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Rich? Collect Cars? Here Are 3 Houses With Lots Of Garage Space So You Can Buy More Cars!

Rich? Collect Cars? Here Are 3 Houses With Lots Of Garage Space So You Can Buy More Cars!

CarProperty.com for the real estate needs of car collectors Walnut/Car Ranch with 12-Car Garage, Shop Building & 3 BDRM House Be a Gentleman/Gentlewoman Farmer/Car Collector with a 10 AC Walnut Ranch with 12-Car Garage, Shop B... http://carproperty.com/walnut-car-ranch-with-12-car-garage-shop-building-3-bdrm-house-ad26 ... Continue reading

Acura Named Jersey Sponsor of Major League Soccer's Columbus Crew SC

Acura Named Jersey Sponsor of Major League Soccer's Columbus Crew SC

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 24, 2017 -- Acura will serve as the Official Jersey Sponsor and Official Automotive Partner of Major League Soccer's Columbus Crew SC: http://acura.us/CrewSC. ... Continue reading

Consumer Groups Send Letter to President Trump Supporting EPA Fuel Economy Standards

Consumer Groups Send Letter to President Trump Supporting EPA Fuel Economy Standards

Good morning, In case you may have missed it yesterday, I'm passing along the letter Consumers Union and Consumer Federation of America sent to President Trump urging him to maintain EPA's strong fuel economy standards. Automotive trade groups have sent letters to President Trump and EPA Administrator Scott Priutt aski ... Continue reading

"FCA Replay" Wraps the Week

"FCA Replay" Wraps the Week

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Feb. 24, 2017 -- "FCA Replay" is a weekly recap of some of the major stories at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. ... Continue reading

REV Group Announces Partnership with Ferno on Revolutionary New Ambulance Design

REV Group Announces Partnership with Ferno on Revolutionary New Ambulance Design

MILWAUKEE—REV Group, a $2+ billion manufacturer of industry-leading motor vehicle brands, and Ferno, the global leader in emergency pre-hospital patient handling equipment, are announcing the launch of a groundbreaking and innovative patient and crew-centric ambulance design. This design will allow EMS providers to e ... Continue reading

Sandhills Publishing To Host Industry Leaders At Dealer Forum In Arlington, Texas

Sandhills Publishing To Host Industry Leaders At Dealer Forum In Arlington, Texas

LINCOLN, Neb., Feb. 24, 2017 -- Sandhills Publishing will host nearly 125 attendees from across the country at an upcoming regional dealer forum event on February 28th in Arlington, Texas. ... Continue reading

The composites market in the global rail industry is expected to reach $821 million by 2021

The composites market in the global rail industry is expected to reach $821 million by 2021

IRVING, Texas, Feb. 24, 2017 -- According to a new market report published by Lucintel, the market for composites applications in the global rail industry is expected to reach an estimated $821 million by 2021 and it is forecast to grow at a CAGR of 3.6% from 2016 to 2021. ... Continue reading

US Automotive Brake Pads, Shoes and Linings Market, by Vehicle Type, by Demand Category, by Brake Type, Competition Forecast and Opportunities, 2011 - 2021: TechSci Research Report

US Automotive Brake Pads, Shoes and Linings Market, by Vehicle Type, by Demand Category, by Brake Type, Competition Forecast and Opportunities, 2011 - 2021: TechSci Research Report

NEW YORK, February 24, 2017 -- United States automobile industry, comprising automakers and component suppliers, accounts for around 3% of the country's GDP. United States has 48 manufacturing facilities of 13 major automobile companies including Ford, General Motors, Toyota, Nissan, Hyundai, Kia, Mitsubishi, etc., loc ... Continue reading

APAC leads the Global Physical Intellectual Property Market: Technavio

APAC leads the Global Physical Intellectual Property Market: Technavio

Technavio has published a new report on the global physical intellectual property (IP) market from 2017-2021. (Graphic: Business Wire) Full Size Small Preview Thumbnail ???pagination.previous??? ???pagination.next??? Technavio has published a new report on the global physical intellectual property (IP) market from 2017 ... Continue reading

Eastside Auto Transport Outlaw 632 Teams and Partners Gear Up for Inaugural Season with PDRA

Eastside Auto Transport Outlaw 632 Teams and Partners Gear Up for Inaugural Season with PDRA

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Eastside Auto Transport Outlaw 632 Teams and Partners Gear Up for Inaugural Season with PDRA Chassis Engineering Sponsors Low Qualifier Award PITTSBORO, N.C. (February 24, 2017): Originating in Florida, the Outlaw 632 class steadily gained support and exposure. After a one-race appearance with the ... Continue reading

Ferrari Supercars Race To Gooding & Company's Amelia Island Auction

Ferrari Supercars Race To Gooding & Company's Amelia Island Auction

http://assets.goodingco.com/press/Logo/GCOLogo142Lweb-test7.jpg (http://www.goodingco.com) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ferrari Supercars Race To Gooding & Company's Amelia Island Auction Highlights include - the 2015 Ferrari LaFerrari, the 1990 Ferrari F40, and the 2007 Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano SANTA MONICA, Calif. (Februar ... Continue reading

Marquette Transportation Finance Announced as ATA Featured Product

Marquette Transportation Finance Announced as ATA Featured Product

ARLINGTON, Va., Feb. 24, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, American Trucking Associations announced Marquette Transportation Finance, an industry leader in providing working capital financing to trucking companies, is a Featured Product provider for the second year in a row. ... Continue reading

Porsche Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid Revealed At 2017 Geneva Auto Show

Porsche Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid Revealed At 2017 Geneva Auto Show

Porsche world premiere in Geneva: Second hybrid variant of the Panamera launched MISSISSAUGA, ON, Feb. 24, 2017Porsche continues to achieve high levels of performance over the long term. ... Continue reading

Shell Ups Partnership With Penske Racing

Shell Ups Partnership With Penske Racing

Shell and penske forge the future of transport alliances Industry giants look to break new ground in the business of motorsports with term that goes beyond... in the lab, on the track, on the road and beyond geographical boundaries. ... Continue reading

Green, Safe, Efficient Vehicles: AWS Abfallwirtschaft Stuttgart Invests In Natural Gas Drive

Green, Safe, Efficient Vehicles: AWS Abfallwirtschaft Stuttgart Invests In Natural Gas Drive

Abfallwirtschaft Stuttgart invests in natural gas drive 24. February 2017 Stuttgart Official commissioning of the vehicles on 23 February 2017 in Stuttgart Natural gas drive helps to ensure clean, quiet waste disposal operations in the city Premiere for the new natural gas engine in the Mercedes-Benz 936 engine family ... Continue reading

NACS Files Comments with EPA To Keep Point of Obligation

NACS Files Comments with EPA To Keep Point of Obligation

NACS urges the agency to keep the current compliance structure in place under the Renewable Fuel Standard. February 24, 2017 Explore our Fuels Resource Center for everything you need to know about fuels — from the source that knows the subject best. ... Continue reading

U.S.Crude Oil Imports From Saudi Arabia and Iraq Recently Increased . HUH?

U.S.Crude Oil Imports From Saudi Arabia and Iraq Recently Increased . HUH?

Washington DC February 24, 2017, U.S. crude oil imports from Saudi Arabia and Iraq, two of the United States’ main sources for imported crude oil, have risen since reaching relatively low points in 2014 and 2015. On a combined basis, crude oil imports from these countries are the highest since late 2012. ... Continue reading

Auto Lab Radio Talk - LIVE From NYC Saturday February 25, 2017 7AM- 9AM

Auto Lab Radio Talk - LIVE From NYC Saturday February 25, 2017 7AM- 9AM

Auto Lab is a 28 year old interactive automotive-focused New York area radio call-in show hosted by Professor Harold Wolchok. Each week a cadre of experienced hands-on automotive experts are in-studio with advice for the New York area's 12 million people, providing listeners with honest, practical and street-smart car ... Continue reading

Agriculture Tractors Market in Europe 2017-2021 - Research and Markets

Agriculture Tractors Market in Europe 2017-2021 - Research and Markets

DUBLIN—Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Agriculture Tractors Market in Europe 2017-2021" report to their offering. The report, Agriculture Tractor Market in Europe 2017-2021, has been prepared based on an in-depth market analysis with inputs from industry experts. ... Continue reading

Automotive Lightweight Materials Market Anticipated to Reach US$ 301.36 Bn by 2024: Transparency Market Research

Automotive Lightweight Materials Market Anticipated to Reach US$ 301.36 Bn by 2024: Transparency Market Research

ALBANY, New York, February 24, 2017 -- Transparency Market Research has released a new market report titled "Automotive Lightweight Materials (Product - Plastics, Rubber, Composites, Metal; Vehicle Type - Passenger Cars, Commercial Vehicles, Heavy Trucks & Busses; Application - Interior, Exterior, Under Bonnet, and Str ... Continue reading

China Yuchai Supplies Bus Engines to Saudi Arabia

China Yuchai Supplies Bus Engines to Saudi Arabia

SINGAPORE, Feb. 24, 2017 -- China Yuchai International Limited ("China Yuchai" or the "Company"), a leading manufacturer and distributor of engines for on- and off-road applications in China through its main operating subsidiary, Guangxi Yuchai Machinery Company Limited ("GYMCL"), announced that 321 units of Xiamen Kin ... Continue reading

Global Automotive Exhaust Gas Sensors Market with Continental, Robert Bosch and others 2017-2021 - Research and Markets

Global Automotive Exhaust Gas Sensors Market with Continental, Robert Bosch and others 2017-2021 - Research and Markets

DUBLIN—Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Automotive Exhaust Gas Sensors Market 2017-2021" report to their offering. The report covers the present scenario and the growth prospects of the global automotive exhaust gas sensors market for 2017-2021. ... Continue reading

Global Engineered Gearbox and Drives Market with Timken, Renold 2017-2021 - Research and Markets

Global Engineered Gearbox and Drives Market with Timken, Renold 2017-2021 - Research and Markets

DUBLIN—Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Engineered Gearbox and Drives Market 2017-2021" report to their offering. The report, Global Engineered Gearbox and Drives Market 2017-2021, has been prepared based on an in-depth market analysis with inputs from industry experts. ... Continue reading

HELLA India Awarded 'Auto Component India of the Year'

HELLA India Awarded 'Auto Component India of the Year'

NEW DELHI, February 24, 2017 -- HELLA India Lighting Ltd, subsidiary of one of the world's leading automotive suppliers HELLA KGaAHueck & Co., has added yet another feather to its cap. Auto Components India presented HELLA with 'Auto Component of the Year' award, in an event marking the magazine's first-ever awards ... Continue reading

IVECO vehicles voted most sustainable

IVECO vehicles voted most sustainable

IVECO has won two accolades in the newly inaugurated "Sustainable Truck of the Year" awards. The Eurocargo CNG won in the "Distribution" category and the Daily Electric in the "Van" category. ... Continue reading

Embark Unveils Self-Driving Truck

Embark Unveils Self-Driving Truck

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Fuel Cards in Europe, Western Markets 2016-2017: Invaluable for Issuers of Fleet Cards, Fuel Retailers, Fleet Leasing Companies - Research and Markets

Fuel Cards in Europe, Western Markets 2016-2017: Invaluable for Issuers of Fleet Cards, Fuel Retailers, Fleet Leasing Companies - Research and Markets

DUBLIN—Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Fuel Cards in Europe, Western Markets 2016" report to their offering. In the majority of fuel card markets in Western Europe over 50% of fleet vehicles do not have a fuel card in 2016, accounting for over 2.9 million vehicles Fuel Cards in Western Europea ... Continue reading

Luxury, Lifestyle Cannabis Brand Toast™ Debuts First Mobile Cannabis Lounge In Downtown Aspen

Luxury, Lifestyle Cannabis Brand Toast™ Debuts First Mobile Cannabis Lounge In Downtown Aspen

NEW YORK, Feb. 24, 2017 -- Toast™, a luxury, lifestyle Cannabis brand that provides a sophisticated consumer experience, today unveiled its first Mobile Cannabis Lounge event in partnership with Loopr, a Denver based company. ... Continue reading

Magna Announces Fourth Quarter and 2016 Results

Magna Announces Fourth Quarter and 2016 Results

Record 2016 sales up 13%, well above 4% growth in global light vehicle production Record 2016 diluted earnings per share from continuing operations increased 9% Record 2016 cash generated from operating activities of $3.4 billion, up 45% Returned $1.3 billion to shareholders in 2016   AURORA, ON, Feb. 24, 2017 - Magn ... Continue reading

Sierra Wireless Selected by Nauto for Commercial Launch in North America

Sierra Wireless Selected by Nauto for Commercial Launch in North America

PALO ALTO, Calif. & VANCOUVER, British Columbia—Nauto, the transportation technology company that makes driving safer and smarter, has selected Sierra Wireless (TSX:SW), a leading provider of fully integrated device-to-cloud solutions for the Internet of Things (IoT), as the wireless connectivity solution for the Nor ... Continue reading

TRAC Intermodal Introduces TRAC Select, A Premium Chassis Pool

TRAC Intermodal Introduces TRAC Select, A Premium Chassis Pool

PRINCETON, N.J., Feb. 24, 2017 -- TRAC Intermodal is pleased to introduce TRAC Select, a premium chassis pool fleeted with a wide array of specialty chassis and services to meet specific customer and marketplace needs. ... Continue reading

February 2017 New-Car Sales To Fall 3 Percent Year-Over-Year

February 2017 New-Car Sales To Fall 3 Percent Year-Over-Year

IRVINE, Calif., Feb. 24, 2017 -- New-vehicle sales are expected to decrease 3 percent year-over-year to a total of 1.3 million units in February 2017, resulting in an estimated 17.1 million seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR), according to Kelley Blue Book www.kbb.com, the vehicle valuation and information source tr ... Continue reading

Latest Driver Technology is 'Very Important' to 1 in 3 People Across 17 Countries [GfK Study]

Latest Driver Technology is 'Very Important' to 1 in 3 People Across 17 Countries [GfK Study]

NUREMBERG, Germany, February 24, 2017 -- Independent global researcher, GfK, has released findings showing which vehicle features, from a given list, people see as being 'very important' in a vehicle. Hygiene factors of safety in an accident, reliability, fuel economy and low running costs naturally top of the list. ... Continue reading

Hyundai 2017 Elantra Review - Snow Birding In Florida By Thom Cannell

Hyundai 2017 Elantra Review - Snow Birding In Florida By Thom Cannell

Hyundai 2017 Elantra Review - Snow Birding In Florida By Thom Cannell ... Continue reading

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