The wealthy emirate of Abu Dhabi is reportedly in discussions with German labour unions over the potential purchase of a stake in GM’s struggling Opel brand.

According to Rainer Einenkel, head of the works council at Opel’s Bochum, Germany, plant, Abu Dhabi have raised the possibility of providing the company with a generous cash injection [...]

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Who woulda thunk it? By throwing a supercharger and a tweaked ECU tune at an Audi R8 V8, German tuning company Wheelsandmore has managed to unlock more power from the bent eight than what’s on offer from the big-daddy R8 V10 - and for the same overall cost too.

It’s a small margin mind you - [...]

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Remember when Sonic the Hedgehog first appeared in a Nintendo video game?  No?  Right.  All you need to know is that Sonic is a Sega property, and Nintendo was of course Sega’s mortal enemy.  When Sega stopped making consoles, Sonic the Hedgehog had nowhere to go – so the two companies came to an agreement.

On [...]

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After Germany’s automotive sales sector reported a 21 percent increase last month, thanks for the most part to its trade-in incentive on old cars, the United Kingdom’s Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders is pushing for the same move in the UK. Sales of new cars in the UK are already [...]

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Germany has proved to be largely immune to the falling automotive sales epidemic that’s presently sweeping the world, recording its best February sales figure for ten years.

Sales of new vehicles rose 22 percent over 2008’s results, thanks to a €2500 (AUD $4900) cash incentive designed to encourage vehicle owners to scrap their old car and [...]

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It seems that if GM is to survive, it’s not going to be given an easy run. Especially in Europe where the UK, Swedish and German governments have all reacted cautiously to requests for £4.2 billion (AUD $9 billion) in government aid.

The UK government is considering a loan upon presentation of a plan for the [...]

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