Pininfarina B0 (B Zero) still only a Concept Car at Geneva 2009
February 25, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
Pininfarina unveiled the lovely B0 at the Paris Motor Show early last October and the good news is, it’s coming to the 2009 Geneva Motor Show as well. However it won’t be the working prototype that had been expected.
As reported by Reuters, the Pininfarina family is selling off a majority stake in the company in an attempt to deal with its debt which, thanks to an 80 percent drop in its stock price over the past year, is many times its market capitalization. Production has been slowed at its three factories in an attempt to reduce costs as the effects of the global economic slowdown on its customers increases. Read more
Hot New Volvo S60 Concept Car to be Shown at Detroit 2009
December 19, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment
Volvo will show the new S60 Concept car at the Detroit Auto Show this January. The car will be featuring a new 180 hp (134 kW) four-cylinder 1.6-liter gasoline engine using high-efficiency GTDi (Gasoline Turbocharged Direct Injection) technology.
In combination with a range of other measures such as stratified combustion and stop/start, this engine makes it possible to cut carbon dioxide emissions to 119 g/km (5.0 L/100 km, or 47 mpg US). Volvo Cars’ first production car with the GTDi technology will be introduced during the second half of 2009. Read more
