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Apart from the Mercedes-Benz C-Class W204 Station Wagon, WALD International has released its Sports Line Black Bison kit for the Mercedes-Benz R-Class W251.

The WALD Mercedes-Benz R-Class W251 Sports Line Black Bison Edition features new front bumper, blacked out front grille, new side skirts, a new rear bumper and an integrated rear diffuser that could accommodate a quad-tipped dual exhaust tailpipes.

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Green shoots continue to sprout on the Opel model line-up: Starting this fall, the especially environmentally friendly Insignia ecoFLEX will be available as a Sports Tourer. The elegant station wagon version of Europe’s 2009 Car of the Year sips in the combined cycle just 5.3 liters of diesel per 100 km and emits only 139 g CO2/km. (ecoFLEX sedan: 5.2 l/100 km, 136 g CO2/km). – while offering a load capacity of up to 1530 liters.

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AUBURN HILLS, Mich., June 29, 2009; The all-new 2009 Dodge Ram 1500 ranks at the top of the full-size truck segment in Strategic Vision Inc.’s (SVI) 2009 Total Quality Index(TM) (TQI). According to the survey released today, the Dodge Ram leads the way with the highest Total Quality score of any truck in the 15-year history of the study. Customers specifically noted that the Ram has the best added storage capability along with the best truck interior ever rated by customers.

“Our all-new 2009 Dodge Ram is rated by owners as the best truck ever built,” said Doug Betts, Senior Vice President – Quality, Chrysler Group LLC. “It is a game-changing, class-leading truck that is second to none. This award confirms that we are making significant changes and improvements, which enhance the overall ownership experience and are being recognized by our customers.”

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MAIDSTONE, UNITED KINGDOM – June 30, 2009: Motorists are being urged to prepare their cars for what is predicted to be a hotter-than-average summer in 2009. Autoglym warns that extended periods of intense heat and high levels of the sun’s harmful UV light can do more damage than freezing winter conditions – fading paint, causing rubber and plastics to degrade, and baking corrosive contaminants on to paintwork.

In hot conditions, body-panel temperatures can exceed 50 degrees Celsius, baking on contaminants such as bird droppings and tree sap that can eat into unprotected paintwork. Tyres, plastics and rubber seals around windows and doors are also at risk, and can quickly deteriorate if protective dressings are not applied.

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An updated Peugeot 207 range is to be launched in August, featuring revised exterior and interior styling and extra standard equipment.

The new 207 is available in three body shapes, hatchback, SW and CC, and with twelve different power-plant options.

In the UK the 207 is already a big success with over 167,000 vehicles sold since its introduction in June 2006.

Exterior styling changes include a redesigned front, added exterior body colouring and chrome detailing and new LED rear light clusters.

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