This never gets old. Top Gear started it all with a Bugatti Veyron racing a Eurofighter. After that there have been plenty of videos, with high exotic cars racing fighter jets.
Daily Archives: August 26, 2014
Audi moving ahead with 48V system in vehicles
Audi will upgrade part of its vehicle electrical system from 12 to 48 volts. The move represents another technical building block for facilitating the integration of new automotive technologies while increasing the power and efficiency of its cars.
Audi recently showcased the scope of the 48-volt electrical system with the two technology demonstrators Audi A6 TDI concept and RS 5 TDI concept.
Regulators’ sweep threatens auto parts business model
Suppliers, in particular those from Japan, who have colluded for years to inflate parts prices for automakers, dealers and repair shops in a global market with annual sales of over 80 million vehicles, are now being exposed in a worldwide sweep by regulators.
For the past five years, competition watchdogs — from the United States, Europe and across Asia – have moved in, handing out record fines in some cases, and calling time on a business model that has served suppliers well. That model essentially sees parts makers collude to keep prices relatively high for new components they supply to car manufacturers, and then charge even more for the same parts supplied as replacements to dealerships and repair shops.
German car parts suppliers told to form JVs in China
by Christoph Steitz, Edward Taylor, Andreas Cremer in FRANKFURT and Samuel Shen in SHANGHAI
Three German car parts suppliers have been told by China they can no longer manage their Chinese units independently but need to form partnerships with local peers, the chief executive of auto parts maker ElringKlinger told a German paper.
VW will launch new Golf in 2017
Volkswagen plans to launch the eighth generation of its best-selling Golf compact in 2017, just five years after launching the present model, a German magazine reported.
