Global automakers are once again nervously monitoring the health of Russia’s car market as a sales slide threatens billions of euros committed to increase manufacturing capacity in the country.
Daily Archives: August 6, 2013
Audi A3 gets a more powerful 181bhp 2.0-litre TDI
More powerful version of 2.0-litre TDI engine with lowest-in-class CO2 and optional quattro drive arrives in A3 alongside advanced LED lighting
New 2.0 TDI 184PS engine now available in addition to original 150PS version in A3 and A3 Sportback models – Saloon to follow later
EV venture founded by Va. candidate McAuliffe probed over investor visas
The electric-vehicle startup GreenTech Automotive is under investigation by federal authorities over its use of a government program that allows foreign investors to get special visas to the United States, according to a news report.
Daimler to build Mercedes plant to make C class in Brazil
Daimler plans to build a new plant in Brazil as rising taxes on foreign vehicles make it more difficult to sell imported cars in the Latin American country, a magazine reported on Sunday.
Daimler luxury brand Mercedes-Benz is to begin assembling C-class models in Brazil by 2015, with a starting capacity of about 20,000 vehicles a year, German weekly Der Spiegel reported, without saying where it got the information.
