Opel provides PSA record sales

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Technical check: 919 Hybrid Evo

For the seventh episode of the Porsche Top 5 series, we visit the epicentre of Porsche Motorsport: Flacht near Weissach, where Steven Mitas, Technical Manager of the 919 Hybrid Project, and record-breaking drivers, Timo Bernhard and Neel Jani, explain the highlights of the 919 Hybrid Evo. Go to Source

Christian Bauer – Biography

Christian Bauer was born on February 6, 1974, in Eichstätt. He is married and has two children. After training as an industrial mechanic, Christian Bauer began his professional career at the company OSRAM GmbH in Eichstätt until 1997. Then he studied industrial engineering at the University of Applied Sciences in Ingolstadt and started working with AUDI AG… Continue reading Christian Bauer – Biography

Volkswagen will make electric cars in Tennessee, at expanded plant

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Left to right: Volkswagen ID, ID Buzz and ID Crozz concepts
Volkswagen today announced that it would use Chattanooga, Tennessee as its North American base for assembling electric cars.

The decision to expand its Chattanooga facility means that many, if not all, of the vehicles that will be sold in the U.S. under Volkswagen’s new electric vehicle initiative will also be built in the U.S., not Mexico.

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Speculation began earlier in the fall as to where Volkswagen might set up shop to assemble its vehicles built on its modular electric platform, termed MEB. In September Volkswagen said that it was giving Chattanooga, where the U.S-market Passat sedan and Atlas SUV are currently made, serious consideration as one of 16 electric-vehicle manufacturing “e-locations” that will support a global ecosystem eventually capable of making a million VW Group electric vehicles per year.

At that point it hadn’t ruled out Mexico, and the massive manufacturing and logistics base it already has at Puebla. In a follow-up interview at the LA auto show in November, Volkswagen of America CEO Scott Keogh told Green Car Reports that “we’re holding those conversations now.”

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One of many pieces of information Volkswagen didn’t yet reveal is how many electric vehicles it intends to produce annually at Chattanooga. The move involves an $800 million investment and will bring 1,000 jobs to the plant, according to Volkswagen, with additional jobs at suppliers.

This push already includes a plant in Zwickau, Germany that’s being revamped to produce MEB vehicles starting in 2019. VW will add two assembly facilities in China in 2020 and two others in Germany in 2022.

Volkswagen ID Crozz concept

Volkswagen’s first vehicle on the platform for the U.S. market will be based on the ID Crozz, a compact crossover model, slated to arrive next year—before the Chattanooga plant is ready for electric-car production.

The Chattanooga plant expansion is to produce electric vehicles in 2022—which also happens to be when the electric revival of the Microbus, based on the ID Buzz concept, is due.

Ultra Exclusive Hypercar Battle: Lykan Hypersport Vs Zenvo TS1 GT – Carscoops

If you actually have enough money so as to look at something like a modern Ferrari or Lamborghini but find them all too common, then you probably have your sights set on owning something that’s a lot more exclusive. Welcome to the world of boutique supercar makers, with residents such as Apollo, Pagani, Rimac and… Continue reading Ultra Exclusive Hypercar Battle: Lykan Hypersport Vs Zenvo TS1 GT – Carscoops

Here’s Your Chance to Buy the Car With the Coolest Shifter Ever Made – RoadandTrack.com

Gated manual shifters are cool, but have you ever seen the Spyker C8’s shifter? It’s an all-metal assembly that floats above the console and pivots to control a rod that goes directly into the engine bay. It’s an incredibly cool design we think is worth the asking price alone. This 2009 example is for sale… Continue reading Here’s Your Chance to Buy the Car With the Coolest Shifter Ever Made – RoadandTrack.com

The bizarre cars influences by the Porsche 928 – Goodwood Road and Racing

Forty years ago the first Porsche 928s were delivered to eager (and wealthy) UK customers. Back then the exciting new Porsche was the darling of the hour, voted the 1978 European Car of the Year (COTY) with a long waiting list of impatient buyers queueing to get their hands on Stuttgart’s new V8 GT. Go… Continue reading The bizarre cars influences by the Porsche 928 – Goodwood Road and Racing