Gloss: If the white blessing is a curse

In the winter apply: Car Snow rid of. Otherwise, unexpected things happen. Adrenalin rushes are guaranteed.

Snow is wonderful. He charmed the world and brings the winter only really in the winter. For motorists, but it holds its difficulties. Not just a lack of traction, some intricate braking or lurching tail in the curve. All of which can be calculated.

But sometimes the white blessing comes quite unexpectedly. Proposes, in moments of where we think it the least - and much less can use. A nasty scenario: In the morning we slept late and are therefore gehastet out of the house in a hurry, we do not as it should be, the car roof, hood and front bumper free of snow.

Opel is now part of the exporters

Opel production in 2010 was 34,000 vehicles, Euro NCAP, the U.S. exported. Exactly 33 669 Buick Regal, the same design with the Opel Insignia is largely left the headquarters for the U.S., said a spokesman for Opel upon request by the trade journal Automotive News Europe. Opel had exports to the U.S. until the end of March 2010 included.

Thus, the Opel will finally make independent of Europe. In addition to the Buick Regal 33 669 12 351 Opel vehicles delivered under its own brand logo in regions outside Europe, such as China. "Overall, the number of our exports, therefore lies at 46 020 vehicles," said Opel spokesman: ". The medium term we expect a share of 100,000 cars for the non-European export" works council head Klaus Franz said, meanwhile, has a potential of 170,000 units in 2012 .

A good atmosphere in the U.S. - is growing vehicle market

2011-01-08 In the U.S., in 2010 more vehicles must be clearly than in the crisis of 2009.

The mood in the U.S. is good, at least among the automakers. New car sales are, according to the Center for Automotive Resarch (CAR), University of Duisburg-Essen with 11.6 million in 2010 but far from the long-term average of 15.5 million, but has risen, the total sales last year by an impressive 1.16 million .

Audi at the CES: The digital revolution in cars has begun

2011-01-07 his keynote at CES the world's major electronics trade show in Las Vegas, on the Audi with a bunch of innovative ideas represented in is, Audi CEO Rupert Stadler outlined his vision of the future development of the brand. Sun Automobile, the future will be networked. And not only with the environment and transport infrastructure, but also with the Internet world. To this end, automakers use the best available technologies and partners to integrate the automotive world and they used to make. Audi also wants to "beat rate in innovation even further increase," said Stadler's notice.

Audi has traveled with many new ideas to the U.S. west coast to the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), held from 6 to 9 January 2011 in Las Vegas / USA is taking place. The offers range from the Ingolstadt-based infotainment and driver assistance systems to improve traffic safety and efficiency. The brand is determined to strengthen their leadership role. A large field of action, the engineer, the total operation. This is, for example, the MMI concepts of the next and the next generation to programmable instrument clusters and for attractive developments during head-up display.

Three change at the top of the approvals

Germany has three vehicle segments, the most often changed in approved series. Sufferer was in all three cases, Mercedes-Benz.

According to the Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) finished in the middle class, the BMW 3 Series, the top position and standing before a model change Mercedes-Benz C-Class repressed. In the upper class moved up to the 7-series BMW, another to the front and replaced the S-class. In the mini-van, the Opel Meriva displaced with more than 30 percent market share of the Class B-1 Place.

Car with inflatable roof

Frank M. Rinderknecht, founder and head of the Swiss company Rinspeed AG, is something like the rarity of the Motor Show in Geneva. Every year he shows at the Spring Fair in the automotive industry, vehicles which differ drastically from all other vehicles on. Floating cars, diving cars, a model with built boat, eco-sports car in the science fiction theme or cars, which turned on a button, the entire body were there in the past decades to the presentation. At this year's Motor Show (3 to 13 March) the company is on the 33rd Views represented and shows a bizarre car again - the Rinspeed Bamboo.

The models for this project included the expert at first glance: The Mini Moke, the former designed mini-inventor Sir Alec Issigonis for the British Motor Corporation and its direct competitor Renault Mehari, who among the rich and beautiful on the Côte d'Azur yet now enjoys cult status.
But Bamboo has ostentatiously retro with nothing in mind. The view is rather directed towards the front - the drive shall also witness to this, as the construction materials used. So the name already suggest that many components of the interior are made of bamboo fibers. In addition, a general association with nature, by summer, to the south are made. Rinderknecht calls his car research "probably the only lifestyle vehicle with electric drive."

Renault spy scandal revealed risk strategy

Carlos Ghosn, head of the Renault-Nissan alliance is, entirely on electric mobility. Now he suspended three with the electric car project dealt Manager - for alleged espionage. Or because she criticized his strategy? If this fails, the whole group is at risk.

Industrial espionage is always difficult. This case, however, seems to go beyond the usual dimensions. France's industry minister, called the alleged betrayal of secrets at Renault in the French TV channel RTL "serious business" for which the concept of economic war was entirely appropriate. He announced to tighten the rules in case of violations of trade secret. The French state is to Renault owns 15 percent - reason enough to protect the abusive company.