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McLaren F1 Successor Possibly Shown Privately at Pebble Beach

McLaren F1 Successor Possibly Shown Privately at Pebble Beach

An unnamed McLaren F1 owner has spoken to CarsUK and claims that McLaren has two completed cars showing the successor for the McLaren F1. It has already been shown to some wealthy McLaren customers in the UK and may be brought to the Pebble Beach ...
26.07.2012 | 1648 views | 0 comments
VW Posts 22.6% Increased Revenue and 6.7% Increased Profit

VW Posts 22.6% Increased Revenue and 6.7% Increased Profit

Volkswagen has posted a 22.6% increase in revenue to €95.4 billion and increased profits by 6.7% to €6.5 billion in the first half of the year. It now controls 12.3% of the global automotive market.  “We can be s...
26.07.2012 | 1334 views | 0 comments
Four SLS AMG GT3s Running in the 24 Hours of Spa

Four SLS AMG GT3s Running in the 24 Hours of Spa

There are four Mercedes SLS AMG GT3s entered by three teams into the 24 Hours of Spa this weekend. The 24 Hours of Spa is meant to be the premiere event in the Blancpain Endurance Series, and there are 60 total cars entered into the race, includin...
26.07.2012 | 1090 views | 0 comments
Nissan Has $1.5 Billion Profit for Quarter, 20% Decline from 2011

Nissan Has $1.5 Billion Profit for Quarter, 20% Decline from 2011

Nissan has declared a $1.5 billion (¥120.7 billion) operating profit for the quarter. However, this number is 20% lower than in the same period last year. The reason for the lower number is the strong yen affecting exchange rates, especially i...
26.07.2012 | 5569 views | 0 comments
Tesla Posts $105.6 Million Loss But Believes Model S Will Help

Tesla Posts $105.6 Million Loss But Believes Model S Will Help

Tesla has posted a $105.6 million net loss for the second quarter of 2012, and revenue was down 54% to 26.7 million. In the same quarter last year, it posted $58.9 million net loss. Despite the loss, it has just begun to deliver the Model S sedan....
26.07.2012 | 1349 views | 0 comments
German VW Dealer Creates Special Edition Fall Guy Amarok

German VW Dealer Creates Special Edition Fall Guy Amarok

A German Volkswagen dealer has created a one-off Amarok painted with inspiration from the 80s American television show "The Fall Guy." The show starred Lee Majors, as Colt Seavers, playing a Hollywood stuntman and bounty hunter. Each...
26.07.2012 | 18927 views | 1 comments
France Intends to Give Help to Domestic Green Car Industry

France Intends to Give Help to Domestic Green Car Industry

French Industry Minister Arnaud Montebourg issued a statement on Wednesday saying that the country plans to give strong subsidies on low emissions vehicles to provide support to the French auto industry and dealers. The plan's goal is to ...
26.07.2012 | 1564 views | 0 comments
Volkswagen Offered £1 to buy Lotus and Take on All Debt

Volkswagen Offered £1 to buy Lotus and Take on All Debt

More bad news from Lotus today. Since its parent company, Proton, was sold to investment company DRB-HICOM, the future of Lotus has seemed very unclear. Then a few weeks ago, the company's CEO Dany Bahar was quickly fired for allegedly misuing...
26.07.2012 | 957 views | 1 comments
Toyota Regains Place as World's Largest Automaker in 1st Half of 2012

Toyota Regains Place as World's Largest Automaker in 1st Half of 2012

Toyota annnounced yesterday that it has sold 4.97 million cars in the first half of 2012. That beats the 4.67 million cars General Motors has sold in the same period and the 4.45 million cars from Volkswagen. Toyota suffered last year after the ts...
26.07.2012 | 1527 views | 0 comments
The Cars of the Football Stars

The Cars of the Football Stars

Did you ever wonder who buys all those supercars out there? We got the answer: most of them end up in some footballer's garage. Looking at the collections of the most acclaimed football stars these days, most of them obviously have the des...
26.07.2012 | 12655 views | 0 comments

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