Dreieich, Germany - Power and wildness stand for the successful Tiguan. The Volkswagen Accessories products for this model also reflect these characteristics. Volkswagen Accessories now offers the practical and visually enhancing underride guard set for the front and rear ends of the series Tiguan. An underride guard variant is also available for those who have already selected aerodynamics products or the R-Line for their Tiguan.
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(TORONTO) - Toyota is committed to continuous improvement and in bringing cutting edge innovation to society, spending over $1 million an hour in global R&D efforts. Toyota's extensive in-house safety research boasts the Higashi-Fuji Technical Center in Japan, one of the world's largest experimental facilities in creating situations close to that of actual driving scenarios, and the recently opened Toyota Technical Center's (TTC) new R&D facility in York Township, Michigan. This new campus handles TTC's product planning and engineering design operations, and serves as TMC's first collision-safety testing facility outside Japan.
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Hybrid-powered vehicles are most commonly associated with owners seeking to reduce their automotive-related impact on Mother Earth while saving a few bucks at the pump; all laudable attributes. Lexus is now extending those virtues to the executive-class purchaser in the form of their technologically extraordinary LS 600h L.
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The series has come to an end. After six pole positions for Audi in the 2009 DTM season, Scot Paul Di Resta became the first Mercedes-Benz driver to post a fastest qualifying time in 2009.
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Tony Stewart said Danica Patrick's move to NASCAR is not a matter of if but when. Earlier this year tongues wagged when IndyCar's most visible driver showed up at the Stewart-Haas Racing's NASCAR Sprint Car race shop. Sure, pundits said "it's just a negotiation tactic to raise her salary."
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The second full day of Repco Rally Australia came to an end tonight with the top three drivers, Dani Sordo, Sebastien Loeb and Mikko Hirvonen separated by an almost unbelievable margin of one-tenth of a second.
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Renault said it will be making no comment after acknowledging its summons to an extraordinary meeting of the World Motor Sport Council later this month.
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Citing sources, the Times of India newspaper said "Indian investors have made an application" to buy the Swiss outfit, whose majority owner BMW is pulling out of the sport at the end of the season.
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Stuttgart. Despite the world economic crisis and the resulting decline in sales, Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, continues to be very profitable and is again expecting double-digit operational revenues for the 2008/2009 fiscal year (August 1, 2008 to July 31, 2009) just closed. The company will announce its first temporary sales and production figures during the International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt around the middle of September.
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Starting Today, September 5, GO will offer regular weekday, weekend, and holiday GO Bus service to Niagara Falls. This daily service will operate year-round and will make stops in St. Catharines, Grimsby, Stoney Creek, and connect with trains at the Burlington GO Station.
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The new Polo, Golf and Passat BlueMotion models emit just 87 g/km, 99 g/km and 114 g/km of CO2 respectively while every variant is also capable of travelling a minimum of 840 miles on a single tank of fuel.
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A sport utility vehicle can be a complicated machine with plenty of problems as it ages. Heavy weight, potential for off-road use and towing can all lead to early troubles if proper maintenance is neglected-- and repairs are typically expensive compared to a wagon or minivan, too.
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Automotive markets all around the world are getting a lift from government subsidies to car purchase and they come obligingly dressed up in a light green cloak. New for old. There's not necessarily anything wrong with that. If car markets are stimulated and the car parc gets a little less dirty in the process, it looks like most people are happy.
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Opel has begun testing two development Ampera extended-range electric vehicle (E-REV) models at its Dudenhofen proving ground and said it was on schedule for late 2011 production.
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Electric power for crossover model, New front end will appear at same time
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Gordon Murray's new city car has McLaren F1 roots
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