Tag: united
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BMW North America to get new CEO
Effective March 1, BMW North America will have a new CEO. Bernhard Kuhnt will take over the position from Ludwig Willisch, who stays on as Head of BMW Group Region Americas. Willisch took on the North American CEO role in late 2011. Kuhnt had previously spent nine years in sales management in the United States…
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2018 Audi A1 spy shots
Engineers from Audi are out testing prototypes for a new generation of the A1 subcompact hatchback. The current A1 debuted in 2010 and sadly was never offered in the United States. We’re afraid there’s also little chance we’ll see the redesigned model as Audi has ruled out launching anything smaller than the A3 in these…
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Special edition Audi R8 V10 Plus comes with laser headlights
In 2014 we saw Audi introduce the R8 LMX special edition. The car featured laser lights for its high beams but was never offered in the United States. Audi has now revealed another R8 special edition equipped with laser lights and this one has been developed for our market. It’s called the R8 V10 Plus…
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Circa-1990 Nissan Sentra to finally cease production in Mexico
While Nissan in the United States is busy promoting its new turbocharged Sentra SR, the company’s counterparts down in Mexico are marking the end of an era: the Nissan Tsuru, which was sold here as the Sentra in the early 1990s, is finally going out of production. With more than 1.8 million built since 1992,…
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Chevy teams up with Carhartt for custom SEMA Silverado
Two icons of work have teamed up for a special SEMA-bound pickup: Chevrolet and Carhartt. Carhartt is a work-wear company that has been in the United States since it was founded in 1889. It started in Detroit as a company set out to build clothes for railroad workers, and it’s grown from there. Chevrolet, as…
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Jannarelly Design-1, Lynk & Co 01, street-legal McLaren P1 GTR: This Week’s Top Photos
Sports car fans now have a new option for a lightweight road and track car, thanks to startup Jannarelly. The company’s recently revealed Design-1 is now available in the United States as Jannarelly has signed a local importer and plans to start deliveries in November. Crucially, the car is street legal in every state. Another…
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2018 Audi A5 Sportback, 2018 Land Rover Discovery, LaFerrari Aperta: This Week’s Top Photos
This week we saw Audi reveal the second generation of its A5 Sportback, in both regular and sporty S5 trim. The previous generation was never sold in the United States but the new one arrives in local showrooms in the first half of 2017. It’s a handsome car, though according to your comments the design…
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AC to build nine "continuation" Cobras
Continuation Cobras have been part of Shelby American’s core business model for a while, but AC—the firm that made the Ace that Carroll Shelby turned to for his ferocious sports car—is just now getting in on the game. AC is set to build just nine cars built to the same specs as the original, 1962…