Steyr, Austria News

It's been referred to by its internal codename, Colorado, and was called Crossman by various media outlets for almost as long as the project has been in development a ' and now this Mini is known officially as the Countryman.

KUALA LUMPUR: An attempt by a local company to export some 30,000 assault rifles to Burundi, worth more than RM200 million, nearly caused Malaysia to be censured by the United Nations Security Council, if not for the prompt action by Malaysian officials at the UN body.

We were honored to attend the Scottsdale Memorial services for Joe Foss, the last great man of the 20th century.

By Thomas Hochwarter Workers at the Magna Steyr plant in Graz-Thondorf have started producing the first Aston Martin built outside the UK.

Plummeting from the sky aboard a battered B-17 bomber, Air Force Staff Sgt. Daniel Blitz scrambled to save his life.

Porsche's lineage began long before its first prototype appeared in 1948. It originated with the "people's car," known as the Volkswagen Beetle, which German chancellor Adolf Hitler commissioned the Porsche design office to develop in the early 1930s.

Eco Factor: Low-emission hybrid propulsion system for boats. In an effort to lower the carbon footprint of pleasure boats, Austrian motorboat maker Frauscher Bootswerft has teamed up with Steyr Motors to develop the first-of-its-kind serialized hybrid propulsion system for boats.

Carl-Peter Forster, the current head GM Europe, had been touted to become the head of Opel's operating business with Demel assuming management of the Opel holding company, WirtschaftsWoche said on Sunday.

Redwood City, Calif.-October 29, 2009- Uforia, an online game publisher specializing in massively multiplayer online games, today announced its weaponry lineup for its highly anticipated online military FPS, Mercenary Wars.

Uforia Games spilled the beans on the official weapon list in the upcoming MMOFPS, Mercenary Wars .

We're looking for some unusual collections -- stamps and salt shakers don't count.

Canadian-Austrian auto parts giant Magna, which recently won a bidding war to acquire Opel , said it will build aluminum bodies for the new Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG at its manufacturing facility here.

Magna International Inc received a prestigious order from Daimler, its fifth biggest customer, in a sign of faith that it would not pull business from the auto parts supplier despite the Canadian company's planned Opel deal.

Bangkok Metropolitan Administration may have to shell out up to Bt1 billion to settle its dispute over fire vehicles at the International Arbitration Court in Paris.

Jared T. Shapiro, 22, is accused of shining a laser scope attached to his roommate's Steyr AUG military rifle, above, into two helicopter cockpits early Sunday.

Auto parts supplier Magna is discovering that its customers like BMW are concerned that it may become a competitor as well as a vendor if it acquires a controlling stake in German carmaker Opel.

Mini unveiled a new crossover concept at last year's Paris Auto Show and within just four weeks after its debut the vehicle was given the green light for production.

BELFAST : Honda Insight. Toyota Prius. It's hard to make a trip to the grocery store lately with seeing a hybrid car.

The highlight of the stand will be the production version of the RCZ coup, which goes on sale next spring.

By William Green The Linz climber who went missing on Saturday on the 1,513-metre-high Almkogl in Upper Austria was still missing today .