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Nissan Announces U.S. Pricing for 2011 Altima - VIDEO ENHANCED

Nissan Announces U.S. Pricing for 2011 Altima - VIDEO ENHANCED

FRANKLIN, Tenn., Sept. 10 -- Nissan North America, Inc. (NNA) today announced U.S. pricing for the 2011 Nissan Altima Sedan, Altima Coupe and Altima Hybrid. All three vehicles are on sale now at Nissan dealers nationwide. ( The popular Nissan Altima Sedan, now in its fourth generation, provides an innovative combinatio ... Continue reading

Motor Press Guild's 2010 Track Day, BFGoodrich Tires Becomes Presenting Sponsor

Motor Press Guild's 2010 Track Day, BFGoodrich Tires Becomes Presenting Sponsor

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 10 -- The Los Angeles-based Motor Press Guild (MPG) announces that BFGoodrich Tires will be the presenting sponsor for the 2010 MPG Track Day to be held on September 14 and 15 at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California. The two-day annual event draws more than 100 journalists for this unique au ... Continue reading

Former Chrysler/DaimlerChrysler Executives File Claim for Lost Pensions

Former Chrysler/DaimlerChrysler Executives File Claim for Lost Pensions

DETROIT, Sept. 10 -- A group of over 450 former employees and managers from Chrysler and DaimlerChrysler today filed a class action claim in Wayne County Circuit Court against Daimler and Cerberus to regain their supplemental pensions that were lost during Chrysler's reorganization and bankruptcy last year. The guarant ... Continue reading

Mercedes GP Preview - Monza - Sept. 10, 2010

Mercedes GP Preview - Monza - Sept. 10, 2010

Monza, Sept 10, 2010: he final European race weekend of the season began today at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza in northern Italy. Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher focused on evaluating the set-up and balance of their MGP W01 cars which ran in a special low-downforce configuration required for the high-speed natu ... Continue reading

U.S. Nationals Champ Coughlin Ready For Million Dollar Race

U.S. Nationals Champ Coughlin Ready For Million Dollar Race

MUNCIE, Sept 9, 2010: Last weekend, 20-year old third-generation racer Troy (T.J.) Coughlin Jr., won the most prestigious drag race in the world when he claimed the Super Comp title at the NHRA Mac Tools U.S. Nationals. Now, he hopes to strike while the iron is hot as he travels to Muncie Dragway in Muncie, Ind., for t ... Continue reading

Krohn Racing Preview For Utah 250

Krohn Racing Preview For Utah 250

Tooele, Sept. 9 2010: The GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series will conclude the 2010 racing season at Miller Motorsports Park, Tooele, Utah, on Saturday, September 11, with the Utah 250 race. The Krohn Racing team returns to the site of their 2006 GRAND-AM Driver’s Championship. Team owner/driver Tracy W. Krohn and c ... Continue reading

33 Drivers Take Titles as Opening Half of Tire Rack Solo Nationals Concludes

33 Drivers Take Titles as Opening Half of Tire Rack Solo Nationals Concludes

LINCOLN, Sept. 9, 2010: The first round of titles were awarded Wednesday after the opening two days of competition at the 38th Tire Rack SCCA Solo National Championships at the Lincoln Airpark. In all, 25 of the 33 classes were taken by drivers holding the overnight lead, while eight others saw a change at the top for ... Continue reading

Tony Stewart Racing Looking For More Gold In California

Tony Stewart Racing Looking For More Gold In California

INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 9, 2010: In every season there are games that have just a little more juice. Whether it’s the NFL’s season opener pitting the defending Super Bowl-champion New Orleans Saints against the Brett Favre-led Minnesota Vikings, or Saturday’s contest between legendary college Football powers ... Continue reading

South Carolina Vehicle Conversion Centers Roll Out First Round of Propane Autogas Vehicles Under DOE-Funded Southeast Alternative Fuel Initiative

South Carolina Vehicle Conversion Centers Roll Out First Round of Propane Autogas Vehicles Under DOE-Funded Southeast Alternative Fuel Initiative

HARRISONBURG, VA - September 10, 2010: Two South Carolina vehicle conversion centers, Greenville County and Light'N'Up, deployed 15 propane Autogas vehicles last month as part of a large-scale, Recovery Act-funded alternative fuel vehicle project in the Southeast United States. The historic Southeast Propane Autogas De ... Continue reading

Porsche Delivers 22,518 Panameras in First Year on the Market - VIDEO ENHANCED

Porsche Delivers 22,518 Panameras in First Year on the Market - VIDEO ENHANCED

Company's First Four-door Gran Turismo is in High Demand Worldwide STUTTGART, Germany and ATLANTA, Sept. 10 -- Just one year after its initial market launch in Europe, the Porsche Panamera has exceeded sales expectations with customer deliveries of 22,518 internationally. In the U.S., where Porsche's fourth model line ... Continue reading

Electric Car Fatigue?

Electric Car Fatigue?

By Phil LeBeau CNBC Correspondent 10 Sep 2010 With the hype and the hope building for the roll out of electric cars this fall, there is a comment I'm hearing more and more from people as I travel around the country and it goes something like this, "That's nice. Tell me when they are a big deal." In other words, much of ... Continue reading

Skoda: Autohorn Opts For OutStanding Octavia

Skoda: Autohorn Opts For OutStanding Octavia

Autohorn, the North Yorkshire-based fleet and hire car company, has added 50 Skoda Octavia vRS to its offering in a bid to attract a younger, more image-conscious customer base. ... Continue reading

All Change at Volvo Car UK

All Change at Volvo Car UK

To further strengthen the Press Office team and enhance the levels of service offered, Volvo Car UK has announced changes to the Press Office team. ... Continue reading

Volkswagen: Prices Announced for Caddy Van and MPVS Ahead of November Launch

Volkswagen: Prices Announced for Caddy Van and MPVS Ahead of November Launch

Prices for the new Caddy and Caddy Maxi have been announced. ... Continue reading

Sir Srirling Moss to Drive the Mitsubishi i-MiEV at the Start ECO Car Spectacular

Sir Srirling Moss to Drive the Mitsubishi i-MiEV at the Start ECO Car Spectacular

British motor racing legend, Sir Stirling Moss, is to drive a Mitsubishi i-MiEV in the Start Eco Car Spectacular on Sunday 12th September. ... Continue reading

Renault Celebrates 100 Hundred Years on The Champs Elysees

Renault Celebrates 100 Hundred Years on The Champs Elysees

BOULOGNE, France - September 10, 2010: Renault was the first automaker to open premises on the Avenue des Champs Élysées in Paris in 1910. This year it is celebrating the centenary of its arrival on one of the world's most famous thoroughfares. From the first showroom, opened at the beginning of the last century, ... Continue reading

Tour of Britain Rides Off With Honda Support

Tour of Britain Rides Off With Honda Support

Honda's sponsorship of the Tour of Britain professional cycling race continues this weekend, as the most-watched sporting event in the UK begins in Rochdale on Saturday 11 September. ... Continue reading

Continental Wins Auto Express Tyre Test

Continental Wins Auto Express Tyre Test

For motorists who can't decide on which tyre is the best brand for their cars, tyre tests are a great source of independent information and this year has been an excellent year for Continental. ... Continue reading

Kia Motors posts 24.4% global sales growth in August 2010

Kia Motors posts 24.4% global sales growth in August 2010

Kia Motors posts 24.4% global sales growth in August - 173,703 Kia vehicles sold globally in August for 24.4% year-on-year growth - August sales in general markets, Korea, China and Europe post year-on-year sales growth of 72.1%, 53.4%, 23.1%, and 20.7%, respectively (SEOUL) September 9, 2010 -- Kia Motors Corporation ... Continue reading

The New Peugeot iON... Drive the Future With a Comlete Nobility Solution

The New Peugeot iON... Drive the Future With a Comlete Nobility Solution

With environmental awareness becoming a key focus of the UK government, local authorities and the general public, combined with the development of new battery technology, electric vehicles are the perfect fit for urban mobility for today and tomorrow. ... Continue reading

Proton Announces Free Dual Controls for Driving Instructors

Proton Announces Free Dual Controls for Driving Instructors

Proton Cars has announced free He-Man dual controls worth £500 for ADI-registered driving instructors purchasing a new Satria Neo. ... Continue reading

Nissan Announces U.S. Pricing for 2011 Pathfinder, Xterra and Frontier

Nissan Announces U.S. Pricing for 2011 Pathfinder, Xterra and Frontier

- New Pathfinder 25th Anniversary Silver Edition, Distinctive Xterra PRO-4X and Frontier S Crew Cab Models Added to Lineups - FRANKLIN, Tenn., Sept. 9 -- Nissan North America, Inc. (NNA) today announced U.S. pricing for the 2011 Nissan Pathfinder SUV, Xterra SUV and Frontier mid-size pickup. All three vehicles are on s ... Continue reading

Claire Andrews Promoted to Marketing Director for Mazda UK

Claire Andrews Promoted to Marketing Director for Mazda UK

Mazda Motors UK has promoted Claire Andrews from Senior Marketing Manager to Marketing Director effective 1st October reporting to Jeremy Thomson, Managing Director. This reflects the recent restructure of the sales and marketing functions at Mazda UK. ... Continue reading

Peugeot Announces Further Details for the New 508

Peugeot Announces Further Details for the New 508

Due for UK launch in the spring of 2011, the new Peugeot 508 will be available in two complementary body styles: a Saloon with a length of 4.79 m and an SW 4.81 m. ... Continue reading

The Ferrari Virtual Academy Is Here

The Ferrari Virtual Academy Is Here

Ferrari's first online virtual simulator is revealed today: the Ferrari Virtual Academy, which makes its press debut on the occasion of the Italian Grand Prix in the paddock of Scuderia Ferrari. ... Continue reading

Texas Cultural Tour, Pt. 2 - Fort Worth

Texas Cultural Tour, Pt. 2 - Fort Worth

Not a Cowtown, call it Cowboys and Culturetown Fort Worth may be just a short distance from Dallas, but for years it was considered a cowtown, No more! Now it’s a modern growing business city with big buildings under construction and surprisingly an assortment of museum jewel cases that are the envy, yes the envy ... Continue reading

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