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Volkswagen's efforts to solve the emissions scandal and to overcome its consequences came to a buy-back offer of almost 500,000 diesel cars that used sophisticated software to evade U.S. emissions rules. Volkswagen AG and U.S. officials have reached a framework deal under which the automaker would offer to buy back 2.0-liter diesel vehicles sold in the U.S. that exceeded legally allowable emission levels.The cars concerned by this offer will include versions of the Jetta sedan, the Golf compact and the Audi A3 sold since 2009. At the same time it does not apply to ...
Mini attempts to define its future product portfolio. Bringing Mini back from the dead in 2001 was far from easy for parent company BMW and its R&D department. The Cooper turned out to be an automotive phenomenon at the time and a massive sales success, but the following models were not so lucky.The arrival of the second-gen models contributed to the fact that sales were up 10 percent in 2015. But most new Minis simply haven’t been as hot as those first cars were. It’s easy to understand why to a certain extent; the hype and excitement around the brand...
Only one month ago Tesla Motors unveiled its latest pure-electric invention—the Model 3 and over 325,000 people placed a $1,000 US deposit to get in line to eventually order one of the sleek sedans, with its glass panoramic roof, a base range of 345 kms, and an affordable price starting at just $35,000 US and now they have other surprises for costumers.If you bought a car these years it means you got it with some additional equipment that you may find very helpful and interesting. From the beginning they come with a free trial and we use it as much as we need it, but we ge...
General Motors announced it has a new vice president of design. This job with global responsibilitywill be done by the Australian Mike Simcoe, 58, stationed overseas for much of his 33 years with GM. Simcoe is the first non-American to assume the mantle as GM’s global design chief.Simcoe brought a contribution to the design of many of the brand's models and has had a hand in shaping many vehicles familiar in North America. His portfolio is filled with such models as Holden SSX concept, Buick Sceptre concept, Holden Ute, Hold...
Leasing has surged as a share of new-vehicle transactions to impressive indexes in the fourth quarter of 2015, this being caused mainly by captive finance companies seeking to boost sales by keeping customers' monthly payments low. Leasing has been fairly rare in the used-vehicle market, but its share is growing. In such a way more and more lenders are offering leases on used and certified preowned vehicles.This strategy is meant to cope with an industrywide flood of 3.1 million off-lease vehicles returning to the market this year. The number of off-lease vehi...
