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Porsche Cayenne – All Car History Volume 10

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The Porsche Cayenne is a large SUV (Sports Utility Vehicle) from the German car manufacturer, Porsche. It is with a choice of petrol engines available and has five seats, five doors and four-wheel drive. The Cayenne is with both manual and automatic transmission (Tiptronic) is available gearbox. The four-wheel system can send 100 percent of engine power, in a mix between the front and rear axles. A low-range gearbox is also standard.

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PORSCHE CAYENNE HISTORY

The Porsche Cayenne concept was announced in 1998 and entered into force in 2002. It was the first large family-type vehicle that Porsche had made after a long history of producing only roadsters and sports cars. The Cayenne was developed jointly with Volkswagen, which was like a sports utility vehicle with its broad line-up as a cost-sharing initiative to add. In terms of design, the Cayenne many similarities with the VW Touareg and Audi Q7

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The Porsche Cayenne is available in five different variants. The initial model is the standard Porsche Cayenne. Next is the Cayenne S. The Cayenne GTS has followed and then there are the two top-of-the-range models, powered Cayenne Turbo and Cayenne Turbo S. All Cayenne vehicles with gasoline engines. The entry model, a 3rd 6-liter V6 (232 hp) unit. The S and GTS models 4 use 8-liter V8 engines (385 and 405 hp). The Cayenne Turbo and Turbo S models 4 use 8-liter twin-turbo V8 engine (500 hp or 550 hp).

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Audi – All Car History Volume1

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Audi goes back to 1899 and August Horch. Hark, when the company he founded was pushed, he started a new company called Audi in 1909, which was a Latin translation of Horch (in German: ‘Listen’). From the outset, was the policy of the company to build cars mainly for the luxury class.

Since 1932 the Audi emblem on the “Four Rings”, has to defend its merger with DKW, Horch and Wanderer, Auto Union AG in Chemnitz, form, Germany. Audi sold a wide range of passenger vehicles in the 1930s – from motorcycles to luxury sedans. Volkswagen bought the company in 1964. In the 1980s, dominated rally with Audi Quattro and the Audi has great success in the Le Mans 24 hours had with its R10 racers.

Audi of progressive design and groundbreaking technologies combine to make cars that are innovative, but to style. The current crop of vehicles from production of the Audi A3 to the Audi R8 supercar has powered Audi’s sales through the 21 Century record. Audi have all type of car imaginable, from classes such as the Audi A4 and Audi A6 manufactured to sports cars like the Audi TT – from the Audi Q7 full size SUVs, the Audi A2 Super-Mini and they show no sign of slowing down.

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AUDI FACTS

Porsche-All Car History Volume 9

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Porsche is known for a high caliber of sports cars. The German car manufacturer has succeeded in making sports cars, which are well known for its quality, reliability and performance. Above all, is a renowned Porsche sports cars that can be used for everyday driving.

The collection of opulent Porsches “includes the Boxster, Cayman, 911 and Cayenne series, produced in Germany. Porsche has succeeded in the passenger car production in spite of other German manufacturers of this are transferred to other countries, especially Eastern Europe.

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Porsche History

Ferdinand Porsche founded Porsche in 1931. Interestingly, he was an engineer for the first Volkswagen produced so that the first Porsche made used machines from the VW Beetle. The first model was launched in 1938 to life and 10 years later, the second Porsche was released, the 356th The end of the war saw participating in the Porsche Motorsport, which proved highly successful. 1963 was the launch of the Porsche 911, the most famous model, which is still in production today because of his success in public and on the racetrack.

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At the Paris Motor Show 1974, at the height of the oil crisis, presented to the Porsche 911 Turbo – the world’s first production sports car with exhaust turbocharger and pressure regulator.

In 1996 the one millionth Porsche Zuffenhausen assembly line from the company rolled just outside Stuttgart on 15 July.

Porsche founder Ferdinand Porsche’s grandson, Ferdinand Piech, was chairman and CEO of Volkswagen group from 1993 to 2002. With half of the shares, he also remains the largest individual shareholder of Porsche.

2002 Introduction of the Porsche Cayenne also marked the unveiling of a new factory in Leipzig, Saxony, which today accounts for nearly half the annual production of Porsche.

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BMW – All Car History Volume 16

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BMW is one of the world’s leading manufacturer of high quality cars and motorcycles and is the parent company of the MINI and Rolls-Royce car brands. The acronym BMW stands for “Bayerische Motoren Werke” – or “Bavarian Motor Works” in English.

BMW models will be classified according to the “series”, the car model, for example, the 3 Series. BMW has a long history in motorsport, having participated in motorsports since the founding of the first BMW motorcycle.

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BMW History

BMW was founded in 1913 to make aircraft engines to focus production in 1923, motorcycle and car in 1929. His works were damaged during the Second World War, and machine tools were confiscated by the Allies. BMW recover gradually, and bought in 1967, Hans Glas GmbH Company, whose plant was the largest BMW factory.

BMW bought the Rover Group in 1994, for sale, MG, Rover and Land Rover in 2000 but retaining the rights to build the new MINI in 2001 set up.

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BMW History

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:05:35 +0000

BMW – a reputation built on quality without compromise

As an experienced driver, you know how important you keep your BMW in tip-top condition. Regular maintenance will prolong the life of your car and identify defects before they are catastrophic.

When you consider the history of BMW and how the company has its worldwide reputation for excellence built prestige and performance, posting a BMW service that is conducted with care and precision, is of crucial importance in maintaining the characteristics of this prestige car.

BMW facts you may not know

BMW has its roots in the period before the First World War German aviation.

Gustav Otto, son of the inventor of the four-stroke internal combustion engine, set up an aircraft factory and training school in 1910. But after persistent problems with the quality of production, his company was bought by a consortium in 1916. The company was known as Bavarian Aircraft Ltd (BFW) and began manufacturing aircraft under license from Albatros Werke. It soon became the largest aircraft manufacturer in Bavaria, but at the end of World War demand collapsed.

Meanwhile, in 1913, a designer Karl Rapp had set up an aircraft engine manufacturing company, but vibration problems with their own engines meant that they moved the production to Austro-Daimler V12 engines under license. A man named Franz Josef Popp was to supervise the production. He managed to convince Karl Rapp, a talented designer from Daimler to deal with Max Friz. Friz quickly developed a new engine and made an impression with investors that Karl Rapp from the economy was plunged 1917th At this point the company name from Rapp Motor Works Ltd. BmbH the Bavarian Motor Works (BMW) has been changed.

But in December 1918 BMW was forced to close, by the government at the end of World War II. However, in less than three months BMW was allowed to reopen, and began designing a new range of engines, although the company was forced to cease production of aircraft engines. At this point, an Austrian financier, Camillo Castiglioni, had the majority of the shares BMW.

In the summer of 1919, BMW started building brake systems under license from Knorr-Bremse AG, and about a year later sold his interest in BMW Castiglioni Knorr-Bremse.

After the sale of its shares in BMW, was Castiglioni, he is interested in purchasing the BFW in 1922. On the back of this he moved back to buy the BMW name and Engineering division of Knorr-Bremse. He was successful, and with the merger of BFW and BMW, under the name BMW, he secured the design and management skills of Max Friz and Franz Josef Popp, as well as valuable engine designs and patents.

BMW will begin production of engine replacement, while Castiglioni has a lucrative contract with the Czechs, the production of BMW engines for use by their military license.

In the 1920s, Russia supplied with BMW aircraft engines and Castiglioni, as well as a majority shareholder, diverted off one brokerage on each transaction on its “private” companies.

Along with military engines, BMW successfully started manufacturing small agricultural machinery and motorcycles, starting with the R 32 in 1923. These formed the basis for the project to a 1925 BMW series vehicle design. Then in 1928 the company expanded into full production car with the purchase of the Eisenach factory made that the Dixi (or Austin Seven produced) under license. The car was known as the BMW 3 / 15 and it was not long before BMW produced its own designs.

However, business itself has Castiglioni and BMW in difficulties. After selling a majority stake in the German bank in 1926 to raise personal funds to his irregular commission payments were properly disclosed. He settled out of court back with a large payment to BMW and stepped down from the board. In 1929 he sold the rest of his German support to the bank together, his finances.

Castiglioni, the affair had cost BMW. The Russian government payments, “the Commission” is known, and demanded compensation. BMW gave a license for the BMW VI engine for free and relations with the Russians came to an end in the early 1930s to produce.

After the successful development of the motorcycle and car businesses in the 1930s, BMW was forced to abandon civilian production by the Nazi party during World War II and in the manufacture of aircraft engines. These included the use of forced labor.

Toward the end of the war, BMW was hit hard by Allied bombing raids and when the war ended, the sites in East Germany were seized by the Russians. Receive in the meantime, while BMW were in the West, they from manufacturing engines for three years and BMW car plans and head designer Fritz Fiedler was banned brought to England to start Bristol Cars. And so it was not until 1948 that the production of BMW motorcycles, and resumed only in 1952, passenger car production has restarted.

The first post-war passenger car models like the 507 and 503, were not very profitable and in 1959 BMW discussed selling the company to Daimler-Benz. This was an unpopular move with the workforce, and luckily Chairman Kurt Golda increased its stake in the company BMW to secure independence.

In the 1960s, the release of more sporty models spelled success for BMW. The BMW 1500 (this is the BMW 700 to follow) to the BMW 1600 and BMW models 1800 and resulted in 1967 two door and convertible models, which became known as the BMW 02 Series. These developments ultimately led to the creation of the famous BMW 3-Series.

The company expanded with the new production facilities and a new headquarters in Munich.

Going in the 1970s replaced the BMW 5 Series sedan, the coupe with the BMW 3 series and a new BMW 7-Series has been replaced have been launched, which BMW sports sedan, three different areas, which continued into the 1990s.

BMW was a global brand in the luxury car in production and sales increased by 18 times. Expands production in Germany and must in all continents, including facilities in Britain, America, South Africa and India. The company has also formed partnerships over time, with Russian and Chinese producers.

In the mid-1990s, BMW bought Rover from British Aerospace. However, the company was fighting a major role for the British brands to find and make a profit. In 2000, the Rover to Phoenix Venture Holdings sold and sold the Land Rover brand to Ford, however, BMW retained the Mini, Triumph and other brands. BMW has successfully re-ignited since gone the Mini brand and also the full use of the Rolls Royce (surely 2003).

From its humble beginnings as a pre-World War aircraft and engine manufacturers, BMW has survived as a result of post-war and entrepreneurship has grown rapidly into a major global player in the premium car market.

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So, if you book your next BMW service, you can be confident that Service A Car understands the heritage of BMW BMW Service and leads with the passion and precision worthy of your prestige car.

Happy motoring, Howard.

Chairman Service A Car

Service A Car is the fastest growing independent automotive service specialist in the United Kingdom with a nationwide network of over 500 pitches.

Audi Enthusiasts Learn About The history of this car manufacturer

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:05:20 +0000

Audi is one of the leading and most luxury manufacturers of automotive systems in Germany. They are the producers of the Audi cars, which is a famous car in the world. Besides, they believe in innovation. History and origin: The origin of the company can be traced back to 1899 and is the founder August Horch. The founder had problems with the company that he work with. So he was forced to leave the company and soon began his own brand under his own name. But copyright issues were raised, and he was forced to remove the family in his brand. There, the names such as Audi christened for its automotive businesses. The word actually means Audi hear in Latin. They started first with Audi 2612 cc and it was later increased the efficiency more and more. They were primarily used in sporting events. Thus, the brand of cars has started to develop over time and today we are experiencing a completely different world of cars manufactured by Audi! Auto Union: An Auto Union was founded, are as Audi’s cooperation with Horch, DKW and Wanderer. This union was responsible for the production of the Audi badge that we see today. These have been used in car racing cars with different brand names. As the technology more and more complex, more and more models have been developed. These engines were supplied by Germany in World War II. The other vehicle that was used for the same purpose, the vehicle (car 11) or the Horch Type 80, which was in turn used by the military. Audi Logo: The logo consists of four overlapping rings, representing the four brands of Auto Union. Your logo reflects the fact that they merged with Horch, DKW and Wanderer. The logo is very beautiful in a way that is, the first ring for the second Audi is designed DKW, Horch, represents a third and the fourth and last ring is for walkers. Earlier Times: After the second world war the Auto Union was heavily bombed. The Audi factory will become a socialist society “VEB Zwickau Automobile Factory (EEZ). Post World War II increased, many companies such as Volkswagen and others, and began again with the Auto Union. Between 1960 and had attracted customers to four-stroke engines and popular . invented The brands like Audi 72, 75 have been, when their Volkswagen brand as Audi renamed. Up to 1972 models of Audi including the Audi 60, 70, 80 have been developed and Super 90, and they came back into the picture very much. In 1969 the Auto Union saw the entry of another member of NSU, which was one of the largest manufacturers in the world of motorcycles. They went to the new small cars that are on the watch easy and safe to drive, but still produce some problems in their rotary engines. The Modern Audi: The period after 1970, particularly years after the Second World War was the emergence of Audi as a brand was really competitive. It was first introduced in the United States in the era after 1970. In 1968, the registration of the Audi brand was 100th It was soon followed by another on behalf of the 80/Fox Audi and Audi 50 in 1974. The Audi 50 was very popular in these days when it was invented, based on the Golf / Polo concept, and it was a great success all over the world because of its unique design and has remained still in his mind. The inventions and this time a proposal by a chassis engineer Jorg Bensinger, the four-wheel-develop technologies that promise. Soon version of the Audi brand cars and racing cars. The performance car, which was developed in 1980, was named as an Audi Quattro. He was also the first German large-scale vehicle with permanent four-wheel drive featured by a center differential. It is commonly referred to as the Ur-Quattro in German, means those in the original German original and unique. Also in this prefix for other brands like Audi S4 and S6 brands such as TR4 and called or6. These cars were to rally and racing, and she soon became very famous. This was not only the opening of Audi, but also advances in the automotive world! In 1985, the company as NSU and the Auto Union and Audi came came to be known as Audi AG. In 1986, the Audi 80 was launched, a very good model that has been mentioned as a known image of his grandfather during this time. The great thing about this model is the fact that it sold very well in no time. But the engine in the car was not that great, even though they had great interior design and good performance. So, to address the shortcomings, Audi came with a new model Audi 90, which had designed a great care, and was considered a good and efficient model. In the early 1990s, sales of the model Audi 80 declined, she said that some of the basic construction problems not by the buyers like. This according to a survey by the United States was on unintended acceleration, which was done when the break pedal is pressed. Many say that this problem mainly on the compliance of the accelerator pedal and the break has been allocated. But this issue has been raised in any of the European countries, as they experience of driving in cars, and like its counterpart that had been driving inexperience in such cars. But the consequences were so strong that the American people do not buy Audi cars at all and the turnover was very bad. This led to the renaming of the data model from Audi listed as 100/200, but the real name of the company’s 5000th Audi was even planned to eliminate their models, but sales climbed back into the mid-1990s. The sale began to walk on an upswing, thanks to a new model A4 of them in 1996 and subsequent versions of models such as A4/A6/A8 series that was developed in collaboration with VW and other sister brands of that time. Dozens of cars were produced by the innovative Audi. Your confidence in the world in the automobile industry grew normally to such an extent that they started to claim world records, such as Top Speed Endurance. The company had always maintained its premier racing game, The Silver Arrows. Today, their sales are touching the sky, it is like to new heights day by day.

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Audi History

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 06:04:08 +0000

Audi Service and Maintenance Engineering Excellence

Audi – a reputation for technical innovation and quality built

As an experienced driver, you know how important you keep your Audi in tip-top condition. Regular car servicing will extend your car’s life and identify defects before they are catastrophic.

When you consider the history of Audi and how the company has its global reputation for quality and performance built, booking an Audi service will be conducted with care and precision is crucial in maintaining the characteristics of this prestige car.

Audi facts you may not know

Audi is one of the oldest car manufacturer in Germany with the Audi name, originating in 1910 as a limited Audiwerke.

Audi began in 1889, when August Horch founded Horch & Cie and launched a first Horch car in 1901. In 1904, the Company issued shares to raise capital for expansion, but ultimately led to August Horch, leaving the company in 1909 after a dispute with the Board.

Hark, a new company in 1909 and created the Audi brand in 1910, under his new company Audi Werke GmbH, the Audi name is the Latin translation of Horch, that means listening in English.

The Audi brand has been created because Horch Horch lost a dispute with his former company to the use of the name.

In 1912 Audiwerke test drove his first car, the traveler, who had a four-cylinder engine. Following successful trials, the car went into production in 1913 and 1914, Audi won the Alpine Challenge Trophy, one of the most famous races of the time.

In 1921 the first German Audi have produced left-hand drive car, the Audi Type K. The improved driver visibility means that the left-hand drive and was established by the end of the decade.

In 1928, the Audi name was actually by JS Rasmussen, has acquired a majority interest in the Audi AG. Four years later, Audi merged with four other German car manufacturers from the region of Saxony. Audi, DKW, Horch and Wanderer were all Auto Union AG in 1932. The larger company could supply the car on the market, from motorcycles to luxury sedans.

The Audi logo, consisting of four rings, symbolizes the connection of four historical names in the German automobile.

However, the Audi name disappear in danger, in postwar Germany. Developed in the 1930 Auto Union AG develops and produces military vehicles and set during World War II, the civilian production and the company has been exclusively produced military vehicles.

Post-war, the Soviet administration reduced the production facilities in the Auto Union 1945 was removed as reparations, and in 1948 the Auto Union AG in the commercial register.

However, support from the Bavarian State Government and the Marshall Plan aid means that the Audis name. In 1949, Auto Union GmbH was founded Audi in Ingolstadt and in 1950 the new company its first car, the DKW masterclass.

In 1958, Daimler-Benz and Auto Union won in 1966 the company was bought by Volkswagenwek AG, and saw this production focused on the four-stroke engine, as developed previously under Daimler-Benz. In 1965, this engine with the DKW F 102 was married under the name Audi launched.

In 1968, the Audi 100 was called into life. This quickly became a top seller among the upper middle class cars, and became the building block for a new Audi range. In 1972, the Audi was 80 was launched.

The Audi 80 was a great success and more than one million were built within six years and adopted their four-cylinder engine was developed by the Volkswagen Group.

In 1974, the Audi was 50 in the small car market. Six months later, the production of synergies with the Volkswagen and the VW Polo was launched on the used Audi 50 basis.

In 1980, there was the famous Audi Quattro was launched as the first sports car with four-wheel drive.

The company officially became Audi AG in 1985, which testifies to the success of the Audi brand is known.

Audi has a history of technical innovation and quality, and their design strategy have Audi, BMW and Mercedes prestige today’s automotive market challenge.

Book your Audi service with confidence

So if your next Audi owner, you can be confident that Service A Car understands the heritage of Audi and Audi service deserves leading with passion and precision of the car.

Happy motoring, Howard.

Chairman Service A Car

Service A Car is the fastest growing independent automotive service specialist in the United Kingdom with a nationwide network of over 500 pitches.