November 16, 2012

Boeing, Avianca announce order for three 787 Dreamliners

Boeing and Avianca Airlines, Colombia's flagship airline, announced an order for three 787 Dreamliners. The order was previously attributed to an unidentified customer on Boeing's Orders & Deliveries website and is valued at approximately $620-million at published list prices.

Ford's new Fiesta Emergency Assistance is multi-lingual leader

A Ford-commisioned survey shows 75 per cent of Europeans have, in the past five years, travelled by car in countries where they would have been unable to make an emergency services call in the local language.*

Ford SYNC Emergency Assistance offered on new Fiesta

BMW Asia appoints Y&R as its new creative agency

BMW Asia announced its appointment of Y&R as its new creative agency with effect from January 2, 2013.

Formerly known as Young & Rubicam, the global marketing and communications company is known for its successful campaigns with other renowned brands

Fisker to establish new Technical Center in preparation for next stage of Atlantic development

Fisker Automotive announced plans to establish a new Technical Center in the Midwest, with South Eastern Michigan as one of the potential locations - paving the way for ongoing development of its second model line, the Fisker Atlantic.

The new facility, currently planned to

Boeing, SilkAir finalise order for 54 737s

Boeing and SilkAir have finalised an order for 54 Next-Generation 737s and 737 MAX 8s worth $4.9-billion at list prices. With this agreement, the 737 MAX has accumulated 969 orders to date.

SilkAir's order for 23 737-800s and 31 737 MAX 8s is the largest order in the

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles deliveries up by 5 per cent worldwide in October

From January to October, the Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles Brand delivered 455,400 urban delivery vehicles, transporters and pickups to customers all over the world. Compared to the corresponding period last year (January-October 2011:

November 15, 2012

28 Mini fans cram into the record books

A team of gym members from East Sussex have smashed two Guinness World Records world records for the number of people inside both a classic Mini and a 2012 Mini.

28 flexible ladies crammed their way into the Mini Hatch at Potters Fields Park, London as part of the

Jaguar Land Rover appoints new Head of Global PR Communications

Jaguar Land Rover has appointed Fiona Pargeter to the position of Head of Global PR Communications, with responsibility for the company's global PR strategy incorporating all product and corporate matters. She will join the Executive Committee of the company reporting

Ford Motor Company Fund pledges $1-million to American Red Cross

Ford Motor Company Fund is pledging $1-million to the American Red Cross for workplace development training for veterans, military members and their families, as well as to disaster relief through the Red Cross Disaster Responder program.

In this two-year commitment,

Lothar Schupet is new General Director BMW Group Slovenia

The December 1, 2012, the BMW Group Slovenia have been personnel changes. Lothar Schupet (34), who was previously responsible for the development of new markets within the BMW Group Central and Eastern Europe, will become General Manager of BMW Group

First German-made Amarok in UK will save animals with the RSPCA

The Amarok has been a huge success since its European launch in 2011, and to improve supply and availability, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles is now producing this model at its factory in Hanover, Germany (production also continues in Argentina).

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