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F1 teams in action at Silverstone

The F1 teams return to the testing arena today at Silverstone, where the majority will be in action for the three days.

However, Lewis Hamilton won't be as McLaren have given the rookie the week off in order to unwind before the start of the Goodwood Festival of Speed where he will be making an appearance.

Instead, McLaren will have test driver Pedro de la Rosa sharing the driving duties with Fernando Alonso.

Ferrari will join their rivals at the British track, where they'll be testing a new aero package in the hope of gaining back some lost ground to the Woking team.

Red Bull's Mark Webber will be handed the testing duties for the first two days with team-mate David Coulthard taking over on Thursday.



However, the man who put DC out of the US GP, Ralf Schumacher, won't be in action. Instead Toyota are planning on using tester Franck Montagny on Tuesday and Jarno Trulli for the remaining two days.

Robert Kubica is another race-driver who won't be testing as he remains sidelined following his Canadian GP accident. Nick Heidfeld and Timo Glock will test for BMW.

Williams will be using both their race drivers, however, only for one day a piece. Tester Kazuki Nakajima will be in action on Tuesday, Alex Wurz on Wednesday and Nico Rosberg on Thursday.

Honda, Renault and Spyker are the final three teams taking part in this week's Silverstone test.

VW unit to increase workers by 800 to raise capacity for Tiguan model production

FRANKFURT (Thomson Financial) - Volkswagen AG's unit Auto 5000 GmbH will increase its workers by 800 to 4,600 this year and boost its manufacturing capacity in the run-up to the production of the Tiguan SUV, Auto 5000 head Thomas Ulbrich told the trade magazine 'auto, motor und sport'.

The overall capacity will also be raised by 40 pct to 280,000 units per year, he said.

The Tiguan, a smaller version of Touareg, will be launched in October this year.

Last year, Auto 5000 produced around 170,000 Touran and this year, including the Tiguan, around 30,000 more units would be made. Of the 30,000 units, half will be Tiguan.

He said the Tiguan will made in Wolfsburg, Germany, for the first two years but there are plans to explore the possibility of building them abroad, such as in Russia, India or Mexico.
Source : forbes.com

Volvo V70 and XC70 Prices Announced

The new Volvo V70 will cost from £26,495 when it arrives in the UK in September. Its jacked-up sister-car, the XC70, will start at £31,035. Both cars will be available in three trim levels, SE, SE Sport and SE Lux.

The trim levels are far too complicated to go into here – we recommend you ask your local Volvo dealer if you want more information.

What we can tell you is that all V70s and XC70s get 40/20/40 split folding rear seats, folding steel load protection grille, a cargo system, grocery bag holder, 12V power outlet in the boot and roof rails. Standard wheels are 17-inch alloys, and there's aluminium trim plus an eight-speaker hi-fi included.

The V70 comes with a choice of three petrol engines and two diesels. Manual transmission is standard except on the 3.2 and T6 AWD petrols, which are auto-only. The XC70 comes only as a D5 diesel (manual or auto) or 3.2 petrol (auto only).

Hero Honda, LG, Neo Sports pulled for showing misleading ads

New Delhi, June 18: Leading corporates Hero Honda, LG Electronics, Dabur India, Neo Sports and General Motors figure among the top firms which have been pulled up by the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) for violating code of conduct in the first three months of this year.

According to ASCI, its consumer complaints council heard as many as 32 complaints of false promises, double meaning, racism, unethical and bias in nature in advertisements of various companies.

Leading two-wheeler manufacturer Hero Honda was asked to modify its television commercial for its bike CBZ-xtreme, for "dangerous and hazardous stunt".

Sports broadcaster neo sports' advertisement, which allegedly showed people in West Indies being mistreated by Indians, had to be withdrawn as the council thought it was "racist" in nature.

Source : zeenews.com

ASCI also asked Korean consumer durables major LG electronics to withdraw its ad on 'Intello cool' refrigerator after the company failed to substantiate claims that it "re-energised food, retained nutrition and was capable of filtering bacteria and adding vitamins to the food".

Car major General Motors was asked to modify its commercial showing visuals of a celebrity endorser driving its sedan 'Chevrolet Aveo' in a wrong lane and wrong side of the road. GM India could re-telecast the ad after some modifications as directed by the council.

In the January-March period, out of total of 32 complaints filed at the ASCI, 19 advertisements were either withdrawn or modified while responses to 16 were awaited from advertisers and the rest were not upheld by the council.