Volkswagen to Launch Car-Sharing Program in Hanover, Germany

Volkswagen is launching a car-sharing program in the German city of Hanover, dubbing the enterprise ?Quicar ? Share a Volkswagen.? Initial plans call for 200 VW Golf BlueMotions to be available at 50 locations throughout Hanover, and the picture above seems to indicate something’s afoot with the latest Beetle, too. Other than the fuel-efficient fleet, [...]

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Ford family to retain special stock status, Mulally will not retire

Following the seemingly annual bid to end a special stock status that pertains to Ford family-owned stock, the Ford family's special status was kept safe for at least another year.

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2013 Audi Q5 S / SQ5 Spy Photos ? Future Cars

The sportiest Q5 gets caught by our photographers. More power for the Audi Q5? It makes sense. BMW’s X3 makes up to 300 hp, and the Infiniti EX35 is just behind with 297 hp. By contrast, the top-spec Audi Q5 3.2 FSI makes 270 hp, and its V-6 isn?t really among those powerplants we?d call [...]

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2009 Suzuki TU250X Test Ride: Bargain Retro Bike Generates Big Smiles

Modern motorcycles use all manner of technological trickery to extract maximum performance from minimum engine displacement. But every now and then a manufacturer goes against the grain and decides to keep it simple: the TU250X from Suzuki is one of those bikes.

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April Sales: The Crossover Report

Crossovers, almost by definition, are hell to segment. This month we’ve taken commenter NulloModo‘s suggestion for separating mid- and large CUVs, so please direct all praise and criticism of this month’s segmentation to him. And then, just to piss everyone off (and save time for other, more interesting work) we’ve lumped all the luxury CUVs [...]

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GE, Naza Group to explore potential for electric vehicles in Malaysia

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General Electric and Malaysian automotive group Naza have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore the potential for electric vehicles in Southeast Asian nation. GE Asean chief executive officer, Stuart Dean, expects strong synergies to result from the collaboration and says that the joining of hands will be a catalyst for sustainable growth in several key economic sectors in Malaysia. In particular, Dean says that the electric vehicle segment will soon emerge as one of the sectors that will revolutionize the worldwide automotive industry.

GE is looking to tap Naza's experience and penetration of the local automotive industry in Malaysia to assume a leading position in the Asian nation's push to put electric vehicles on its roads. The MoU, signed last last week, is GE Malaysia's first-ever partnership with Naza Group of Companies, a multi-industry Malaysian conglomerate.

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Scuderi split-cycle engine decreases 2011 Nissan Sentra's fuel consumption by up to 35%

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Scuderi Group, an engineering and licensing company based in West Springfield, MA, has released fuel consumption results of a computer study that modeled the effects of various Scuderi Split-Cycle (SSC) prototype engine designs, including turbocharged and air-hybrid, in a 2011 Nissan Sentra. The computer tests simulated Federal Test Procedure-75 (FTP-75) for each of Scuderi's engines and preliminary results show that a decrease in fuel consumption of up to a 35 percent was achievable when Scuderi's Split-Cycle air-hybrid engine replaced the Sentra's standard 2.0-liter four-cylinder mill.

The primary purpose of the study was to examine one fundamental question: how fuel efficient are Scuderi's engines? According to Scuderi, this question has been difficult to answer because it's dependent on the type vehicle and the route driven. However, with the computer study attempting to model real-world driving, Scuderi believes that it's one step closer to definitively getting a fundamental answer.

Scuderi Group will provide in-depth details on the results of the 2011 Nissan Sentra study at the Engine Expo 2011 in Stuttgart, Germany in mid-May.

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Cadillac ATS-V On the Way, Will Get Twin-Turbocharged V-6 ? Car News

A V version of Cadillac?s upcoming smaller sedan already is in the works. With the CTS-V and its awesome, supercharged V-8, GM’s finest brand has a vehicle on par with offerings from Audi’s Quattro, BMW?s M, and Mercedes-Benz?s AMG. And when the next-generation CTS rolls out, it will share its Alpha platform with a softtop [...]

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Zagato TZ3 Stradale unveiled - A new vision with a Viper

What began as Carrozzeria Zagato's full-on racing homage created to help celebrate the 100th birthday of Alfa Romeo has now morphed into an equally stunning street-legal version of Alfa Romeo TZ3 Corsa unveiled at last year in Italy at the XII Villa D'Este Concours d'Elegance.

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