Tag: VW

@VW Group: Three Porsche score points in second Jeddah race009929

15/02/2025 Pascal Wehrlein raced his Porsche 99X Electric from 13th on the grid to finish 8th in the second Jeddah E-Prix of the weekend on Saturday. His TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E teammate António Félix da Costa started 4th but was taken out of the race by a competitor in a first-lap collision. The highest placed Porsche 99X… Continue reading @VW Group: Three Porsche score points in second Jeddah race009929

New Kia EV4 revealed with choice of hatch or saloon bodystyles

Kia has revealed the production design for its Volkswagen ID 3-rivalling EV4, ahead of a launch later this year. Little changed from the concept shown in 2023, the EV4 arrives to fill the gap between the EV3 hatchback and the EV5 SUV that’s due to launch in Europe soon. It will be sold primarily as… Continue reading New Kia EV4 revealed with choice of hatch or saloon bodystyles

Car sales fall 14%, SUVs rise 12% in first 10 months of FY2025

Of the total estimated wholesales of 3.53 million passenger vehicles in the past 10 months of FY2025, up 2% YoY (April 2023-January 2024: 34,76,319 units), the share of passenger cars is now down to 31% compared to 37% a year ago. In the first 10 months of FY2025, an estimated 11,13,905 cars have been sold,… Continue reading Car sales fall 14%, SUVs rise 12% in first 10 months of FY2025

@VW Group: Front row for Wehrlein, world first for Formula E009928

14/02/2025 Reigning Formula E World Champion Pascal Wehrlein began Friday’s inaugural Jeddah E-Prix from the front row of the grid after finishing second in qualifying, narrowly missing out on a third consecutive pole position.  Incident-packed opening laps saw both TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team cars sustain damage through rear-end collisions. Former points leader António… Continue reading @VW Group: Front row for Wehrlein, world first for Formula E009928

Trump tariffs fuel US auto anxiety

The long lead-time in the auto industry means the cars resulting from current investment decisions may not hit the market for four or five years. A flood of presidential trade policy announcements has kept US automakers on edge since Donald Trump returned to the White House last month. While some signature threats — like 25%… Continue reading Trump tariffs fuel US auto anxiety

German Manager Magazin: Wolfgang Porsche: billionaire plans 500-meter tunnel for his villa in Salzburg003971

Wolfgang Porsche (81) is currently causing great resentment in the Austrian city of Salzburg. Because the chairman of the supervisory board of the Porsche AG Plans a new private tunnel in order to facilitate the access to his villa on the Kapuzinerberg. This reports, among other things, the “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung  “And the ORF Salzburg … Continue reading German Manager Magazin: Wolfgang Porsche: billionaire plans 500-meter tunnel for his villa in Salzburg003971

Kia Sonet breaks through 400,000 milestone and chases further growth

February 2025 is turning out to be a milestone month for Kia India, particularly for its domestic market sales. While the Carens MPV has turned three years old today and crossed 200,000 sales, the Sonet compact SUV has driven past the 400,000 wholesales mark 53 months or a little over four years after it was… Continue reading Kia Sonet breaks through 400,000 milestone and chases further growth

Maserati MC20 GT2 Stradale

The springs are around 10% stiffer, but otherwise the dynamics hardware is fundamentally unchanged, just retuned. As standard, like the regular MC20, you get a mechanical limited-slip differential but an electronically controlled one, which is all we’ve ever tried, is optional. You can move through drive modes to firm the dampers, which also punches gearshifts… Continue reading Maserati MC20 GT2 Stradale