Half of the votes cast by the road safety professionals and car driving instructors who read adiNEWS were polled by the Vauxhall Corsa for ‘Britain’s Training Car of the Year’ award for fourth consecutive time.
The Porsche Automobile Holding SE Stuttgart had remained unaffected from global downturn during business year ending July 31. It set new records in profits, production, sales and turnover. The company’s success created more jobs within the group. But Porsche could not escape from sharp fall in demand which has engulfed entire auto industry and is [...]
The Opel Vauxhall Insignia scored 35 points out of 37; and bagged five stars for adult occupant rating in the European Traffic Institution’s Euro NCAP Safety Test. It bagged four stars for child protection and was awarded two stars for pedestrian protection. These were the best ratings ever awarded to a vehicle in the large [...]
The motor industry woes continue multiplying, with Aston Martin declaring that it might have to reduce workforce by one third.
Aston Martin, the famous luxury car maker, informed that 300 permanent employees and equal number of temporary workers were going to be redundant due to adverse impact of global economic downturn on company’s sales.
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 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.
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 [...]
New Octavia, with extensive facelift in interior and exterior, would be launched by Skoda in January 2009. The highly successful model has been updated with brand’s existing range.
Lamborghini has created a high performance, fascinating design, extremely smooth handling and open-air super sports car which has absolutely no match.
Equipped with more powerful engine, all-wheel drive and new chassis, Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder offers much superior performance than its predecessors. Its unique design displays elegant and powerful performance with greater distinctiveness.
Lamborghini Gallardo LP 560-4 Spyder [...]