013 including Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles as it turns out. VW's commercial arm brought what it calls the Amarok Power-Pickup, which gets added storage and...
13.05.2013 | 6119 views | 0 comments
Peugeot Releases First Details on Second Generation 308

Peugeot Releases First Details on Second Generation 308

It will be built on a new, modular platform with less weight and lower emissions

Peugeot has released the first details on the second generation 308 that will go on sale in the autumn in Europe and will be shown publically for the first time at the Frankfurt Motor Show. The new 308 is built on Peugeot’s new EMP2 modu...
13.05.2013 | 1176 views | 0 comments
Lamborghini Reveals Egoista Concept During 50th Anniversary Celebration

Lamborghini Reveals Egoista Concept During 50th Anniversary Celebration

A single-seat, personal supercar with a look inspired by a bull ready to charge

Lamborghini held its 50th anniversary at its headquarters in Sant’Agata Bolognese on May 12 and revealed a wild new concept called the Egoista during the festivities with other 1,000 Lamborghini fans. Walter De Silva, head of design at V...
13.05.2013 | 7192 views | 0 comments

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