One of the most beautiful racing cars in the history of motor sport: the Auto Union Type D twin-supercharger racing car dating from 1939 is now back at AUDI AG.
“This is one of the most emotional moments in our heritage work for AUDI AG – we have come full circle,” says Thomas Frank, Head of Audi Tradition. A few weeks ago, the car manufacturer was able to repurchase an extremely rare Auto Union Silver Arrow racing car – consisting largely of original parts. It is the Auto Union twin-supercharger Type D dating from 1939, and is one of the two legendary “Karassik cars”. AUDI AG now owns three of the five Auto Union racing cars that can claim to be original. Continue reading ‘Auto Union Type D Silver Arrow returns to Audi’
Rainer Zietlow and his team have set off on a new record-breaking trip: the long-distance adventurer is aiming to do 23,000 kilometers from Melbourne to St. Petersburg in a Touareg powered by the standard engine. Zietlow plans to cover the route from the earth’s southernmost city of over a million inhabitants to its northernmost counterpart in less than three weeks. Continue reading ‘Adventurer Rainer Zietlow and team look to break record in Touareg V6 TDI Clean Diesel’
In the first seven months of the year, the SKODA brand has delivered 523,200 vehicles worldwide (January – July 2010: 437,300 vehicles). Thus, the Czech automobile manufacturer was able to increase its sales 19.7 percent in comparison to the previous year and for the first time ever delivered more than 500,000 vehicles by July. At the same time, SKODA achieved a new record for the month of July with 68,500 sold units (last year: 58,500). Continue reading ‘SKODA increases worldwide deliveries by July to more than 500,000 vehicles’
Volkswagen AG, Europe’s biggest carmaker, said it expects to continue outperforming the auto market in the second half after posting a record 4.1 million deliveries in the first six months of the year. Continue reading ‘Volkswagen confident it can outperform Global Market’
Audi AG (NSU) will roll out two limited edition models in coming months as part of an effort to increase the brand’s exclusivity and better compete with Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) at the high end of the luxury market.
The Volkswagen AG (VOW) unit will introduce a Q7 sport-utility vehicle next month in Russia with a two-tone exterior costing 200,000 euros ($285,000), sales chief Peter Schwarzenbauer said. Audi will begin selling the R8 V10 Pure Sport in the United Arab Emirates for 500,000 dirhams ($136,000) in June. Continue reading ‘Audi to Offer $285,000 Special Edition ‘Halo’ models to boost exclusivity’
SEAT is present at the exhibition entitled ‘Spain today: living and innovating’, which was officially opened this morning in Moscow. The car company thus joins more than 30 other Spanish corporations and institutions showing their companies and products to Russians until next Thursday 31st March. The event, held under the aegis of the Russian authorities, falls within the wider framework of the Year of Spain in Russia. Continue reading ‘SEAT joins Year of Spain in Russia’
Volkswagen is basking in the glory of record sales and profits, but it’s not all good news. The group’s Bentley, Seat and Lamborghini brands still continue to record poor performances.
At its annual investors conference today, VW said 2010 was ” the most successful year” in its history with 7.2 million unit sales and an operating profit of 7.1 billion euros. Continue reading ‘Bentley, Lamborghini and SEAT are a drag on Volkswagen Group’
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The biggest challenge for Volkswagen at the Silk Way Rally was themselves. The 4th place competitor was over 6 hours back in the end. However, the teams and new Race Touareg 3 were under some heavy race conditions and we even saw Giniel de Villiers flip and retire. The organizers put together a great course that included wide open straights, letting the 310hp TDI stretch its legs and deep water crossings. This marks the 4th win for the Carlos Sainz and Lucas Cruz team. Continue reading ‘Volkswagen’s Carlos Sainz and Lucas Cruz win the 2010 Silk Way Rally’
