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Mini boss says UK production not essential to brand
Building in Britain is not essential to BMW’s Mini brand as most customers do not know where the cars are built, brand boss Peter Schwarzenbauer said.
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F1 champion Fittipaldi will build iPininfarina-designed 600-hp supercar in Germany
Racing legend Emerson Fittipaldi chose Italian design and German engineering to create a sports-car company that bears his name.
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F1 champion Fittipaldi will build Pininfarina-designed 600-hp supercar in Germany
Racing legend Emerson Fittipaldi chose Italian design and German engineering to create a sports-car company that bears his name. Pininfarina penned the Fittipaldi EF7 Vision Gran Turismo and German race car specialist HWA engineered the car.
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Engineer models path from hobbyist to self-driving cars
After graduating from the University of Utah, Joshua Smith was employed by a boutique racing firm run by a husband-and-wife team who are former auto executives. Now, the tinkerer is looking to reinvent his career by studying self-driving cars.
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VW says core brand will improve profitability in 2017
Volkswagen brand chief Herbert Diess says the marque will improve profitability and gain market share this year after posting stable financial results in 2016 thanks to cost cuts.
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Detroit’s first dream cruise is a one man, one car affair
Charles B. King, on March 6, 1896, becomes the first person to design, build and drive a car on the streets of old Detroit.
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Marchionne sees VW bid for Fiat Chrysler as Opel sale seen spurring car deals
Volkswagen could make a bid for Fiat Chrysler following PSA’s move to form Europe’s second-largest carmaker with the purchase of Opel, FCA CEO Sergio Marchionne said.
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2017 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1: A monster with ‘superbike-like snappiness’
The Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 was freshened for the 2017 model year, and it’s now more powerful than ever. The latest Camaro is powered by a supercharged 6.
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Italdesign and Airbus Pop.Up autonomous car/drone concept shows how to escape traffic
Italdesign and Airbus offered a glimpse of a possible future solution to traffic congestion with the Pop.Up, a concept vehicle that consists of a passenger capsule that can be coupled with electric power modules for air and ground transport.
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VW hopes Arteon’s hi-tech will lure BMW, Mercedes buyers
Volkswagen is debuting advanced safety and comfort equipment in the Arteon, in a bid to persuade upper management executives and entrepreneurs who drive a Mercedes E class or a BMW 5 series to buy its new flagship sedan.