The Supervisory Board of Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft has extended the contract of Management Board Chairman Prof. Dr. Martin Winterkorn by a further period of five years.   Winterkorn is to head Europe’s largest carmaker until the end of 2016. Winterkorn became Chairman of the Management Board on January 1, 2007 and his current contract expires on December 31, 2011.  

As what we understood, the Mercedes-Benz B55 was developed by a handful of trainees at Mercedes-Benz plant in Rastatt, Germany. The Plant Manager Peter Wesp selected a 5.5-litre 388hp V8 engine that similar to the engine fitted on E550 into the B-Class. Above and beyond, the team inherited the rear axle from W212 2010 E-Class, front brakes from C32 AMG ...

Car sales boom at most of the province in China. Auto dealers are seizing the opportunity of fear on license plate-control measures similar to Beijing. They roll out a variety of promotions. Some models have sold out, and customers can only pre-order and take delivery next year. On the other hand, the negative effect triggers many major cities in China ...

New Year with New Target, I think this applies to many of us.     Chung Mong Koo, chairman and co-chief executive officer of Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Motors Corp announced to aim to increase their global sales by 10% in 2011 with a focus on boosting quality and developing new models.   The carmakers are targeting combined sales ...

  Interestingly, we didn’t know burnout can be done in such manner. Tying the car to a big block of concrete and start hooning. Supposedly, the engine and transmission should decide to give up after such an event of torturing session.  But heck, the hoon’s car burns up instead.   Remember to always keep a fire extinguisher for any motorsport ...

The Lamborghini Gallardo LP550-2 Balboni is a limited edition of Gallardo that named after Lamborghini test driver Valentino Balboni. The engine was rated at 550PS and only weight 1,380kg. And what makes this car so special? Rear wheels drive instead of all-wheel drive, impressive V10 exhaust note and its racing stripe. This car does 0-100km/h in 3.9secs. This special edition ...

  Watching the Porsche 911 GT3 running on Sepang circuit is fun. However, watching the Porsche 911 GT3 running on public roads and tackling corner in rally race is a total different set of story. It is absolutely amazing and wonderful viewing pleasure. Check out the video to watch the GT3 rallying in action, listen to the sounds of the GT3′s ...

We heard about the join development of Toyota and Subaru for the 2+2 sports coupe car. The Toyota version of it as we  know as FT-86 was revealed and we’ve seen tons of picture of it. This 2 pictures here will give a a glimpse of how Subaru’s version of FT-86 or the 2+2 Subaru coup© will look like. Rumors say that will be ...