TOP 10  -  Toyota to build second sales and service centre in Sofia

TM Auto, one of Toyota's dealers in Bulgaria, said it has started the construction of a second sales and service centre in Sofia, but made no investment estimate. The 12 000 sq m site of the new Toyota centre is located on Evropa Boulevard.Toyota Sofia West will have a build area of 11 000 sq m, 400 parking spaces and the capacity to service simultaneously 20 vehicles. It should be operational by the second half of 2009. The first Toyota centre in Sofia is on the Tsarigradsko Chaussee.

[ Source : sofiaecho ]

TOP 9  -  Porsche starts exchange into new preferred shares in SE

Porsche Automobil Holding SE, Stuttgart, will start to exchange the previous preferred shares in Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG (ISIN DE0006937733) into the relevant new securities of Porsche Automobil Holding SE with the International Securities Identification Number DE000PAH0038 on Monday, 1 September.

[ Source : finchannel ]

TOP 8  -  Mini-Courses Offered

The Middlesex Institute for Lifelong Education is offering daytime mini-courses for adults ages 50 and older from Oct. 6 to Nov. 14 at Middlesex Community College, 100 Training Hill Road. Topics include music, drawing, humane education, economics, recycling, history of the Bible, growing older and more. On Oct. 6 Art Horn, a noted area meteorologist, will discuss "How the Weather Works." Trips are planned to Wesleyan University, Connecticut Valley Hospital, and Bradley Air Museum.

[ Source : courant ]

TOP 7  -  Mercedes-Benz to launch 10000 electric vehicles by 2012

According to its director for research and development, Thomas Weber, the automaker will push through the plans which would rely on the use of fuel cell stacksLithium ion batteries would be used in the smart range as well as Mercedes-Benz A-Class models.According to reports from Auto Mobile Magazine, Mr Weber expects the vehicles to be seen during 2009, allowing for a period of extensive testing in real-life environments.

[ Source : infibeam ]

TOP 6  -  Kia Motors boss returns to Volkswagen

Willis's appointment will coincide with the transfer of responsibility for the import business of VW, Audi, Skoda and VW Commercial Vehicles from O'Flaherty Holdings to Volkswagen.Willis will come to the position from his current position as chief operating officer of Kia Europe.

[ Source : autoblog ]

TOP 5  -  Ford delays its buyout offers to hourly workers

Ford Motor Co. has delayed the rollout of voluntary buyout offers to thousands of hourly workers in southeast Michigan, who had been expecting the deals to be offered earlier in the month.

[ Source : freep ]

TOP 4  -  Fiat goes to the beach with Portofino concept

Reminiscent of the coach-built Fiat tourist vehicles of the 1960s, the Portofino does have some modern safety features, including roll hoop and an ultra-rigid structure, traction control and speed limiter.The Portofino has been built in partnership with conversion company Vernagallo-Holiday and car body-builder SALT, and whilst it is currently only a concept, it shows the possibilities of the compact Fiorino - just 4m long, 1.7m wide and with a turning circle of less than 10m - for aftermarket conversion.

[ Source : channel4 ]

TOP 3  -  Ferrari design car too fast for a human to operate

Designer Iman Maghsoudi says future cars will be capable of travelling speeds of 125mph, too fast for a human to operate manually as they lack "sufficient concentration".As a result, computers will have to be programmed to drive them.

[ Source : telegraph ]

TOP 2  -  Audi développe officiellement la R8 pour le GT3

Et un constructeur de plus, un ! Après Ferrari, Jaquar, Porsche et tous les autres, c'est au tour d'Audi de céder aux sirènes du GT3. Le constructeur d'Ingolstadt bient de présenter les premières images de sa R8 GT3, spécialement développée pour un usage compétition-client. Frank Biela a effectué le shakedown de la voiture récemment, voiture qui fera ses débuts en compétition en 2009. Et quand on sait que les futurs Championnat du Monde GT1 et Championnat d'Europe GT2 accepteront des autos dérivées du GT3, la planète GT se prend à rêver d'une déclinaison « bodybuildée » de la R8 !

[ Source : endurance ]

TOP 1  -  BMW Oracle Racing sailors tri-high over new boat

The new trimaran built for BMW Oracle Racing might not make it to the starting line of the America's Cup because of an ongoing fight in New York courts. But it certainly is impressing the sailors who are about to put it through its sea trials on Puget Sound.

[ Source : iht ]