Volvo celebrates International Vehicle Security Award win

Volvo has won the coveted International Vehicle Security Award at the 2012 Thatcham Security Awards. Beating off intense competition from rival manufacturers, this is the second straight year that Volvo has been honoured with the award.

Thatcham

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Think our traffic is bad? Try Istanbul...

If you think the traffic is bad here, try driving in Istanbul, Warsaw or Marseille. These cities have the most congested streets in Europe, new research shows. And while it can be tough getting from A to B in some British cities, they are much better than many other rush

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Boeing, Alaska Airlines announce largest order for 737 MAXs and Next-Generation 737s

Boeing and Alaska Airlines announced a firm order for 20 737 MAX 8s, 17 737 MAX 9s and 13 Next-Generation 737-900ERs. The order, valued at more than $5-billion at current list prices, is the largest in Alaska Airlines' history.

"This order positions us for growth

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Usain Bolt 'Goes for Gold' with Nissan

Usain Bolt, the world's fastest man and champion Olympic sprinter, is targeting another record-breaking performance by offering his passion and performance instincts to the Nissan team developing a special 'Bolt' version GT-R.

Following his world records and

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Ford expands support for professional drifting; announces official partnership with Formula Drift

Ford is expanding its involvement in professional drifting competition by becoming an official partner of Formula Drift and the 2013 Formula Drift championship.

"Our involvement with Formula Drift is not new, but we are taking it to the next level with this announcement," said

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Nissan announces US pricing for all-new 2013 Pathfinder

Nissan announced a starting price of $28,270 for the totally redesigned 2013 Nissan Pathfinder SUV, which goes on sale at US Nissan dealers nationwide in late October. The latest iteration of Nissan's popular family adventure-ready SUV is designed to reset the standard for

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Kangoo Z.E. and ZOE to join the DHL Express France fleet by 2015

DHL chose Renault to help it develop the use of electric vehicles as part of its activities. DHL has already confirmed an order of 50 vehicles, comprising both Kangoo Z.E. and ZOE, to be delivered between now and 2015. Additional orders will depend on the different

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Volkswagen commercial vehicles achieves 4.9 per cent increase in worldwide deliveries in nine months

In the first three quarters of this year Volkswagen commercial vehicles delivered 409,300 urban delivery vehicles, transporters and pickups to customers throughout the world. Compared to the corresponding period last year (January-September 2011: 390,000) this

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Porsche sells 13 per cent more vehicles worldwide in September

The sports car manufacturer Porsche handed over 11,888 new cars to customers in September 2012, thus achieving an increase of 12.6 per cent compared to the same month last year. So far this year, the Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG has sold a total of 104,362 vehicles - an

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Mercedes-Benz Classic Calendar 2013 meets Mimmo Rotella

The Mercedes-Benz Classic Calendar 2013 is a homage to the S-class, the Mercedes-Benz top-of-the-line model.

Works by Italian artist, Mimmo Rotella, are combined with motifs of historic S-class models. The Calendar is available as of now.

"With the Mercedes-Benz Classic

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Daimler first to receive certification for meeting EU regulation on 'Advanced Emergency Braking Systems' with its new ABA 3

At the IAA this year, Daimler AG was presented by the German Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) with the first certificate of approval to be issued in Europe in relation to the international Regulation on 'AEBS - Advanced Emergency Braking Systems'. The certification

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