TOP 7  -  British Motor Show  Golden years

A vintage year: that's what pundits hope for, if not expect, from the 2008 British International Motor Show at ExCeL in London's Docklands. But no matter what sideshows, concerts, "experiences" or other events the organisers lay on in their attempts to sell lucrative family tickets, it's the brand new cars that most people want to see.

[ Source : telegraph ]

TOP 6  -  Mercedes-Benz E-class under threat from BMW's 5-series

It is amazing how a very successful car from one OEM goes on to inspire just as successful a comparative offering by a rival! The car which comes most vividly to mind is the E-class range by Mercedes-Benz, arguably the best selling and most successful luxury executive car model in history. And no it is not about the latest E-class which we have highlighted here in this issue of ET Zigwheels but the rival its success helped create.

[ Source : economictimes ]

TOP 5  -  GM plugs public car-charging stations

Detroit-based General Motors (NYSE: GM) made the announcement before the start of the Plug-In 2008 conference at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center, saying it will team with 30 utilities in 37 states, as well as the Electric Power Research Institute, on the project. The aim is to fine-tune the technology, safety and customer experience for car-charging stations by 2010 when the Chevy Volt is slated to debut.

[ Source : bizjournals ]

TOP 4  -  Mercedes’ new supercar

The latest performance car from Mercedes-Benz could be the last supercar as we know it, Greg Cable writes.A month after Mercedes-Benz declared it will spend $23 billion on producing a range of fuel-efficient and low-emission vehicles (including hybrids) the maker has unveiled its fastest and most powerful production road car yet.

[ Source : smh ]

TOP 3  -  GM to cut workers production dividend

DETROIT -- General Motors Corp. said yesterday it would lay off salaried workers, cut truck production, suspend its dividend and borrow $2 billion to $3 billion to weather a severe downturn in the U.S. market.GM said the moves would raise $15 billion to help cover losses and turn around its North American operations, including $10 billion from internal cost-cutting and $5 billion from selling some assets and borrowing against others.

[ Source : post gazette ]

TOP 2  -  Hot X6 is driving Greer's BMW plant forward

The X6 is the newest vehicle to be built on BMW's 1,100-acre, tree-covered manufacturing site in Spartanburg County.The X6 is part of a $750 million investment in the Greer plant that cranks out 660 cars daily, 150 of them X6s.

[ Source : charlotte ]

TOP 1  -  EU approves Porsche purchase of Volkswagen

Porsche  won permission from the European Commission on Wednesday to acquire control of Volkswagen 'The Commission's examination of the transaction showed that horizontal verlaps between Volkswagen and Porsche are limited,' the EU executive said in a statement.

[ Source : reuters ]

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