Celebrities set to tear up the tarmac at the 2012 Silverstone Classic

A host of celebrities were on hand at Silverstone race track to launch the 2012 Silverstone Classic ‘Celebrity Challenge’. The race, which will take place on Saturday, July 21 at the world’s biggest classic car racing festival, will see an all-star line-up competing in 130 mph

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Audi ultra: Toward Le Mans victory with lightweight design

Five more weeks to go before the most important race of the year comes up on Audi Sport Team Joest’s agenda - the Le Mans 24 Hours on June 16/17. In addition to e-tron and quattro, ultra lightweight technology will again be in the company’s focus there.

Audi has

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The new Mercedes-Benz Antos – the heavy-duty short-radius distribution truck

Mercedes-Benz is about to extend its family of trucks with a new member, the new Mercedes-Benz Antos – a model series designed specifically for heavy-duty short-radius distribution transport use. The vehicles have already been showing their mettle, albeit still in

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Motorexpo explores future of motoring with Royal College of Arts

The UK’s largest motoring event, Motorexpo, based at Canary Wharf, has enlisted the help of automotive design students from London’s Royal College of Arts (RCA) to help create a vision of motoring in 2032.

In a competition conceived to showcase the talents

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Vito Sport hits top ten in Facebook response rate

According to the SocialBakers Social Media Report for April, the Mercedes-Benz Vito Sport Facebook page (facebook.com/vitosport) has been ranked in the top ten UK brands by response rate.

Response rate is calculated as the number of page administrator

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Very positive Ferrari first quarter growth

The Board of Directors of Ferrari S.p.A. met today under the chairmanship of Luca di Montezemolo to examine the company’s accounts for the first quarter of 2012.

On March 31, Ferrari recorded a string of excellent results: revenues rose to 556.1-million euros (+13.2 per cent) and 1,733 cars were

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GSR750 Street Accessory Pack released

Following on from the launch of the popular GSX-R1000 Sports Pack that was unveiled in March, Suzuki brings another great accessory choice to customers, with the launch of the GSR750 Street Pack.

Highly acclaimed since its launch, the GSR750 scooped the

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Volvo Car Corporation appoints Bodil Eriksson as new Head of Public Affairs

Bodil Eriksson has been appointed as new Senior Vice-President of Public Affairs at Volvo Car Corporation.

Bodil Eriksson has previously held the positions Senior Vice-President Corporate Communications at the Swedish companies SCA and Axfood, both listed on

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Triple triumph for Skoda Superb Estate

The Skoda Superb Estate has made it a hat-trick of wins in the annual awards from respected magazine Diesel Car.

It’s the third year in a row the popular load-lugger has scooped the top honour in the ‘Best Estate Car’ category. Claiming the title again is an amazing

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Nissan maintains strong European sales in April

Nissan in Europe has announced sales of more than 49,000 units in April despite a weakening market in Western Europe.

Overall sales were down by 4,700 units compared to a record April 2011, with monthly market share dipping slightly by 0.1 per cent

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Volkswagen Group continues to be number one in European key account business

The Volkswagen Group has confirmed its leadership in the five largest individual EU markets, Germany, Great Britain, France, Spain and Italy. According to Dataforce, a total of 155,433 vehicles from the Wolfsburg-based Group’s passenger car

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