• SEAT design director Luc Donckerwolke accepts both distinctions • The 5 door Ibiza receives the “Best of the Best” award for its high quality design • The SC version receives the “Red Dot” award for outstanding quality The SEAT Ibiza was the recipient of the prestigious Red Dot Award in Essen yesterday in the [...]
* Environmentally friendly station wagon emits just 139 g CO2/km * Eco car flexes its muscles with 160 hp and up to 380 Nm torque Russelsheim. Green shoots continue to sprout on the Opel model line-up: Starting this fall, the especially environmentally friendly Insignia ecoFLEX will be available as a Sports Tourer. The elegant station [...]
Stuttgart. Porsche Automobil Holding SE, Stuttgart, has been denied a loan for Euro 1.75 billion from the German Kreditanstalt f?r Wiederaufbau (KfW), following the Company’s application to such effect. In its letter the KfW states that Porsche “may naturally contact us again at any time with a further application for a loan.” In the interest [...]
DEARBORN, Mich., June 29, 2009 – Ford Credit Canada Limited announced today that it completed a securitization of a pool of retail conditional sale contracts, receiving immediately available proceeds of approximately $0.6 billion (Canadian). This is Ford Credit Canada Limited’s first public retail securitization.
When Sweden and its Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt take over the presidency of the European Union July 1, Volvo will become the official transport supplier to the government through its marketing company, Volvo Personbilar Sverige (VPS). Hertz Car Rentals, which has close ties with VPS, will be responsible for all logistics and administration.
* Innovations designed into the all-new 2009 Dodge Ram 1500 score high with owners * Chrysler Group improves Total Quality score by 15 points Auburn Hills, Mich., Jun 29, 2009 – The all-new 2009 Dodge Ram 1500 ranks at the top of the full-size truck segment in Strategic Vision Inc.’s (SVI) 2009 Total Quality Index™ [...]
* 800 x 480 pixel, high-resolution graphics * Significantly faster route calculation * Available in the Audi A3, TT and R8 The new Audi navigation system plus with MMI (Multi Media Interface) operating logic in the A3, TT and R8 offers improved screen resolution and unmatched route calculation speed. The radio-navigation system, version E (RNS-E), [...]
WITH ASSURANCE GAS LOCK AND ONE OF THE MOST FUEL-EFFICIENT LINEUPS IN THE INDUSTRY, HYUNDAI WELCOMES OWNERS TRADING OUT OF OLDER GAS-GUZZLERS FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., 06/30/2009 With gas prices expected to push over $3 per gallon during peak summer travel months, Hyundai Assurance Gas Lock guarantees a year’s worth of gas at $1.49 per gallon [...]
- First model to launch in 2010 – HANOI (June 30th, 2009) – Nissan Vietnam Co. Ltd. (NVL) announced today that it will start local production and launch its first model assembled in Vietnam by 2010. The Nissan model will be assembled by Vietnam Motors Corporation, an existing automotive assembler, and will be distributed by [...]
Auburn Hills, Mich., Jun 29, 2009 - Production resumed today at the following seven Chrysler Group LLC North American assembly plants: * Sterling Heights Assembly Plant (Sterling Heights, Michigan) – Chrysler Sebring and Dodge Avenger * Warren Truck Assembly Plant (Warren, Michigan) – Dodge Ram and Dodge Dakota * St. Louis North Assembly Plant (Fenton, [...]
