Audi releases the new 2012 Audi A6, Volkswagen works on a new speed camera system that could potentially pay drivers for driving at the speed limit, and the Ferrari F430 Lancia Stratos Revival may compete in GT2 Road Racing. Hosted by Derek DeAngelis. link to that hilarious Oksana episode: www.youtube.com
An old Enzo sets a new land speed record at Bonneville, Porsche sets its sites on a new two door SUV with the design help from Audi & Volkswagen, Chrysler releases the new 200, and Aston Martin green lights the Cygnet for production.
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Awards season is finally winding down with the 2010 World Car of the Year and World Performance Car of the Year being handed out this morning at the 2010 New York Auto Show. After whittling the fields down to three finalists in each category, the panel of 59 international journalists voted one last time to crown the World Car of the Year.
While the Toyota Prius, Volkswagen Polo and Mercedes-Benz E-Class were nominated, it was the Polo that took home the gold for 2010 World Car of the Year.
On the performance vehicle front, the nominees were the Audi R8 V10, Porsche 911 GT3 and Ferrari California, with the Audi winning top honors.
They also handed out a Design award for a group of finalists including the Citroen C3 Picasso, Kia Soul and Chevrolet Camaro. That honor went to the Camaro. (U-S-A! U-S-A!)
The Green category saw Volkswagen‘s line of diesel-powered BlueMotion vehicles beat out the Toyota Prius and Honda Insight hybrids. (Die-sel! Die-sel!)
Click below for a gallery of all the winners.
New York 2010: Volkswagen Polo wins 2010 World Car of the Year award originally appeared on Ferrari News on Thu, 01 Apr 2010 09:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
The 458 is the first in Ferraris range that wont be offered with a manual transmission.
Few lines are as fluid as those between the Italian and German automobile industries. Executives seem to move back and forth between the two faster than the exotic supercars for which they’re responsible, and all the more so when it comes to designers.
Frank Stephenson moved to Ferrari and on to the Fiat group after 11 years at BMW. Italian designer Walter de Silva cut his proverbial teeth at Fiat and Alfa Romeo before moving to Audi, where he also oversaw Lamborghini’s design department – and he has since been promoted to head of design for the entire Volkswagen group. German-born, Italian-schooled Wolfgang Egger has similarly bounced back and forth between Alfa Romeo, VW and Lancia before succeeding de Silva as head of Audi and Lamborghini design. The list goes on and on, and if the latest reports from Italy are to be believed, you can now add to them one Flavio Manzoni.
As director of creative design in Wolfsburg, Manzoni was known as de Silva’s right-hand man. But now he’s said to be moving back to Italy to head up Ferrari’s design department. If these reports are accurate, Manzoni will be replacing current Ferrari design director Donato Coco (who in turn replaced the aforementioned Stephenson), report directly to managing director Amedeo Felisa and work to establish a Ferrari style center to bring more of the design work, currently handled by Pininfarina, in-house.
