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Audi to buy Ducati 'next week' - Reuters

Rated 3 out of 53

Ollie Kew, 12 April 2012 10:08

Audi looks set to complete its purchase of superbike maker Ducati as early as next week, according to Reuters. The news wire reports the deal could be finalised by 18 April 2012, the day before VW's annual shareholders meeting in Hamburg. Audi has been undertaking due diligence on the purchase of Ducati and the bean counters are reporting no obstacles to the ...

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Audi to buy Ducati 'next week' - Reuters

Audi to buy Ducati 'next week' - Reuters

Rated 3 out of 53

Ollie Kew, 12 April 2012 10:08

Audi looks set to complete its purchase of superbike maker Ducati as early as next week, according to Reuters. The news wire reports the deal could be finalised by 18 April 2012, the day before VW's annual shareholders meeting in Hamburg. Audi has been undertaking due diligence on the purchase of Ducati and the bean counters are reporting no obstacles to the ...

News watch March 2012: today's auto industry news

News watch March 2012: today's auto industry news

Rated 4 out of 54

Tim Pollard, 30 March 2012 09:11

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 30 March 2012• Fiat is suffering from its decision to suspend new product innovation during the recession, argues ANE. It is losing ground on account of delays to its Punto range, which ...

Tomorrow's world: Ford's downsized 1.0-litre Ecoboost

Tomorrow's world: Ford's downsized 1.0-litre Ecoboost

Rated 3.5 out of 53.5

Jesse Crosse, 25 January 2012 17:41

Direct injection petrol and diesel, hybridisation, downsizing, turbocharging, twin-charging the list of efficiency-boosting, fuel saving features being offered in new cars is becoming so long, buying a new one is like revising for exams. Is there room for another? Apparently so, but since there’s no official name for it yet we’ll call it ‘super-downsizing’ or in other words, using a ...

Ford Focus (2011) prices start at less than £16k

Ford Focus (2011) prices start at less than £16k

Rated 2.5 out of 52.5

Peter Adams, 15 December 2010 14:46

The new Ford Focus range will start at less than £16,000 when it hits UK showrooms in March 2011, the company has announced. The base Edge, with a 1.6-litre 102bhp petrol engine, is the cheapest Focus at £15,995, with the £25,095 2.0-litre TDCi Titanium X topping the range. There will be seven engines to choose from: three petrol and four diesel. The ...

Nissan rekindles Almera with new Golf rival

Nissan rekindles Almera with new Golf rival

Rated 3 out of 53

Tim Pollard, 08 April 2010 09:26

Nissan plans to re-enter some of the heartland markets it departed with the loss of the Almera and Primera, CAR can reveal. It's a U-turn from a strategy that saw Nissan desert mainstream models in favour of crossovers and niche cars such as the Qashqai and Note. In an interview at the signing of the Daimler-Renault-Nissan cooperation yesterday, the Japanese ...

Lexus confirms plans for baby IS

Lexus confirms plans for baby IS

Rated 2.5 out of 52.5

Ben Pulman, 22 October 2008 14:15

Lexus has officially confirmed it will build a BMW 1-series rival. Speaking to the German media, European company MD Tadashi Arashima told reporters: 'We will offer a Lexus in the compact class'. He explained that Lexus needed 'smaller and more efficient vehicles' in the face of European CO2 regulations. When will we see this new baby Lexus? Arashima refused to speculate on ...

Weird record set in Colin McRae tribute

Weird record set in Colin McRae tribute

Rated 4 out of 54

Tim Pollard, 01 September 2008 12:27

An extraordinary 30-mile convoy of Subarus smashed into the record books this weekend – all in honour of rally ace Colin McRae, who died in September 2007. An estimated 1100 Subarus drove from his home town of Lanark in Scotland to Prodrive's HQ in Banbury, Oxfordshire. Colin's dad, Jimmy McRae led the Scooby convoy on its nine-hour and 300-mile pilgrimage. ...

The €2000 car

The €2000 car

Rated 4 out of 54

Tim Pollard, 15 June 2007 08:28

The market for bargain basement cars costing as little as €2000 (£1400) is about to grow dramatically. CAR Online is reporting from Bosch’s annual technology seminar all week – and we grilled the bosses at the world’s biggest components supplier to find out about the soaring demand for cars priced under €7000 (£4900). Bosch’s president of gasoline systems, Wolf-Henning Scheider, ...

Lancia lifts lid on new Delta

Lancia lifts lid on new Delta

Rated 3 out of 53

Phil McNamara, 05 September 2006 11:49

Lancia today unveils the Delta HPE concept, a sleek wagon claimed to mix luxury, practicality and performance. The new Delta will slot into the Lancia range next year and relaunch the brand in the UK, providing a mid-range model that's not far off a BMW 3-series in size. The HPE concept reveals the new face of the Delta family, with ...

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