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Spy VIDEO: Lotus Eagle tackles the 'Ring {Autoblog}
May 16th 2008 3:48AM If you upsize an Elise by 30% you end up with a long wheelbase S-Class, right?
Volt mules are meeting EV-only target range {Autoblog Green}
May 15th 2008 9:52AM @jpm00:
Amen.
Details: Audi's new supercharged 3.0-liter V6 {Autoblog}
May 12th 2008 9:49AM How would it fit in the R32? Not at all.
Ford Europe launches new top shelf Mondeo - the Titanium X Sport {Autoblog}
May 6th 2008 1:48PM Mondeo smaller than Fusion? The sedan is 2" shorter than the Fusion, but the wheelbase is actually longer on the Mondeo, so it has a larger interior.
In the AutoblogGreen Garage: 2008 Saturn Vue Green Line Hybrid {Autoblog Green}
May 6th 2008 11:24AM Best highway mileage of any SUV? Hardly, unless they mean "any US-market SUV"
A BMW X3 2.0d has an (European) highway mileage of 43 mpg (US)
Audi gets official with TTS and TT TDI {Autoblog}
Apr 29th 2008 2:35PM @gus
I know, the added cost of a TDI engine.
Which added cost?
From the German price list:
TT 2.0T quattro: 37,250 €
TT TDI quattro: 34,850 €
BMW to introduce 3-series that gets under 120g/km of CO2 {Autoblog Green}
Apr 28th 2008 4:48PM The 318d is powered by a 2.0L diesel - all current BMW 4-cylinder diesels are 2.0L, and all 6-cylinder diesels are 3.0L.
eBay find of the day: non-electric Detroit Electric {Autoblog Green}
Apr 18th 2008 3:52AM Are there remaining EV1s?
I'd like to make a monster truck out of one, you know, to crush Hummers.
Officially Official: Opel Insignia revealed {Autoblog}
Apr 18th 2008 3:27AM I'm guess that is because in its home market, VW is probably one of it's biggest competitors.
In Germany in March 2008, Volkswagen sold 9,776 Passats. Opel sold 1,961 Vectra/Signums.
So yes, you could say Volkswagen is an important competitor.
However, the Ford Mondeo is similarly challenged, with 2,249 sales in March.
The volume leaders behind the Passat are Mercedes C-class (8,589), BMW 3-series (7,871), Audi A4 (7,816) and Mazda 6 (2,327). Everything else sells even less units than Opel and Ford.
Source: http://www.autohaus.de/sixcms/media.php/2141/Modellreihen_Maerz08_1_00.pdf
Officially Official: Opel Insignia revealed {Autoblog}
Apr 18th 2008 3:09AM @Richard S.
Perhaps in Europe, Vectra is the same as a Taurus for them?
Pretty much. "Vectra" is European for: Unreliable, ugly, crappy handling midsize car you have to drive if you piss off the person behind the rental counter.
