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Used Car of the Day: 2006 Porsche Cayman S

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So, too, is today's pick -- a 2006 Porsche Cayman S. As always, I try to pick used cars of the day that you, the B and B, would find interesting. Regardless of quality/price/mileage. But sometimes my biases show. The Acura RSXs that show up here are indicative of that.

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Used Car of the Day: 2006 Porsche Boxster

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Today's UCOTD is a fairly simple one -- a 2006 Porsche Boxster with a manual transmission. The seller says the car is in good shape except for minor rock chips and the like. There are some cosmetic mods that the first owner made, including changes to the exhaust tips, sidemarker lights, daytime running lights, and the stereo.

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Volkswagen completes engineering campus expansion project in California; enhanced focus on EV testing and analysis

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Supporting Volkswagen Group brands including Volkswagen, Audi, Bentley and Porsche, work at the Oxnard campus is focused on powertrain engineering services that support product development, governmental compliance and emissions testing with an enhanced focus on electric vehicle range testing and analysis.

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New Audi CEO setting up Artemis project for accelerated development of vehicles; highly efficient EV

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Under his leadership, the first Formula 1 engine with a speed range of up to 20,000 rpm was created in 2006. After Red Bull Technology, Hitzinger joined the Volkswagen Group for the first time and built up the highly successful motorsport team at Porsche that won the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the Endurance World Championship from 2015 to 2017.

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Hackenberg resigns from Audi Board of Management

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In 1996, he moved to Porsche AG as a project manager, where he worked as head of base engine development from 2001 onwards. After gaining a doctor’s degree at the Institute for Materials Technology of the University of Magdeburg in 2006, he took over the position of head of aftersales in the sales department of Porsche AG in 2007.

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US charges Audi manager with conspiracy to cheat US emissions tests; sacrificing NOx control for a sound system

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According to the complaint, from in or about 2006 until in or about November 2015, Pamio led a team of engineers responsible for designing emissions control systems to meet emissions standards, including for nitrogen oxides (NO x ), for diesel vehicles in the US. Beginning in or about 2006, Audi was designing the new 3.0

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J.D. Power: growing usage of safety technologies in new vehicles contributes to increasing vehicle appeal

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While premium brands historically perform significantly higher than non-premium brands in the APEAL Index, study findings show that the gap between the two in 2015 is the smallest it’s been in the past 10 years, narrowing by 16% since 2006. Porsche ranks highest in APEAL for an 11 th consecutive year, with a score of 874 index points.

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