New Jaguar XFR sale to begin in March 2009
New Jaguar XFR, put on demo at the Detroit Auto Show, is true to Jaguar’s heritage of legendary performance.
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One third British workforce to lose jobs at Nissan
Nissan is set to cut 1,200 jobs at Sunderland factory, rendering almost 33% of workforce jobless as demand for cars took big slump in Europe due to recession. 800 permanent positions and 400 temporary contracts will no longer exist, bringing Japanese manufacturer’s strength of 3,800 factory staff down to 2,600.
BMW launches fully-armoured SUV
BMW has launched fully-armoured most advanced SUV, the new BMW X5 Security. The heads of states, captains of industry and VIPs would get ultimate extraordinary protection for going anywhere without fear of attacks.
Jaguar Land Rover to terminate 850 agency jobs
About 850 workers from Jaguar Land Rover’s West Midland unit would be losing their jobs as the car company’s executives sought urgent help from government for car sector.
The latest announcement of job cuts took the total job losses to 1,450 during 2008. Jaguar Land Rover is battling with financial problems which have dragged entire auto [...]
The Volkswagen Jetta TDI Clean Diesel wins ‘Green Car of the Year’ award
The Green Car Journal has crowned Volkswagen’s Jetta TDI Clean Diesel ‘2009 Green Car of the Year’at the Los Angeles Motor Show.
The Volkswagen Jetta’s win of this prestigious award is special in the sense that it is the first diesel car to receive Green title.
Volvo XC60 receives highest rating in Euro NCAP evaluation
The Volvo XC60 received highest rating in Euro NCAP’s evaluation of degree of whiplash protection.
The Whiplash Protection System (WHIPS) offers protection in case of rear-ends collision of passenger cars. Volvo XC60 was one of only five cars to get the highest rating. It also received five stars rating in Euro NCAP’s Adult Occupant Protection tests [...]
The third generation Volkswagen Scirocco
Many senior people might remember the original Volkswagen Scirocco and might recall epithets which described its performance.
The Scirocco made its debut 34 years ago at the Geneva Motor Show, where it also marked beginning of Volkswagen’s new design phase. Corrado was introduced in 1989 and thereafter production of Scirocco was gradually reduced and halted 1993 [...]
The Volvo S60 Concept Car to be unveiled in January 2009
The Volvo S60 concept car is scheduled to be unveiled at the Detroit Motor Show to present glimpses of what it will look like when launched in 2010.
The President and CEO of the Volvo Cars, Stephen Odell, has expressed confidence in delivering more dynamic and exciting designs and maintaining its leadership in vehicle safety. He [...]
Volvo keeps its servicing environmentally friendly with renewed components
Keeping up with its environmentally friendly approach, the Swedish vehicle manufacturer is recycling scrapped Volvo components with its Greenline initiative.
The initiative should reinforce Volvo’s Exchangeparts system. Under this system used Volvo engines, axles, gearboxes and other components are collected from dealers and reworked exactly to the fresh component standards.
Volvo Greenline renewed component programme’s inspection checks [...]
Volvo steps up production of XC60 & DRIVe range cars
The Volvo Car Corporation has stepped up its production of DRIVe range and Volvo XC60 cars to enter into the growing crossover segment.
It is also offering S40, C30, V50 1.6D DRIVe with lowest CO2 emission and best in class fuel consumption levels.
Both the DRIVe and Volvo XC60 models have been successfully taken into mass production [...]