Harry Unflath, the marketing manager of ABT Sportsline, brought it to the point after the presentation of the prizes within the framework of the ESSEN MOTOR SHOW: “Again we have been awarded a prize by the competent readers of AUTO BILD SPORTSCARS for our work. This special praise pleases us very much, but it is also a challenge for the future.” However, the world’s largest tuner of vehicles of the Volkswagen group has been honoured for a vehicle which is so perfect that an improvement is hardly imaginable: The ABT R8 GT S is the epitome of the “hot open-top sports car”. The V10...

Offered with five doors and with the comfort of a higher segment, the new Panda proves it is a true super-compact that with its super efficiency is able to combine the smaller size outside with amazing volume inside. Despite its small size that makes it perfect in the city, once aboard the new Panda you will be amazed by the roominess of the passenger compartment and space available to the driver and passengers. These days, people who choose a compact car don't want to forgo the comfort they would find in larger cars, as they are used to the typical standards of comfort of superior segments...

HIROSHIMA, Japan—Mazda Motor Corporation has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the intent to establish a joint venture production facility with OJSC Sollers. The proposed production facility is to be established in Vladivostok, in Russia's Far Eastern Federal District and supply several Mazda nameplates for the Russian market. Sollers is one of Russia's leading automotive companies, engaged in the production, distribution and servicing of vehicles. Russia is Mazda's second largest market in Europe and sales are rapidly increasing. Mazda sold approximately 28,000 units during the...