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2012 Chicago Auto Show Wrap-up +VIDEO

2012 Chicago Auto Show Wrap-up +VIDEO

The 104th Annual Chicago Auto Show By Steve Purdy (Detroit Bureau)Thom Cannell (Detroit Bureau) Larry Nutson (Chicago Bureau) The Auto Channel First staged in 1901, the Chicago Auto Show is the largest auto show in North America and has been held more times than any other auto exposition on the continent. This year mar ... Continue reading

Nutson's Nuggets: Last Week's (Feb 6-11 2012) Automotive News In Case You Were Sleeping

Nutson's Nuggets: Last Week's (Feb 6-11 2012) Automotive News In Case You Were Sleeping

* We know that sport wagons are popular in Europe and only modestly so here. Chevy announced a station wagon version of the bread-and-butter Cruze for European consumption to be introduced at the March Geneva Motor Show. Sure hope we get it here. It looks mighty cool. * The Chicago Auto Show, open to the public this we ... Continue reading

ALMS GT - Miller, Maassen, Bell To Share No. 48 Chopard Porsche For 2012 ALMS Enduros

ALMS GT - Miller, Maassen, Bell To Share No. 48 Chopard Porsche For 2012 ALMS Enduros

PARSIPPANY, February 12, 2012: The brand new No. 48 Chopard Porsche 911 GT3 RSR from Paul Miller Racing will be in capable hands during the 2012 American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patrón, as Bryce Miller and Sascha Maassen will once again team up for the full season and will be joined by Rob Bell for the two ... Continue reading

CRA All Stars - Cody Coughlin Cruises Through First Test Session Of 2012

CRA All Stars - Cody Coughlin Cruises Through First Test Session Of 2012

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Feb. 12, 2012: Cody Coughlin and the JEGS.com Chevrolet team kicked off the 2012 season with a one-day test Friday at New Smyrna Speedway in preparation for the 46th World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing. Coughlin and new crew chief Butch VanDoorn were able to work together on-track under simulated ... Continue reading

NHRA Pro Stock - Despite Rain Coughlin Makes Field At Winternationals

NHRA Pro Stock - Despite Rain Coughlin Makes Field At Winternationals

POMONA, Feb. 12, 2012: Jeg Coughlin Jr.'s return to Pro Stock racing at the NHRA Winternationals hasn’t been flashy so far, but the JEGS.com/Mopar Dodge Avenger is in Sunday's elimination field in the No. 14 spot with good data to work from. "We've made progress," Coughlin said. "Are we where we wanted to be going ... Continue reading

Volkswagen Chattanooga Completes 50,000th Car

Volkswagen Chattanooga Completes 50,000th Car

Volkswagen Chattanooga achieved its first significant production milestone of 2012 this week --- completion of its 50,000th Passat. "An incredible amount of care goes into each vehicle we produce in Chattanooga," said Frank Fischer, CEO and Chair of Volkswagen Chattanooga. "Producing 50,000 cars at this level of qualit ... Continue reading

Peterbilt Model 587 and Model 210 Earn American Truck Dealers 'Commercial Truck of the Year' Honors

Peterbilt Model 587 and Model 210 Earn American Truck Dealers 'Commercial Truck of the Year' Honors

The American Truck Dealers (ATD) named the Peterbilt Model 587, with the PACCAR MX engine, in the heavy duty category and the Peterbilt Model 210 in the medium duty category as “2012 ATD Commercial Trucks of the Year' during their annual Convention and Exposition. This is the first time that a truck manufacturer has w ... Continue reading

Intelligent Energy and Suzuki Establish Joint Venture Company to Develop and Manufacture Fuel Cell Systems

Intelligent Energy and Suzuki Establish Joint Venture Company to Develop and Manufacture Fuel Cell Systems

Intelligent Energy, the global clean power systems company, and the Suzuki Motor Corporation, have today announced the creation of a joint venture company called SMILE FC System Corporation, to develop and manufacture air-cooled fuel cell systems for a range of industry sectors. The joint venture also includes a non-ex ... Continue reading

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