BMW's i subbrand launched the i3, a full-electric city car with an ultralightweight carbon fiber frame, in 2013. BMW showed that it will continue to push the subbrand to new levels when it previewed the iNext, in September. Automotive News Europe Correspondent Christiaan Hetzner spoke with the head of the subbrand, Robert Irlinger, about BMW's electrification strategy.....
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Aston’s newest celebrity spokesperson
It looks like Aston Martin is getting a new celebrity spokesman. The British automaker announced a new partnership with New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, working with the famous athlete to promote a new collaborative video series called “Category of One.”
According to Aston, Brady is working primarily with the automaker’s VIP and Chief Creative Officer Marek Reichman to create the new video series. It focuses on what Brady finds beautiful in his “sporting moments,” his life, and what keeps him going after so much success on and off the field.
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One particularly interesting bit regarded the shooting brake, which Nurnberger said, "we sort of started it and then realized to make a really good shooting brake we had to do a lot more engineering." Thus, the long-roof Vanquish actually has a longer wheelbase than the rest of the cars. According to Nunberger, the rear of the car is taken from a modular platform and is essentially a rear of a Rapide that has been added on. Of course, that required total reengineering, retesting, as well as re-crashing to bring it to production......
