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Yearly Archives: 2017

New Opel Insignia

Torque Vectoring All-Wheel Drive for New Opel Insignia

Mostly premium brands offer midsize cars with an especially engaging driving experience. But when the all-new Opel Insignia Grand Sport hits the market in early...
Sergio Marchionne,Maurizio Arrivabene

Sergio Marchionne is planning to retire at the end of 2018

Sergio Marchionne is planning to retire as CEO of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles at the end of 2018. Marchionne is also Ferrari president. Recently he...
Pirelli tyres

Pirelli announces the tyres for Bahrain and Russia

Pirelli announces the following compounds for the third and fourth rounds of the 2017 Formula 1 season. In Bahrain*, to be held from April 14-16...
BMW i,BMW,augmented reality

BMW i pilots augmented reality product visualiser powered by Tango

BMW i is the first automotive brand in the world to offer customers an interactive, 3-D augmented reality experience of their products in a...
Dieter Zetsche, Lewis Hamilton, Nico Rosberg, Toto Wolff

“Not Lewis again!”, Dieter Zetsche thought when got the call for Rosberg’s retirement

“Not Lewis again!”, Dieter Zetsche thought when got a call from Mercedes-Benz Motorsport Director Toto Wolff only a few days after the 2016 Formula...
Skoda

Record-breaking 2016: Skoda delivers 1 127 700 vehicles

Skoda achieved a new sales record in 2016. The brand’s global sales rose 6.8% last year to 1,127,700 vehicles (2015: 1,055,500). In December, the...
Cyril Abiteboul,Frédéric Vasseur

Frédéric Vasseur is leaving his role as Renault F1 Team Principal

Renault Sport Racing announced that Frédéric Vasseur is leaving his role as Team Principal of the Renault team in Formula 1. “Renault Sport Racing and...
Dmitry Sotnikov, Dakar Rally, Dakar

Dakar’s Stage 9 cancelled

2017 Dakar Rally Stage 9 was cancelled by the event organizers. They published a statement on the official website. The statement reads as follows: “A massive...
Sébastien Loeb

Sébastien Loeb took the overall lead after Dakar’s Stage 8

Heavy rains and an overflowed river meant yet another route modification at Dakar Rally 2017. Tuesday’s leg was eventually divided in two parts with...
Paddy Lowe

Paddy Lowe leaves Mercedes

Paddy Lowe is leaving Mercedes, the Brackley team confirmed. It is expected Lowe to become Williams’ team principal. According to Mercedes’ announcement he is...