According to Volvo CEO Stefan Jacoby, the company will add more than 10,000 employees to reach its goal of selling 800,000 units annually by 2018. “By then, we will have to increase our headcount to 33,000 – 35,000 employees,” Jacoby said in a interview with Automotive News Europe. The company currently employs 24,000 employees worldwide, [...]
On December 21, Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol will hit theaters in the United States. BMW will have a range of new vehicles featured throughout the movie including the Vision EfficientDynamics i8 concept and the BMW 6 Series Convertible, which are driven by Tom Cruise’s character, Ethan Hunt. To coincide with the movie, BMW has launched [...]
Brabus sub-division Startech brought its Range Rover Evoque creation to the Essen Motor Show this week. Startech focused on enhancements for the daily driver, upgrading both the three- and five-door versions of the new crossover. Performance enhancements are almost completed for both the 2.0-liter SI4 engine, and the diesel motor. On the outside, the model [...]
A new tuning kit for the 2012 BMW 650i Coupe is being released by AC Schnitzer at the 2011 Essen Motor Show this week the tuning house is calling the ACS6 5.0i. AC Schnitzer added fender trim, a front apron with a chrome grille, boot lid spoiler and a rear apron housing a new diffuser. [...]
Finally, after all the spy shots, concepts after concepts and leaks, Toyota has finally taken the covers off of the new production FT-86, known as the GT 86. Toyota says that the rear-wheel-drive 2+2 sports car is still in prototype form and is scheduled for launch in the spring of 2012. The model will be [...]
BMW i vehicles, the i3 and the i8, will go on sale starting 2013 – in the meantime, the German automaker is looking for new ways to sell the cars. In an interview with Car Dealer, Tim Abbott, Managing Director of BMW U.K., said the company is considering using the internet and having a mobile [...]
Fisker Automotive Chairman Ray lane says that the company is on track to produce 15,000 of its Karma plug-in hybrid sedan in 2012. The number confirmation comes despite production delays that have already caused delays with the company’s first projected deliveries this year. Lane said that production of the Karma was held up due to [...]
Brabus has released another solid effort at the Essen Motor Show for the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Roadster this week. The SLS gets an engine upgrade that kicks out 600-hp, up from the stock 6.3-liter V8’s 563-hp, and also includes a titanium sport exhaust with quad 84mm pipes. On the outside, Brabus fitted the model with [...]
While Lexus may not have a direct competitor to the lightweight BMW M3 GTS, the company’s Toyota Racing Development (TRD) team has created the closes thing possible – the Lexus IS-F Circuit Club Sport. The body kit, which was inspired by the concept (with the same name) that was shown at the 2010 Tokyo Motor [...]
Aston Martin started testing its new V12 Vantage GT3 at the Brands Hatch in Kent earlier week. The testing, majority of which was conducted by factory driver Darren Turner , covered almost 621 miles kilometres in just two days. “The car ran like clockwork throughout and we’ve managed really good mileage already,” Turner said. “The feeling of the V12 [...]
