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Friday, July 27, 2012

BMW Debuts U.S. Olympic-themed Ad Featuring Olympians Natalie Coughlin, Sanya Richards-Ross and Evelyn Stevens during broadcast of the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games

BMW Debuts U.S. Olympic-themed Ad Featuring Olympians Natalie Coughlin, Sanya Richards-Ross and Evelyn Stevens during broadcast of the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games

Along with millions of others,‚ BMW, the Official Mobility Partner of the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), will‚ tune into the Opening Ceremonies of the‚ XXX Olympiad‚ tonight as the London 2012 Olympic Games get underway.‚ Debuting during NBC's broadcast of the event, BMW's U.S. Olympic-themed advertisemen ... Continue reading

Auto/Steel Partnership Celebrates 25 Years Of Design Excellence; Will Play Key Role In Designs Aimed At Meeting Future Regulations

Auto/Steel Partnership Celebrates 25 Years Of Design Excellence; Will Play Key Role In Designs Aimed At Meeting Future Regulations

The Auto/Steel Partnership -- a consortium of North American steel companies and automotive manufacturers -- is celebrating its 25 year anniversary this year.‚ Since its inception in 1987, the unique Partnership has helped bring the automotive and North American steel industries together for continuous innovation, inc ... Continue reading

TravelCenters of America Opens New Petro Stopping Center in Deming, NM

TravelCenters of America Opens New Petro Stopping Center in Deming, NM

TravelCenters of America LLC (TravelCenters) has announced the acquisition and rebranding of the former Savoy Travel Center to the Petro Stopping Centers brand. Petro Deming is located at I-10, exit 68 (14150 Hwy. 418 SW), in Deming, New Mexico. ... Continue reading

For Customers Affected by Tropical Storm Debby, Ford Credit Offers Financial Relief

For Customers Affected by Tropical Storm Debby, Ford Credit Offers Financial Relief

Ford Motor Credit Company is offering customers affected by Tropical Storm Debby in Florida the option to delay some car and truck payments. Ford Credit's Disaster Relief Program allows qualified customers to delay one or two monthly payments, resuming their regular payment schedules when their situations improve. The ... Continue reading

Goodyear to Hire 1,000 Veterans

Goodyear to Hire 1,000 Veterans

James Rebholz, Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) National Chairman joined Steve McClellan, President of Goodyear's North American tire unit, today at an event in Akron, Ohio, supporting Veteran and Reservist employment at Goodyear. During the event, McClellan announced Goodyear's intent to hire 1,000 vet ... Continue reading

Safety Recall Issued For BFGoodrich and UNIROYAL Commercial Light Truck Replacement Tires

Safety Recall Issued For BFGoodrich and UNIROYAL Commercial Light Truck Replacement Tires

BFGoodrich® and UNIROYAL® tires today announced a voluntary safety recall for approximately 841,000 BFGoodrich® Commercial T/A® A/S and UNIROYAL® Laredo HD/H tires in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Two sizes of each tire are affected and they are typically found on commercial light trucks and full-sized heavy duty v ... Continue reading

Car Care Council Launches Web Video Series

Car Care Council Launches Web Video Series

Popular Auto Service and Repair Video Segmented into Eight Car Care Clips The non-profit Car Care Council has created a web video series by segmenting its award-winning consumer video, "Auto Service and Repair: What to Expect," into eight short Car Care Clips that will be posted to the council's YouTube channel, Facebo ... Continue reading

Jobs Now Available for Continental Tire Plant in Sumter, South Carolina

Jobs Now Available for Continental Tire Plant in Sumter, South Carolina

Continental Tire the Americas, LLC (CTA) today announced that the first job postings for its new plant in Sumter are posted online and applications are being accepted. Altogether, CTA will invest more than $500 million into the Sumter plant and create about 1,600 new jobs when the plant is completed and production is i ... Continue reading

Rolex DP - Sun Trust Indy Preview

Rolex DP - Sun Trust Indy Preview

INDIANAPOLIS, Jul. 27, 2012: Friday’s inaugural Brickyard Grand Prix may be the first time the cars and stars of the GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series will have ever turned a competitive wheel on the hallowed pavement of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, but the No. 10 SunTrust Corvette Dallara DP team of Wayne Tayl ... Continue reading

Research and Markets: Connected Car Guide - Automotive Speech Technology - 2012 Offers a Clear Explanation of the Problems in Voice Recognition and the Solution

Research and Markets: Connected Car Guide - Automotive Speech Technology - 2012 Offers a Clear Explanation of the Problems in Voice Recognition and the Solution

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Connected Car Guide - Automotive Speech Technology" report to their offering. 'Connected Car Guide - Automotive Speech Technology' Comprehensive guide to automotive speech technology of today and tomorrow Speech technology key to delivering an intuitive and consis ... Continue reading

FIA GP3 - Vainio Fastest, Daly P3 In Free Practice At Hungary

FIA GP3 - Vainio Fastest, Daly P3 In Free Practice At Hungary

Budapest, Jul. 27, 2012: Finland’s Aaro Vainio started his weekend in the best possible style by topping the timesheets for practice with a laptime of 1.37.396 which was nearly half a second faster than Antonio Felix Da Costa and Conor Daly. Following last weekend’s race weekend in Hockenheim, the GP3 Series ... Continue reading

Chevron Announces Partnership to Amplify Efforts in Eliminating Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV in Nigeria, Angola and South Africa

Chevron Announces Partnership to Amplify Efforts in Eliminating Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV in Nigeria, Angola and South Africa

Chevron announced today at the 2012 International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) a partnership initiative with Pact, the Business Leadership Council (BLC), mothers2mothers and the Global Fund to aggressively combat crisis-level mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Nigeria, Angola and South Africa. ... Continue reading

Alcoa's Sandow Mine Receives OSM 2012 Excellence in Surface Mining Award

Alcoa's Sandow Mine Receives OSM 2012 Excellence in Surface Mining Award

Alcoa announced today that its Sandow Mine in Rockdale, Texas received the “Good Neighbor Award" in the 2012 Excellence in Surface Coal Mining Awards from Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM). ... Continue reading

NADA & NCM 20 Group / Convention Speaker Sean V. Bradley Announces The Upcoming Automotive "Internet Sales 20 Group" in Chicago October 23-25, 2012

NADA & NCM 20 Group / Convention Speaker Sean V. Bradley Announces The Upcoming Automotive "Internet Sales 20 Group" in Chicago October 23-25, 2012

National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) And NCM "20 Group" / Convention Speaker Sean V. Bradley, CEO of Dealer Synergy and founder of Announces The Upcoming Automotive "Internet Sales 20 Group" in Chicago October 23-25, 2012. The Upcoming Automotive Internet Sales 20 Group will be held at the beautiful downtown ... Continue reading

The Chrysler Foundation and Chrysler Group Bridge the Hunger Gap, Provide Funding and Volunteers to Fill Backpacks with Nutritious Food

The Chrysler Foundation and Chrysler Group Bridge the Hunger Gap, Provide Funding and Volunteers to Fill Backpacks with Nutritious Food

1 in 5 Michigan children struggle to access nutritious food Chrysler Group employees fill 12,000 backpacks with nutritious food -- creating 72,000 meals -- for hungry children Backpacks available July 27 - August 31 at select Detroit Summer Food Service Program sites This week, Chrysler Group LLC employees turned part ... Continue reading

2013 Mazda CX-5 Sport FWD Road Test Review By John Heilig

2013 Mazda CX-5 Sport FWD Road Test Review By John Heilig

THE AUTO PAGE By JOHN HEILIG SPECIFICATIONS : 2013 Mazda CX-5 Model: 2013 Mazda CX-5 Sport FWD Engine: 2.0-liter I4 Horsepower/Torque: 155 hp @ 6,000 rpm/150 lb.-ft. @ 4,000 rpm Transmission: 6-speed manual Wheelbase: 106.3 in. Length/Width/Height: 179.3 x 72.4 x 65.7 in. Tires: P225/65R17 (temporary spare) Cargo volum ... Continue reading

Sprint Cup - Roush/Fenway Looking To Kiss The Bricks....

Sprint Cup - Roush/Fenway Looking To Kiss The Bricks....

CONCORD, Jul. 26, 2012: Roush Fenway Racing will look to get over the hump this weekend and finally break into the win column at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Despite four runner-up finishes in the famed Brickyard 400, Roush Fenway has never won at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. With the onset of the inaugural NASCAR Nati ... Continue reading

CRA All-Stars - Coughlin Looking Forward To Indy

CRA All-Stars - Coughlin Looking Forward To Indy

INDIANAPOLIS, Jul. 26, 2012: The Coughlin Family has been synonymous with success at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis, with Jeg Coughlin Jr. winning the U.S. Nationals there three times. Now, 16-year-old Cody Coughlin hopes to add to that success - albeit on a different race track. Coughlin will race his JEGS.com Chev ... Continue reading

ALMS GT - Segal Brings GT Points Lead To History-Making Brickyard Grand Prix

ALMS GT - Segal Brings GT Points Lead To History-Making Brickyard Grand Prix

INDIANAPOLIS, Jul. 26, 2012: Jeff Segal will carry the proud tradition of the “Prancing Horse” and the famous Ferrari red colors to the legendary grounds of Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) Friday where he will join co-driver Emil Assentato and AIM Autosport Team FXDD in the inaugural Brickyard Grand Prix GR ... Continue reading

FIA GP3 - Daly Hungry For Hungary

FIA GP3 - Daly Hungry For Hungary

London, Jul. 26, 2012: Hungary and Germany race weekends being back to back suits ConorConor - Hockenheim Daly just fine. The American has outscored every driver in GP3 for the past four races and he will go to the Hungaroring in Budapest, Hungary this weekend aiming to keep the trend in tact. Last weekend in Germany h ... Continue reading

Automotive Performance Brands - Yokohama Releases iPad App

Automotive Performance Brands - Yokohama Releases iPad App

FULLERTON, Jul. 26, 2012: Yokohama Tire Corporation (YTC) has launched an iPad app for the trucking tire industry. The Yokohama Commercial Tire Navigator is now available for free on iTunes at http://itunes.apple.com/app/yokohama-commercial-tire-navigator/id542098 953?mt=8 Based on YTC’s award-winning iPad app in ... Continue reading

Ford UK Engineering And Manufacturing Support Production Launch Of All-New Ford Transit Custom And Tourneo Custom

Ford UK Engineering And Manufacturing Support Production Launch Of All-New Ford Transit Custom And Tourneo Custom

Production of the all-new Ford Transit Custom and Tourneo Custom is now underway at the Kocaeli plant in Turkey. ... Continue reading

Honda Unveils HR412E, 'The Heart' Of Its Civic WTCC Racing Car

Honda Unveils HR412E, 'The Heart' Of Its Civic WTCC Racing Car

Developed at Honda's R&D centre in Tochigi, Japan, the HR412E is a completely bespoke 1.6 litre 4 cylinder direct injection turbo-charged petrol engine, fully conforming to FIA regulations for the WTCC. ... Continue reading

Glabus Joins Bentley Motors As New Communications Director

Glabus Joins Bentley Motors As New Communications Director

Wolfgang Glabus (52) is appointed Communications Director for Bentley Motors, Crewe effective September 1, 2012. He will report directly to Dr Wolfgang Schreiber, new Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Bentley Motors from September 1, 2012. ... Continue reading

New Exeo Ecomotive Arrives To Boost Record Green Sales For Seat

New Exeo Ecomotive Arrives To Boost Record Green Sales For Seat

Seat might be a brand synonymous with dynamic, design-driven cars, but that doesn't mean its buyers aren't environmentally savvy too. And the numbers prove it, because Seat's UK year-to-date sales show that take-up of cars featuring Ecomotive Technology is at an all-time high: 41.3% of all cars sold. ... Continue reading

Honda Tops Annual Car Reliability Survey For The Seventh Consecutive Year

Honda Tops Annual Car Reliability Survey For The Seventh Consecutive Year

Honda is celebrating after being named the most reliable used car brand in the annual What Car? and Warranty Direct reliability survey for an unprecedented seventh year in a row. ... Continue reading

Titan Travel Takes Delivery Of Its 500th Volkswagen Caravelle

Titan Travel Takes Delivery Of Its 500th Volkswagen Caravelle

The Volkswagen Caravelle people carrier has proved so popular and reliable for Titan Travel, the award-winning escorted tour and cruise holiday company, that it has used them for the last 12 years, and recently took delivery of its 500th Caravelle. ... Continue reading

Hyundai celebrates 1 Million cars in August

Hyundai celebrates 1 Million cars in August

Following the achievement of its one millionth sale in Australia on 25th July, Hyundai has announced a series of new customer initiatives for August. ... Continue reading

Nissan Reports First Quarter FY12 Operating Profit of 120.7 Billion Yen

Nissan Reports First Quarter FY12 Operating Profit of 120.7 Billion Yen

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., today announced an operating profit of 120.7 billion yen (US $1.5 billion, euro 1.17 billion) for the first quarter of fiscal year 2012, ending March 31, 2013. ... Continue reading

One Million Milestone for Hyundai Motor Company Australia

One Million Milestone for Hyundai Motor Company Australia

Hyundai Motor Company Australia has sold its one-millionth new vehicle in Australia. The vehicle, an ix35, was registered at 5:01pm AEST at John Hughes in Perth - which internal records suggest was the exact same dealership which sold the very first new Hyundai in Australia, some 26 years ago. ... Continue reading

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