Maro Engel becomes a new instructor at the AMG Driving Academy

The former DTM driver Maro Engel has become a new AMG brand ambassador with immediate effect. Additional duties performed by the 26-year-old driver will include acting as an instructor for the AMG Driving Academy, as well as providing support to selected

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Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles increases customer deliveries worldwide to end of April by 6.1 per cent

In the first four months of this year the Brand delivered 174,200 light commercial vehicles worldwide. This represents a year-on-year growth of 6.1 per cent compared to the same period last year (January-April 2011: 164,200 vehicles).

Amarok deliveries worldwide rose by

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Toyota sales resurgence gets help from popular hybrid products

The Toyota Division's strong April sales performance (160,493 units for 13.1 per cent increase compared to April 2011) was helped in large part by the release of its latest hybrid products that created high levels of consumer demand.

Rising fuel prices at the pump,

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Ford plans to more than Triple EcoBoost-Powered car output for europe by 2015

Ford of Europe is planning to more than triple the production of its vehicles equipped with fuel-efficient and powerful EcoBoost petrol engines to approximately 480,000 in 2015, from 141,000 last year. More than 300,000 of that projected yearly output will be

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Fiat India inaugurates its first exclusive dealership in Hyderabad

Fiat India automobiles has inaugurated its first independent world-class dealership in Hyderabad, Tejaswi Motors, at Punnaiah Plaza; this will be Fiat’s first outlet in India. The 5,400 sq ft showroom with a frontage of 80 feet is specially designed to give

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Team Lotus type 102 owner and driver to make waves at the 2012 Goodwood Festival of Speed

At this year’s Festival of Speed (June 28-July1) the only V12-powered Lotus Formula 1 car – the 102 - will be driven in anger by its 1990-season driver Martin Donnelly for 1.16 miles up the challenging Goodwood hillclimb, whilst the car’s owner – Andrew Morris –

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TomTom launches extra-large 6-inch screen

TomTom Start 60, which features the biggest screen of all TomTom’s portable navigation devices. The 6-inch sharp screen, big buttons and menus enhance the driving experience by making it easier and safer for users. The TomTom Start 60 comes with a new

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Peugeot tackles drop in young driver car ownership by extending Just Add Fuel scheme

Young drivers are now, more than ever, feeling the financial challenge of owning a car and this, along with ever increasing costs associated with motoring, means fewer young people are buying and maintaining vehicles.

The latest TGI intel indicates that young driver

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Fisker Automotive ranks No. 2 in Dutch luxury vehicle sales

Fisker Automotive, the leading manufacturer of luxury Electric Vehicles with extended range (EVer), announced that it had surpassed BMW, Mercedes and Audi to become the second-highest selling brand in the segment for high-end four-door models in the first

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World record holder covers 76.44-metres/second in new Jaguar XJ

World Record hurdler and Jaguar Academy of Sport Ambassador Colin Jackson has hit a new personal record of 171 mph in the new 510 ps Jaguar XJ Speed Pack at the Jaguar Proving Ground in Warwickshire.

In 1994, Jackson set an as yet unbeaten time of 7.3 seconds

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Italian excellence pays tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

Ferrari, an icon of Made in Italy excellence across the globe, will be at the very heart of the Diamond Jubilee Pageant to celebrate 60 years of Her Majesty The Queen Elizabeth II’s reign, an event of huge importance to the United Kingdom. The marque’s clients and

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