• “AUTO TEST” editors vote Audi A4 “2010 AUTO TEST Champion” with silver rating

• J.D. Power publishes “Vehicle Ownership Satisfaction Study”, Germany’s largest car-owner satisfaction analysis

• Audi A8 and S8 lead the J.D. Power survey

The biggest survey of German car owners has just been published, and two prizes have gone to the Audi…

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Stuttgart. The eight-cylinder Panamera models are entering the next model year as of August 2010 with an even higher standard of all-round efficiency and new options. Particularly the new brake energy recuperation system featured as standard, together with optional 19-inch all-season tyres offering reduced roll resistance, give the Panamera Turbo a further improvement of fuel consumption by 0.9 litres/100 km. As a result, the 500-horsepower top model now consumes just 11.3 litres instead of…

• High output and exemplary environmental compatibility
• Third generation direct petrol injection
• Multi-spark ignition
• Optimised water pump and demand-controlled oil pump
• Optimised timing chain and innovative camshaft adjustment

Considerably less fuel consumption despite a much higher output was the result of the development work for the new Mercedes-Benz V-engine generation, which will initially be used as…

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BMW to Debut New 3.0-liter Twin Turbo Diesel with 306HP on 735d

BMW has confirmed the development of a new and more powerful version of its acclaimed 3.0-liter twin-turbocharged straight-six diesel engine. The new 3.0-litre TwinPower Turbo diesel unit that churns out a maximum output of 306 horsepower at 4,400 rpm with a peak torque of 600 Nm or 442 lb-ft at just 1,500 rpm, will replace the current 3.0-liter inline-six diesel in the 735d, 335d, X5 35d etc

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An investment in the future: the Aerodynamic Test Centre.

No other car maker is as committed as the BMW Group to making lasting and substantial investments in the enhanced efficiency of new models. Building the new Aerodynamic Test Centre, the BMW Group now has even greater competence and qualifications than before in the area of innovative technologies contributing in the medium and long term to the further improvement of all BMW

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Lithium ion battery developers receive prestigious Porsche Prize

Vienna/Berlin/Stuttgart. Continental and Daimler AG jointly received the prestigious Professor Ferdinand Porsche Prize. This honor, bestowed by Vienna Technical University, is in recognition of the first application of the lithium-ion battery, the best electrical storage technology available today, to high-volume car production. In the jury’s opinion, the series production launch of the battery in the Mercedes-Benz S 400 HYBRID represents a breakthrough for this new energy storage unit in

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World debut:

TwinPower Turbo, High Precision Injection and VALVETRONIC in a new straight-six gasoline engine.
The new model is entering the market with a choice of two gasoline engines and one diesel power unit. In the process BMW’s newly developed straight-six gasoline engine for the fi rst time featuring turbocharger

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Considered by many enthusiasts as the ultimate modern Ferrari, the limited-edition Enzo’s replacement will be a tough act to follow up for the Italian automaker. The second-generation Enzo, also named after the marque’s illustrious founder, promises to take performance – and, surprisingly, efficiency – to a new level.

Like the original Enzo, the car’s successor will be a range-topping supercar aimed at immortalizing the legendary founder of the brand. Available only to

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Pressing forward with its efforts to improve average fuel economy by 20 percent by 2012, Audi has announced that it will introduce a start and stop system along with a new efficiency program built into the onboard computer to some of its models this summer. Of course, other carmakers like BMW have been offering similar systems on their cars for quite some time now, but better late than never. The start and stop system promises to lower fuel consumption

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