Volvo will not develop a flagship sedan to challenge the BMW 7 series, the Mercedes-Benz S class or the Audi A8.
Certainly not now, and maybe not ever. Volvo CEO Hakan Samuelsson said such a flagship doesn’t fit Volvo’s green image and is not, in fact, the sort of vehicle that Volvo customers would even consider.
Ford has unveiled a new 1.5-litre EcoBoost petrol engine, increasing the number of power units in the family to five. The arrival of the 1.5-litre four-cylinder, which will power everything from the Fiesta to the Mondeo, will increase the company’s Ecoboost output to 1.6 mllion units per year across six factories.
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear Daimler AG’s appeal of a lawsuit claiming the company violated human rights against workers at an Argentina plant in the 1970s.
The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had ruled in favor of plaintiffs in allowing claims to proceed in federal court.
Workers or relatives of workers at an Argentina-based plant operated by Mercedes-Benz, a wholly owned subsidiary of Daimler, sued over the alleged conduct.
SUV world premiere – the new CrossBlue Coupé
Volkswagen presents high-tech plug-in hybrid SUV
Together with a new 330 Hp Quattroporte purposely conceived for the Chinese market.
