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- Peugeot and Mitsubishi Form Electric Car Alliance
- More Power, More Mileage, More Style - Mercedes Mods 80’s 190D
- Audi Chief Responds to “Volt is a Car For Idiots” Comment
| Peugeot and Mitsubishi Form Electric Car Alliance Posted: 04 Sep 2009 10:53 AM PDT
Peugeot has signed an agreement with Mitsubishi to begin building and marketing a new electric car in Europe based on Mitsu’s i-MiEV platform. The agreement builds upon a previous memorandum of understanding and solidifies the two companies as partners in next generation car technology. The car is set to begin production and sale in Europe by late in 2010. Peugeot expects to sell 25,000 of the cars to the European market per year. Citroën, Peugeot’s sister company, will also sell the i-MiEV-based electric car under the Citroën brand. |
| More Power, More Mileage, More Style - Mercedes Mods 80’s 190D Posted: 04 Sep 2009 09:35 AM PDT
What you see above (center) is one of the most well-engineered “Franken-cars” of all time: a factory-modified 1980’s era Mercedes-Benz 190 diesel, stuffed with the company’s latest BlueEFFICIENCY CDI engine, which makes more than double the horsepower and nearly three times the torque of the original 1988 D. How far we’ve come in 20 years! More photos, and MBUSA’s own comprehensive press release, after the jump. |
| Audi Chief Responds to “Volt is a Car For Idiots” Comment Posted: 03 Sep 2009 08:12 PM PDT
It’s an Audi-tastic day! Johan de Nysschen, President of Audi US, certainly took some major heat over the interwebs today for his inflammatory and derogatory statements that the Chevy Volt is a “car for idiots” and that electric cars are only for intellectual elites to “make a statement.” They were especially curious comments because they came at the same time that Audi launched a website touting the power of electricity. So, knowing how these things usually go, after some serious damage control conference calls between the Audi communications folks and higher level management, de Nysschen was probably forced to respond with a much more diplomatic take on his positions — what he should have done in the first place. It’s so hard to backpedal once you’ve said something as concrete as “you’re an idiot if you buy this car.” |
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