KTM 690 Duke | First Ride
KTM 690 Duke | First Ride Juvenile No More The KTM Duke celebrates its 18th birthday in 2012, and this latest 690 feels more grown-up than earlier models. The original Duke and subsequent iterations were hard-edged and aggressive— a key selling point for some riders, but too extreme for the majority.
January 2012 management briefing: 2012′s growing vehicle markets
The problems facing the European vehicle market were described in the last instalment of January’s briefing. In this article, we consider the prospects for vehicle demand in other world regions.
US: "Pernicious cartel" sees Yazaki and Denso pay huge price-fixing fine
Two Japanese suppliers of automotive electrical components -Yazaki and Denso -have agreed to plead guilty and to pay a total of US$548m in criminal fines for their involvement in multiple price-fixing and bid-rigging conspiracies in the sale of parts to automobile manufacturers in the US, the Department of Justice has announced.
GERMANY: VW Transporter SKD assembly in Indonesia begins
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has begun assembly of the T5 Transporter from SKD kits through local importer Garuda Mataram Motor.