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German tuner Carlsson has modified the new Mercedes SL500.

The new CK50 package from Carlsson has performance figures which will be able to rival the SL63. Carlsson has given the reworked car a new exterior to match the power and mods which have been done. The interior has also been updated.

The car was boosted from 388hp (285kW) to 436hp (325kW) and 600Nm of torque. The new Carlsson version of the SL500 (Known as the SL550 in North America) will reach 0-100km/h in 5.1 seconds and it will have a top speed of 293km/h.

Carlsson is now busy developing a kit for the v12-powered SL600 which will be expected to push-out more than 700hp (522kW) and 1,100Nm of torque.

The price and auto insurance quotes for the Carlsson CK50 will be announced soon.

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Who is Carlsson?
Carlsson is a German company based in Merzig, some 10 kilometres from the French border. Many Mercedes-Benz drivers want to enhance the performance and looks of their cars, and Carlsson satisfies this demand.
They focus all their energies exclusively in designing enhancements for Mercedes-Benz, offering a range of engine and suspension modifications, aerodynamic body components, and sophisticated alloy wheels.

Hyderabad - Volkswagen India today announced the appointment of Orion Motors as its authorized dealer in Hyderabad. Mr. Joerg Mueller, Volkswagen Group Representative for India and President of Volkswagen India as well as of the Volkswagen National Sales Company, said: “The partnership is in line with our strategy to extend Volkswagen’s reach in the country.

The announcement comes at a time when the company is witnessing an upsurge in demand from across the country and is building up a plant in Chakan/Pune with a start of production in the year 2009.

The showroom spread over an area of 6,000 sq. ft. area, and, located at KBR Park, Jubilee Hills promises premium buying experience to its customers, at par with the world-class Volkswagen standards of sales and services. The state of the art service facility well equipped with tools and equipment capable of servicing 10 cars per day is being set up at Hafeezpet and will be ready by July 2008.

Commenting on Volkswagen’s dealer network strategy Mr. Andreas Prinz, Managing Director, Volkswagen Passenger Cars India said “Our partnership with Orion Motors in Hyderabad reiterates Volkswagen’s strong focus on widening our presence across key markets and providing world class services to our customers. We are confident that this new partnership is a major milestone for Volkswagen’s expansion plans in India.

Volkswagen currently operates Franchises in Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore and now adds Hyderabad, Ludhiana, Chandigarh, Gurgaon and a further Franchise in Delhi to its network. In the year 2008 Volkswagen aims to operate 15 outlets in India and will soon finalize its further network partners. The company is aiming to open 30 outlets in India by end 2009.”

As with every other Volkswagen dealership, Orion Motors has been provided intense training in management of sales, service, spare parts and business systems to assure its customers of the best-in-class pre and post sales ownership experience.

Mr. Rajiv Sanghvi, Director, Orion Motors said, “We are pleased to partner with Volkswagen and look forward to building a strong relationship with our premium customers in Hyderabad. We are confident of providing world-class Volkswagen standards of experience to our customers as any other Volkswagen international dealership”.

introduction about Volkswagen
Volkswagen Group (listed as Volkswagen AG, FWB:VOW, TYO: 7659) is a German automobile manufacturing group, currently the fourth largest automobile maker in the world and the largest in Europe. Volkswagen’s core market is the European Union, and its major subsidiaries include well-known car brands like Audi, Bentley, Škoda, Lamborghini, Bugatti, SEAT and the brand Volkswagen itself. It also owns Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, and Scania.

The Volkswagen Golf is the third bestselling car in the world, selling over 25 million cars through 2006. In 2007 the Volkswagen Group sold 6.19 million automobiles, claiming over 10% of the world passenger car market. In late 2007, the company openly reported that they plan to double sales, overtake Toyota and become the world’s largest automaker by 2018.[2]

Volkswagen’s second-largest market is China where its subsidiary, Volkswagen Group China is by far the second largest joint venture automaker.

Okay, call me crazy but I think one of the best things we could do as an industry is standardize USAGE prices. You’ve heard me say this before and yes, I’m saying it again. To be clear, I’m not talking about Creative Fees, but the Usage Licensing Fee alone. It would make life so much easier for everyone involved in the photography business–photograhers AND buyers–and I think it would actually increase the income for many photographers.

Imagine how much less stress there would be in doing an estimate for a client if you knew that, (totally hypothetically) the one year US exclusive print advertising in national consumer magazine ads up to one page was $25,000–and if your client knew that too. Your Creative Fee would be based on your creative value to the project (a function perhaps of time and effort and experience, and how important your particular creative style is to the project) so that would vary from photographer to photographer, but the variation in total project price between any three photographers would be much less than we see now in estimates(bids).

This would enable buyers to more easily work with the best photographer (creatively) for any given project because they would not have to get past the huge price differences they get now. For example, in the project usage mentioned above, it is completely possible that the Creative and Usage fees (total) would be $35K for one photographer, $25K for another, and $7500 for a third. Try getting that $35K photographer the gig when the cost consultants and the end-client are completely wrapped up in the numbers! Buyers have to fight hard (sometimes) to get the right photographer for the project in these situations!

Of course, this is not how things have historically been done–with standardized numbers. But guess what–today isn’t yesterday and tomorrow demands a new way of working. I think we really have a shot at creating some sort of fair and equitable system now, and we should be putting our heads together to see how we can make this happen…WITH our buying colleagues. Let’s work together to find a realistic solution to these difficult issues of usage pricing so that we can focus our attention on creating great work.

I’ve mentioned before the idea of tying usage prices to media buys–that is still an option I think, but it is only one idea. I am certainly open to others and want to encourage a dialogue on this topic. However, I mean a dialogue on possibilities–not “that’s not the way it worked in the past” or “that’s stupid” or “I should get to charge whatever I want” kinds of comments, please. I’m asking you to open up your minds and brainstorm on forward-thinking ideas. Lots of them won’t work, but if we don’t try to find some solutions now, we’ll (potentially) lose the opportunity to make a significant change for the betterment of everyone in the business. 

Oh, and btw, the photo organizations cannot be involved in this sort of talk because of all sorts of potential anti-trust law issues. Don’t get mad at them…it’s not their fault.

China’s export of auto parts reached CNY14.5 billion in 2007. International auto giants have become more and more confident of the quality of China’s auto parts. Sales revenue of China’s auto parts producers reached CNY403.5 billion in 2006. It is estimated that the output value of China’s auto parts is expected to reach CNY800 billion in 2010.