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February 21, 2007

Europeans ready to cut emissions further

European governments pledged Tuesday to cut emissions 30 percent below 1990 levels by 2020 - from a current pledge of 20 percent - but only if industrialized countries like the United States made similar efforts, according to a report in today's New York Times.

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VW profits up in 2006, boosted by sale

Volkswagen said Tuesday its profit jumped to $3.61 billion in 2006 from $1.12 billion in 2005. The company, Europe's biggest automaker, said its earnings were boosted by the sale last March of Europe's largest car rental company, Europcar, to Eurazeo for $1.5 billion, according to a report in The New York Times.

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Audi to introduce the A5 in Geneva

Audi will showcase its new A5 coupe at the Geneva Motor Show in March, according to a report in leftlanenews.com The coupe will marketed as a true 4-seater and with the engine tucked in behind the front wheels, handling is being touted as exceptional.

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Masarati seen returning to the Italian supercar fold

Masarati is scheduled to introduce its new supercar at the Geneva Motor Show next month and the excitement over the 405-horsepower GranTurismo is stoking talk of an
alternative to Ferrari, according to an article in Top Gear magazine Check out the branded tridents on the rims!

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Who uses full-service gas stations?

Most of us are so used to pumping our own gas, we can barely remember the days of the loyal attendant who not only pumped gas but cleaned the windscreen and checked the oil. But full-service stations are still around and we went out to talk to the folks getting full service and the folks doing the pumping. Read about it in Peter C.T. Elsworth's story early next month, either online at projo.com/projocars or in the projoCars section of The Providence Journal.

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