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Audi entertains 8 Series rival
Design boss hints at new luxury coupé to take on forthcoming BMW halo model Audi design boss Marc Lichte is eager for the brand to produce a luxury coupé to rival the upcoming BMW 8 […]
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Four decades of the G-class
1979 Production of the Mercedes-Benz G-Wagen, which is short for Geländewagen (cross-country vehicle), begins. The German border police and Argentine army are the first of several large-volume customers to put the SUV into service. 1979 […]
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Audi pursues quality drive
Digital advances are helping Audi to raise the quality of its design and manufacture The launch in September of Audi’s first pure electric car, the E-tron, and the increased amount of digital content in such […]
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Mercedes plots all-new luxury EV
A luxury electric Mercedes saloon rivalling the upcoming zero-emissions Jaguar XJ and next-generation electric Audi A8 will launch from 2020, according to large-cars project boss Michael Kelz. Unlike Jaguar and Audi, it will not be […]
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Project One’s brute downforce
AMG’s 1000bhp hypercar to produce more downforce than any road car before it Mercedes-AMG’s forthcoming Project One hypercar appears set to generated more aerodynamic downforce than any previous road-legal car in automotive history. Tobias Moers, […]
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Fuel cell electric vehicles top car industry’s agenda
Car companies are placing an ever-growing emphasis on hydrogen as a power source, a survey of more than 900 industry executives has found Producing fuel cell electric vehicles is the topic that will most occupy […]
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A race against time: how will car makers meet new C02 laws?
Firms face severe fines if they fail to comply with rigorous EU regulations arriving in 2021 Three years from now, Europe’s car makers will face perhaps their toughest test for many decades when EU law […]
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Living in America
Not all of the iconic cars born in the USA made it over to Europe. Here, Ronan Glon looks at some of the best cars they kept for themselves Historically, many US car companies have […]
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Everything you wanted to know about electric cars
Making the switch from petrol or diesel to battery power is tempting, but Jesse Crosse wonders if too many unanswered questions are putting people off Battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) are slowly winning favour with buyers but […]
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Baby Merc ‘more grown-up’
New A-Class is more mature, comfy and refined, says testing boss The new Mercedes-Benz A-Class, which will be revealed ahead of its public debut at the Geneva motor show in March, will depart from today’s […]
