VW’s former CEO Martin Winterkorn was informed that the company had told regulators it was using defeat devices two weeks before the scandal became public, a German newspaper reported Sunday.
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Top Gear: Drift Legends
Time to rev up the engines, roast tires to gravel-bashing zones, and drift to the uncontrollable for the legends are back! Can you become a drift legend? Learn how to drift from The Stig through 5 locations around the world and get sideways in iconic Top Gear cars! Download and …
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In this full episode of Fifth Gear (originally broadcast July 3rd 2006), Vicki tries Rallycross, there’s a BMW 130i M and Golf R32 shootout and Tim Lovejoy takes Dirty Pretty Things out in a mini. For more fantastic car reviews, shoot-outs and all your favourite Fifth Gear moments, subscribe to …
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It’s the follow-through that counts.
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Ian Robertson, the head of sales and marketing for the BMW brand and responsible for all sales channels across the group, shared his views on how the automaker will try to improve its customers’ experience.
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Volvo CEO Hakan Samuelsson foresees plug-in hybrids gaining greater acceptance in Europe at the expense of diesels. He also expects the Swedish automaker to continue taking market share from rivals in Europe and elsewhere in 2016.
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Prospective Acura NSX supercar drivers now have the opportunity to order one. Honda’s luxury brand has began taking orders for the NSX, equipped with a 573-hp, V-6 engine.
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NHTSA has failed to make a number of safety improvements agreed to in 2011 in areas including staff oversight and the training of vehicle defect investigators, a federal audit released today said.
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Nissan, boosting earnings on rising sales in the U.S. and China, will acquire up to $3.5 billion of stock in a bid to shore up its share price after a 24 percent decline this year.
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