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Mini Machines for dwarfs

18-11-2010Auto Speed Market 3 comments

A city car (or urban car) is a term for a car intended for use primarily in an urban area. City cars are sold worldwide and most automotive industry manufacturers have one or two in their line-up. In North-America city cars are often referred to simply as “subcompacts” alongside the...

Two wins for Audi at Golden Steering Wheel: accolades for the A1 and A8

15-11-2010Auto Speed MarketComments are closed

Two wins for Audi at Golden Steering Wheel: accolades for the A1 and A8 · With a total of 20 wins since 1975, Audi is the most successful brand in the competition · Also second place for the Audi A7 Sportback Berlin/Ingolstadt, – Audi has pulled off a double triumph...

New Audi center consolidates e-mobility efforts

15-11-2010Auto Speed MarketComments are closed

New Audi center consolidates e-mobility efforts · New development and testing center for electric drive systems · Audi Board Member for Technical Development Michael Dick: “Consolidation in one area allows solutions to be found quickly and efficiently” · Audi investing Ђ 65 million in the new building Ingolstadt, Germany, –...

GM inaugurates world’s first flexi-engine facility for petrol and diesel engines

12-11-2010Auto Speed MarketComments are closed

General Motors inaugurated its new flexible-engine facility at Talegaon near Pune on Thursday. This is GM’s first powertrain plant in the world that enables both petrol and diesel engines to be manufactured simultaneously. Among those present at today’s ceremony included Union Minister for Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises, Vilasrao Deshmukh,...

Electric Cars – Battery electric vehicle technology -Bye bye batteries, new technology incoming

03-11-2010Auto Speed MarketComments are closed

Your car mechanic in future is likely to be part electrician. Every big car manufacturer on Earth has an electric car prototype on the drawing boards or at prototype stage, and the technological hurdles to viable electric cars are now collapsing as new technology beats them. The electric car’s main...

Coupe Airbags – 2010 Mercedes-Benz E-Class Safety Review

25-10-2010Auto Speed Market 1 comment

This video highlights the safety features of the 2010 Mercedes-Benz E-Class Sedan and Coupe. Coupe air bags are featured. Mercedes-Benz has E-Class sedans and E-Class coupes in full optioned right now....

2010 Mercedes-Benz E-Class (E350) NHTSA Side Impact

25-10-2010Auto Speed Market 2 comments

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Damien Mulvey does a Petter Solberg

22-10-2010Auto Speed MarketComments are closed

Legendary former Prodrift champion Damien Mulvey does a spot of car surfing – the dismount didnt quite work out! Damien Mulvey does a Petter Solberg from Cezeli Productions on Vimeo....

Hyundai Live Smart – Sonata Hybrid

20-10-2010Auto Speed Market 1 comment

The Sonata Hybrid inspired us to make this commercial with no carbon footprint How do we show a beautiful country drive without ever turning on the car? With some serious elbow grease and a battery-powered hairdryer, actually. Through man power, solar power, wind power and in-camera SFX, as well as...

Hyundai Live Smart – Sonata Turbo

20-10-2010Auto Speed Market 1 comment

Hyundai Live Smart – Sonata Turbo A 4-cylinder Turbo with the power of a V6 controls the road without moving at all How do you show a powerful car without using any of its power? With a flashlight and a truck façade about 8 inches wide, for starters. Through man...

Volkswagen’s Ultimate Family Hero

20-10-2010Auto Speed Market 1 comment

Volkswagen has been looking for ultimate family heroes to put their ultimate family cars to the test. We gave our three finalists a new Touran or Sharan for three days along with a super challenge to complete. T o see how they got on, and to help decide who wins...

The Renault Mégane experiment: ‘Can a car change a town’? (2)

20-10-2010Auto Speed MarketComments are closed

The Mégane Experiment stars Claude who goes to Gisburn, Lancashire where there are no Méganes, and convinces villagers he is a ‘joie de vivre’ expert from Menton, Côte d’Azur, France, where there are many. Over the course of the week, he calls a meeting to explain that villages and towns...