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VW lays off 35,000 employees

After it was recently reported that Volkswagen could move production of the Golf Mk 8 to Mexico, it will happen. This information was confirmed by Volkswagen, which after the strikes reached an agreement with the IG Metall union, which means that the German company will lay off more than 35,000 employees by 2030.

Volkswagen says that the agreement combines job security, financial stability and a leading technological position in the field of sustainable mobility. They also said that the savings of more than 15 billion euros per year will help future investments until the end of the decade.

“The agreement is an important signal for the sustainability of the Volkswagen brand, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles and the component plants. The agreed package of measures allows the company to set a decisive course for its future in terms of costs, capacity and structure. We are now once again in a position to successfully shape our destiny,” said Volkswagen Group CEO Oliver Blume.

The Golf Mk 8 is currently produced at the Wolfsburg plant, and after the decision, only the electric version of this model, the ID.3 and the Cupra Born will be produced there. Other plants in Germany will also continue to produce other models from the VW Group.

Source: Volkswagen

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Pagani Zonda made of coins

Lionel Messi is an Argentine footballer and one of the best footballers ever, with tens of millions of fans, some of whom are willing to do more than others. One of the fans ordered a unique Pagani Zonda with the image of the legendary Argentine footballer, made from more than 100,000 Uruguayan Peso coins.

The car is the work of Uruguayan artist Joaquin Arbizo, who collaborated with the owner for three years to create a work of art that pays homage to the beautiful Zonda model with a V12 engine.

This unique full-size Pagani Zonda was presented at Miami Fashion Week. The car is called the Pagani Zonda Carpincho and the owner is collector and enthusiast Jorge Gomez.

It is not known how much this unique work of art cost.

Source: Carscoops

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Pagani Zonda made of coins
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The world’s fastest Nissan Z

Two years ago, Nissan unveiled the seventh generation of its Z-car line of sports cars, the Nissan Z. It’s not a race car, but Emelia Hartford and a team of experts prepared the car for a 1/4 mile test to determine whether this Nissan Z was the fastest or slowest in the world.

After a series of technical changes to make the car stable on the track, they installed a twin-turbo 3.8-L DOHC V6 engine with 2,000 hp (1,491 kW) in the Nissan Z. Nissan executives and Motortrend were present to document the test, and the car was tested at the Famoso Dragstrip, home to the annual March Meet, also known as the U.S. Fuel and Gas Championships.

After the car was warmed up, they began testing. The first two runs were trial runs to get the car tuned to its maximum and achieve the desired goal. They took a slow-mo video of the car launching and see that the car is actually pulling left without the wheel pulling left. After that, the car went out on the track again and achieved a time of 8.5 seconds, which was already a new record. But that was not enough, because they wanted more.

On her last outing on the track, Emelia achieved a time of 7.75 seconds with a top speed of 291.2 km/h. This meant that this Nissan Z was the fastest Z model in the world.

Source: Emelia Hartford via YouTube