Category Archives: General Talk

Bugatti Veyron Super Sport Pur Blanc hits 246.6 mph on a closed public road

Bugatti Veyron is probably the most iconic modern day supercar. The total production run of 450 cars is expected to reach its end later this year or in early 2015.

VW closes sales gap on Toyota’s global lead

A Toyota Prius hybrid car (left) goes past a VW Tiguan at a dealership in Tokyo. VW aims to overtake Toyota as the global No. 1 automaker.<em/>Photo credit: REUTERS/Toru Hanai

Volkswagen is closing in on Toyota as the global leader in vehicle sales, with a rapid expansion drive in China – the world’s biggest auto market – while Toyota curbs growth to focus on shoring up quality.

CEO Carlos Tavares returns PSA’s car division to profit

PSA CEO Carlos Tavares -  returns PSA's car division to profit

PSA/Peugeot-Citroen reported a surprise surge in first-half cash flow and the first auto-division profit in three years, as its turnaround plan began to show results.

Range Rover Sport SVR becomes the fastest SUV around the Nürburgring with a time of 8:14

The upcoming Range Rover Sport SVR is a lot of things, including the fastest, most agile and most responsive Land Rover vehicle ever built with sales scheduled to start in 2015.

EPRI, 8 carmakers and 15 utilities to create open grid integration platform for PEV

The Electric Power Research Institute, 8 automakers and 15 utilities are working to develop and to demonstrate an open platform that would integrate plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) with smart grid technologies enabling utilities to support PEV charging regardless of location.