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Russian automaker GAZ buys half of Italian diesel specialist VM Motori

Yes, the car you see above is the Chrysler Sebring the new Volga Siber and I chose the image to illustrate the efforts of GAZ to become an important automaker. GAZ has bought 50 percent of the Italian diesel manufacturer VM Motori from its previous owner Penske Corporation. Who is the owner of the other half of the shares? GM. VM Motori is currently supplying diesel engines for Opel and Chevrolet, like the 2.0-liter diesels under certain European models. VM Motori is also working on the development of a new 3.0-liter for Cadillac. GM also ... Read more →

Gazprom wants to create a network of natural gas fueling stations Xavier Navarro

Russia's giant natural gas company, Gazprom, has proposed developing a network of compressed natural gas (CNG) filling stations for automobiles across Europe. Currently, most Central European ...

PSA and Mitsubishi announce joint plant in Russia Xavier Navarro

PSA and Mitsubishi have officially laid the first foundation stone of their €470 million joint plant in Russia, located in Kaluga, 180km south-west of Moscow. The plant, which is being built on ...

Pre-Euro II vehicles will be banned from Moscow's city center Sebastian Blanco

The Euro 2 emissions standards were put in place for passenger cars in January of 1993. Russia adopted these standards in the fall of 2005, and the limits will soon have a very real impact on vehicles ...

Audi Quattroflex, a high-tech, collapseable design concept vehicle Dane Muldoon

In a similar fashion to the Peugeot Moodif concept, I'm not sure what the relationship between Alexey Bykov's Audi Quattroflex design concept, and the Audi motor company is, but its an interesting ...

Russian automaker GAZ buys half of Italian diesel specialist VM Motori 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Yes, the car you see above is the Chrysler Sebring the new Volga Siber and I chose the image to illustrate the efforts of GAZ to become an important automaker. GAZ has bought 50 percent of the Italian diesel manufacturer VM Motori from its previous owner Penske Corporation. Who is the owner of the ...

Gazprom wants to create a network of natural gas fueling stations 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Russia's giant natural gas company, Gazprom, has proposed developing a network of compressed natural gas (CNG) filling stations for automobiles across Europe. Currently, most Central European countries get natural gas from Russia via continental pipelines. What Gazprom says now is that they and ...

PSA and Mitsubishi announce joint plant in Russia 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

PSA and Mitsubishi have officially laid the first foundation stone of their €470 million joint plant in Russia, located in Kaluga, 180km south-west of Moscow. The plant, which is being built on a 200 ha plot, is expected to produce 160,000 vehicles per year from 2011. Which models? Basically, ...

Pre-Euro II vehicles will be banned from Moscow's city center 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The Euro 2 emissions standards were put in place for passenger cars in January of 1993. Russia adopted these standards in the fall of 2005, and the limits will soon have a very real impact on vehicles entering - or trying to enter - central Moscow. According to a Google-translated page from Auto ...

Audi Quattroflex, a high-tech, collapseable design concept vehicle 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

In a similar fashion to the Peugeot Moodif concept, I'm not sure what the relationship between Alexey Bykov's Audi Quattroflex design concept, and the Audi motor company is, but its an interesting idea either way. Like the Moodif, the Quattroflex embraces flexibility by allowing the wheelbase to be ...


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