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The crisis in the sector continues, the British government (even if near a favorable decision) has not yet announced anything official about the aid requested by Jaguar and Land Rover and Tata cut short by preparing an injection of confidence amounting to one billion dollars for its two newly-acquired British jewelry. The decision is clearly the severe contraction of the market worldwide, a situation that has finally convinced the Indians to play around with portfolios and revive the two companies.

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The final figure on 2008 has not yet come, but one week after the conclusion of the Lamborghini can already say with certainty that the twelve months being closed have been a period of record. Only at the Detroit Motor Show in January we went exactly as the Lambo and especially what concerns the “record”, if the total number of copies sold or new peaks in profit margins, or both things. Of course, Sant’Agata does not deny that the crisis in the sector has also touched the gates of the company, but rightly noted that Lamborghini is located in a strategically favorable position.

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In 2007 in Europe, the stolen cars were 780,000, against 907,000 in 2006. In Italy there are 200,000 cars disappeared from the hands of owners, 20,000 less than in 2006 and especially many of the less negative record in 1991, when in one year only 370,000 cars disappeared. In Italy there are 200,000 cars disappeared from the hands of owners, 20,000 less than in 2006 and especially many of the less negative record in 1991, when in one year only 370,000 cars disappeared.

In addition to increasing prevention work of law enforcement, it is difficult to recycle parts traceable now, there are complications with the massive electronic board.

A concern also alarms that send in blocking the car, the satellite tracking systems and automated systems to detect infringements. Perhaps for this reason the list of most wanted car is always populated by old car “analog” as the Fiat Uno, Punto, Panda, Cinquecento and Autobianchi Y10.

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Coming on the British market only new colours for the external Seat Leon: the medium-small house Catalan receives a new set of colors rather special called “Custom Palette Colours”, including four new choices that are additional to those already existing.The special colors cost 550 pounds and can be combined with circles alloy Orion 18 “painted in black. The colors are called Lumina Orange (available only for the FR and Cupra versions), Speed Blue, Green and Kiwi Furia Grey.

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The SUV spreconi have tired? Promote a gathering signatures. No longer tolerated the gluttony of supercar? Promote a gathering signatures. Taking advantage of the flexibility of Swiss law, the youth section of the Green Party has proposed to prohibit the movement of cars less attentive to environmental protection.

In Switzerland, you can put forward a draft law in Parliament simply by collecting a certain number of signatures, supported by a strong motivation. And what better “common enemy” if not modern cars, identified as the main cause of pollution? The heavy vehicles over 2200 kg and with more than 250 grams of CO2 emitted per kilometre would be banned from circulation.

A new study published by the Federal Highway Administration, American, demonstrates how in May for the seventh consecutive time, U.S. motorists have driven less kilometers (-3.7% precisely) compared with the same period last year.

According to Bloomberg this trend is leading the U.S. straight ahead toward a historic low never from 1980 to 2008 routes were so few kilometers from the total car park circulating on the streets of the country.

Even twenty-eight years ago, at the end of Carter, America was struggling with a serious energy crisis, but in the light of latest research, the current economic situation has little to envy the difficulties of those years. The strip of seven months consecutive downward regarding kilometres travelled, for example, reflected only as far back as 1979 (the most assiduous readers will recall our article a few days ago where we talked of road deaths in the U.S., also to minimum from’78).

The first open ports dedicated to the new Lancia Delta went beyond the most optimistic expectations despite the beautiful days, 21 and 22 June more than 120,000 people have crowded dealers Lancia Italians conducting over 9,000 test drive.

The initiative will be replicated for this reason in the days 27 and June 28 Even at the weekend around the corner, therefore, that part of the public who could not touch the car with hand seven days ago, will know the true new media Lancia Model crucial and discussed with whom Torino intends to return in grand style in the medium segment of the market, too long left uncovered.

How many of you know, the two small home Porsche are not made directly by the German manufacturer, but are built by Finnish Valmet, in the establishment of almost impronunciabile and unknown Uusikaupunki.

The contract that Zuffenhausen has signed with the other Scandinavian expire in 2011 and just this week cad of the German house has decided to not renew it, opting for the trust committed to the important Austrian-Marna Ste yr. They have prevailed over Karmann and on the same Volkswagen, which could also ensure the implementation of two models.

Period happy for Marna, therefore, from its lines leaving many important models as the BMW X3 and the Saab 9-3 convertible, and between models next presentation (in addition to two small Porsche) are heavy names like Aston Martin Rapid and Peugeot 308 RC Z.