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Car News – Volkswagen L1 Concept

September 15, 2009

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Monday, Volkswagen announced an ultra fuel efficient car L1 concept that is says to get 100 kilometers on 1.38-liters of fuel.  This precedes a 2002 concept design that could go 100 kilometers on 1-liter of fuel, equivalent to about 235 mpg.  Although it doesn’t quite match up to the original model, it’s still very impressive [...]

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Car News – Porsche PDK Transmission a work of genius.

September 15, 2009

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Available as an option for Porsche 911 models is the new PDK Double Clutch Transmission.  It replaces the original Tiptronic Transmissions that Porsche developed back in the 2000 Porsche Boxster.  Today we are going to look at what is so different about this transmission and what are the benefits when driving a 911 that has [...]

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Car News – Audi A3, Audi TT, Audi TT Roadster Recalled

August 24, 2009

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Audi is recalling their Audi A3, Audi TT and Audi TT Roadster models built between September, 2008 to August, 2009 and are equipped with the S-Tronic Transmissions.  There is also a small amount of 2010 Audi A3′s that are also being recalled.

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