Category Archives: General Talk

Bentley will build W12 engines for Audi, VW

Bentley will build Volkswagen Group’s W12 engines for sister brands Volkswagen and Audi starting next year, creating about 100 jobs for its England factory and ending production of the engines in Germany.

Bentley, which was bought by VW in 1998, will make its factory in Crewe, northwest England, a ”center of excellence” for W12 engines, which are used in Bentley models, Audi’s flagship A8 sedan and the VW Phaeton.

Bentley SUV teaser shows revised styling

Bentley today released a teaser picture of its upcoming SUV, saying the vehicle’s design has been revised from the EXP 9 F concept it unveiled at the 2012 Geneva auto show.

“The design has changed from the side, rear and roof. It’s completely changed,” Bentley CEO Wolfgang Schreiber told journalists at an event in London.

$787.33 for a two-mile cab ride

A college student from Winnetka, Illinois jumped into a cab for a short ride to a restaurant in downtown Chicago, but instead of a couple dollars, she was charged almost $800.
In December, 20-year-old Becky Siegel was running late to meet friends at the Sweetwater Tavern and Grille, so she went immediately from the Metra train to a cab at the Ogilvie Transportation Center.

Juergen Greil discusses the BMW Vision EfficientDynamics

Here is the last video from the BMW’s Unscripted series, a video where Jergen Greil, one of the BMW’s engineers that contributed at the building process of the Vision EfficientDynamics, talks about the concept which surprised us.

Mercedes’ S-Class coupé is the latest vehicle to get the AMG treatment

S 63 AMG Coupé

The results will be seen for the first time when the ultra fast car makes its global debut at the New York International Auto Show in April.