Opel will focus on crossovers as part of its product push to boost sales and return to profit. “We will move more into crossover segments in general, because that’s where customers are going,” Opel CEO Karl-Thomas Neumann said on the sidelines of the Geneva auto show last month.
Bugatti Veyron went into production in 2005, and last year the 400th model was sold, leaving just 50 examples left to buy. Currently there are probably 30-40 cars left and with the current rate of roughly 50 cars sold a year, the final Veyron is expected to roll off the assembly line in late 2014 or in early 2015.
Smart has introduced a new Grandstyle version of the ForTwo. Priced from £10,300, the Grandstyle comes with Artico artificial leather upholstery, 15-inch alloy wheels, black or titanium coloured detailing, a touch-screen audio system and LED running lights.
The original BMW M5 debuted in 1985 with power coming from a 3.5-litre six-cylinder unit delivering 282bhp. Very impressive numbers at the time. The M5 was also the most expensive BMW at the time.
Volkswagen Group’s annual global sales have risen 55 percent to 9.73 million vehicles in the last five years, putting the company on track to reach its 10-million-unit sales target this year. VW isn’t slowing down.
Marketing Vice President Simon Thomas says Europe’s largest automaker remains determined to keep improving how it launches vehicles and how it uses the massive amount of analytical data it gathers.
