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NEW POLO HONOURED AT SCOTTISH CAR OF THE YEAR AWARDS

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 03:56 AM PST

The new Polo has been crowned Small Car of the Year at the Scottish Car of the Year awards. Despite being placed in a highly competitive category, the new Polo emerged as the clear winner after being tested on Scottish roads by a panel of judges.


"911 TURBO STORIES" AT THE PORSCHE MUSEUM

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 02:43 AM PST

Stuttgart. Timed to coincide with the sales launch in Germany, the museum of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, is also set to launch the latest high performance sports car from Zuffenhausen: from November 21 to 29, 2009, interested parties can come and see the new 911 Turbo in an exhibition alongside its predecessors. Visitors can enjoy an insight into the development of the seventh generation Turbo. An exclusive prototype of the new 500 horsepower 911, used by the Porsche engineers for testing, will be on show.


BMU SUBSIDISES BATTERY-ELECTRIC MERCEDES-BENZ VANS

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 02:26 AM PST

Stuttgart/Berlin – Mercedes- Benz Vans is to receive a grant of up to nine million Euro from the Federal German Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Reactor Safety (BMU) for the research and development, testing and trial of electrically powered vans. The finds are being made available from the German government's Economic Support Programme 2.


THE GADGET SHOW: FORZA 3 PORSCHE 911 GT2 3 VS THE REAL THING

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 03:48 PM PST

This week The Gadget Show takes on the professionals at their own game. In part four Jason is at Silverstone, racing against ex-Formula 1 and Le Mans star Johnny Herbert. Johnny is driving a Porsche 911 GT2, while Jason will be flooring the same car around a virtual track in the Forza 3 racing game.


TOP MARKS FOR CUSTOMER VALUE AND INNOVATIVE PRODUCTION: E-CLASS: BEST BODYSHELL 2009

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 08:52 AM PST

The Mercedes E-Class wins the coveted "EuroCarBody Award 2009". At EuroCarBody, the world's largest car body benchmarking conference, a jury made up of about 400 conference delegates and board members voted the E-Class as the car with the best bodyshell. A total of nine new series-production bodies were presented in detail and scrutinised at the EuroCarBody event held in Bad Nauheim, Germany at the end of October. The candidates included the Jaguar XJ, Audi R8 spyder and BMW 5 Series GT.


MCCHIP PORSCHE PANAMERA

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 08:16 AM PST

There is chiptuning and there is chiptuning. Each car has different performance characteristics whose improvement mcchip-dkr individually develops day-to-day.


VOLKSWAGEN AMAROK WILL BE OFFICIAL SUPPORT VEHICLE FOR DAKAR RALLY

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 07:57 AM PST

Hannover, 16th November 2009. It is durable, robust and can tackle any road, no matter how tricky: the Volkswagen Amarok will have to prove those claims from January 2010 during the world's toughest rally. Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles is the "Official Supplier" to the Dakar Rally and a partner to the organiser, the Amaury Sport Organisation (A.S.O.). The new pickup from Volkswagen will be the Support Vehicle for the rally. The organiser is to use 20 Amarok, with a further 15 to be used as press and shuttle vehicles.


VOLKSWAGEN ANNOUNCE SPECIAL MODEL FOX 'STYLE'

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 07:22 AM PST

The Fox is now also available as special model "Style". The comfortably equipped sporty model is available immediately starting from 10,975 euros.


UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE FANTASY FOOTBALL ONLINE GAME PRESENTED BY SEAT

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 06:57 AM PST

Fans of the UEFA Europa League can now enjoy the thrills of being a top team manager thanks to a new fantasy football online game – with the ultimate prize being not a trophy but a brand new SEAT Ibiza ECOMOTIVE, the greenest car in its class.


2010 IN FORMULA 1: MERCEDES GRAND PRIX

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 05:39 AM PST

Mercedes-Benz will enter the Formula 1 World Championship with its own team, beginning with the 2010 season, and Daimler AG and McLaren Group will change their form of cooperation with effect as of 13 November 2009. This was announced by Daimler AG today.



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