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Volkswagen 2010 Jetta, Golf, Passat, and Tiguan Honored With TOP SAFETY PICK Awards From the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

Pit Crew — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:00:45 +0000

Four 2010 Volkswagen models – the brand-leading Jetta sedan, the all-new Golf four-door, the stylish Passat sedan, and the nimble Tiguan – have each received the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s (IIHS) TOP SAFETY PICK award for 2010: The highest rating possible from the non-profit research organization. The annual award recognizes those vehicles that perform [...]

Rapper Fabolous has ties to stolen Lamborghini in Atlanta

Pit Crew — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:27:37 +0000

Atlanta police say platinum-selling rapper Fabolous, whose real name in John Jackson, may have crucial information involving the theft of a rare sports car taken from the Intercontinental Hotel in Buckhead. Channel 2 Action News consumer investigator Jim Strickland, who first broke the story last year, obtained surveillance video from the Intercontinental showing how the 2008 [...]

TECHART releases its new 2010 calendar just in time for Christmas

Pit Crew — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:00:01 +0000

This will definitely be on our wishlist. How about yours? Catch a few more monthly peeks after the jump.365 days of personality. The TECHART calendar 2010. Masterpieces of excellent quality – a combination of convincing technology, idealistic precision and a long tradition of handmade design and creation. Since over two decades TECHART inspires Porsche cars of [...]

Spyker Cars relocates its vehicle assembly line to the UK

Pit Crew — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:00:25 +0000

Spyker Cars N.V., manufacturer of exclusive premium sports cars, announces today that it will relocate vehicle assembly to its supplier, CPP (Manufacturing) Ltd, UK. By relocating its assembly lines from Zeewolde to Coventry, Spyker will achieve considerable improvements in efficiency and substantial cost-reductions. The relocation is expected to be completed by the end of this year. Of [...]

WTCC: SEAT Sport rebuilds Yvan Muller and Gabriele Tarquini’s cars after crashes in Macau

Pit Crew — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:06:42 +0000

With the final race here, SEAT Sport was looking at both a drivers title and a very close manufacturer title. 3pts seperate SEAT from BMW in the manufacturers chase and Tarquini has 2pt lead over teamate Muller with Augusto Farfus 11pts down to Muller. With that said, the accidents of both the top points leaders put [...]

Volkswagen steps towards an integrated automotive group with Porsche

Pit Crew — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:41:54 +0000

Volkswagen Supervisory Board approves contracts of implementation relating to comprehensive agreement with Porsche The Supervisory Board of Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft took a further important step towards the creation of an integrated automotive group with Porsche at its meeting today when it approved the contracts of implementation negotiated by all the parties which set out the details of [...]

Lamborghini and Pirelli team up at 2010 Pirelli calendar worldwide premiere

Pit Crew — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:27:59 +0000

Automobili Lamborghini and Pirelli, once again in partnership: the House of the Raging Bull’s super sportscars were among the luxury vehicles chosen by the tyre manufacturer for the new 2010 Pirelli calendar presentation, which took place last night in London. A Murciélago LP 670-4 SuperVeloce and two Gallardos – an LP 560-4 Spyder and the [...]

9ff to debut the 9ff Speed9 at the Essen Motor Show

Pit Crew — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:39:14 +0000

9ff will debut their new Speed9 at the Essen Motor Show from November 28th – December 6th. Based off the Porsdhe 997 Turbo, the new Speed9 owes its design to the legendary Porsche 356 / 1500S Speedster (1955), the Porsche 911 Speedster (1989) as well as Porsche 964 Speedster (1993). The 9ff Speed9 features a new [...]

Tarquini and SEAT take the WTCC Championships in a wild weekend at Macau

Pit Crew — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:27:45 +0000

[topsy_retweet_small] Talk about coming down to the wire, crashes and your two top drivers heading to the hospital. That is exactly what one would not want during a championship weekend but that exactly what SEAT Sport was handed. Miraculously, SEAT overcame all this and won the Manufacturers’ World Championship, the Drivers’ World Championship and the Independents’ [...]

20 years of TDI engines from Audi – trailblazing technology with a great future

Pit Crew — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:27:41 +0000

Audi has launched a new microsite entitled The TDI Chronicle: Efficiency Technology. Starting in 1989 with the record breaking drive Audi 100 2.5 TDI to todays Efficiency Challenge, Audi has provided a great source for TDI education. You can travel by way of three primary categories; Engines, Technologies and Highlights.In the fall of 1989, the [...]