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E-Fuel Introduces "Microfusion Reactor" to Process All Organic Biomass into Ethanol - VIDEO ENHANCED

E-Fuel Introduces "Microfusion Reactor" to Process All Organic Biomass into Ethanol - VIDEO ENHANCED

Breakthrough technology showcased today at Silicon Valley DEMO conference Los Gatos, CA, September 14, 2010 – In 2009 E-Fuel unveiled the production MicroFueler™ on the steps of the California State Capitol in Sacramento, California. On hand was Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to usher in the organic fuel era. ... Continue reading

October is Fall Car Care Month: Hot Summer Temps Can Cause Winter Battery Trouble

October is Fall Car Care Month: Hot Summer Temps Can Cause Winter Battery Trouble

BETHESDA, Md., Sept. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following record high temperatures this summer, many car owners could face major car battery problems when winter arrives because heat, more than cold, shortens battery life, according to the Car Care Council. Before winter sets in, make sure your vehicle's battery is ... Continue reading

Making Strides to Keep Kids Safe in Car Crashes

Making Strides to Keep Kids Safe in Car Crashes

New Findings Underscore Importance of Choosing the Right Booster Seat BLOOMINGTON, Ill., Sept. 15 -- The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) this week announced its latest round of booster seat evaluations. State Farm, a long time supporter of IIHS, applauds these new findings and, like IIHS, encourages great ... Continue reading

Toyota/Lexus Providing 16 Scholarships Through Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation

Toyota/Lexus Providing 16 Scholarships Through Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation

TORRANCE, Calif., Sept. 15 -- Toyota has presented 16 scholarships as part of the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation's program to provide scholarships to the sons and daughters of Marine Corps parents who have been killed or wounded in combat or have demonstrated financial need, the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation ... Continue reading

Safety, Innovation, Style, Spirited Performance: The 2011 Chrysler Town & Country

Safety, Innovation, Style, Spirited Performance: The 2011 Chrysler Town & Country

September 14, 2010 10:28 AM When we said Chrysler Group LLC’s product onslaught was coming, we weren’t kidding. Here are some new photos of the new 2011 Chrysler Town & Country minivan, which offers consumers a ton of standard safety features, improved driving dynamics, a new powertrain, and innovative techno ... Continue reading

15-Year Old Rayhall Overcomes Injury to Win SCCA Pro Formula Enterprises Title at VIR

15-Year Old Rayhall Overcomes Injury to Win SCCA Pro Formula Enterprises Title at VIR

ALTON, Sept. 15, 2010: Sean Rayhall, of Winston, Ga., overcame what he called the “most pain in his life” to win the SCCA Pro Racing Formula Enterprises Championship finale at VIRginia International Raceway Sunday. At 15, Rayhall became the youngest-ever SCCA Pro Racing series Champion. Driving the 1st Action ... Continue reading

New Carrera GTS Further Refines The Spirit of the Porsche 911 - GREAT VIDEO

New Carrera GTS Further Refines The Spirit of the Porsche 911 - GREAT VIDEO

With a power output of 408 hp, outstanding vehicle dynamics and a specification that emphasises the character of the iconic sports coupe, the new 911 Carrera GTS ascends to the pinnacle of the Carrera model series. ... Continue reading

Rettich Edges Ayers for SCCA Pro Racing Spec Racer Ford Title in VIR

Rettich Edges Ayers for SCCA Pro Racing Spec Racer Ford Title in VIR

ALTON, Sept. 15, 2010: Scott Rettich, of Oxford, Ohio, had an eventful finish to earn his first professional racing Championship Sunday in the season-finale of the SCCA Pro Racing Spec Racer Ford Championship at VIRginia International Raceway Sunday. In the season’s final race Sunday, Brian Schofield, of Penbroke ... Continue reading

Tony Stewart Ready to Light Up the Chase Starting with Sylvania 300

Tony Stewart Ready to Light Up the Chase Starting with Sylvania 300

KANNAPOLIS, Sept. 15, 2010: Tony Stewart eschewed the spotlight for much of 2010. Mind you, it was not by choice. After an incredible 2009 season where the first-year driver/owner for Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) won four races – five if you include the non-points NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor ... Continue reading

Father Will See Mutoh Race For First Time At Motegi

Father Will See Mutoh Race For First Time At Motegi

Motegi, Sept. 15, 2010: By 3:30 a.m., Eiji Mutoh is at the Tsukiji Market to inspect the fresh catch – from seaweed to caviar – available for auction two hours later. He repeats the process six days a week, acquiring the freshest and most select for the family’s century-old Hotetora retail shop. Because ... Continue reading

Tasca Looks For Countdown In Concord; Home Track Of Tasca Racing

Tasca Looks For Countdown In Concord; Home Track Of Tasca Racing

DEARBORN, September 15, 2010: Bob Tasca III and the Motorcraft/Quick Lane Racing team have, for some time, circled the third week of September on the calendar, marking their return to the team’s home race track. Tasca Racing, located just minutes from zMAX Dragway, is the headquarters of the third year Funny Car t ... Continue reading

Statement by American Honda Motor Co., Inc., Regarding Passenger Airbag Recall: 2010 Accord Crosstour

Statement by American Honda Motor Co., Inc., Regarding Passenger Airbag Recall: 2010 Accord Crosstour

TORRANCE, Calif. September 14, 2010; Honda will recall 3,336 2010 model year Accord Crosstour vehicles in the U.S. to inspect and potentially replace the front passenger airbag. Recent testing revealed that certain front passenger airbag modules installed in a limited number of 2010 Accord Crosstours do not meet one as ... Continue reading

New Engineering Analysis Confirms E15 Safe for Use in Older Vehicles

New Engineering Analysis Confirms E15 Safe for Use in Older Vehicles

Washington September 15, 2010; According to a new comprehensive engineering analysis performed by Ricardo, Inc, an internationally recognized engineering firm, moving from 10 percent ethanol in gasoline to 15 percent will mean little, if any, change on the performance of older cars and light trucks, those manufactured ... Continue reading

Ricardo Research Shows E15 Poses Minimal Risk to Older Vehicles

Ricardo Research Shows E15 Poses Minimal Risk to Older Vehicles

In a landmark research study carried out by Ricardo for the Renewable Fuels Association, the potential impact upon older vehicles - assembled in the crucial 1994 to 2000 model years - has been evaluated of raising the ethanol blend limit of standard pump grade gasoline from E10 to E15 VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, Mich., Sept. 1 ... Continue reading

Nissan GT-R to Take Monstrous Role In Top Gear Live

Nissan GT-R to Take Monstrous Role In Top Gear Live

Nissan's all-conquering GT-R supercar is set to play a Japanese mythical icon in a Manga-style street racing sequence at this year's Top Gear Live theatre premiered at the MPH Prestige & Performance Motor Show. ... Continue reading

Collaboration Critical to the Success of Electric Vehicle Industry

Collaboration Critical to the Success of Electric Vehicle Industry

Regional differences apparent in market drivers MONTREAL, Sept. 15 -- Collaboration is critical if the global electric vehicles industry is to fulfill its potential, according to participants of Ernst & Young's 'Ignition Sessions' - a global series of executive roundtables attended by key stakeholders from across the e ... Continue reading

2011 Lexus IS F Majors On Minor Changes

2011 Lexus IS F Majors On Minor Changes

Change for change's sake is rarely worthwhile, particularly when you are dealing with such a well-defined concept as Lexus's ultra-high performance IS F sports saloon. So it is that the new 2011 IS F differs from its predecessor in only a few well-thought-out details. ... Continue reading

What Happens to Your Car at 100,000 Miles

What Happens to Your Car at 100,000 Miles

Not much, it's a lot like when it hits 99,000 miles or 101,000 miles. ... Continue reading

High Performance ST Tops New Ford Focus Line-Up For Paris Motor Show Launch

High Performance ST Tops New Ford Focus Line-Up For Paris Motor Show Launch

The exciting new next-generation Ford Focus range is the star attraction in Ford Motor Company's display at the 2010 Paris Motor Show on September 30. ... Continue reading

Nissan Plans Packed LCV Future

Nissan Plans Packed LCV Future

Nissan aims to become a major global player in the LCV market with an aggressive new product plan that promises three new models every year from 2011 to 2013. And the campaign to become a leading manufacturer of light commercial vehicles starts now. ... Continue reading

Peugeot: Silverstone 1000km Ilmc Winners - Minassian And Davidson '60' For RCZ

Peugeot: Silverstone 1000km Ilmc Winners - Minassian And Davidson '60' For RCZ

New '60' registration cars are leaving the showrooms throughout the UK and Peugeot Intercontinental Le Mans Cup (ILMC) winning drivers Nicolas Minassian and Anthony Davidson were two of the first to '60'for it. ... Continue reading

Thinking Outside Of The Box: Hyundai Ix20 To Make Paris Debut

Thinking Outside Of The Box: Hyundai Ix20 To Make Paris Debut

Hyundai will kick off an intensive period of product launches by unveiling two important new models at this year's Paris Motor Show. ... Continue reading

Hydrogen Honda Makes Debut On British Roads

Hydrogen Honda Makes Debut On British Roads

Honda's ground-breaking hydrogen fuel cell car, the FCX Clarity, has made its debut on U.K. roads, in the first of a series of high-profile test drives to raise awareness of the zero emission technology. ... Continue reading

Isuzu: Garland Shoots For Sixth Safari Win

Isuzu: Garland Shoots For Sixth Safari Win

Five Safari wins aren't enough for Bruce Garland. He wants more and his mission is to make the Isuzu D-MAX the first diesel to win this 25th Australasian Safari. ... Continue reading

Greater Efficiency And More Power For Revised Audi Q7 Range

Greater Efficiency And More Power For Revised Audi Q7 Range

Audi's Q7 has reset the benchmark in the premium full-sized SUV market with the introduction of three new powerful, and yet frugal, engines and a new 8-speed tiptronic transmission. ... Continue reading

Kia Motors Australia Supports a Saint

Kia Motors Australia Supports a Saint

It was a night which shone with the light of luminaries, when leaders of religion, politics, business and the arts gathered to honour Australia's first Saint and provide some worldly support for the Mary MacKillop Foundation. ... Continue reading

Shannons Sponsors Targa High Country Classic

Shannons Sponsors Targa High Country Classic

Shannons is sponsoring the Classic Competition in Victoria's first multi-stage tarmac rally - Targa High Country 2010. ... Continue reading

The Fiat Brand Arrives into the U.S. with the Iconic Fiat 500 - VIDEO ENHANCED

The Fiat Brand Arrives into the U.S. with the Iconic Fiat 500 - VIDEO ENHANCED

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Sept. 14 -- The Fiat brand is synonymous with modern, simple "Italian" design, and its models offer unique world-class technological solutions. The brand is known for the development of environmentally-friendly cars, and its wide product range in Europe includes agile city cars, compact and midsize ... Continue reading

Hyundai Announces 2011 Genesis Coupe R-Spec Pricing

Hyundai Announces 2011 Genesis Coupe R-Spec Pricing

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Sept. 14 -- The Hyundai Genesis Coupe 3.8 R-Spec priced at $26,750 will arrive at dealerships across the country this fall. R-Spec takes the core performance equipment from the 3.8 Track model and eliminates non-essential convenience equipment to reduce its weight by 68 pounds and price by $4,0 ... Continue reading

Nissan's New 2011 Juke Has An Odd Name But It's Not a Joke - VIDEO ENHANCED

Nissan's New 2011 Juke Has An Odd Name But It's Not a Joke - VIDEO ENHANCED

by Marty Bernstein <br> Senior Editor <br> The Auto Channel Detroit Bureau As the automotive world moves inexorably toward smaller and smaller vehicles to meet environmental and mileage demands, vehicle design will have a more important role than ever before. With the new 2011 Juke crossover Nissan has thrown down the ... Continue reading

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