Daily Archives: October 10, 2014

2015 Mercedes-Benz C 63 AMG starts below £60,000

2015 Mercedes-Benz C 63 AMG starts below £60,000

The base price for a new Mercedes-Benz C 63 AMG will be £59,795. The latest generation of Mercedes-Benz’s smallest super saloon hits the UK in Spring 2015, with four-door and Estate versions on the way, as usual, and each will be powered by an all-new 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 engine.

Volvo unveils a 450bhp triple-turbo 2.0-litre 4-cylinder petrol powertrain concept

Automakers are taking engine down-sizing very seriously and we already have small 2.0-litre production engines with 355bhp available in cars like CLA 45 AMG. There have been few concept cars also with a 2.0-litre four-turbo packing around 400bhp.

Mitsubishi will add two more PHEVs to European lineup

Mitsubishi will add plug-in hybrid versions of its its next ASX compact crossover and Pajero/Shogun SUV, CEO Osamu Masuko said.

The plug-in variants will join the Outlander, which already has a plug-in variant on sale in Europe.

Russia September car sales fall 20%, Ukraine crisis hits demand

Russia September car sales fall 20%, Ukraine crisis hits demand

New-car sales in Russia continued their freefall in September with a drop of 20 percent, following a 26 percent fall in the previous month, the Association of European Businesses (AEB) lobby group said in a statement.

Audi Said to Plan Cost-Growth Reduction of €2 Billion

Audi Said to Plan Cost-Growth Reduction of $2.5 Billion

By Christoph Rauwald

Audi wants to rein in costs by about €2 billion ($2.5 billion) a year to offset surging spending on new technology, according to people familiar with the matter.