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Flash.(automobile reports from Audi, Volvo, and Volkswagen of America)
Audi looker
When we told you about Audi's plans to show an A8-size 2+2 Touring Coupe in Geneva (AW, Feb. 3), we mentioned that the vehicle codenamed TC would bear a new front-end treatment that would become an integral part of all future Audi models. Although it remains unclear when the more sporting image (above) will debut, it will certainly grace the TC if and when it goes on sale in 2006.
Volvos lost
Volvo took the biggest hit-especially to its already tight supply of North American Truck of the Year XC90 sport/utility vehicles-when the Norwegian-registered Tricolor car-carrier sunk on Dec. 14 in the English Channel after colliding with another ship. Of the 2862 vehicles aboard the vessel, 2014 were Volvos, including 358 XC90s, 637 S60s, 173 V70s, 314 XC70s, 274 S80s, 119 S40s, 46 V40s, 67 C70s and the remainder in miscellaneous customer-owned Volvos. Saab lost more than 500 cars, mostly 9-3s, while BMW reported losing 335 3, 5 and 7 Series models.
A Volvo spokesman said all the lost vehicles will be scrapped. As a result of the accident, buyers awaiting deliveries of XC90s should expect a few ...
- Volkswagen Sends Dieselution Tour Across America to Promote Advances, Benefits...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire September 26, 2007 700+ words
...locations around the United States, including environmental and...sales leader in the United States, we have worked hard to make...Volkswagen's new, 50-state clean diesel offering. The...display, a 3.0-liter V6 TDI Touareg, the Polo Blue Motion and...
- Touareg TDI Sets Benchmark in High Performance Showroom Stock Division.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire July 26, 2007 700+ words
...Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC) on Saturday, July 21, 2007. Volkswagen entered two V10 TDI Touaregs and a V6 TDI Touareg, driven by professional drivers Ryan Arciero, Mike Miller and Chris Blais. Arciero put on a strong performance on his way...
- VW expects to increase US diesel car sales; New models, rise in US fuel prices...
- Magazine article from: Automotive News Europe June 14, 2004 700+ words
...expected to fuel the automaker's diesel gain: the four-cylinder 2.0-liter TDI Passat and the 5.0-liter 10-cylinder TDI Touareg. Both 2004 models went on sale in the US last month. Their arrival makes diesels available in most of VW's US product...
- Volkswagen Touareg V10 TDI 10 cylinders, 5 litres, 2 turbos, 310hp.
- Magazine article from: Farmers Weekly November 18, 2005 700+ words
...Exclusive ([pounds sterling]42,220) and LR's Discovery TD6 HSE ([pounds sterling]43,495). We looked at the 2.5 TDI Touareg in detail last year, so here we concentrate on the bigger-engined car's touring potential. First though, build quality...
- Volkswagen's Dieselution Tour Debuts at AltWheels Festival.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire September 27, 2007 700+ words
...locations around the United States, including environmental and...sales leader in the United States, we have worked hard to make...Volkswagen's new, 50-state clean diesel offering. The...display, a 3.0-liter V6 TDI Touareg, the Polo Blue Motion and...
- Mark Miller Qualifies With Fastest Time in Pikes Peak International Hill Climb...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire July 18, 2007 700+ words
...versus the 2006 PPIHC race. Much of the success can be credited to the OGT (Off-road German Technology) applied to the V10 TDI Touareg. The performance enhancements made to the already off-road-impressive stock Touareg transformed the vehicle into a more...
- Built for the long haul: VW Passat and Jetta diesel versions don't give up...
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire June 25, 2004 700+ words
...31,450, the Passat diesel is aimed at the 40% of Volkswagen customers who shop the company's diesels. Unlike the V10 TDi Touareg, it is unlikely to win over shoppers who dream of gasoline-fuelled smoothness in a six-cylinder Camry. But the new Jetta...
- Volkswagen Dieselution Tour Debuts At AltWheels Festival.
- Magazine article from: Space Daily October 8, 2007 700+ words
...locations around the United States, including environmental and...sales leader in the United States, we have worked hard to make...Volkswagen's new, 50-state clean diesel offering. The...display, a 3.0-liter V6 TDI Touareg, the Polo Blue Motion and...
- Volkswagen's Dieselution Tour Coming to Clarkson University October 4 and 5.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire October 3, 2007 700+ words
...locations around the United States, including environmental and...sales leader in the United States, we have worked hard to make...Volkswagen's new, 50-state clean diesel offering. The...of 2008. A 3.0-liter V6 TDI Touareg, a 1977 Rabbit Diesel, and...
- Volkswagen's Dieselution Tour Rolls Into ECOFEST in New York City.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire September 28, 2007 700+ words
...locations around the United States, including environmental and...sales leader in the United States, we have worked hard to make...Volkswagen's new, 50-state clean diesel offering. The...display, a 3.0-liter V6 TDI Touareg, the Polo Blue Motion and...
Source: HighBeam Research, Flash.(automobile reports from Audi, Volvo, and Volkswagen of America)