Filed under: Europe, Government/Legal, Plants/Manufacturing, BMW
According to reports, a ring of 18 workers at BMW’s plant in Munich have been stealing from the German automaker for years. It seems the individuals would stop the lines for fake quality control checks and make off with the goods to be sold on the open market. The most [...]
Filed under: Etc., Nissan, Porsche
Click above to subscribe to The Autoblog Podcast in iTunes
Episode #206 of the Autoblog Podcast is being recorded tonight, and we’ve put some topics below. Drop us your own feedback and questions or vote on your fellow readers’ submissions to help determine what we discuss this evening. You can subscribe to [...]
Filed under: Etc., Government/Legal, Safety, Videos
NYC DOT speed limit PSA spots – Click above to watch the videos
You might honestly think that the speed limit in Manhattan is “whatever you can crank it up to between red lights.” That’s wrong, and the New York City Department of Transportation wants you to know that it’s 30 [...]
Filed under: Sedan, Recalls, Safety, Crossover, Volvo
Volvo fuel shutoff recall models – Click above for high-res image gallery
Volvo and the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration have announced that the Swedish automaker will recall some 6,046 vehicles from the 2011 model year due to a possible flaw in the engine control module. According to NHTSA, a [...]
Filed under: Sedan, Videos, Audi
Audi A6 teaser – Click above to watch the video after the jump
Audi has made no secret about its plan to become the world’s largest luxury automaker by volume by 2015, but the Four-Ringed automaker can’t take on BMW and Mercedes-Benz without new product. Over the past few years, Audi has [...]
