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Ollie Kew,
07 June 2012 11:23
Lamborghini has admited some deliveries of its V12 Aventador flagship may be postponed following sucessive earthquakes in the Emilia Romagna region in late May 2012. How have the Italian earthquakes impacted on Lamborghini? A statement overnight from the Sant'Agata HQ said that the tremors on 20 and 29 May didn't actively damage the Lamborghini factory, or hinder Gallardo production. However, the ...
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Ollie Kew,
07 June 2012 09:10
Audi has priced up the third generation A3 hatchback, due to go on sale in September 2012. With the range starting at £19,205 and rising to £26,560 - before you've tackled Audi's infamous options list - the new A3 looks to be gunning straight for the new BMW 1-series. How does the new Audi A3 model range shape up? Mercifully, ...
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Ollie Kew and Georg Kacher,
05 June 2012 07:00
CAR can reveal that Audi has cancelled its electric A2 city car project, citing concerns over the model's projected €40,000 price tag. But the A2 is not the only Audi to be put on ice in Audi's electric car review. The A1 e-tron also looks to have been axed, as Audi slims down its future EV plans. Why has the Audi A2 EV been ...
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Tim Pollard, Sarah-Jayne Harrison, Ben Pulman, Mark Hamilton, Ollie Kew, and Pembroke Tenneson,
29 May 2012 10:41
Welcome to CAR Magazine's news aggregator as we round up the daily stories in the auto industry. Top tip: news summaries are added from the top hour-by-hour Friday 1 June 2012• Peugeot-Citoren has been hit hardest by a 17% drop in overall domestic sales during May. PSA saw a 28% fall in sales, with Renault suffering a 14% decline, and Fiat ...
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Tim Pollard,
28 May 2012 10:54
Group Lotus chief Dany Bahar has been suspended while complaints about his conduct are carried out by parent company DRB Hicom. Weekend newspapers reported that the dispute was over expenses for building work carried out on one of Bahar's homes. Bahar was suspended on Friday and the new owners stressed that Lotus Cars continued to run in his absence. If ...
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Tim Pollard,
23 May 2012 09:19
Mazda and Fiat today announced a new deal to develop future sports cars jointly. A new affordable Alfa Romeo roadster will be built - in Japan - from 2015. The non-binding memorandum of understanding covers the development and manufacturing of a new roadster for the Mazda and Alfa Romeo marques based on Mazda’s next-generation MX-5 rear-wheel-drive architecture, according to the statement ...
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Ben Pulman,
17 May 2012 11:15
Is Bentley planning to enter the 2013 Dakar rally with a race version of its new Range Rover-rivaling luxury SUV? CAR has uncovered early plans suggesting that Crewe is preparing to do exactly that, helping give its EXP 9F 4x4 a motorsport pedigree to smoothe the arrival of this rather controversial 4x4. CAR understands that Bentley is currently buying back the Race ...
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Pembroke Tenneson,
11 May 2012 10:08
Saab Parts UK has secured the sale of the last 26 right-hand drive Saab 9-3 convertibles for customers in the UK. The final batch of convertible Swedish metal will be sold through 87 Saab authorised repairers in lieu of a dealer network. Saab 9-3 Convertible: the last of the line The final Saabs may be of sentimental value to fans of the marque, although the ...
Nissan has announced that its Juke-R prototype will enter limited production on a build-to-order basis. Yes, really. Nissan Juke-R (2012): why so serious? The Juke-R is the result of the Nissan Europe Technical Centre in Cranfield teaming-up with UK motorsport engineering firm RML to stuff the powertrain of a Nissan GTR into a Nissan Juke bodyshell to create 'the ...
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Mark Hamilton,
03 May 2012 05:15
Renault may have halved its UK product range and taken a profit tumble in 2011, but its budget car subsidiary Dacia has been growing strongly with its range of no-nonsense value-for-money cars. The Dacia Duster SUV has been winning plaudits for its cheap-and-cheerful blend of practicality and value,and leads the UK market launch next month. Dacia: Renault's developing market brand ...
