Green Grand Prix, Schuyler Earth Day Team up May 2
WATKINS GLEN, NY April 15, 2009: Green Grand Prix organizers are adding a new dimension to their fifth annual celebration of sustainable transportation by partnering this year with the Earth Day Committee of the Schuyler County Environmental Management Council. The Green Grand Prix, set for Saturday, May 2, is also exp ... Continue reading
AAA Spotlights Top New Vehicle Technology
Nationâs largest auto club highlights new vehicle features that improve safety, enhance convenience and are just plain cool ORLANDO, Fla., (April 15, 2009) â Every model year, automakers find more ways to introduce new technologies in their vehicles. Whether for safety, convenience or simply the âwowâ ... Continue reading
Toshiba Batteries Promises 90-second Recharges
The Japanese firm has improved its SCiB technology and aims to underpin emerging electric cars Tom Young, BusinessGreen, 15 Apr 2009 Toshiba hopes its battery will power hybrids like this Honda Japanese technology company Toshiba has reportedly improved its so-called Super Charge Ion Battery (SCiB) technology to make i ... Continue reading
EV-Motoring : The Great Electric Car Race
Washington DC April 15, 2009; The AIADA newsletter reported that International automakers are virtual light years ahead of American domestic manufacturers when it comes to producing alternative fuel vehicles. According to Fortune magazine, the Treasury Department has cited domestic automaker's lack of foresight and lea ... Continue reading
PALMETTO, April 15, 2009: Career-minded karters poised to advance to race cars and current formula car drivers wishing to hone their skills and display them to one of the leading open-wheel development teams in North America will be excited to learn of Andersen Racingâs new, unprecedented Formula BMW testing progr ... Continue reading
Guangqi Hino Motors To Start Operation By July
Guangqi Hino Motors to start operation by July http://autonews.gasgoo.com/auto-news/1010027/Guangqi-Hino-Motors-to-sta rt-op eration-by-July.html Shanghai, April 15 (Gasgoo.com) Guangqi Hino Motors Co., a joint venture launched by Guangzhou Automobile Group Co., Ltd and Japan-based Hino Motors Ltd (Hino), will official ... Continue reading
Geely To Launch Ying Lun-brand Cars At SH Show
Geely to launch Ying Lun-brand cars at SH show http://autonews.gasgoo.com/auto-news/1010021/Geely-to-launch-Ying-Lun-b rand- cars-at-SH-show.html Shanghai, April 15 (Gasgoo.com) Shanghai Maple Automobile (SMA), a subsidiary of Geely Automobile, will launch Shanghai Ying Lun brand for the upper class premium market at t ... Continue reading
Chrysler Still Hopes To Form New JV In China
Chrysler still hopes to form new JV in China http://autonews.gasgoo.com/auto-news/1010023/Chrysler-still-hopes-to-fo rm-ne w-JV-in-China.html Shanghai, April 15 (Gasgoo.com) Although its future in the U.S. is uncertain, Chrysler LLC said it has no plan to quit the Chinese market, where its presence will be kept. The ai ... Continue reading
New Renault Clio Campus: Access To The Clio Family
Campus continues its European career with this month's launch of the very latest version of the model. Since 2005, it has sat alongside New Renault Clio in the range and sold in 22 countries, winning over almost 400,000 customers in Europe alone. New Clio Campus features a new visual identity, with Renault's design tea ... Continue reading
Andretti Green Racing IndyCar Series Pre-Race Report - Long Beach - April 15, 2009
Driver: Danica Patrick Car: #7 Motorola Dallara/Honda/Firestone Danica Patrick Facts: - Patrick finished sixth in the 2008 IndyCar Series championship. -Patrick won her first IndyCar Series race in 2008 at the Indy Japan 300. -Patrick had three top-five and nine top-10 finishes in 2008, her second season with Andretti ... Continue reading
AFS Racing/Andretti Green Racing Firestone Indy Lights Pre-Race Report - Long Beach - April 15, 2009
J.R. Hildebrand Facts: * Won his first pole postilion of the 2009 Firestone Indy Lights season for the first race of the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg doubleheader. * Scored a podium finish in Race #1 at the season-opening Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg doubleheader. * Finished fifth in 2008 Firestone Indy Lig ... Continue reading
AMG Sports Package for the 2009 Mercedes-Benz S-Class and The CL-Class
For the first time, there is an AMG Sports package for the 2009 Mercedes-Benz S-Class and the CL-Class. With revamped AMG bodystyling, attractive 19-inch AMG light-alloy wheels and special interior details, both top Mercedes-Benz models can now be made more striking than ever in terms of sportiness. ... Continue reading
De Ferran: Love And Loathing In Long Beach
Long Beach, April 15, 2009: Gil de Ferran has been a qualifying machine at Long Beach with three poles in CART. Gil de Ferran describes his relationship with the Long Beach street circuit as love-hate. He loves the track from a qualifying perspective, evidenced by three pole positions there in his CART days. Final resu ... Continue reading
1990 IMHOF Inductee Parnelli Jones Inducting Car Owner J.C. Agajanian to Class of 2009
TALLADEGA, Ala. April 15, 2009: In 1960, race car owner J.C. Agajanian opened the door that helped lead driver Parnelli Jones to a career that eventually landed him in the International Motorsports Hall of Fame (IMHOF). Nearly a half-century later, Jones gets to return the favor by introducing Agajanian as a member of ... Continue reading
World Challenge Shines with Invisible Glass
World Challenge Shines with Invisible Glass TOPEKA, Kan. (April 14, 2009) â WC Vision is happy to announce a new partnership between the SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge Championships and Invisible Glass, makers of the number one selling glass cleaner in the retail auto parts market. Invisible Glass is owned ... Continue reading
Statement From The Brawn GP Team
Geneva, April 15, 2009: Following the hearing in Paris on Tuesday 14 April, the International Court of Appeal today confirmed that the Brawn GP team's BGP 001 car is fully compliant with the 2009 Formula One Technical Regulations. Brawn GP Team Principal Ross Brawn said: "We are pleased with the decision reached by the ... Continue reading
NHRA's Most Recent Winner Tried And Tested For Atlanta
ATLANTA April 15, 2009: Four-time Pro Stock world champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. arrives at Atlanta Dragway in top form after winning the NHRA's last stop in Las Vegas and assuming his regular spot at the top of the Full Throttle points. At first glance, it would appear the 43-time national event winner has the best hot rod ... Continue reading
Bluegrass Motorsports Park Completes Trans-Am Schedule
TOPEKA, pril 15, 2009: The Muscle Milk® SCCA® Trans-Am® Series will headline the first professional weekend at Bluegrass Motorsports Park, Sept. 5 â 6. The race, to be operated by SCCA Pro Racing, completes the eight-round 2009 Trans-Am schedule. Opening this spring, Bluegrass Motorsports Park features a ... Continue reading
New Fiesta Sales Approach 170,000 As Ford Of Europe Continues To Grow Market Share
Ford of Europe has sold over 108,000 new Fiestas this year, bringing to almost 170,000 the total purchased by customers since the car was introduced last autumn. ... Continue reading
Moorland Makes It Two in A Row With Top Award
Fylde car company Moorland Motors has beaten off stiff competition from over 300 garages around the UK to become winner of the Vauxhall 2008 Awards for Excellence for its Aftersales service. ... Continue reading
West Yorkshire Police Try Turnkey Approach With New Vauxhalls
A turnkey arrangement through which fully prepared police vehicles are supplied by Vauxhall is being used by West Yorkshire Police Force to acquire new Astra beat cars. ... Continue reading
Smaller Foreign Brands Making Inroads in U.S. Market
Washington DC April 15, 2009; The AIADA newsletter reported that even though the U.S. automotive industry is experiencing its worst slump in decades â with sales of new vehicles down 38 percent, compared to the same three-month period in 2008 â the Detroit Free Press is reporting that Smart, Subaru, Hyundai, ... Continue reading
Even before it reaches the market, the new BMW Z4 is literally making its mark. For the first time ever, the core theme of the communications campaign that will launch the new BMW Z4 is a motif created by the vehicle itself. Instead of a paintbrush, South African street artist Robin Rhode used the tyres of the BMW Z4 r ... Continue reading
Honda's Dick Colliver; A Ture Automotive Icon
A True Automotive Icon Hondaâs Dick Colliver has Blazed his Own Path Last week I attended Hondaâs 2010 product meeting in Las Vegas. After receiving some valuable information about products, opportunities, and the current business conditions, the real highlight of the event was the passing of the Executive Vi ... Continue reading
Offering the most advanced and attractive model range ever presented by the brand, MINI is writing a new chapter of success in the Chinese automobile market in 2009. Following the MINI and the MINI Clubman, the new MINI Convertible is now set to make its market debut in China. Indeed, this open four-seater is being sho ... Continue reading
2010 Chevy Camaro SS Wins Edmunds.com's Inside Line Muscle Car Comparison Test
SANTA MONICA, Calif.--Inside Line, Edmunds.com's high-speed online car magazine, today announced that the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro SS took first place in its latest comparison test of iconic muscle cars, which is described in full at the 2010 Chevy Camaro SS vs. 2009 Dodge Challenger R/T vs. 2010 Ford Mustang GT Compariso ... Continue reading
Audi Has Its Best Month Ever In China
AUDI AG achieved its best monthly results yet for the Chinese market in March 2009. Including Hong Kong, 11,848 vehicles were sold – a seven-percent increase over March 2008. This record performance is due in particular to the long-wheelbase version of the Audi A4, produced exclusively for the Chinese market and ... Continue reading
Narva's New Ignition Switch Range Covers All
Building steadily on its ever increasing switch range, Narva has released an all new series of ignition switches covering petrol, diesel and marine applications. ... Continue reading
BMW is extending its range of security vehicles with the new BMW X5 Security Plus, which complies with the requirements of bullet resistance class 6 (APR 2006). It is the first vehicle produced by a high-volume manufacturer to offer a security concept aimed at lessening the danger of attacks using the world's most wide ... Continue reading
BMW 760Li Takes Over Top Position in BMW Model Portfolio
Hot on the heels of this month's showroom arrival of the new BMW 7 Series, which is set to create a new benchmark in luxury performance motoring, plans have been announced for the new V12-powered BMW 760Li. ... Continue reading
Auto Facility Investment Improves Competitiveness
The new $20 million Advanced Centre for Automotive Research and Testing (ACART) at Ford's Proving Ground and the University of Melbourne will increase the competitiveness of Australia's automotive industry through the availability of world-class emissions, environmental and engine development facilities. ... Continue reading
Official Debut of the New Maserati Granturismo MC
The new Maserati GranTurismo MC will be officially unveiled during the FIA GT 'Media Days' at the Paul Ricard circuit. The new model is an offshoot of the Maserati GranTurismo MC Concept introduced last September in Monza and based on the Maserati GranTurismo S road version, with electro-actuated gearbox system. ... Continue reading
Imposing New R Line Model Joins the Volkswagen Tiguan Range
An aggressive new model is set to join the Tiguan range this summer with the introduction of the new R Line model promising stylish new body additions on the outside and greater comfort inside. ... Continue reading
Opel Insignia OPC: Hot Chili Premiere at the Barcelona Motor Show - VIDEO ENHANCED
The high performance version of the Car of the Year 2009 will be unveiled on May 7, when the Opel Insignia OPC premieres at the Barcelona Motor Show, ten years after the launch of the first OPC model (Opel Performance Center). The heart of the Insignia OPC is its 2.8 V6 Turbo engine. Derived from the powerful gasoline ... Continue reading
The Audi Q7 - The New Generation
The Q7 is the large Audi for sporty individualists, for people who are seeking a vehicle that will take them anywhere they want to go for sports, recreation, and business. Its dynamic proportions and distinctive lines express this character, and subtle modifications endow its styling with even more elegance. ... Continue reading
Johnson Controls-Saft To Build Battery Plant in Michigan
LANSING, Mich. April 14, 2009; The AP reported that Johnson Controls-Saft said Tuesday it plans to establish a plant in Michigan to manufacture hybrid batteries for cars, resulting in the creation of about 500 jobs. The joint venture plans to use an existing Johnson Controls facility located in Holland, Mich., to make ... Continue reading
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