Keep Them Attached: Thule Uses SolidWorks To Keep Things Tied Down
Thule the premier brand in multipurpose roof racks, has standardized on SolidWorks software to quickly introduce smart innovations for transporting bicycles, boats, skis, snowboards, luggage, and more. In its ability to predict behavior and save work, it like a time machine on your desk Thule challenges itself to offer ... Continue reading
John Nelligan Becomes Meritor General Manager of OEM Sales & National Accounts
Meritor has appointed John Nelligan to the role of general manager, OEM Sales & National Accounts, replacing Dennis Kline who recently retired from the company after 36 years. Nelligan reports directly to Joe Plomin, vice president, Truck Americas for Meritor. "John's extensive background in the North America truck ind ... Continue reading
Research and Markets: Integration Of Refining and Petrochemicals - Way To Go Forward
DUBLIN--Research and Markets has announced the addition of GlobalData 's new report "Integration Of Refining and Petrochemicals - Way To Go Forward" to their offering. Integration Of Refining and Petrochemicals - Way To Go Forward Integration Of Refining and Petrochemicals - Way To Go Forward The petrochemicals industr ... Continue reading
A River Full of Money: GM Lansing Grand River Plant Gets $88 Million Investment
LANSING, MI--May 31, 2011: General Motors will invest $88 million for a future product at the Lansing Grand River assembly plant, home of the award-winning family of Cadillac CTS models. The investment will be used for equipment and tooling for a new model. "Employees at Lansing Grand River have earned this investment ... Continue reading
The return of some incentive programs has not been enough to drive more consumers into showrooms, as May new-vehicle retail sales continue to exhibit weakness through the third week of the month, according to J.D. Power and Associates, which gathers real-time transaction data from more than 8,900 retail franchisees thr ... Continue reading
Allstate Gives $60,000 for Schools To Educate Teen Drivers
Eleven U.S. high schools were selected from more than 80 schools around the country as winners of the national Act Out Loud contest to curb distracted driving, earning prizes totaling $60,000. Act Out Loud, sponsored by The Allstate Foundation and National Organizations for Youth Safety is a school-based, teen-led comp ... Continue reading
Electric Vehicles Drive Into Georgia
As a leader in the electric transportation industry since the early 1990s, Georgia Power can help consumers decide if an electric vehicle is right for them by giving them the tools they need to make an informed decision. Before arriving home with an electric vehicle, customers will need to decide how often and quickly ... Continue reading
The Best In Engineering: SAE Presents 2011 Class of SAE Fellows
Twenty-nine engineers and scientists from industry and academia now have the prestigious SAE International status of "SAE Fellow." SAE Fellowship status is the highest grade of membership bestowed by SAE International. It recognizes outstanding engineering and scientific accomplishments by an individual that have resul ... Continue reading
Moving on Up in Value: 2012 Kia Sorento
The Kia Sorento has been the brand's best-selling vehicle every month since arriving in January 2010, and with the addition of several enhancements the popular crossover now has one of the highest residual value ratings for the 2012 model year in the compact CUV segment from ALG, the industry benchmark for residual val ... Continue reading
Sprint Cup - Second Inagural Win For Gordon At Kansas?
Overland Park, May 31, 2011: The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series first visited the Midwest track in 2001, and Gordon led the final 22 laps to secure the victory. He won again in 2002 and, along with those two victories, the driver of the No. 24 Drive to End Hunger Chevrolet has collected seven top-fives and eight top-10 finis ... Continue reading
Sprint Cup - Latest News From Kurt Busch And Shell-Pennzoil Dodge Team
KANSAS CITY, May 31, 2011: Shell-Pennzoil Dodge driver Kurt Busch heads into this weekendâs STP 400 at Kansas Speedway looking to post his best-ever finish on the 1.5-mile tri-oval track. One thing for sure is that the 2004 NASCAR Sprint Cup Champ certainly realizes the importance of the Kansas track on the schedu ... Continue reading
Car Manufacturers Now Can Find Out Just What the Public Thinks of Their Cars
Jumpstart developed TMI to intelligently mine millions of data points from the behaviors of millions of car shoppers across a diverse group of automotive shopping and enthusiast websites in the Jumpstart network. The resulting data is then formatted and purposed specifically into detailed reports to help automotive mar ... Continue reading
South Carolina Goes Electric (With Their Vehicles)
GGT Electric, an automotive engineering, design and manufacturing company based out of Milford, Michigan, has won one of South Carolina's first ever statewide contracts to bring low-speed electric vehicles (LSVs) to the state's automotive fleet. The initial target of the contract calls for GGT to deliver 10 of their E- ... Continue reading
HELP--Heavy Vehicle Electronic License Plate Gets New Leader
Rick Clasby, a 23-year veteran of commercial vehicle safety enforcement, will serve as the organization's new president and CEO effective July 1. Clasby will report to HELP's board of directors. Serving the people of Utah since 1988, Clasby has been involved in all aspects of commercial vehicle compliance from on-road ... Continue reading
According to the New Fuel Ratings, Most 2011 Vehicles Get a "Failing" Grade
The good news: The new fuel economy labels will empower consumers looking for more fuel efficient vehicles. The bad news: Applying the ratings to the 2011 models, shows the majority of vehicles get a rating of 6 or less. "If (like school) you consider anything below a 60 to be a failing grade, then 70% of the 2011 mode ... Continue reading
The new labels are unprecedented in that they will tell drivers how much money they will save on fuel costs compared to an average vehicle, and for the first time ever let buyers know quickly how a vehicle rates for fuel economy and carbon pollution. ... Continue reading
New Software Helps With Speed and Efficiency During The Repossession Process of Automobiles
KeyCode Pro will provide key codes necessary for RDN subscribers to cut keys on a repossessed vehicle. RDN¹s planned integration with KeyCode Pro is expected to streamline the process for recovery agents and offer a more efficient way to conduct day-to-day business. ... Continue reading
Thailand Gets New Auto Safety Parts Plant
Autoliv, the global leader in automotive safety systems, has begun the construction of an airbag cushion manufacturing plant in Chonburi, near Bangkok. Autoliv's existing airbag cushion plant in Thailand opened just two years ago. ... Continue reading
Holiday Weekend Is Deadly in Pennsylvania
Thirteen people were killed and 294 others were injured in crashes investigated by the Pennsylvania State Police during the four-day Memorial Day travel period, Commissioner Frank Noonan said today. State police investigated a total of 808 crashes during the travel period spanning Friday to Monday, Noonan said. Five of ... Continue reading
Sustainable Alternative Fuels Will Be Discussed at the 2011 BIO International Convention
From more efficient, environmentally friendly fuel for cars and trucks to developing more eco-friendly ways to produce plastics, industrial and environmental biotechnology innovation creates products that positively impact diverse areas of consumers' lives.The 2011 BIO International Convention will advance the indust ... Continue reading
Teen Drivers' Safety Campaigns: Teens Teaching Teens
These ten campaigns, led by public high school students in the United States and Canada, sought to reduce risky driving attitudes and behaviors. For their successful efforts, each high school will receive $5,000 to support their participation in the National Service-Learning Conference in the spring of 2012 in Minneapo ... Continue reading
Nationwide Series - Carpentier Returns To NASCAR At Montreal
Montreal, May 31, 2011: Patrick Carpentier will return to the NASCAR circuit next weekend driving Frank Stoddard Jr's #32 Ford at Kansas Speedway. The Canadian driver, who now lives in Las Vegas, has confirmed that he will compete in his first NASCAR Sprint Cup race of the year on June 5 at the 1.5-mile (2.414 km) bank ... Continue reading
Playboy MX-5 Cup - Privateer Copeland Scores First Victory At Lime Rock
LAKEVILLE, May 31, 2011: First battling attrition, then each other, Dean Copeland and Jason Saini fought to a side-by-side SCCA Pro Racing Playboy Mazda MX-5 Cup Memorial Day Classic finish on Monday at Lime Rock Park. Copeland, of Bowie, Md., nipped Saini, from Cresson, Texas, for a 0.096-second victory. Jeff Mosing, ... Continue reading
Motorsports Venues - Wheldon Earns $2.56 Million For Indy 500 Win
INDIANAPOLIS, May 31, 2011: Dan Wheldon earned $2,567,255 from an overall purse of $13,509,485 for his victory Sunday, May 29 in the 100th Anniversary Indianapolis 500 Mile Race. Wheldon's No. 98 William Rast-CURB/Big Machine car for Bryan Herta Autosport with Curb/Agajanian passed JR Hildebrand's No. 4 National Guard ... Continue reading
2011 Toyota Yaris Review - A Big Man In A Small Car
FYI: Toyota Yaris Specs, Comparisons and Prices â Toyota Buyers Guide 2011 TOYOTA YARIS S A Fine Little Commuter Car By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau Yaris is Toyotaâs tiniest car in the US . . . so far. Later this year, rumor has it, we will see the cute little city car we saw running around ... Continue reading
NHRA - Makenna Brown Lands First Junior Dragster Win Of Season
HEBRON, May 31, 2011: Rain finally stayed away from National Trail Raceway over the weekend, which was all Makenna Brown needed to drive her JEGS.com Junior Dragster 2 to a win and a runner-up result at the two races contested at the Columbus-area facility. Saturday was supposed to be the sixth race of the year, but th ... Continue reading
Grand Am - GAINSCO Racing Finishes Fourth At Lime Rock
LAKEVILLE, May 31, 2011: GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing, and drivers Alex Gurney and Jon Fogarty, handled a hot, humid and harried Memorial Day Classic at Lime Rock Park and overcame more than one setback to finish fourth in the No. 99 GAINSCO Auto Insurance Chevrolet Riley in the holiday Monday sprint race. After qualif ... Continue reading
Grand Am - Angelelli And Taylor Win At Lime Rock
Lime Rock, May 31, 2011: Is it possible time has stood still in the lush, green hills of northwest Connecticut since Memorial Day 2010? That was when the SunTrust Racing driving duo of Max Angelelli and Ricky Taylor previously visited Lime Rock Park in Lakeville, Conn., and scored their first GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car ... Continue reading
Grand Am GT - Segal And Assentato Recover For 10th-Place Finish At Lime Rock
LAKEVILLE, May 31, 2011: Just two corners into the Memorial Day Classic Monday afternoon at Lime Rock Park, the No. 69 FXDD/SpeedSource Mazda RX-8 GT of Jeff Segal and Emil Assentato was stuck in the mud and grass and going nowhere fast. That wasnât enough to keep reigning GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series GT-class ... Continue reading
The NHRA Super Nationals in Englishtown will mark the halfway point in the ten-event 2011 Get Screened America Pro Mod Series. Troy Coughlin will once again be in action with his turbocharged JEGS.com Pontiac GTO. At the most recent event, at Atlanta Dragway, Troy turned in his best performance of the season reaching t ... Continue reading
Consumer News - Buyer Beware Flood-damaged Vehicles Could Be Headed To Market
LONG BEACH, May 31, 2011: A severe winter and above-average rains in the spring have caused many parts of the United States to experience record flooding in 2011, creating havoc for homeowners and residents. This flooding will also cause problems for unwary consumers shopping for used cars during the next 12 months. Fr ... Continue reading
ILMC - Krohn Racing Ready For 24 Hours Of Le Mans
Le Mans, May 31, 2011: Krohn Racingâs Ferrari 430 GTE-Am team is ready to converge on the Circuit de la Sarthe for the 79th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, June 11-12. The American-based team will be challenging the twice-around-the-clock endurance classic for its first time as a team as part of the Interconti ... Continue reading
Mile for mile, teenagers are involved in three times as many fatal crashes as all other drivers, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety. "Many teens are inexperienced drivers, and it's our responsibility as instructors and educators to deliver programs and knowledge that build confidence behind the wheel and ... Continue reading
Sprint Cup - Tony Stewart Charlotte Race Report
Charlotte, May 30, 2011: At four hours, 33 minutes and 16 seconds, the 52nd annual Coca-Cola 600 lived up to its billing as the longest race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Tony Stewart, driver of the No. 14 Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevrolet Impala for Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR), seemed poised to grab a solid top-10 finis ... Continue reading
Sprint Cup - Ragan Leads Strong Roush Fenway Effort
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (May 30, 2011) â Roush Fenway Racing came into Sunday nightâs Coca-Cola 600 looking for its third consecutive NASCAR weekend sweep and despite dominating the event, fell just short of the accomplishment. In a wild ending, David Ragan posted a career-high second-place finish, needing just one s ... Continue reading
Pro Karting - Phil Giebler Racing's Jess Peterson Wins TaG Senior At SKUSA Pro Kart Challenge North
RENO, May 30, 2011: Phil Giebler Racingâs Jess Peterson led all 15 laps en route to victory Saturday in the TaG Senior feature in the Superkarts! USA Pro Kart Challenge North at Desert Park Raceway. Peterson, of Sparks, Nev., also won a 10-lap heat race. He was second in the other heat race and qualified second at ... Continue reading
Sprint Cup - Stenhouse Finishes An Impressive 11th In The Coke 600
Charlotte, May 30, 2011: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and the crew of his No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Fusion battled back from three brushes with the wall and being two laps down in the Coca-Cola 600 to score a solid 11th place finish in the youngsterâs Sprint Cup debut. Filling in for the recuperating Trevor Bayne, ... Continue reading
Nationwide Series - Tissot To Sponsor Danica Patrick's Return To NASCAR At Chicagoland
WEEHAWKEN, May 30, 2011: Tissot, a manufacturer of Swiss watches since 1853, announced that it will be the primary sponsor on Danica Patrickâs No. 7 Chevrolet in Saturday night's (June 4) NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Ill. Driving the No. 7 Tissot Chevrolet for JR Motorsports, Pa ... Continue reading
IndyCar - Patrick Ready To Return To Her Roots At The Famed Milwaukee Mile
WEST ALLIS, May 31, 2011: Danica Patrick will be the only Wisconsin-born driver in the June 19 Milwaukee 225 IZOD IndyCar Series event at the famed Milwaukee Mile. That fact is probably the least known of all the things written and said about the worldâs most famous woman racer. But Patrick, born in Beloit, Wis., ... Continue reading
Peugeot Wins A Brace Of Awards In Diesel Car's 'Car Of The Year 2011'
Peugeot has further cause to celebrate today after scooping a brace of accolades in the coveted Diesel Car Magazine, 'Car of the Year Awards 2011'. ... Continue reading
Peugeot EX1 Laps Nordschleife In Electric Record Time
For the first time in its history, Peugeot last weekend attempted to set a record on the Nordschleife track. Stephane Caillet, driver and tuner-technician from the Company's Research & Development Centre, was at the wheel of the EX1 Concept Car, which covered the circuit's 20.832 kilometres (12.944 miles), convincingly ... Continue reading
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503PS Audi A1 Clubsport Quattro Wows Worthersee 2011
A larger-than-life 503PS version of the smallest Audi to date makes its debut this week at Austria's 30th annual Wörtherseetour meeting for fans of VW Group models ... Continue reading
Torotrak Technology Supports Volvo-Led Flywheel Hybrid Project
Torotrak plc (LSE: TRK), the global innovator in gearless traction drive technology for vehicle CO2 reduction, confirms that its continuously variable transmission (CVT) technology forms part of the Volvo Car Corporation's evaluation of flywheel technology as announced by them on 26 May 2011. ... Continue reading
In a collaboration with #5 Magazine, Suzuki GB Plc is giving away a one-off Suzuki Swift Sport to celebrate Rio Ferdinand reaching one million Twitter followers. Suzuki GB have teamed up with #5 Magazine, Rio Ferdinand's lifestyle magazine which is the first digital magazine featuring sports personalities, fashion, mus ... Continue reading
BMW Drives The Presidents Cup 2011
BMW Australia has been confirmed as official vehicle supplier of The Presidents Cup 2011, to be played in Melbourne, November 15-20, 2011. ... Continue reading
Hot New Pricing For MINI Chilli Package
MINI Australia today added a little more heat to its ever-popular Chilli package with sharper retail pricing. ... Continue reading
Hyundai Santa Fe 'Best Medium AWD SUV'
Australian specialist magazine, OzRoamer 4WD & SUV Guide 2011, has awarded the Hyundai Santa Fe R-series Car of the Year 2010 'Best Medium AWD SUV' in its Car of the Year Awards. The Santa Fe scored maximum points in the areas of performance, practicality, fit for purpose and value for money. ... Continue reading
Mazda Shinari To Make Its Australian Debut At 2011 AIMS
Mazda has confirmed that the stunning SHINARI concept car will make its regional debut when it is displayed at the Australian International Motor Show in Melbourne from 1 - 10 July. ... Continue reading
Bentley Achieves Record Sales For China
Bentley Motors this week announced that it had sold a record 396 cars in Mainland China in the first four months of 2011. This shattered the previous record - which was set only last year - by a staggering 66%. ... Continue reading
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