The BMW 1 Series was first introduced in 2004 and since then, according to news from BMW themselves; it has sold 1 million units. The 1 millionth 1 series was a three-door BMW 118d built at the BMW Plant in Leipzig and was delivered to the owner at the Leipzig Auto Show by Frank-Peter Arndt, Member of the Board of...
The recession has brought plummeting sales figures to Bentley’s records over the last three years. Since Bentley is one of the most popular and most prestigious brands in the business they show nothing but optimism when talking about future sales prospects. In numbers, their optimism is set around an expected 5000 sales this year; this figure may be less than...
Well at least this is what Sergio Marchionne, Fiat SpA and Chrysler Group LLC CEO has to say about recent undergoing procedures to cut costs at Chrysler and to eventually turn it around. Marchionne also said that in terms of the market share numbers coming out of the U.S., it’s a slow, gradual process, a re-making exercise and it will...
In recent developments Fiat’s diesel engines have brought major benefits to Chrysler. The 500 C Diesel edition however is a totally different story. The Diesel edition of the Fiat 500 C doesn’t refer to the engine under the bonnet but to an alliance between Fiat and Diesel, the Italian denim ware label. The Fiat 500 C Diesel edition was first...
First of all let me tell you that in Germany the starting price of the little Japanese coupe hybrid Honda CR-Z is decent, quite attractive, it’s a little bit over 20.000 euro. To be more specific, the base price for this Honda CR-Z version in Germany, is 21.990 euro, with just 1000 euro expensive compared with the base version of...
This Dacia Duster is probably the most harmless 4x4 crossover available at this point on the European market, but with all of that, this Duster is criticized by the environmentalists. Maybe is true, maybe is a masked advertising. Now let’s get more into details and see what’s actually going on here. First of all you should know that Dacia Duster...
Maybe you belief it maybe not, but in Korea, the first official presentation of the Hyundai Equus was made in the company of Mercedes S Class and Lexus LS, some might say that the Koreans are exaggerating. Maybe this way the Korean builder show’s his ambition, competing with the most popular premium brands. This Hyundai Equus comes with two available...
If you are the happy owner of a Ford Focus RS I have good news for you, now the possessors of the actual generation of RS at 305 horsepower have now access at a performance upgrade package approved by the producer. The power increase is pretty significant, I’m talking about a power increase from 305 horsepower to 350 horsepower and...
A very rare BMW was stolen by thieves from a processing center at a New Jersey port on March the 13th. The BMW in question was a 550i Sophisto and is very rare and in fact was the only one in the US. This very rare car isn’t the only one that has been stolen as another five cars from...
The Nurburgring Endurance Series is where the latest 911 GT3 is playing out its joker in the form of hybrid drive placed in the R Hybrid version. After having placed sixth in the debut race the factory team running a 911 GT3 R Hybrid has just scored a podium finish in this weekend race at the Nurburgring Long Distance Championship....
