Carmakers are always trying to improve their vehicles and enticing buyers with new, innovative features that will increase their driving enjoyment. One of the ways that car manufacturers are trying to improve their offering is through increasing the number of gears in automatic transmissions. With automatic vehicles commonly having around five speeds, although luxury models […]
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A lot of manufacturers offer personalised colour schemes including a pink car. However, Ferarri is an exception and will never let you see a pink Ferrari vehicle. This colour and some others are against their policy and brand values. It’s banned from having a possibility to be associated with Ferarri.
One of the Walt Disney’s most successful movie is about a racing car which shows emotions and befriends humans. Herbie is a 1963 Volkswagen Beetle deluxe with a Volkswagen L87 pearl white colour and patriotic red, blue and white colour scheme. Iconic “53” comes from producers’ favourite baseball player’s Don Drysdale number 52.
The UK has 4.8 million of commercial vehicles. They transport goods and passengers or they are used by emergency services. 96% of these vehicles use diesel. Each year they succeed to collect 61 billion miles. Diesel is better for the environment comparing to petrol equivalents. It reduces CO2 emissions and decreases climate change.
Heading from the late 90’s into the 2000s and Volkswagen were really going from strength to strength. 1998 saw them add prestigious car manufacturers Bentley, Bugatti and Lamborghini to their impressive and seemingly ever-expanding portfolio. Volkswagen spent £430 million acquiring Bentley, which was enough to see off a rival bid from BMW. It was evident […]
It’s believed that the Volkswagen Group paid around $5.58 billion to obtain the remaining company shares of Porsche in 2012, after already purchasing a 49.9% stake in 2009. Porsche had, in fact, attempted to buy a controlling stake in Volkswagen in 2008 but failed in their attempts.
It’s believed that the Volkswagen Group paid around $5.58 billion to obtain the remaining company shares of Porsche in 2012, after already purchasing a 49.9% stake in 2009. Porsche had, in fact, attempted to buy a controlling stake in Volkswagen in 2008 but failed in their attempts.
The 1960s were where the times really began to change for the Volkswagen Group. First of all, there was a name change due to the floatation of the company on the German stock market. They would now be known as Volkswagenwerk Aktiengesellschaft going forward, often abbreviated to Volkswagenwerk AG. A few years later, the 1st […]
This is because they will be over cautious in the outset. It’s estimated that the delays will start to subside when 50-70% of vehicles on the UK’s roads are driverless.
There are around half a dozen parts in an electric motor. This means that electric car engines are a lot easier to do work on. Parts are easier to replace, and they don’t wear out as fast.