Italian car producer Fiat negotiated in the last few weeks possible forms of cooperation with the U.S. Chrysler Group, said the general director of Alfa Romeo brand, Luca de Meo, German magazine WirtschaftsWoche.

At the end of March, the general director of Fiat, Sergio Marchionne, said the Financial Times that the group is ready to discuss with the big American manufacturers to automobile manufacturing Alfa Romeo in the United States.

Such collaboration would reduce costs Fiat, in the conditions in which European exporters are affected by the high cotatia euro, and would mark the return of Alfa Romeo brand on the American market, where it was withdrawn in 1995.

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The CAR Online images have appeared with a prototype of the future 5 series BMW from the first track of his rooks in Nurburgring (here). Future Series 5 will have a look at the concept inspired by CS technology Efficient Dynamics and the May-November gaget meant to him eclipseze opponents.

Part of the front will be as it may be close to that of CS concept, revealed at the saloon car from Shanghai last year. The rest seems to be subtly changed in comparison with the current 5 Series. The greatest changes are taking place under capota and interior. For the next 5 Serie company is working hard to prepare and adapt technology engines Efficient Dynamics.

At present, Efficient Dynamics works only on machines with propulsoare in four cylinders, equipped with manual transmissions, but BMW wants the system for all vehicles. Even following M5 is expected to receive systems such as stop-start or Regenerative Braking.

A new system of automatic transmission with eight reports, ZF mark will help to reduce CO2 emissions. On the list of options available such as active steering systems, adaptive cruise control and dynamic drive.

The most creative new Ferrari is a coupe-cabriolet, baptized California, a GT which incorporates some design elements from the 612 Scaglietti, which will be presented at the world premiere in the fall, during the Paris Salon. The name of this model trades intentions of the Ferrari, to come mainly overseas. As architecture, is a body open with rigid retractable flag (a first in the history of the brand), with two seats, propulsed of a V8 of 4.3 litres of 460 HP, with transmission in 7 steps. Acceleratia from 0 to 100 km / hour is achieved in less than 4 seconds. The engine is taken from Scuderia F340, but unlike it, California is located front. The market is scheduled for early next year, the price not yet determined.

Volkswagen can benefit from the synergies will be no need to merge brands Scania, VW and MAN trucks, said the general director of the german, Martin Winterkorn. “We need to fuzionam the three brands to benefit from synergy effects. We will not make a single company from the three strong brands,” said Winterkorn, in an interview for German publication Handelsblatt.

Volkswagen signed an agreement in March to take control of the manufacturer Swedish Scania trucks and is the largest shareholder of MAN, with a participation of about 30%. This has speculations that the german producer and could increase interest in MAN and to form a huge group.

The strategy group is to use a series of marks, while you save money by using common technology and Purchasing, said the head of Volkswagen.

The current Mercedes CLK is on the market in 2003, so a new generation is more than welcomed! Prototypes CLK were seen on the streets of Germany but also from winter testing in northern peninsulei Scandinave (click here for images). Many layers of camuflage hide details tanjim after all, but that does not mean that we can not use our imagination to see how the model will show the final.

The current generation Mercedes C-class platform will borrow new CLK and judecand by the images that we have, style or design propulsoarele.

When the new CLK will be released in 2009, initially as a coupe, followed six months of a Convertible, it will have to fight for supremacy with the BMW 3 Series or Audi A5 coupe. In 2010 should be about new and CLK63 AMG, with the propellant V8 of 6.2 litres and 474 HP.

Source: worldcarfans.com