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General Motors (GM) has announced that its proposed sale of the Swedish car-maker Saab to Koenigsegg Group AB has been terminated by Koenigsegg. GM's President and CEO, Fritz Henderson, expressed his disappointment at the decision and said "Given the...
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The burgundy Cobra was stolen last Thursday at about 7:30pm at the junction of Playfair Street and Poplin Street, Dalmarnock. There are only 1,000 Cobras in Britain, and they are coveted by enthusiasts. Anyone with information should contact the CID on...
Tags: rare sports, sports car, Poland, Police, Dalmarnock, Glasgow, Human Interest, Hospitality Recreation, Law Crime
A police officer's girlfriend was injured today when a bomb exploded under her car as she left his Belfast home. The 38-year-old woman was taken to the Royal Victoria Hospital for minor injuries and was later discharged. She was reversing a red MX5 sports...
Tags: Belfast, police officer, bomb exploded, Kingsdale Park, east belfast, Northern Ireland, old woman, sports car
Another day another hybrid concept car from one of the Japanese manufacturers – this time it's Subaru's turn. The Hybrid Tourer combines Subaru's traditional (in this case petrol) boxer engine/all-wheel drive layout with two electric motors – one at...
Tags: Toyota, Subaru, sports car
Reebok has introduced the Force India Formula One Team merchandize online at www.shop4reebok.com and in stores for Formula One fans in India. Reebok is especially keen on promoting sports like Formula One, which courtesy Force India, is gaining momentum...
Tags: Force India, Reebok-Force India, Hover Automotive India, Nissan Motor, sports car
Shares in Germany's Porsche SE surged over 10% Friday after Volkswagen agreed to buy a 42% stake in its core sports car business as the precursor to a full merger in 2011. Volkswagen /quotes/comstock/11e!fvow ( 217.70 , -10.29 , -4.51% ) said it will...
Tags: Porsche SE, Porsche Sells, Porsche Automobil Holding, Porsche AG, Volkswagen AG, VW Seals Deal, sports car, supervisory boards
Officials from German car companies Volkswagen AG and Porsche AG were meeting in Wolfsburg Thursday afternoon amid intense interest about their announced merger. Observers are anxious to hear what plans the supervisory boards have and what sort of financial...
Tags: Porsche AG, Porsche Automobil Holding SE, Porsche SE, Porsche Holding Salzburg, Volkswagen AG, sports car, supervisory boards, car unit, European
Shares of Volkswagen AG slid Monday following a report that a plan by Europe's biggest auto maker to buy Porsche could be derailed by hefty tax demands. The German daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung, citing unidentified supervisory board sources at Porsche, reported...
Tags: Porsche Automobil Holding SE, Volkswagen Poised, Volkswagen AG, Volkswagen Group, sports car
The long-running saga between Porsche Automobil Holding and Volkswagen may be reaching a conclusion, with the maker of the Beetle on the verge of obtaining control of nearly half of the maker of the 911 sports car. According to newspaper reports out of...
Tags: Porsche Automobil Holding, Porsche AG, Mendoza Line, Volkswagen, Ferdinand Piech, sports car, Nokia, Novartis AG
Peugeot beat rivals Audi in the battle for pole position for this weekend's Le Mans 24 Hours sportscar race. Frenchman Stephane Sarrazin set a best lap of three minutes, 22.888 seconds in the final minutes of Thursday's night-time qualifying session.
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