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2013 Lexus GS 350 Review By Steve Purdy

2013 Lexus GS 350 Review By Steve Purdy

2013 LEXUS GS 350 By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Michigan Bureau I attended the launch of the new GS350 last November in Las Vegas where one of the opportunities to experience the car involved hot laps on a short road racing course with both a BMW 5-Series and a Mercedes E-Class for comparison. In terms of handling, ... Continue reading

2012 Lexus CT Hybrid 200h Premium Review By Carey Russ

2012 Lexus CT Hybrid 200h Premium Review By Carey Russ

…yes a hybrid can be fun to drive, if it's a Lexus CT 200h.! DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS 2012 Lexus CT 200h Premium "Performance-oriented luxury hybrid hatchback." What's wrong with this phrase? Nothing, if the car so described is the Lexus CT 200h. Which has been a surprising success, unlike the mostly- ... Continue reading

POET Responds to Latest Crop Estimate

POET Responds to Latest Crop Estimate

Renewable fuels policy works, market-induced flexibility exists today SIOUX FALLS, SD (August 10, 2012) – POET CEO Jeff Lautt today issued the following statement in response to the latest USDA corn crop estimate: “Although this year’s drought poses challenges for farmers and corn customers, we need to r ... Continue reading

ECOtality Sets Second Quarter 2012 Conference Call for Tuesday, August 14, 2012 at 4:30 p.m. ET

ECOtality Sets Second Quarter 2012 Conference Call for Tuesday, August 14, 2012 at 4:30 p.m. ET

ECOtality, Inc. , a leader in electric vehicle (EV) charging technologies with the world's largest connected EV charging network, will hold a conference call on Tuesday, August 14, 2012 at 4:30 p.m. Eastern time to discuss results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2012. Financial results will be issued in a press r ... Continue reading

Magna Announces Second Quarter and Year to Date Results

Magna Announces Second Quarter and Year to Date Results

Magna International Inc. (TSX: MG; NYSE: MGA) today reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2012. THREE MONTHS ENDED SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, JUNE 30, 2012 2011 2012 2011 Sales $ 7,727 $ 7,338 $ 15,393 $ 14,527 Income from operations before income taxes $ 470 $ 362 $ 909 $ 762 Net income attri ... Continue reading

How L.A.'s Only All-Green Car Rental Agency is Changing the Business

How L.A.'s Only All-Green Car Rental Agency is Changing the Business

MPG Rent-a-Car is committed to changing the way that customers rent cars by taking a boutique-oriented, green approach to automotive rentals. It has also made a serious commitment to environmental issues as the only fully sustainability centered rental car company in Los Angeles. The agency has therefore taken to heart ... Continue reading

Leading The Charge in California, Frito-Lay Rolls Out Growing Fleet of All-electric Delivery Trucks

Leading The Charge in California, Frito-Lay Rolls Out Growing Fleet of All-electric Delivery Trucks

Senior leadership from PepsiCo's Frito-Lay North America division was joined today by California Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr., Matt Rodriquez, secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency and Gregory Winterbottom, chairman of the Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee to announce the grow ... Continue reading

Long Island Toyota Dealers Bring Deals to Locals: Toyota Loves Teachers and Customers Love 0 Percent

Long Island Toyota Dealers Bring Deals to Locals: Toyota Loves Teachers and Customers Love 0 Percent

Atlantic Toyota, one of the proud Long Island Toyota dealers, is excited to not only offer some of the best specials for local teachers in Connecticut, New Jersey and all of New York but to also bring 0 percent financing to customers across the Island this summer. Shoppers may be able to take advantage of these special ... Continue reading

AUTO LAB Radio Show - LIVE FROM NEW YORK

AUTO LAB Radio Show - LIVE FROM NEW YORK

The Auto Lab is an automotive broadcast series about the automotive industry, its history, and its culture, presenting the ideas of leading college faculty, authors, and automotive practitioners in a relaxed, conversational format. New programs air Saturdays at 8:05 a.m. Eastern Time Harold Bendell-Major World Fred Bor ... Continue reading

New Site features OEM catalogs for Car Parts

New Site features OEM catalogs for Car Parts

Press Release New Site features OEM catalogs for Car Parts Benicia, CA (MMD Newswire) August 10, 2012 - - A new website called www.skyparts.com features OEM Parts Catalogs, an Online Store and a complete selection of Aftermarket parts and accessories. Available free to all including the general public, the OEM catalog ... Continue reading

Titan International Announces a Formal Offer for Titan Europe Plc

Titan International Announces a Formal Offer for Titan Europe Plc

Titan International, Inc. has made an announcement in accordance with Rule 2.7 of the Takeover Code that it has reached an agreement on the terms of a recommended share offer for the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Titan Europe Plc. As set out in the Rule 2.7 announcement, Titan Europe shareholders will ... Continue reading

Fireball Tim Reviews the 2012 Jeep Cherokee SRT 4X4 +VIDEO

Fireball Tim Reviews the 2012 Jeep Cherokee SRT 4X4 +VIDEO

Mezomorph. What exactly is a Mezomorph? Well, ever since I was a kid, I was fascinated with the structure of the human body. How intricate it was and how beautiful it can be. And I learned early on that there were three different body types. The Endomorph, Ectomorph and Mezomorph. ... Continue reading

Park Resorts Launches its First Eco Caravan

Park Resorts Launches its First Eco Caravan

The remarkable ABI Pure caravan offers customers a greener, friendlier holidaying option Park Resorts, leading providers of UK caravan holidays, has teamed up with ABI to launch their first ever environmentally friendly caravan holiday home. The ABI Pure will become part of Park Resorts' caravan sales, available to buy ... Continue reading

Research and Markets: Compressed Natural Gas Vehicle Market in North America 2011-2015

Research and Markets: Compressed Natural Gas Vehicle Market in North America 2011-2015

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Compressed Natural Gas Vehicle Market in North America 2011-2015" report to their offering. 'Compressed Natural Gas Vehicle Market in North America 2011-2015' TechNavio launched its report Compressed Natural Gas Vehicle Market in North America 2011-2015 based on a ... Continue reading

HARMAN Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend

HARMAN Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend

Harman International Industries, Incorporated declared a cash dividend on August 10, 2012 of $0.15 cents per share for the fourth quarter ended June 30, 2012. The quarterly dividend will be paid on September 4, 2012, to each stockholder of record as of the close of business on August 20, 2012. ... Continue reading

Jaguar F-Type To Debut In Paris +VIDEO

Jaguar F-Type To Debut In Paris +VIDEO

The F-TYPE, Jaguar's all-new aluminium two-seater sports car, will make its global debut in production form at the Paris Motor Show on 27th September. ... Continue reading

Michigan Hospital Lights Parking Deck for $170,000 Less with GE LED Fixtures

Michigan Hospital Lights Parking Deck for $170,000 Less with GE LED Fixtures

Spectrum Health, one of Michigan's largest not-for-profit health systems located in Grand Rapids, has an aggressive customer-centered sustainability program. When focusing on revamping parking decks used by patients, visitors, and employees, the staff had three goals in mind: improve security, reduce maintenance costs ... Continue reading

Motorsports Brands - NASCAR May Be Gone But Chrysler Still In The Hunt

Motorsports Brands - NASCAR May Be Gone But Chrysler Still In The Hunt

Auto Central, Aug. 8, 2012: Although Dodge's Tuesday decision to leave NASCAR, the company apparently has no interest in leaving motorsports. According to reports from Chrysler, if anything, the five pointed star will produce an even bigger motorsports footprint in coming months, with its new ALMS Viper offer, along in ... Continue reading

IndyCar - Katherine Legge Conference Call

IndyCar - Katherine Legge Conference Call

Indianapolis, Aug. 8, 2012: Earlier today, IZOD IndyCar Series driver Katherine Legge participated in an INDYCAR conference call to discuss her return to the IZOD IndyCar Series at Sonoma. Legge, driver of the No. 6 TrueCar Dragon Racing Chevrolet, has made eight starts in her rookie season in the IZOD IndyCar Series w ... Continue reading

Sprint Cup - Stewart Race Preview

Sprint Cup - Stewart Race Preview

Kannapolis, Aug. 9,, 2012: A win at The Glen would give Stewart four wins on the season and sole possession of the No. 1 seed in the 12-driver Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, which begins Sept. 16 at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Ill. Currently, Stewart shares the top spot with Jimmie Johnson and Brad Keselowski, bo ... Continue reading

ALMS GT - Summerton To Wheel BMW At Elkhart Lake

ALMS GT - Summerton To Wheel BMW At Elkhart Lake

Watkins Glen, Aug. 9, 2012: Jonathan Summerton will drive in his second event for BMW Team RLL in the American Le Mans Series at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wis., on Aug. 16-18. The 24-year-old from Kissimmee, Fla., co-drove with Joey Hand and Dirk Muller to the GT class victory in his sports car debut at the 60th An ... Continue reading

Gand Am DP - Gurney, Fogarty Back To The Glen

Gand Am DP - Gurney, Fogarty Back To The Glen

WATKINS GLEN, Aug. 9, 2012: GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing, and drivers Alex Gurney and Jon Fogarty, return to the site of their best 2012 race this weekend at Watkins Glen International, where the No. 99 GAINSCO Auto Insurance Corvette Daytona Prototype team will look for its first win of the season in Saturday’s C ... Continue reading

New Porsche Centre Opens In Portsmouth

New Porsche Centre Opens In Portsmouth

A brand new, state-of-the-art Porsche Centre has opened in Portsmouth to serve customers in the south coast region of England. The development, which is one of the largest Porsche Centres in the UK, demonstrates a major investment in the Porsche business and the local region. ... Continue reading

Home Again: The Last Auto Union Type D Twin-Supercharger Silver Arrow Returns To Audi

Home Again: The Last Auto Union Type D Twin-Supercharger Silver Arrow Returns To Audi

The Silver Arrow legend was born in the 1930s. In 1934, Auto Union and Mercedes-Benz appeared on the international motor racing scene with German racing cars of totally new design, with a silver finish and futuristic appearance, and were immediately successful. ... Continue reading

S-Cross: C-Segment Crossover Concept Car To Debut At 2012 Paris Motor Show

S-Cross: C-Segment Crossover Concept Car To Debut At 2012 Paris Motor Show

The S-Cross, a concept car heralding a C-segment crossover model from Suzuki will be making its world debut at the 2012 Paris Motor Show from 27 September to 14 October. ... Continue reading

Volvo Helps Drivers Combat Hayfever

Volvo Helps Drivers Combat Hayfever

Volvo has gone a long way to helping hay fever sufferers reduce their symptoms whilst in a car by fitting all of its models with either an Air Quality System (AQS) or Pollen Filter, as standard. ... Continue reading

Hardy New Recruit To Nissan PR Team

Hardy New Recruit To Nissan PR Team

There are two new faces in the Nissan Press office. Sam Hardy joins as the new Product Communications Manager, while Laura Walton will be with us for a year as part of her university degree course. ... Continue reading

First Specialist SUV Debuts Announced For Salon Prive London 2012

First Specialist SUV Debuts Announced For Salon Prive London 2012

The first of a new breed of high performance SUV debuts for Salon Privé is announced today, with Overfinch revealing the Limited Edition Overfinch Sport GTS-X and the Range Rover Evoque 2012 GTS in London for the first time on the 5th September. ... Continue reading

Goodwood Pops-Up To Urge Revivalists To Keep Calm And Carry On Camping At The 2012 Goodwood Revival

Goodwood Pops-Up To Urge Revivalists To Keep Calm And Carry On Camping At The 2012 Goodwood Revival

With so much to see and do at this year's Goodwood Revival (14-16 September) spectators will rarely be caught napping, even with an extended programme of activities and entertainment at the event, running later into the evening than ever before. ... Continue reading

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