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Not to be outdone by BMW’s joint venture with the SGL Group to manufacturer commercially viable carbonfibre-reinforced plastic (CFRP) for the electric Megacity Vehicle, Mercedes has announced a joint venture with Japanese company Toray Industries to manufacturer and market its on CFRP automotive parts. The deal was signed in Germany today, with Toray taking a 50.1% stake, Daimler holding 44.9% ...

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Mercedes signs joint venture to build carbonfibre parts

Ben Pulman, 24 January 2011 12:30

VW's new 2011 Eos, replaced by 2014 Passat cab

Georg Kacher, 09 August 2010 19:03

In early 2011, the facelifted VW Eos arrives. Three years later, it will be replaced by the Passat Cabriolet. No, up in Wolfsburg they don't exactly love the Eos. The convertible was signed off by the Pischetsrieder, Bernhard and Günak regime, and according to the new leaders it combines the worst of all worlds – a retractable hardtop along with ...

Caterham creates next car online

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Ben Whitworth, 05 November 2008 10:08

Caterham has turned to cyberspace to design its next model – the low-volume carmaker is calling on fans around the world to log onto a bespoke website to submit their ideas and designs for every aspect of the new Caterham, before ultimately voting on what makes it to the final vehicle. Sounds like a potential recipe for creating something superb ...

Tesla increases Roadster production

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Nick Eaton, 11 September 2008 11:30

Tesla Motors is about to ramp up production of its Roadster, having secured supply of a new single-speed gearbox from BorgWarner. Tesla began producing the Roadster in March 2008, but all 27 cars so far delivered to customers have effectively been interim models because the original two-speed ‘box was deemed too fragile for long-term use. So what’s the deal with Tesla’s latest Roadster? The original ...

Tesla to work with others, Roadster priced at £92k

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Ben Oliver, 19 August 2008 09:21

Tesla has confirmed that it is working with several major car makers to develop affordable, fully-electric city cars, with the first going on sale as early as 2010. The established car makers will use the experience Tesla has gained developing the high-performance, £92,000 Roadster as a short cut to getting their own electric cars on sale. 'Smaller Teslas in the ...

Audi TT speedster 'will be built'

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Tim Pollard, 20 May 2008 12:15

Audi will build a limited production run of the TT speedster we scooped last week, CAR Online can reveal. The company is planning to make between 50-100 of the chop-top TT especially for the Middle East market. Although spokesmen in Europe have denied any production plans for the unusual open-top TT we spied on test in southern Germany, Audi's marketing ...

Infiniti to launch G37 roadster

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Tim Pollard (artist's impression by Radovan Varicak), 13 May 2008 12:53

Nissan's upmarket brand Infiniti has announced it will build a roadster version of the G37 coupe – aimed squarely at the BMW 3-series Coupe Convertible. And the Ferrari California isn't the only folding tin-top being announced this week; the G37 will also be launched as a CC with a multi-piece metal roof that stows at the flick of a switch. ...

MG TF LE500 production scheduled

Ben Pulman, 08 May 2008 13:12

Another twist in the will-they-won't-they MG TF saga. The company has announced that production of the roadster will start again at Longbridge from early August 2008, and cars will be in dealerships by September. The first 500 cars off the Longbridge line will be the limited-edition, high-spec LE500. The regular TF will follow, and all cars will feature new interiors, exterior ...

AC Cars returns to UK

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Tim Pollard, 23 April 2008 14:28

AC Cars is coming back to Britain to build its sports car range at Brooklands. It follows an unsuccessful foray to manufacture cars in Malta – which has ended in a legal dispute over the island factory. The company will make the original AC Ace, the AC MK11, the AC MK11 FIA and the AC MK111 at an AC specialist ...

MG TF delayed

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Ben Pulman, 08 November 2007 11:10

The relaunch of MG in the UK has been delayed by at least six months, CAR has learned. Production of the revised, and Lotus-tuned, TF roadster has slipped back into 2008. CAR Online was told in May that the car would start to roll off the Longbridge line in September 2007, but the roadster's journey back from its deathbed has ...

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