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• "Cars for Idiots": Carmakers Get Personal About New Technology

  BNET - 2009-09-08

  Sometimes carmakers take the competition personally, especially when new technology is involved. Toyota executives recently went out of their way to disparage the plug-in hybrid even though their own company is building one. Irv Miller, Toyota’s group vice president of environmental and public affairs, told me back...

  Tags: Car, Automobile Company, Audi AG, Manufacturing, Jim Motavalli

• Small is chic in gay Paris; Environmentally-friendly models take the lead at show STEVE HUGHES looks at what's on offer at the Paris Motor Show, which opens this weekend Paris Motor Show guide

  - 2008-10-03

  Byline: STEVE HUGHES THE rapidly changing face of automobiles is graphically illustrated by the plethora of small cars being displayed at the Paris Motor Show. If they're not so small, then they are hybrid, dual-fuel or one of the many models that now wear some sort of eco...

  Tags: Audi AG, BMW AG, Chevrolet, Ferrari, Hyundai, Manufacturing, Paris

• Car is a weapon; On the web

  - 2008-08-12

  THE tragic death of a father and son on their way to Manchester Airport to catch a flight for their holidays has sparked debate on www.examiner.co.uk Gary Proctor, 47, and his son James, 16, from Wakefield, died in hospital after their Fiat Punto was in collision with an Audi on...

  Tags: Audi AG, beverage, car, Fiat, Manufacturing, Web

• Tony Kirton Joins Aptera as Chief Marketing Officer

  - 2008-06-24

  Seasoned Expert to Lead Growth Strategy as Company Prepares for a 2008 Rollout CARLSBAD, Calif. -- Aptera Motors announced today that the ultra-green auto company has hired Tony Kirton as its Chief Marketing Officer. Kirton, an automotive industry veteran with over 35 years of business development, marketing, sales, and...

  Tags: Audi AG, brand, Branding, California, Manufacturing, MARKETING, SALES, Transportation

• College-speak for noobs

  - 2008-06-22

  [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Do you speak Collegese? University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill professor Connie C. Eble, author of Slang and Sociability: In Group Language Among College Students University of North Carolina Press, knows college students have a lingo all their own. Here are a few examples of words...

  Tags: Audi AG, Banking, Manufacturing, SOFTWARE, University of North Carolina

• Audi approves eco-friendly BASF refinish paint system for after sales service in India.

  - 2008-03-17

  M2 PRESSWIRE-17 March 2008-BASF: Audi approves eco-friendly BASF refinish paint system for after sales service in IndiaC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:17032008 * Audi to be the first car manufacturer in India using environmentally friendly waterborne refinish paint system ...

  Tags: Audi AG, BASF AG, India, Manufacturing, SALES

• Local briefs: Crash arrest

  - 2008-03-17

  POLICE arrested a man on suspicion of drink driving after a minor collision at Longroyd Bridge. The 41-year-old, driving a Vauxhall Vectra, was alleged to have collided with a stationary Audi A4 at traffic lights on Manchester Road in the early hours of Sunday. No-one was injured and there...

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• Peugeot taking a run at Audi

  - 2008-03-12

  There are many technical explanations for Audi's recent domination of the American Le Mans Series and the season-opening Mobil1 Twelve Hours of Sebring. Driver Allan McNish sums it up on a more basic level: It just doesn't want to be caught by other manufacturers. ...

  Tags: Audi AG, manufacturer, Manufacturing, Peugeot

• Lamborghini OC Secures OK for Newport Beach Showroom

  - 2008-03-03

  Glabman Closes Costa Mesa Furniture Store; Nine Stores Set to Open at South Coast Plaza MARKETPLACE Lamborghini Orange County jumped one of its biggest hurdles to opening a dealership on Pacific Coast Highway in Newport Beach: the blessing of the California Coastal Commission. The approval puts the dealership...

  Tags: Audi AG, dealership, FINANCE, Manufacturing, SALES, Volkswagen AG

• Alfa back on track

  - 2008-02-22

  Byline: By STEVE HUGHES ALFA Romeo has the distinction of being the fastest-growing car company in the UK during 2007, with sales soaring by more than 40%. The company says it is confident that this heralds a sustained revival of the sporting Italian marque, which now has a...

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