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Audi’s E-Tron Moniker Is A S***y Name For French Speaking Markets
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A couple decades ago, Toyota decided to launch their upcoming MR2 sports car in Europe. The MR2 was a good car on its own, but Toyota had a bit of a marketing blunder on its hands when they discovered that MR2 was pronounced “mere-deux” in French, which is similar to merde a not so nice…
Official: Jonathan Browning To Head Volkswagen’s American Arm As CEO
Jonathan Browning will replace Stefan Jacoby as Volkswagen Group of America’s CEO starting next month. A veteran of Ford and General Motors, Browning joined VW in June of this year, and is expected to oversee major developments in Volkswagen’s North American operations, including their new Tennessee factory and their aim of selling 800,000 VW brand…
Nissan-Suzuki City Car Venture Unaffected By Volkswagen
Nissan is denying reports that Suzuki‘s tie-up with Volkswagen will affect their small car ventures in countries like India. Nissan sells a rebadged version of the Suzuki Alto (one of India’s most popular cars) in that market, but a senior Nissan exec was quoted as saying that ““Suzuki and Nissan have done a lot of…
Mystery Audi Coupe Spied in Austria; Is This the R4? [video]
Several videos of a mystery Audi coupe have surfaced online, showing what appears to be the upcoming R4. The videos were taken at the Olympia Ski Resort in the Tyrolean Alps in Austria and it seems as though a production company is making either a commercial or a promo video for the new car. The…
BMW 1 Series M Coupe Will be Exclusive With Just 2,700 Units Being Made
BMW‘s upcoming 1 Series M Coupe might be a more affordable performance car from the German automaker, but you’re not going to see them clogging the freeways of LA. Nope, this more affordable M model will be extremely rare with just 2,700 versions of the car being produced. News of the limited production numbers have…
Audi S7 Rumored for Paris Auto Show Debut
Just as the A7 starts to hit dealers there’s word that Audi may unveil a high-performance S7 at the upcoming Paris Auto Show. While Audi won’t confirm as much, it’s believed the German automaker is planning to unveil the more powerful version of its luxury hatchback in Paris and company representatives are being as tight-lipped…
Mercedes’ mbrace App Now Includes Concierge Service
Mercedes-Benz has just released the updated version of its mbrace app for the iPhone, which gives you your own personal concierge service. Partnering up with Hughes Telematics to bring you this app, Mercedes’ mbrace comes with the same host of safety and convenience features – finding your car in a parking lot, locking and unlocking…
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Gets Sideways in New Promo Video
Some people just have all the perks on the job. Instead of working hard and playing hard, they’re playing hard while just working. Ed Redfern is Mercedes-Benz‘s senior test driver and decided to take the new flagship SLS AMG out to the circle track at Mercedes-Benz World for a little fun. Armed with a wet,…
Hartge Unveils BMW X1 Tuning Package
Little-known but well-respected BMW-tuner Hartge has done a surprisingly good job at styling up BMW‘s X1 and has even thrown some horsepower gains to the mix. The X1 18d motor can receive a 36-hp boost (to 179-hp) with 258 ft-lbs of torque to play with. The xDrive20d will get a 32-hp boost with 306 ft-lbs…
Volkswagen Extends Contract Of CEO Martin Winterkorn
Volkswagen is hoping to ensure their long-term success by renewing the contract of CEO Martin Winterkorn for an undisclosed length of time. In a speech to VW employees in Germany, Bernd Osterloh, the advisory board’s chief deputy said that Winterkorn has “advanced the company in every respect.” Under Winterkorn’s leadership, Volkswagen has acquired truck maker…
Smart Scooter To Debut At Paris Auto Show
As part of parent company Mercedes-Benz’s quest to offer “mobility solutions”, Smart is also set to debut an electric scooter concept at the Paris Auto Show, along with rival brand MINI. The Smart scooter will actually share similar characteristics with a MINI scooter, using an electric powertrain and an already established “premium” brand as selling…
Mercedes-Benz To Launch New Handling Technology Under “Magic” Brand
Mercedes-Benz will replace its current Active Body Control with a new system to improve ride and handling, under the name “Magic Body Control”. The system is based on a 20 year old technology that originated in high-level auto racing, until it was banned for being too potent. “It had its first try back at the…
Audi S1 To Debut At Paris Auto Show With 1.4L Twincharged Engine
Audi‘s S1 hot hatch will make its debut at the Paris Auto Show, but forget about being able to buy it stateside. As we previously reported, the A1 range will not be coming here until 2014, when the car is due for a re-design. The S1 is expected to borrow heavily from its platform-mates the…
Audi R4 Spyder Concept to Debut at Paris Auto Show
At the upcoming Paris Auto Show, Audi will unveil its latest E-Tron version, a roadster based on the smaller rear-drive E-Tron unveiled at the Detroit Auto Show earlier this year. Believed to eventually be called the R4 Spyder, this concept is the latest step in bringing a new sportscar into the Audi lineup. Like its…
Team Edlinger BMW E30 Is Quite Possibly The Baddest Race Car Ever [video]
Alright, we’ve seen quite a few race cars in our time. Probably hundreds battling it out on all sorts of tracks from drifting on Irwindale Speedway to battling Pikes Peak. But nothing, and we mean nothing, comes close to the package of awesome that’s bundled into this widebody BMW E30 race car. Constructed mostly of…
Audi A1 E-Tron Test Fleet to Hit the Road in Munich
Today in Munich Audi launched the first of what is certain to be a larger test program for the A1 E-Tron electric car. In partnership with E.ON, Munich’s Stadtwerke München (SWM) utility company and the Technical University of Munich (TUM), Audi will roll out 20 E-Tron cars and build 200 charging stations in the European…
BMW 1 Series M Coupe Rendered into Reality
Why wait for the official unveiling of the BMW 1 Series M Coupe at the Detroit Auto Show four months from now when you can see it now – thanks to the artistry of Jon Sibal. Designed using BMW teaser images, spy photos and some insider information we’ve been told that this rendering is very…
Senner Tuning Builds Audi RS5 Cabriolet – Without the V8
Senner Tuning is really making some noise among Audi fanatics, having tuned the A1 previously and now releasing an RS Body Kit for the A5/S5 Cabriolet. We’re big fans of what Senner Tuning does because they focus on subtle modifications that really refine the vehicle, giving it some polish rather than changing up the styling…
Mercedes-Benz Owned By Elvis Up For Auction
Elvis Presley might be associated with Cadillacs in the public’s mind, but the superstar singer had a little-known affinity for German cars. Among his purchases were an ultra-rare BMW 507 roadster and this Mercedes-Benz 600 sedan, regarded as the zenith of Mercedes cars. The car is expected to go for between $230,000-$310,000 but it wouldn’t…
BMW Teases Secret Efficient Dynamics 6 Series at DontBlogAboutThis.com
BMW has let slip news of a “secret” website cleverly named to get our attention: DontBlogAboutThis.com. The site includes four teaser photos and two videos showing a version of the current 6 Series (or the body of one anyway), featuring flared fenders, aerodynamic wheels and ultra-skinny 195 tires. And it didn’t exactly take a photoshop…
BMW M3 Pure Edition Offered Exclusively in Australia
BMW‘s international strategy has been interesting of late, with the M3 Tiger Edition in China, and the Performance Unlimited Edition X6 in Japan. Now those in The Land Down Under can enjoy their own limited edition BMW M3, dubbed the Pure Edition. Just 50 of them will be produced in coupe form, while the other…
2011 Bentley Continental GT Bows With With More Power, New Looks, V8 Option
Bentley‘s wildly successful Continental GT is due for a refresh, having been on the market since the 2003 model year and finding homes among a multitude of athletes, rappers and regular rich-folk. For 2011, the Conti gets an all new redesign, but we can hardly tell the difference. The new car does share some style…
Onyx Concept Now Offering BMW M3 Tuning Package
Back in May, we discovered Onyx Concept based out of Dublin, Ireland. They had done an interesting package for the Land Rover that we had mixed opinions about. But we noticed on their website that they also tinker with a plethora of other makes and manufacturers, but for the most part preferred to stick with…
Mercedes CL65 AMG Black Edition by Anderson Germany
Even though Anderson Germany is labeling its Mercedes-Benz CL65 AMG project the “Black Edition,” it’s not exactly what we were hoping for. Given how nice the SL65 AMG Black Series is, we were expecting perhaps a nice and aggressive widebody setup on the CL65. But alas, it’s just a clever marketing scheme as the Black…
