Kia has newly appointed the National Marketing Company (NMC) as its second distributor in Saudi Arabia, with the official inauguration taking place on the first of July. NMC joins Kia’s regional distributors to represent the Korean auto-manufacturer and will lead on sales in 7 out of the Kingdom’s 13 provinces. NMC will be establishing 10 … Read more
DRIVERS 1 – Max VERSTAPPEN (Red Bull Racing) 2 – Lando NORRIS (McLaren) 3 – Sergio PÉREZ (Red Bull Racing) TRACK INTERVIEWS (Conducted by Ferdinand Habsburg) Q: Max Verstappen, pole position, what an incredible result – a double pole for Red Bull at home. All the fans must have given you extra energy. Tell us … Read more
Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen took his second Red Bull Ring pole position in a week with a dominant performance in qualifying for Formula 1’s Austrian Grand Prix. However, despite topping every segment of the hour–long session he was push closer in the final top 10 shootout by Lando Norris who claimed the first front-row … Read more
Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen reasserted his authority at the Red Bull Ring by beating Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas to top spot in final practice for the Austrian Grand Prix as Lewis Hamilton finished third, almost seventh tenths of a second behind the championship leader. Hamilton had eclipsed Verstappen on Friday afternoon but in the last … Read more
On the way to the mobility of the future, Mercedes-Benz is a pioneer going far beyond the purely technical realisation of the automobile from today’s point of view. Instead, the company’s experts anticipate different perspectives and social trends. With the VISION AVTR, Mercedes-Benz is demonstrating a sustainable vision of zero-emission mobility – also in terms … Read more
After its world premiere at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, the new special series Ferrari 488 Pista Spider has made its European debut at the 2018 Paris Motor Show. The 50th drop-top model to be introduced by the Prancing Horse is also the most powerful series production spider in Ferrari history, with an unprecedented weight/power … Read more
Lewis Hamilton led a Mercedes one-two in the second practice session for the Austrian Grand Prix, with the defending champion finishing 0.189s ahead of team-mate Valttero Bottas and more than two tenths of a second ahead of championship-leading Red Bull Racing driver Max Verstappen. As with the morning session a number fo teams spent the … Read more
The Scorpio brand returns to make the hearts of the Abarthisti fandom flutter with a new “Collectors’ Edition”: the Abarth 695 Esseesse, a name that has its roots in the brand’s history, referring directly to its early days when the 1960s tuning kits made a fortune for Carlo Abarth, establishing him as the inventor of … Read more
Max Verstappen set the quickest lap of opening practice for the Austrian Grand Prix, beating Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz by almost three tenths of a seconds as Formula 1’s second weekend in a row at the Red Bull Ring got underway. The opening part of the session saw the majority of drivers testing … Read more
Highest standards of flexibility: All drive train variants on one line +++ Successful transformation of BMW Group plants towards e-mobility and digitalisation +++ Half of Dingolfing’s production volume will be electrified by mid-decade +++ Nedeljković: “setting ourselves ambitious goals for the most sustainable production” Dingolfing. Standard production of the fully-electric BMW iX* began today in Dingolfing. … Read more