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Discussion in the Australian Ferrari forums.
Ferrari is considering using turbocharging in future engines, but it needs to improve the forced induction technology before it will make its cars available with the set-up.
Ferrari engine developer Jean-Jacques His said the biggest problem the firm faced was lag.
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Discussion in the Australian Rolls-Royce forums:
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SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Rolls-Royce said its global sales may be flat this year but the luxury carmaker is banking on an economic recovery and the rollout of a new model to help jumpstart volumes in 2010.
“It could be anything from 50 percent higher to 100 percent higher,” Graeme Grieve, sales and marketing director of Rolls-Royce, a unit of German car maker BMW (BMWG.DE), told Reuters in an interview no Friday in response to a question about expected sales trends in 2010.
Rolls-Royce Chief Executive Officer Tom Purves also said the company’s total car sales could rise to 3,000 a year with the launch of its new RR4 model. In 2008, Rolls-Royce had total sales of 1,212 ‘Phantom’ model cars.
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Comments/Discussion in the Racing/Events discussion forum:
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From:
—> http://www.fiatcars.com.au/default.asp?action=article&ID=21842
The car that’s taking the world by storm – the Fiat 500 – is to be driven in the Celebrity Challenge race at the 2008 FORMULA 1TM ING Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne.
The announcement is the latest in a series of innovations unveiled by the Australian Grand Prix Corporation in recent months, all aimed at ensuring the Albert Park event will be the most exciting in its thirteen year history.
“In keeping with our fresh approach to the 2008 Grand Prix there could be no better choice of car for the celebrity race than the Fiat 500,” said Drew Ward, CEO of the Australian Grand Prix Corporation.
