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McLaren Automotive launches sales in China

September 10, 2013June 8, 2016 Car Journals

McLaren Automotive begins selling its range of innovative, high performance supercars – the 12C, 12C Spider and McLaren P1™, in China The company has appointed retailers in Shanghai, Beijing, Chengdu and Guangzhou McLaren has held the first in a series of events celebrating the brand’s official entry into China McLaren Automotive has officially commenced trading in China from this week. September 10, 2013 – The entry of McLaren Automotive into the major Chinese market has begun with the establishment of four new McLaren retailers in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Chengdu,…

The BMW i8 – a new generation sports car

September 10, 2013June 8, 2016 Car Journals

The BMW i8 is a 2+2-seater with visionary design and intelligent lightweight construction, which opens the door to both emission-free driving on city roads and sports performance on country roads and motorways. As a new generation sports car, it embodies BMW’s hallmark driving pleasure with a new premium character that is strongly defined by sustainability. Its plug-in hybrid system consists of a highly turbocharged three-cylinder BMW TwinPower Turbo petrol engine and BMW eDrive technology in the form of an electric drive system likewise developed by the BMW Group, both of…

Special edition TTS competition celebrates 500,000 Audi TT cars

August 14, 2013June 8, 2016 Car Journals

220 kW (272 hp), 19-inch wheels and a particularly sporty appearance Exclusive interior in Steel gray leather with Imola yellow accents Production milestone documents model series’ success Half a million Audi TT cars have been built. Audi is celebrating this production milestone for its compact sports car with an exclusive special edition model. Coupé and Roadster versions of the 200 kW (272 hp) Audi TTS competition will begin rolling off the assembly line in October. Total production is limited to 500 units. The Audi TT has long been a design…

Nissan Releases Limited “Midnight Opal” Special Edition GT-R

July 16, 2013June 8, 2016 Car Journals

YOKOHAMA, Japan – Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. today announced the release of a GT-R Special Edition wrapped in an exclusive Midnight Opal color. Production volume of this attractive model will be limited to 100 units worldwide. Nissan GT-R Special Edition Since its introduction in 2007, the Nissan GT-R has consistently earned high praise from customers all over the world as one of the most exciting supercars on the market. A new exclusive limited-edition model will further widen its recognition among fans. Nissan will introduce the GT-R Special Edition with a…

The BMW M3 Coupe reaches the end of its production run – but its racing career continues at pace

July 5, 2013June 8, 2016 Car Journals

5.7.2013, Munich – Fresh from a clean sweep of German Touring Car Masters (DTM) titles in 2012, the BMW M3 has continued to power from one victory to the next again this season. And the race-spec car is sure to be involved in a good deal more exciting action before the season concludes this autumn. The series-produced model, however, is already on the finishing straight as BMW M GmbH announces the end of production for the fourth generation of the BMW M3 Coupe. The high-performance sports car which spawned the championship-winning DTM racer is set to end its career on the road with more than 40,000 examples having left the factory. Indeed, the BMW M3 Coupe will be drawing a line under an extraordinary run on the world’s car markets. The BMW M3 Convertible, likewise powered by a high-revving V8 engine, will continue in production until September 2013.

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The last ever built BMW M3 Coupe of the current model generation © BMW Group[/caption] Read More

All Audi cars in front at Le Mans

June 21, 2013June 8, 2016 Car Journals

For the first time in the 90-year history of the Le Mans 24 Hours, two hybrid race cars are on the front row. On Thursday night, Audi Sport Team Joest with its three Audi R18 e-tron quattro cars took the three best grid positions for the world’s most important endurance race.

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McLaren and Forza Motorsport 5 collaboration will give competition winner the ride of a lifetime

June 15, 2013June 8, 2016 Car Journals

McLaren Automotive has teamed up with Xbox to offer one of the best seats of the summer at the 2013 Festival of Speed: the passenger seat of the McLaren P1™ while it makes its global dynamic debut at the world famous event.

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