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Opinion: The Bentley Crash in New York is Scrambling Brains

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Last week, on the day before Thanksgiving, a middle-aged couple in a Bentley met a fiery end under mysterious circumstances near the U.S.-Canada We know the victims names – Kurt Villani, 53, and his wife, Monica Villani, also 53 – and we know that they were in a Bentley Flying Spur (no jokes about the name, please). All of the above?

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Lithia unloads Toyota, Ford and Bentley-Lotus dealerships

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Lithia mentioned it offered Bentley of Denver-Lotus of Denver, in the past housed in its Ferrari of Denver dealership in Highlands Ranch, Colo., “The way we see it, it complements our Cadillac brand in a way that is fairly rare to have,” Maul advised Automobile Information. to John Elway Dealerships on June 8.

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Bentley Commits to Five New EVs by 2030, Adding a New Model in 2025

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The British luxury car manufacturer Bentley has pledged to become carbon neutral by 2030 and planning to release their first electric vehicle in 2025. Bently has also launched a new initiative called the Five-in-Five plan, which calls for the company to release a new electric vehicle every year from 2025 through 2030.

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Porsche SE acquires ~10% stake in real-time traffic information company INRIX; 1st step to complementing investment in VW AG

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Porsche Automobil Holding SE has acquired a stake of around 10% in INRIX, one of the leading providers of real-time traffic information. Porsche Automobil Holding SE is a listed holding company and holds the majority of the ordinary shares in the Volkswagen Group, one of the world’s leading automobile manufacturers.

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ZF and start-up Levant Power partnering on first fully active, regenerative suspension for automobiles

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founded in 2009 out of MIT ( earlier post ), is an emerging technology company headquartered working to develop the first fully active, regenerative suspension for the automotive, trucking, mass transit, and defense industries. Levant Power Corp., The production numbers continue to rise; 2011 marked the temporary record high with more than 2.2

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Volkswagen Group and Tata Motors Ltd. to explore strategic alliance for joint development projects; ŠKODA to lead

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Our aim with the envisaged strategic partnership with Tata Motors is to lay the foundations in the Group and the brands that will enable us to offer customer-oriented mobility solutions in the emerging, fast-growing automobile markets, as elsewhere. That is why we are systematically pursuing our regional growth strategy. billion in 2015-16.

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JLR sees U.S. as key to good fortune for reborn Jaguar logo

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as key to the year good fortune of the Jaguar logo, which is being reinvented and can relaunch this date with automobiles that “radically reimagine” the marque’s iconic fashions such because the E-Kind. LONDON – Jaguar Land Rover sees the U.S. marketplace was once central to the good fortune of Jaguar within the Nineties.