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CARMAKERS NEWS * WORLDWIDE
* Brazil - The Volkswagen Bus is dead! Long live the Volkswagen Bus!
Sao Bernardo do Campo,SP,Brazil -The Car Connection, by Richard Read -Aug 26, 2013: -- The Volkswagen Bus: facilitator of family road trips, pleasure pad of hippies, instigator of the infamous "chicken tax". After 63 years of production, it's finally heading to that showroom in the sky... If you live in the U.S., you could be excused for thinking that the Bus -- officially known as the "Type 2" and by model names like the Microbus, Kombi, and Transporter -- died long ago. But that's only because America stopped importing the Type 2 in the late 1970s. Elsewhere in the world, VW has continued churning them out... According to AutoNews, the Bus has reached its final stop. The last units will be completed by the end of the year, rolling out of the model's only remaining facility in Sao Bernardo do Campo, Brazil...
* UK - Up close and personal with the Rolls-Royce Wraith
Goodwood,EN,UK -Gizmag, by Jeremy C Bass -August 27, 2013: -- The Wraith heralds a major new innovation for the company in its Satellite Aided Transmission (SAT), which gives its 8-speed ZF gearbox the ability to plan the drive ahead according to GPS data... Much has happened at Rolls-Royce HQ since 2003. The company expanded the Phantom lineup to two-door Drophead (convertible, 2007) and hardtop Coupe (2008) variants, then followed it in 2010 with a new platform the (marginally) smaller but more powerful Ghost. The V12’s displacement dropped a little to 6.6-litres, but twin turbochargers boosted output to 420kW/780Nm – sufficient to shunt the new car to 100km/h in just 4.9 seconds...
* Germany - Audi Sport Quattro Concept to debut at Frankfurt Motor Show
Wolfsburg,Germany -The Car Connection, by David Szondy -September 4, 2013: -- Audi will commemorate the 30th anniversary of its Sport Quattro by unveiling the Audi Sport Quattro Concept at the Frankfurt Motor Show this month... The emphasis of the 2013 Audi Sport Quattro Concept is on lightweight construction with a passenger cage made of ultra-high-strength steel panels and cast aluminum structural elements, aluminum doors and fenders, and a roof, bonnet and rear hatch of carbon composites. The result is a curb weight of only 1,850 kilograms (4,078.55 lb), including battery... Top speed of the Audi Sport Quattro Concept is 305 km/h (189 mph)... The power plant is a plug-in hybrid drive that puts out 700 bhp (515 kW) with 800 Nm (590 lb-ft) of torque when both electric motor and internal combustion engine are working together. The engine is a four-liter, twin-turbo V8 pumping an impressive 560 bhp (412 kW) and 700 Nm (516.29 lb-ft) of torque. There’s also a cylinder on demand (COD) system that cuts out four cylinders when under partial load, as well as a start-stop system to conserve fuel at traffic lights...
* Hong Kong - Infiniti gives glimpse of new Q30 Concept ahead of IAA
Central,Hong Kong,China -Gizmag, by Angus MacKenzie -September 1, 2013: -- With less than two weeks before the 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show (IAA) kicks-off Infiniti has joined the ranks of manufacturers offering a glimpse of what's in store with its Q30 concept... Infiniti says the Q30 is "not a coupe, not a hatch and not a crossover but a fusion of the three body styles" ... The Q30 will make its world debut September 10 in Frankfurt...
* South Korea - Kia previews Niro concept ahead of Frankfurt Motor Show
Seoul,SK -Gizmag, by C.C. Weiss -August 29, 2013: -- Kia says that the Niro hints at a future urban-focused B-segment model. It was designed for the European market at Kia's Frankfurt studio. If indeed the concept morphs into a small city crossover, we expect it to do some serious evolving. The Niro is one of those concepts that's stuffed with fanciful features that seem entirely unlikely to make it to production... Case in point: the door handle cracks open a visually interesting, but not-used-outside-of-exotics butterfly door, giving way to a spartan interior, which looks almost painful to sit in. The molded, one-piece front bench makes us scared to think about what the rear is like to ride in... The interior includes a freestanding display that looks like it's wide enough to support Panasonic's 64:9 video...
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