BEN's staff training achievements acknowledged in style

Across the length and breadth of the country, BEN the automotive industry charity has been celebrating its staff training achievements with its annual recognition ceremonies during June 2012. The Training Awards presentations took place at each of its four care centres

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Winners of R15 One Make Race Championship 2011 take 4th and 5th spot at the Sugo Road Race 2012

Winners of R15 One Make Race Championship 2011 represented India Yamaha Motor at the Sugo Road Race Series 2012 at Sugo race track, Japan. Sankar Sridharan won the 4th place with Dinesh Kumar taking the 5th spot in the 150 cc category, both riding the R15

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Bentley sales leap by a third

Bentley's half year results for 2012 show continued strong growth. Sales are up in every region leading to a global increase of 32 per cent (3,929 cars delivered to customers).

The US has re-emerged as Bentley's number one market with deliveries up by 25.7 per cent (1,140

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Toyota Motor Sales USA sales increase more than 60 per cent in June 2012

Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), USA, Inc., reported June 2012 sales results of 177,795 units, an increase of 54.3 per cent compared to the same period last year on a daily selling rate (DSR) basis. On

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Style Porsche is awarded the honorary title of 'red dot: design team of the year 2012'

In appreciation of its uninterrupted great design performance, the Style Porsche design team has been awarded as the 'red dot: design team of the year 2012.' Chief Designer Michael Mauer

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Goodwood celebrates another record Festival of speed

With the annual Festival of Speed and Moving Motor Show now over for another year, Goodwood is reflecting on a truly exceptional weekend which attracted a record number of motor sport and car enthusiasts, as well as 140+ star racing drivers, riders and celebrities.

A total

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Ford's fastest-ever Mustang makes European debut at Goodwood Festival of Speed

The fastest, most powerful production Ford Mustang has made its first European appearance, at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, south England.
Only recently launched in North America and especially shipped from the US, the supercar was driven up the famous

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Lotus Evora 414E Hybrid – it's now a runner

Brimming with innovation, technology, performance and power, the Lotus Evora 414E is a series hybrid technology demonstrator which shows some of the headline technologies that Lotus Engineering.

The Evora 414E is powered by two electric motor packs driving the

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Zircotec protects Europe's fastest street legal drag car from the heat of competition

Zircotec's heat shield materials and ceramic coatings protect engine components, bodywork and driver from extreme temperatures in a car that achieves 220 mph in quarter mile Oxford – Builders of Europe's fastest street legal drag car have turned to thermal barrier

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Fisker Automotive appoints Jim Yost as Chief Financial Officer

Fisker Automotive announced the appointment of Jim Yost as Chief Financial Officer.

A well-known automotive industry financial executive with more than 30 years of global experience, Yost most recently served as Executive Vice-President, Chief Financial

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Volvo Cars North America announces June sales

Volvo Cars of North America, LLC, (VCNA) reported US sales of 7,107 units, a 0.1 per cent increase from June 2011. Year-to-date sales are down 4.6 per cent over the first half of 2011.

The top seller for the month was the award-winning S60 sports sedan with

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