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Dealer openings in South Korea and China, with further development planned for 2012
Automobili Lamborghini officially opened two new dealerships in China. The first, in Chongqing, marks the second dealer in western China and continues the brand’s important expansion in the region. The second was opened in Dalian: Lamborghini Dalian is the Italian super sports car manufacturer’s first dealership in Northeast China. Continue reading ‘Lamborghini continues Asia expansion’
Not long ago, the phrase “Lamborghini quality” was as laughable as the phrase “monogamous Berlusconi.”
The Italian automaker founded in 1963 by feisty Ferrari hater Ferruccio Lamborghini built a long line of swoopy exotics that demanded passionate, dedicated drivers — with an equally passionate and dedicated mechanic on speed dial. Several ownership changes over the years, including an ill-fated union with Chrysler in the 1980s didn’t help the cause. Lamborghinis inspired lust, but consistency of build and reliability proved elusive.
Until the Germans got involved. Continue reading ‘WIRED: A Peek Inside the Lamborghini Factory’
Alejandro Mesonero-Romanos, who is currently design director at Renault Samsung Motors, will become design chief at Volkswagen Group’s Seat brand, VW said on Friday.
Mesonero-Romanos, 34, succeeds Luc Donckerwolke, who moves to a new role as VW Group’s head of advanced design, reporting directly to VW Group Design Chief Walter de Silva. Continue reading ‘Renault exec to head design at VW Group’s SEAT’
Walter de’Silva, head of Volkswagen Group Design, has been chosen as the Lifetime Design Achievement Award winner for the 2011 EyesOn Design Automotive Design Show. The award is unique in that only vehicle designers who have previously won it are allowed to vote. De’Silva accepted the award on Friday evening, June 17th, in Detroit at Vision Honored, the formal awards dinner. Continue reading ‘Walter de’Silva chosen as the Lifetime Design Achievement Award winner’
The top-selling Audi dealer in the United States is 23 years old — and he has been running the business since he was 19.
His name is Brett David, a wunderkind who took over Prestige Imports of Miami in 2007 after a tragedy.
David inherited the business when his father and automotive mentor, Irv David, died unexpectedly of a fourth heart attack at age 56. Continue reading ‘Fast cars, fast rise for Miami Lamborghini dealer Brett David’
Volkswagen Chief Executive Officer Martin Winterkorn was losing patience with the staff at VW’s new factory in Chattanooga. It was January, and Winterkorn had just presented a U.S. version of the Passat sedan at the Detroit Auto Show. As the plant prepared for its official opening on May 24, workers were struggling with the Passat’s paint finishes, while the chrome accents in the air vents, door openings, and gear shifts didn’t all shine with the same brilliance. Continue reading ‘Volkswagen Rediscovers America’
Last saturday, Automobili Lamborghini opened Europe’s first Flagship Fashion Store in Berlin – a boutique that is dedicated exclusively to the entire range of the globally successful ‘Collezione Automobili Lamborghini’ fashion collection. The exclusive boutique at Kurfürstendamm 63 was opened in the presence of guests from the world of politics, industry, fashion and society by Stephan Winkelmann himself, the president and CEO of Automobili Lamborghini. See the Aventador LP700-4 being parked inside the store after the jump Continue reading ‘Automobili Lamborghini opens Europe’s first Fashion Flagship Store in Berlin’
Volkswagen is basking in the glory of record sales and profits, but it’s not all good news. The group’s Bentley, Seat and Lamborghini brands still continue to record poor performances.
At its annual investors conference today, VW said 2010 was ” the most successful year” in its history with 7.2 million unit sales and an operating profit of 7.1 billion euros. Continue reading ‘Bentley, Lamborghini and SEAT are a drag on Volkswagen Group’
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