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The California Air Resources Board (CARB) ordered Audi, Porsche and Volkswagen to recall and repair “illegal” emissions software in more than 15,000 vehicles with 3.0-liter diesel from model years 2009 – 2015 that were sold in California.The automakers have 45 business days from November 25 to put together a recall plan and deliver it to CARB. The order affects about 15,000 California vehicles out of approximately 85,000 sold in the U.S. with diesel engines supplied by Audi.Audi appeared already to be moving toward a recall for the 3.0-liter models. The luxury brand said in a...
Volkswagen Group management reduces the range of possible car model versions and their sets to make up the losses from the emission scandal. This way the German manufacturer hopes to save 1.9 billion euros.The top manager of Volkswagen, Bernd Osterloh, said that this decision, reduce labor costs and complexity, was taken for a long time. Osterloh said reducing the variety of car models and options could enable Volkswagen to "take out costs there on a large scale" without forcing the company to cut jobs, Bloomberg reported. VW has one major U.S. factory, located in Chattanooga, Tenn.V...
U.S. authorities investigate all members who may cause in the Volkswagen's scandal emissions. Now it is German auto supplier Robert Bosch GmbH. Bosch occupied with preparing of the key components in the diesel engine for six Volkswagen models and one Audi model that the automaker has admitted to rigging to defeat emissions tests. This situation is still not opened to the public, but it is known that U.S. prosecutors have found evidence of wrongdoing at Bosch. Bosch produces the so called EDC17, an engine control module and a basic software for nearly all the four-cylinder di...
In 2006 Caparo T1 supercar has been declared as a "road Formula 1 car". The car is designed by ex-McLaren engineers Ben Scott-Geddes and Graham Helsted, famous for his participation in the creation of the iconic supercar McLaren F1. Project Caparo T1 was also ambitious - the English engineers took as the basic formula race car and adapted it for driving on public roads. The sportscar is equipped with 3.5-liter eight power of 575 hp, which allowed Caparo T1 to accelerate to 330 km / h, and to overcome the first hundred in 2.5 seconds.And now the project is under threat of closure. The...
It includes all rights from the sports coupe Saleen S7 and the racing version S7R. And also the example body of the coupe Saleen S5S Raptor. In 2000, the Saleen S7 was the first independent company, which in 1984 was engaged in tuning cars of Ford Mustang cars. Mid-engined coupe was created with Phil Frank Design (design of exterior and interior), and Ray Mallock Ltd (chassis). The basic version includes carbon-fiber bodywork; a modified Ford V8 engine capacity of 7.0 liters (558 hp); the manual transmission can accelerate up to 97 km / h in 3.3 seconds; the top speed exceeds 350 km / h.R...
