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News.(automobile industry)(Brief Article)(Industry Overview)
VW R32 for U.S.?
Officially, Volkswagen is saying it won't bring its hot new Golf R32 to these shores. But that doesn't explain why VW chairman Bernd Pischetsrieder deliberately made sure American automotive journalists got a chance to drive his company's latest hot hatch while they were in Germany recently to check out the coming Phaeton.
Shown at the Madrid motor show in May, the R32 is powered by the same 3.2-liter V6 found in the Phaeton, producing 237 horsepower at 6250 rpm and 236 lb-ft of torque at 2800 rpm. VW says the car goes from 0 to 62 mph in 6.4 seconds and tops out at 140 mph, although unofficial reports put top speed at 152 mph-making it the fastest Golf ever offered by VW. The engine is linked to a six-speed manual transmission, while 4Motion four-wheel drive sends the power to 18-inch wheels.
That's the ``what.'' We'll let you know ``when'' as soon as we hear.
Closing the GTO loop
Maybe General Motors' public relations folks missed Bob Lutz's comments at the New York Auto Show (AW, April 8). GM released a statement June 20 confirming the North American chairman's March 26 announcement that the Holden Monaro-based Pontiac GTO will go on sale in the states in the 2004 model year. Yeah, we know.
It wasn't an entirely news-free release, however: GM released a sketch of what we can expect a Pontiac-ized Monaro CV8 coupe to look ...
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire April 6, 2004 700+ words
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire April 15, 1992 700+ words
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- Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe John R. White April 6, 1996 700+ words
...somewhat of an anticlimax, coming as it does so late in the model year -- the auto autumn, so to speak. But it is always big...Association breakfast in conjunction with the Greater New York Auto Dealers Association. In keeping with the character of the...
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire April 5, 2004 700+ words
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Source: HighBeam Research, News.(automobile industry)(Brief Article)(Industry Overview)