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• TRIPLE SUCCESS FOR THE BMW GROUP IN THE 2009 AUTOSCOUT24 INTERNET AUTO AWARD COMPETITION
• PORSCHE ENGINEERING: CHANGE IN MANAGEMENT
• THE BEST FINANCE OFFERS FOR THE BEST VANS FROM VOLKSWAGEN
• APS GIVES THE VOLKSWAGEN GOLF GTI 250 BHP
• SEAT MAIN SPONSOR OF RED BULL AIR RACE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
• MINI DIESEL WINS BATHURST 1000
• SKODA SUPPORTS EXTENDED SCRAPPAGE SCHEME
• FOUR FIRST PLACES FOR DAIMLER IN EUROPE'S LARGEST PUBLIC SURVEY
• AUDI S5 VS MITSUBISHI EVO IX

TRIPLE SUCCESS FOR THE BMW GROUP IN THE 2009 AUTOSCOUT24 INTERNET AUTO AWARD COMPETITION Posted: 03 Oct 2009 01:55 AM PDT Munich. Triple success for the BMW Group in the 2009 Internet Auto Award competition. This year the new BMW Z4 Roadster, the Sports Activity Coupe BMW X6 and the MINI E received the CAROLINA trophy awarded by the online portal Autoscout24. The Internet Auto Award competition was held for the eighth time as a European-wide online voting. The award ceremony took place on 1 October 2009 during a gala event held at the Kesselhaus in Munich.

PORSCHE ENGINEERING: CHANGE IN MANAGEMENT Posted: 03 Oct 2009 01:34 AM PDT Stuttgart. Malte Radmann was appointed the chairman of the Executive Board of Porsche Engineering Group GmbH and Porsche Engineering Services GmbH, Weissach, on October 1, 2009. In the two subsidiaries of the Stuttgart manufacturer Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, he followedDr. Peter Schäfer, who simultaneously changed over to the manufacturer of the sporty premium vehicles, where he assumed management of the main division Undercarriage Development.

THE BEST FINANCE OFFERS FOR THE BEST VANS FROM VOLKSWAGEN Posted: 02 Oct 2009 04:21 PM PDT MILTON KEYNES, UNITED KINGDOM – October 2, 2009: Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles' end of year offers give customers even better value for money – especially for any remaining stocks of the current Transporter. The company is also delighted to announce it is freezing most prices of its Contract Hire and Finance Lease deals until the end of 2009.

APS GIVES THE VOLKSWAGEN GOLF GTI 250 BHP Posted: 02 Oct 2009 03:47 PM PDT APS of Brackley, is pleased to unveil a new Stage One engine performance upgrade for the MKVI Volkswagen Golf GTi.

SEAT MAIN SPONSOR OF RED BULL AIR RACE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Posted: 02 Oct 2009 08:24 AM PDT SEAT will be the main sponsor of the Red Bull Air Race to be held at Barcelona's Bogatell beach on 3 and 4 October next.

MINI DIESEL WINS BATHURST 1000 Posted: 02 Oct 2009 04:10 AM PDT MULGRAVE, AUSTRALIA – October 2, 2009: Thirty-three years after it won the Bathurst endurance event outright, a MINI Cooper has returned to victory lane at Mt Panorama.

SKODA SUPPORTS EXTENDED SCRAPPAGE SCHEME Posted: 02 Oct 2009 03:50 AM PDT MILTON KEYNES, UNITED KINGDOM – October 2, 2009: Škoda UK confirmed that it welcomes the government's announcement extending the scrappage scheme.

FOUR FIRST PLACES FOR DAIMLER IN EUROPE'S LARGEST PUBLIC SURVEY Posted: 02 Oct 2009 02:47 AM PDT Stuttgart – The Stuttgart-based automobile manufacturer Daimler AG has won four first places in the Europe-wide survey to decide the 2009 Internet Auto Awards. The Mercedes-Benz B-Class was voted Europe's most popular van, for which it received the "Carolina" Trophy.

AUDI S5 VS MITSUBISHI EVO IX Posted: 02 Oct 2009 02:29 AM PDT Racing driver Tim Schrick compares Audi's S5 with the rally-bred Mitsubishi Evo IX for german car show D Motor.