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Koenigsegg to push Saab Upmarket

The Saab Aero -X. Would work well with Saab's upmarket future We’ve covered Christian von Koenigsegg’s quest to take over Saab a fair bit this year. All that seems to be firmly on track with the finance sorted and partners – including China’s BAIC – on board.

Bentley: Best sales since 2008

Bentley Sales 2011 - best first six months for three years With all the gloom and doom around, from the Greek economy to public sector strikes to Libya, you’d be forgiven for expecting sales of luxury goods to be terrible. But you’d be wrong. The rich of the world are getting richer and, with the rise and rise of new economies, the rich are growing bigger in number at a surprising rate.

Chrysler to close Pacifica Advanced Design Studios

The 20 designers at Chrysler's Pacifica Advanced Design Studios in Carlsbad, California will soon be finding themselves out of a job. The struggling North American automaker announced the closure of the facility on Friday, stating that the company is ‘leveraging resources worldwide, forming new joint ventures and alliances and consolidating operations in order to better achieve global balance.' Responsible for many of the more successful designs hailing from Chrysler in recent times, including the Chrysler 300 sedan and the new Dodge Challenger musclecar, the Pacifica Advanced Product Design Center also yielded the Nassau concept car and the Pacifica crossover – bearing the same name as the west coast studios in which it was created. The work done at the Pacifica Advanced Design Center will be consolidated into the Advance Design function in Auburn Hills and continue to be led by Senior Vice President of Design, Trevor Creed.