The USA has its popular and highly regarded J.D. Power customer surveys. What does Australia have? CHOICE in cooperation with the NRMA have released the results of its national research regarding lemon cars. Collecting results from 1505 Australian new car owners from around country that bought their vehicle new between […]
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BMW tops Mercedes & Audi in global luxury sales for 2015
Despite losing out to Audi in recent months, BMW has claimed the overall global luxury vehicle sales crown once again in 2015. BMW’s global sales for 2015 rose 5.2 per cent to 1.91 million units. This was helped by strong demand for its SUVs. The figure is up from 2014 […]
Australians buying more luxury cars, Mercedes king of 2015 sales
Mercedes-Benz was the most popular luxury car brand in Australia during 2015, leaving key rivals Audi and BMW well behind in overall sales. Mercedes sold 36,374 vehicles in the country last year, up 14 per cent on year-to-date sales achieved in 2014. Sales for the month of December were also […]
Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn resigns following emissions scandal
Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn has resigned following a massive scandal which resulted in VW admitting to cheating emissions tests with around 11 million vehicles worldwide. The news broke at the weekend whereby Volkswagen was found to be using a special computer program on vehicles fitted with the 2.0 TDI turbo-diesel. […]
Volkswagen & Audi found cheating emissions test, share price plummets
Volkswagen share prices dropped 23 per cent in just one stock trade day after it was found to be cheating emissions tests. The company could face a fine from the EPA of up to US$18 billion. It’s understood Volkswagen’s US arm purposely installed a defeat tool and software on various […]
Audi & Porsche co-developing next V6, V8 engine family – report
Audi and Porsche, both under the Volkswagen Group empire, are reportedly co-developing a new range of turbo V6 and V8 petrol engines which are set to replace the current lineup. The news stems from an Autocar report in the UK that states the two brands are hard at work on […]
Audi produces first batch of ‘e-benzin’ synthetic fuel
Oil producers, eat your heart out. Audi is well on its way to producing its own synthetic fuel it calls ‘e-benzin’, made from 100 per cent iso-octane. The German manufacturer has been collaborating with Global Bioenergies to develop sustainable synthetic fuels, and the useable fuel contains absolutely zero petroleum. The […]
Audi to introduce autonomous tech in A8 next year
Audi is aiming to be one of the pioneers in producing autonomous vehicles, the brand’s technology boss has confirmed. Ulrich Hackenberg, Audi’s board member for technical development, said in an interview with Automotive News that Audi plans to begin implementation of autonomous technology as early as the end of next […]