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The next September 15th will be the first year after the disappearance of tricampione World Rally Colin McRae best car, who died in a helicopter accident near his home. In his memory will be held between today and tomorrow a giant rally Subaru Impreza, which percorreranno in Britain a journey of 490 km.

It seems that the signers will be approximately 1300, enough to mark the historical record for gatherings of Subaru Impreza. Do not miss the major pieces, such as the Impreza WRC “555″, which will be headed by Colin’s father, Jimmy McRae, or Impreza fastest in the world, a specimen from 850 hp made by Roger Clark Motorsport.

The most touching moment, however, will be another, or if the car itself will ensure that from the sky we can read “Colin McRae.” Who knows, perhaps to escape a smile from above.

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There have been many international debuts of caratura hosted dall’edizione this year the fair Moscow: many houses Westerners and Japanese have sfoderato a part of that ‘ “heavy artillery” normally reserved for the usual round of the five Shows with the capital they: Paris, Detroit, Tokyo, Frankfurt and Geneva.

The growth of motor shows a time (not too distant) almost irrelevant, is one of the most obvious manifestations of a phenomenon with a much wider: the dramatic boom in demand for machinery in the so-called “emerging countries”, which in turn processes underlying Macroeconomic intended to subvert the global balance which we are accustomed today.

In Russia, as elsewhere, is emerging a new band small-bourgeois, a new middle-class eager to break with the past through a qualitative leap in everyday life that can not fail to include the world. E ’so that explains the replacement of existing fleet, which is still predominantly Soviet descent, with a new car , almost exclusively foreign.

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Coming from the Fair Moscow excellent news for the future of the house of Wolfsburg: the sales manager Detlef Wittig has held that under the strong expansion of the Russian market the Kaluga plant, located just south-west of the Russian capital, reached in space of two years the share of 150,000 copies per year, amounting to a maximum production capacity of the factory.

Once you have reached the threshold, you must think of an expansion of production: Volkswagen intends to become the strongest group in the promising market and aims to exceed 10% of total cars sold in Russia. Objective very ambitious, given that today the house has just under 4% of the market.

During 2007 the Germans have sold 80,000 units in Russia, but already this year the total is intended to reach 145,000, 66,000 of which produced Kaluga. For 2009 and 2010 are expected 200,000 registrations, and two years after the survey final will be between 250,000 and 300,000 units.

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August for a car enthusiast should be spent without doubt the United States, precisely at Monterey, where in recent days held a series of events really interesting. Auctions milionarie, display of cars, debut of new models such as the Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Roadster and Pininfarina Rolls Royhe Hyperion and even a stage of the Program customers Corse Ferrari circuit at Laguna Seca.

This year’s edition of Villa Celimontana Jazz, summer musical event held every year within the historic green space in Rome, was sponsored by BMW Italy this with a small stand where they are exposed some models between More recently, as the SUV X6.

Our player Gianluca Pellegrino has kindly sent photos preview that the Italian subsidiary of the house held yesterday evening for the presentation of the new flagship home, the series 7. Even then, is this new gallery of images, the first taste “live” model that we offer on our pages.

The move aims on which General Motors for submission dell’agognata Chevrolet Volt knows both of those initiatives designed affixed to create internal cohesion and proud sense of belonging at a time of difficulty.

The management had decided to give employees exclusive preview of the new machine, a little to show the fruit of their sweat and toil that have put in, a little’ to stress the strategic importance of implementation of this project, that at some stage has assumed the contours of chimera.

The car will be unveiled around September 16-day centenary of GM-in semi-final: not exactly an exemplary production, but something very much like. The only obligation which will be submitted by workers and employees, will be to leave home phones and cameras.

The dear Tom Phillips, fellow Englishman who writes for Auto Express and Car Tribe, after submitting his photos from the Fair London, we reported the latest news gathered at the booth about the Ford Focus RS Concept, that car after his presentation is doing talk himself a little worldwide.

The vistosissima two volumes dell’Ovale Blue, as revealed by sources Ford, it would be quick because the irreducible Megane R26.R between curves Nordschleife, where he is currently being tested. Tests are also to conduct contemporary Nardo and Lommel, Ford test circuit in Belgium.

Precisely on the new circuit handling Pugliese, the Focus RS would have made the same sign identical times of Ferrari California, according to the story of men in Cologne. Believe it or not, this is what they proudly said.

What that London is not a Hall of primary importance in the international automobile exhibition, is not a new fact. We say that its role could be equated to that of a light aperitif pre-awaited summer to autumn bouffe that awaits us in Paris, another manifestation of that calibre violentera our senses of fans with a veritable flood of world premiere.

Nevertheless, the novelty in the capital are not missed. Easy listing the star of this edition 2008: Ford Focus RS Concept, Honda MDGs Concept, Lotus Evora, Opel Insignia, Renault Megane R26.R, Seat Ibiza SportCoupe were certainly the most protagonists in view of BIMS this year.

Now, with the opportunity of this new gallery created by Tom Phillips of AutoExpress (on the blog CarTribe find all the photos you took) and our James Gasperotti, we want to take away the curiosity to know your opinion: which of the six o’clock news mentioned above you liked more?