A Russian billionaire named Mikhail Prokhorov has just announced that he plans to reveal the first hybrid-electric car to be made in Russia this year. Mikhail Prokhorov is planning to rely on the government’s aid for companies that hope to reduce reliance on natural resources. The Onexim Group, Prokhorov’s own company will invest 150 million euro (around 204 million dollars)...
The first quarter of 2010 is full of surprises, after Toyota having reported an increase in sales, a new one is coming from Germany. Audi outsold Mercedes for the first time ever. While this is a surprise, the fact that BMW are still number one isn’t. BMW is the leader in sales over the first three months of this year...
If you’re a big fan of the Fast and Furious franchise and you’ve got around 40.000 dollars to spend on a new car you may be in luck. The military green Chevrolet Camaro driven by Dom through the underground tunnels is up for sale. The Camaro in question is a 1973 F-Bomb replica that was genuinely used in the fourth...
The demand in the United States has prompted Mini USA to reconsider the original sales philosophy for this limited edition variant of the very popular small hatchback. The rethink isn’t a revolution as only 50 units of the Mini John Cooper Works World Championship 50 will be coming stateside. Initially Mini was planning on selling all 250 units to be...
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...
