Spare a thought for the MPV, won’t you? The multi-purpose vehicle, as it was known, was a big, boxy thing sometimes described back in its heyday as a people carrier. As opposed to what I never knew: what is a car if not a vehicle for carrying people? Anyway, I use the word ‘was’ because… Continue reading Big MPVs are the luxury saloons of the future
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WATCH: Mad Manthey Porsche GT3 RS – how much faster does this £100k kit really make you?
[embedded content] In 2024 we came to Silverstone with a regular 911 GT3 RS to explore how the car’s new cockpit-adjustable damping and differential controls affected the driving experience. That day wasn’t just about subjective driving impressions. We also recorded a lap time, and this has come in handy, because now we’re back at Silverstone… Continue reading WATCH: Mad Manthey Porsche GT3 RS – how much faster does this £100k kit really make you?
German Handelsblatt: Volkswagen: VW Group is reorganizing the management of its financial division011942
Surprise in Braunschweig: With Christian Dahlheim, VW is losing an important financial strategist at the financial subsidiary. His successor will take over a solid business area – with one exception. Go to Source
German Handelsblatt: Volkswagen: VW finds a solution for its smallest plant – but two questions remain unsolved011940
The Transparent Factory in Dresden is to be converted into an innovation center. There is a declaration of intent on this – but for some employees at the VW location there is still no perspective. Go to Source
German Handelsblatt: Volkswagen: VW finds a solution for its smallest plant – but two questions remain unsolved011940
The Transparent Factory in Dresden is to be converted into an innovation center. There is a declaration of intent on this – but for some employees at the VW location there is still no perspective. Go to Source
@niche: IT WON’T BE LONG NOW.004179
Editor’s Note: This week, Peter dissects the perpetual state of limbo that the car companies find themselves in, and he asserts that the auto industry is teetering on the brink once again. In On The Table, Mercedes-Benz presses ahead with its latest EV entry, the all-electric CLA. Our AE Song of the Week is the ferocious “Good Times, Bad Times” by… Continue reading @niche: IT WON’T BE LONG NOW.004179
@VW Group: The realisation of a dream: the interior of the Panamera Turbo ‘Sonderwunsch’010978
25/11/2025 With the Panamera Turbo ‘Sonderwunsch’, Porsche demonstrated how an individual customer vision for a sports car exterior could become reality. Now, as part of the Icons of Porsche festival in Dubai, the sports car manufacturer is showing an equally special interior, thereby completing an individual customer dream. Fade effects and contrasting colours that correspond… Continue reading @VW Group: The realisation of a dream: the interior of the Panamera Turbo ‘Sonderwunsch’010978
@VW Group: Cayenne drives 34,000 kilometres to Icons of Porsche festival010977
24/11/2025 Dubai-based adventurer Mateo Moussaoui took the long way to the Icons of Porsche festival – driving his 2009 V6 Cayenne more than 34,000 km across 28 countries. Proving the durability of Porsche’s first-generation E1 Cayenne, Moussaoui set off with a simple plan: enter Kuwait into his GPS, pack a bag, and hit the road.… Continue reading @VW Group: Cayenne drives 34,000 kilometres to Icons of Porsche festival010977
@VW Group: Battery Manufacturing 2030+: From Hype to Hard Truths010976
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@VW Group: Heritage meets high-tech: two generations of Cayenne dazzle in Dubai010975
24/11/2025 More than 30,000 sports car enthusiasts from all over the world flocked to the fifth Icons of Porsche festival in the Dubai Design District, marking a new record number of attendees. One highlight was the meeting of two different generations of Cayenne: a reinterpreted classic and the new Cayenne Electric impressively demonstrated how broad… Continue reading @VW Group: Heritage meets high-tech: two generations of Cayenne dazzle in Dubai010975