0-60 talks to Bugatti test driver, speed-record pilot Pierre-Henri Raphanel

0-60 talks to Bugatti test driver, speed-record pilot Pierre-Henri Raphanel

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0-60 talks to Bugatti test driver, speed-record pilot Pierre-Henri Raphanel

Posted: 15 Jul 2010 06:30 AM PDT

Last week, Bugatti test driver, er, pilote official, Pierre Henri Raphanel set the production-car speed record in Bugatti’s new Veyron Supersports 16.4. The 1,200 horsepower, 1,106 pound-feet monster propelled Raphanel to timed runs of 265.9 and 269.8 mph on Volkswagen’s Ehra-Lessien test track near Wolfsburg, which according to the Guinness people, averages to a V-max [...]

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Lamborghini Centro Milano, the House of the Raging Bull’s newest dealership

Posted: 15 Jul 2010 07:08 AM PDT

Automobili Lamborghini opened yesterday its newest dealership, Lamborghini Centro Milano. The launch was attended by Stephan Winkelmann, President and CEO of Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. The showroom’s owners, the Conforti family (Touring Auto), already own Lamborghini Padova and have been selected as commercial partner of choice in the important Milanese area because of their thorough knowledge [...]

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Volkswagen Golf BlueMotion named WHAT CAR? Green Car of the Year

Posted: 15 Jul 2010 08:18 AM PDT

Volkswagen’s BlueMotion range of vehicles has added a further three awards – including overall Green Car of the Year – to its list of accolades, this time at the What Car? Green Awards 2010 which were presented last night at a ceremony at Twickenham Stadium in London. Golf BlueMotion convinces through low carbon dioxide emissions [...]

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The SEAT Leon Eurocup season reaches the half-way stage in England

Posted: 15 Jul 2010 10:00 AM PDT

The third meeting of the SEAT León Eurocup is coming up this weekend. After competing on the mythical Brands Hatch circuit, the 2010 race calendar will be half over. The legendary Brands Hatch venue is one of the most spectacular, technical tracks in the world. Last year it was the stage where the Eurocup drivers [...]

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Spyker Squadron looks forward to the 1000 KM do Algarve preview

Posted: 15 Jul 2010 09:18 PM PDT

After finishing ninth at Le Mans in June Spyker Squadron returns to action in the Le Mans Series this weekend. After races at Paul Ricard and Spa-Francorchamps the third round of the 2010 Le Mans Series will take place at the Autodromo Internacional do Algarve. In 2009 the Le Mans Series raced at the Portuguese [...]

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Volkswagen Project on track as 2nd Anniversary arrives

Posted: 16 Jul 2010 04:32 AM PDT

On July 15, 2010, Volkswagen Group of America, Chattanooga Operations will mark the two-year anniversary of its announcement to build an automobile manufacturing facility in Chattanooga, Tenn., which will produce a new midsize sedan starting early next year. Production of New Midsize Sedan to start in early 2011 Nearly 900 Employees hired $686 million spent [...]

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