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Joseph LaMuraglia

2009 Los Angeles Auto Show Live Updates

Joseph LaMuraglia
I am a guest of GM at the 2009 LA Auto Show and will be reporting live from the event on Wednesday, December 2nd and Thursday, December 3rd. GM has kindly supplied code so that people can watch their press events live from their computers and it they will be available for replay soon after they occur. Also, I’ll be using Twitter to update the site during the day. [...]

2011 Audi A8 Preview

Joseph LaMuraglia
I am in Miami as a guest of Audi to witness the reveal of the new 2011 Audi A8. Audi chose Miami to reveal their new flagship in part as the kick off of the Art Basel show – self described as the most important art show in the U.S. We learned very little about the new car other than some top line specs: The new A8 will come to market with either of two engines, a 4.2L V8 with 372 hp and a 4.2L V8 TDI with 350 HP They will be followed by a 3.0L V6 TDI with 250 HP. Both engines have Audi’s legendary Quattro system as standard and are mated to a new 8-speed tiptronic transmission. [...]

VW Owner Welcome

Joseph LaMuraglia
My brother owns a 2009 VW Jetta TDI. As a owner, he gets a subscription to VW’s magazine DasAuto. I intercepted it the other day for some good bathro…I mean, downtime reading material. Owner’s magazines are nothing new and DasAuto magazine has the usual product propaganda and branded trinkets to buy. But I also found some really useful information that VW is offering to their owners – the most interesting being their online instruction manual for new VW owners. [...]