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Mercedes-AMG GT plug-in hybrid to bring 804bhp and 1047lb ft

Autocar

It replaces the rear-wheel drive arrangement used previously, providing the new coupé with what Schiebe describes as “a much broader spread of driving characteristics, together with greater traction and added security in all weather conditions”. Also included is an electronically controlled rear-locking differential.

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Working Together: How Auto Industry Players Are Fighting Back Against Digital Fraud

Dealer World

The story spreading through dealership break rooms across the country is becoming all too familiar. But this time, industry veterans are taking a different approach to fighting back. "The customer seemed legitimate, the electronic payment cleared initially, and everything appeared to be by the book." But then things went sideways.

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How the AU Falcon very nearly became a global luxury car | Drive Flashback

Drive.com

It’s been going on in the consumer electronics and whitegoods markets for years. One of the benefits of globalisation for car buyers is the ability to get more, and hopefully better, technology at the same price (or sometimes even lower in terms of price versus salary) as the previous model. Now cars are going the same way.

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From the archive: Samsung's big bid to make cars

Autocar

By the time its founder died in 1987, it was a big name in heavy industry, engineering and electronics – and his heir recognised that the car industry was essentially a combination of the three. So it seemed the rescuer of Samsung Motors would also have to be foreign, and that rescuer was Renault , paying £560m for a 70% stake.

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Working Together: How Auto Industry Players Are Fighting Back Against Digital Fraud

AutoSuccessOnline

The story spreading through dealership break rooms across the country is becoming all too familiar. “The customer seemed legitimate, the electronic payment cleared initially and everything appeared to be by the book.” The scam works like this: Fraudsters connect with buyers looking for deals on vehicles.

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(Really) remote charging: Electric Skoda vs the Sahara

Autocar

After all, when buyers are put off EVs because the north of England is considered a ‘charging desert’, can electric cars ever work in a real one? That said, I barely need the electrons: having travelled 115 miles, there’s plenty left in the Enyaq Coupé’s battery. Here comes the sun The answer to that question is obvious, of course.

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Why this Soviet era off-road relic was doomed in Australia

Drive.com

They re-upholster all seats – at least the frames are strong, he says – change all the switchery, spread out the foot pedals and enlarge the area under the driver’s feet, re-fit the spare wheel under the bonnet, add a new mesh grille. Potential buyers werent convinced, however and the Samara failed.

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