The trade magazine “Automobilwoche” has honored Audi as the year’s most improved brand; at the same time, the DEKRA testing company has rated the Audi A6 as the “Most Reliable of All Classes”: just two highlights in a long list of honors for the Audi brand in 2008. (more…)
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Audi crowned year’s most improved brand
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Vauxhall Offers The Most Low Emissions Models
The current financial situation means that fleet managers are scrutinising costs even more closely than usual, with concerns including high fuel prices and increasing environmental pressures. With this in mind, Vauxhall is offering fleet customers more choice than any other manufacturer to reduce their environmental impact, with more than 366 model variants to choose from with carbon dioxide emissions of less than 160g/km. (more…) -
The SEAT Ibiza, “2009 Car of the Year by the Readers”
The new SEAT Ibiza has received its second consecutive prize in Spain by being voted “2009 Car of the Year” by the readers of Publishing Group Prensa Ibérica publications, specialist magazine Autofácil and the La Vanguardia newspaper. This prize follows the one received by the Ibiza SC two weeks ago as “Young Car 2009”, by the readership of Car and Driver magazine.
The SEAT Ibiza was the overall winner, with 22.94% of the readers’ votes, followed by the Citroën C5, with 21.61%, and the Opel Insignia, with 20.95%. The three remaining models on the list of six finalists were the Lancia Delta, Renault Mégane and Ford Fiesta. Voting took place from November until 15 December 2008 by SMS messages, telephone calls.
Created in 2002, the Editorial Prensa Iberica’s “Car of the Year by the Readers” award rates the novelties appearing in the domestic market during the year. The award ceremony will take place in Madrid in February 2009.
This has been a brilliant way to end the year for the new generation SEAT Ibiza, which has also received significant prizes from countries such as Germany – “Golden Steering Wheel” and the Netherlands – “Compact Car of the Year”, as well as the prestigious “Ecobest 2008” to the new Ibiza ECOMOTIVE as most ecological vehicle of the year.
“2009 Car of the Year by the Readers” award results
Finalists Votes (%) SEAT Ibiza 22.94% Citroën C5 21.61% Opel Insignia 20.95% Lancia Delta 16.09% Renault Mégane 11.97% Ford Fiesta 6.44% -
Nissan Launches The All-New Infiniti G37 Coupe In China
Nissan (China) Investment Co., Ltd. (NCIC) today launched the all-new Infiniti G37 Coupe in China. Priced at RMB 660,000 (USD: 96,360), the all-new G37 is the first coupe from the Infiniti brand in China. (more…) -
Ford Galaxy And S-Max: No.1 For Reliability According To DEKRA
Ford of Europe’s latest generation of Multi-Activity Vehicles have convinced the German vehicle testing agency DEKRA e.V. In DEKRA’s latest ‘Failure Report 2009’, the Ford Galaxy and S-MAX models not only prove their reliability by winning in their group with up to 50,000 km mileage, but gain additional recognition for being vehicles with the lowest overall failure rate in the DEKRA vehicle certificate tests in Germany. (more…) -
Thousands vote on greatest ever racing car
Readers of one of Britain’s top motoring magazines and a group of legendary motor racing drivers are being asked to vote for the world’s greatest racing car.In a unique survey, readers of Octane magazine and visitors of its website as well as the famous drivers including: Sir Stirling Moss, Brian Redman, Damon Hill, Derek Bell, Carroll Shelby, Andy Wallace and Bobby Rahal have been asked to nominate the car. (more…)
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Special Edition Mazda Atenza Sedan Released in Japan
Mazda Motor Corporation has announced the launch of the ‘2.0 Style Edition’ Mazda Atenza (known as the Mazda6 overseas) sedan. This special edition model is equipped with sporty and high quality features and goes on sale today at all Mazda and Mazda Anfini dealerships throughout Japan. (more…) -
LEGACY CONCEPT to Debut at North American International Auto Show
Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. (FHI), the maker of Subaru automobiles, today announced that it will give a world premiere to the LEGACY CONCEPT at the 2009 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit, which will open its doors to the public from January 17 through 25, 2009 (press days on January 11 through 13). (more…) -
MAZDA5 and MX-5 Named Best Car For the Money
MAZDA5 and MX-5 have been named U.S. News & World Report’s Best Car for the Money in their respective categories for 2009. Both vehicles took the top honors for their outstanding value and high critical acclaim.
The MAZDA5 won as the Best Compact Crossover for the Money, while the MX-5 won as the Best Sports Car for the Money. The U.S. News Best Cars for the Money awards recognize 14 vehicles that earn the highest marks for overall value and appeal within their respective categories. In determining the award winners, U.S. News has taken its newly released 2009 Car Rankings and combined them with total cost of ownership data provided by IntelliChoice.
“Given the economic conditions that we’re in right now and the down auto industry, this award is extremely relevant and reflects our ambition at Mazda – to make fun and stylish cars and provide them at great value to our customers,” said Robert Davis, senior vice president, product development and quality, Mazda North American Operations (MNAO).
The U.S. News car rankings provide an unbiased comparison of each vehicle to its competitors, helping shoppers identify the best cars in each category. Rankings are based primarily on the balanced, diverse opinions of hundreds of professional auto critics. IntelliChoice. measures both the target price that consumers can expect to pay for a vehicle as well as its 5-year total cost of ownership. Combining this data with U.S. News car rankings allows different models to be compared on a very useful metric – overall appeal for the money.
The MAZDA5 is a three-row, six-passenger multi-activity vehicle infused with sports car inspiration that efficiently transports people and equipment like a large SUV. MAZDA5 demonstrates Mazda’s infusion of stylish, insightful and spirited vehicles with excellent value and fuel economy. The MAZDA5 is powered by an all-aluminum 2.3-liter, four-cylinder MZR series engine, producing 153 horsepower and 148 lb-ft of torque. The MAZDA5 starts at $17,995 (MSRP).
Award-winning, segment-saving, world’s best – just a few phrases to describe the legendary MX-5. As the ultimate ride for sheer driving and ownership pleasure, the Mazda MX-5 is the world’s most popular two-seat convertible sports car. The heart of the MX-5 remains a highly-responsive MZR-series 2.0-liter, 166-horsepower (at 6,700 rpm) powerplant (158 for A/T models). MX-5 is offered in an easy-to-use soft-top or a powerful retractable hard top, which opens or closes in only 12 seconds, making this the fastest power-operated retractable hard top in the U.S. The 2008 MX-5 starts at $20,585 (MSRP).
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Mazda MX-5
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Honda Civic Hybrid Makes Hollywood Film Debut
Honda’s low-emission Civic Hybrid stars alongside Keanu Reeves in the Hollywood event blockbuster ‘The Day the Earth Stood Still’, which opened in cinemas across the UK and Ireland on 12 December. (more…) -
911 Carrera Saving Fuel all the Way: Just 6.7 Litres/100 Kilometres
Porsche sports cars embark on record-breaking test drives time and again – but this time the purpose of the test was quite different: Driving a regular 345 bhp Porsche 911 Carrera with Porsche’s PDK Porsche-Doppelkupplungsgetriebe, the car tester, ex-racing driver and presenter of the n-tv Motor magazine Klaus Niedzwiedz covered 648 kilometres or exactly 400 miles on public roads, achieving extremely low average fuel consumption of just 6.7 litres/100 kilometres, equal to 42.2 mpg imp. (more…) -
Pininfarina B0 (B Zero) guest of honour at Dream
The Pininfarina-Bolloré electric car in the spotlight for a whole weekend during the exhibition dedicated by TWDC to the car of the future. (more…)
