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Frank V. from Luxembourg asks: “Carwashes offer so many different conservation programmes, one gets confused. Is there any real alternative to manual paintwork care?” mediumReply: Protecting the car against environmental influences is especially important during winter.

All seats are now taken forBMW’s return to the DTM: Dirk Werner (DE) has been confirmed as the sixth driver of the SONAX Partner and will contest the 2012 DTM season at the wheel of a BMW M3 DTM. The 30-year-old is switching from GT racing to the DTM project. Last season, Werner successfully raced in the colours of BMW Team RLL in the American Le Mans Series, finishing third in the GT Drivers’ Championship.

Red Bull Racing confirms that Sébastien Buemi will continue his relationship with Red Bull as Red Bull Racing’s test and reserve driver for 2012.
The 23-year-old joins Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber, who are already confirmed for the SONAX motorsport partner team.

The driver line-up for SONAX partner BMW’s return to the DTM series in 2012 is close to finalisation.

Red Bull Racing, the team of Formula One World Champion Sebastian Vettel, has joined forces with Sonax, the leading manufacturer of car care products.

BMW has completed yet another stage in its preparations for the SONAX attended return to the DTM : the newly crowned DTM champion, Martin Tomczyk (DE), will be lining up on the grid for BMW Motorsport in 2012 – and will be setting the SONAX logo perfectly into focus. Following several positive discussions in recent weeks, the two sides have agreed a deal. Twenty nine-year-old Tomczyk is the fourth BMW Motorsport works driver so far in the DTM line-up, joining Andy Priaulx (GB), Augusto Farfus (BR) and Bruno Spengler (CA).

“Some winter windscreen cleaning products are being advertised as giving freeze protection at minus 60°C, are these products to be recommended?” enquires Michael M. from Cologne.

Sports cars, tuning and motorsports – that is the automotive arena where the German car care specialist enjoys global reputation. Consequently, SONAX also had the SEMA Show in Las Vegas on its event agenda, where it presented the highlights of its U.S. and Canadian product portfolio at the beginning of November.

Harald Z. from Munich asks: In winter I also drive with aluminium rims – what would you recommend to protect the surfaces against aggressive brake dust, road salt and other grime?

Set the automobile to ‘winter mode’

It's high time that something be done to preserve the value of your car. High-quality rims should always be handled with particular care, and this past summer paintwork had to put up with quite a lot. Even though we are now enjoying these last golden days of autumn, winter is just around the corner. Sonax expert Richard Hanauer explains what's important when it comes to caring for your care right now.If you take a close look at cars, you’ll see that the menaces of last summer were still hard at work. There's hardly a car that doesn't have traces of splattered insects, tree sap or bird droppings. That's why a thorough “spa treatment” for your car is absolutely essential before heading into the cold winter season.