Volkswagen keeps lavishing money on supercar maker Bugatti, its most exclusive brand, even as the German group plans painful cuts in its core auto business.
Bugatti is working “very intensively” on a successor to the Veyron, CEO Wolfgang Duerheimer said in an interview at the Paris auto show.
Maserati expects to sell more than 35,000 cars this year to put it well on its way to meeting a 50,000 sales target in 2015, subject to the availability of a new SUV due next year, the brand’s CEO, Harold Wester, said.
Once again in 2014, there is no shortage of premieres at the Paris Motor Show. These new vehicles stand out from the rest as some of the most highly anticipated, the most surprising or the most spectacular — or sometimes all three. Don’t miss this opportunity to see what the Paris Motor Show has to offer!
If there’s one car that can challenge Lamborghini for drawing gaping crowds at this year’s Paris Motor Show, it’s the AMG GT S on display at Mercedes’ stand.
Alcoa officially opened the world’s largest aluminium-lithium plant in Lafayette, Indiana where it produces advanced, third-generation aluminium-lithium alloys for the aerospace industry. Aircraft manufacturers are increasingly turning to lighter and stronger aluminium-lithium alloys, which are less expensive than titanium and composites and enable better fuel efficiency and lower maintenance costs.
