Volkswagen today announced the return of its motorsports-inspired R32 at the Chicago Auto Show. First introduced in 2004, the R32 delivers the "ultimate in Volkswagen sports performance with dynamic handling and refined road manners," the company says.
The R32’s power comes from
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Earlier photos of another camouflaged roadster prototype have sparked quite a debate within the spy community as to whether the model we’re seeing here is the next generation Z4, or a totally new roadster dubbed, by most, as the Z9 -though it could be called Z6.
Pictures of the prototype that
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According to a new study from the Institut fur Kraftfahrwesen Aachen (IKA) carried out in cooperation with the European Aluminium Association, an aluminium concept front section1 for a C-Class2 vehicle reduces weight as well as exceeds the structural performance. In addition to the advantages in driving performance and safety, there are also significant emission savings [...]
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Premiere of the new Saturn Astra in the USA: the General Motors brand presents the compact sedan for the first time to the North American public at the Chicago Auto Show (February 9 - 18, 2007). Available on the US and Canadian markets from the fourth quarter of 2007 as a three or five-door model [...]
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On the heels of a highly successful debut at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit, Mazda North American Operations will bring its Ryuga design concept to the Chicago Auto Show for an encore Midwest display. Ryuga (pronounced: ree-yoo-ga) builds on Mazda’s concept of flow. Nagare — Japanese for “flow” — debuted at [...]
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January 2007 Chrysler Group sales outside North America increased 11 percent compared with the same month last year and marked the strongest January the Company has seen in nine years. The month also upheld the Company’s consecutive year-over-year increases, now at an unprecedented 20 straight months. The Dodge brand was a key contributor to the [...]
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In January 2007, worldwide sales of Audi models rose by 8.0 percent compared to the same month of last year. “Despite difficult background conditions, Audi kept its foot on the throttle during the first month of 2007 and, with around 75,150 models sold, enjoyed the best January in the company’s historyâ€, reported Ralph Weyler, Member [...]
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Mazda Motor Corporation today announced the production of the 800,000th MX-5 Miata. Total global production of the MX-5 Miata reached this significant milestone on January 30, 2007 — 17 years and nine months after production commenced in April 1989.
“The original MX-5 Miata reinvented the small, open-top sportscar when it hit the market,” said [...]
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Toyota unveiled the all-new next-generation Highlander and Highlander Hybrid mid-size sport utility vehicles at a press conference today at the 2007 Chicago Auto Show. The 2008 Highlander is significantly larger, quieter, roomier and more powerful than the vehicle it replaces. Yet its fuel efficiency will be virtually unchanged, Toyota says.
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Spy photographers in Europe have captured the first images of what appears to be an actual prototype 2010 Lotus Esprit. Previous test mules featured an old Esprit body with new underpinnings.
The car will be built at the Lotus headquarters at Hethel in Norfolk U.K. Lotus announced
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