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Victory Junction Beneficiary of Fast Feet and Big Hearts in Run to Victory presented by Sprint

Victory Junction Beneficiary of Fast Feet and Big Hearts in Run to Victory presented by Sprint

For Immediate Release Media Contact: Crystal Emerick Victory Junction (336) 495-2079 (office) (704) 361-5230 (mobile) cemerick@victoryjunction.org<mailto:cemerick@victoryjunction.org> Victory Junction Beneficiary of Fast Feet and Big Hearts in Run to Victory presented by Sprint RANDLEMAN, N.C. - Dec. 7, 2008 - In the t ... Continue reading

Charged Up for Electric Cars

Charged Up for Electric Cars

Interview with Shai Agassi conducted by Steven Mufson - Washington Post Washington DC December 7, 2008: Q. How did you end up in the car business? A. I was asked to deliver a presentation at the World Economic Forum on "how to make the world a better place by 2020." That was in 2005. My project was to figure out a fram ... Continue reading

2009 Cadillac Escalade 4WD Hybrid review

2009 Cadillac Escalade 4WD Hybrid review

THE AUTO PAGE By JOHN HEILIG SPECIFICATIONS Model: Cadillac Escalade 4WD Hybrid Engine: 6.0-liter V8 plus hybrid propulsion system Horsepower/Torque: 332 hp @ 5100 rpm/367 lb.-ft. @ 5100 rpm Transmission: 6-speed automatic Wheelbase: 116.0 in. Length/Width/Height: 202.5 x 79.0 x 74.3 in. Tires: P285/55R22 Cargo volume: ... Continue reading

1941 Buick Showcased In This Year's Sloan Summer Auto Fair; Show Preserved a piece of Pearl Harbor history

1941 Buick Showcased In This Year's Sloan Summer Auto Fair; Show Preserved a piece of Pearl Harbor history

by Joe Lawlor | The Flint Journal Photo courtesy of John SterlingGordon Sterling was killed in action Dec. 7, 1941, during the attack on Pearl Harbor, but the 1941 Buick he had in Hawaii made it back to his family on the mainland. The car will be on exhibit this weekend during the Sloan Summer Auto Fair in Flint. Gordo ... Continue reading

Justin Allgaier Earns 2008 ARCA RE/MAX Series Championship

Justin Allgaier Earns 2008 ARCA RE/MAX Series Championship

Justin Allgaier Earns 2008 ARCA RE/MAX Series Championship: Honored at Championship Awards Banquet COVINGTON KY (12-06-08)-The storybook ending to the 2008 ARCA RE/MAX Series came this weekend at the Northern Kentucky Convention Center in Covington, Kentucky, where young Justin Allgaier closed out his ARCA RE/MAX Serie ... Continue reading

Nissan Unveils More Competition in the U.S. Commercial Vehicle Space

Nissan Unveils More Competition in the U.S. Commercial Vehicle Space

Announcing Nissan’s Entry into the US Commercial Truck Business By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau [Nissan – Both CVs] Nissan opted out of the Detroit auto show this year but they assembled the press anyway a few weeks ahead of the show for a different kind of introduction. They had two concept ... Continue reading

Ford Share Increases for Second Straight Month

Ford Share Increases for Second Straight Month

- Ford market share higher than a year ago for the second month in a row; Ford, Lincoln and Mercury sales totaled 118,818, down 30 percent versus November 2007 - F-Series sales totaled 37,911 including nearly 5,000 all-new 2009 model F-150s - Ford announces first quarter 2008 North American production plan DEARBORN, Mi ... Continue reading

Mitsubishi Motors announce vehicle, technology collaboration for a Proton brand vehicle

Mitsubishi Motors announce vehicle, technology collaboration for a Proton brand vehicle

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) announced today the signing of a contract with Malaysia's major automobile manufacturer, Perusahaan Otomobil Nasional Sdn Bhd (Proton). ... Continue reading

Mercedes to Select Suppliers Next Spring for Model to be Built in Hungary

Mercedes to Select Suppliers Next Spring for Model to be Built in Hungary

Auto giant Daimler AG will select suppliers this spring for the new next-generation A- and B-class compact model that the company plans to build exclusively at its plant in Kecskemet (C Hungary) beginning in 2012, supply manager Eberhard Gloger announced at an ITDH-sponsored auto suppliers' conference on Friday. ... Continue reading

Carlos Ghosn Elected 2009 ACEA President

Carlos Ghosn Elected 2009 ACEA President

The Board of Directors of ACEA, the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association, has elected Carlos Ghosn as its new President. Carlos Ghosn, CEO of Renault, will take over from Christian Streiff, CEO of PSA Peugeot Citroën, on 1 January 2009. ... Continue reading

Iveco Delivers Specialist 4x4 Fleet for Expedition to the Arctic

Iveco Delivers Specialist 4x4 Fleet for Expedition to the Arctic

Iveco has delivered six special vehicles for the "Oltre - Beyond The Edge 2008" expedition to the Arctic. The expedition will be travelling from North Cape to the Bering Strait to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the North-East Passage completed by Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen. ... Continue reading

JE Design Offers Sport Programme for New Volkswagen Scirocco

JE Design Offers Sport Programme for New Volkswagen Scirocco

German tuning company, JE Design introduced a new styling package for the new Volkswagen Scirocco ... Continue reading

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