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Volkswagen Polo WRC Street shows up to Worthersee with 217-hp
Volkswagen always has a big presence during the Worthersee event in Austria and for 2012, the company surprised its fans with the new Polo WRC Street Concept. For those that love compact cars with a lot of power, the Volkswagen Polo WRC Street Concept will make it to roads in production form in late 2013. Yes, you can go and jump up-and-down now.
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Video: Making of Audi’s 500,000 Facebook fans R8 donut video
To celebrate reaching 500,000+ fans of Facebook, Audi got Dindo Capello to take an R8 V10 to a track in Barcelona and burn the number ’500,000′ with donuts done with the supercar. Audi has now released a video showing the making of the video. “In the past, it would have been impossible to something like that without preparing the car for the event but now, with a Audi road car, you can do it,” Capello said.
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Meet the Honda UNI-CUB, another awkward personal mobility device (w/ Video)
It seems like every since humans learned to walk, they’ve been trying ways to figure out how not to use their legs – and they’ve been quite successful at it. We’ve had huge success with horses, trains, planes and automobiles. However, there is one form of transportation that hasn’t really picked off and those are personal mobility devices.
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Eterniti Gets First Sales at Beijing Auto Show
Eterniti, the British auto maker, sold its first 4 cars at the Beijing Auto Show last month according to a press release issued by the company. The Artemis SUV had its Asian debut at the Beijing Auto Show and seemed to resonate well with Chinese consumers, despite the price tag being in excess of 2.10 million RMB
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Toyota becomes world’s largest automaker once again, tops GM in first quarter of 2012
Gallery – 24 images Toyota and General Motors have always been at battle for being the world’s largest automaker.
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Next Generation Jetta NF to Hit Production Lines Soon
How many Jetta’s in China?
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2013 BMW 3 Series Touring unveiled, coming to U.S. in Spring 2013
If you’ve familiarized yourself with the way new models are launched in the automotive industry, you’ve probably noticed that BMW Group loves dropping details and images of its latest models on the weekend. Joining the new Mini John Cooper Works GP today is the 2013 BMW 3-Series Touring. “Its harmonious proportions ensure the new BMW 3 Series Touring appears from every angle as if cut from a single mould and proves that impressive practicality and dynamic design need not be mutually exclusive,” BMW said in a statement
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Production 2013 BMW M135i unveiled, not coming to the U.S. (w/ Video)
Following the debt of the BMW Concept M135i, the German automaker today unveiled the production version that should hit European roads very soon but may never see the light of day in the United States – well, at least for now. So what has BMW done here?
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Geely Offered to Take a Stake in Subaru to Assist with JV Plans
From Reuters: Volvo’s Chinese owner offered to take a large minority stake in the Japanese maker of Subaru cars, an offer – never accepted – that illustrates its ambition to expand business in China and around the world and gain more technology to improve its own cars. Two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said Zhejiang Geely Holding Group offered to buy a stake of about 20 per cent in Japan’s Fuji Heavy Industries late last year through an investment banking intermediary. If the bid had been successful, it could have paved the way for a joint-venture company in China to produce Subarus which currently have to be brought in from abroad.
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Audi Q3 Red Track Concept to debut at 2012 Worthersee
It seems like Audi can’t get enough of creating concepts based on the brand’s new Q3 compact crossover. At the 2012 Detroit Auto Show, Audi showed up with the Q3 Vail Concept followed by the RS Q3 Concept and the Jinlong yufeng Concept at the 2012 Beijing Motor Show. Now, at the 2012 Wörthersee show, Audi will show up with the new Q3 Red Track – a version that focuses on an active lifestyle with a sport appeal
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Global Auto Forum Confirmed for September 6th and 7th 2012
The Global Automotive Forum is quickly becoming one of the ‘must attend’ events in the Chinese automotive calendar behind the car shows, the two day event is now entering its third year of operation and is improving year after year. This years forum once again brings international auto industry leaders together in Chengdu, significant speakers have been added to the speakers list this year, with senior leaders from China’s leading automotive companies as well as international leaders in attendance. Governmental departments from Chinese and overseas governments will also be represented at the forum.
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Infiniti to contract Magna Steyr to build entry-level sedan
Gallery – 10 images Nissan confirmed today that it will team up with Austrian contract manufacturer Magna Steyr to build its new premium compact car for the brand in 2014. Infiniti brand boss Andy Palmer said in a statement that the car will help it reach new customers and grow in key markets