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Motorcraft Mike Video to Present Useful Info to Automotive DIY'ers +VIDEO

Motorcraft Mike Video to Present Useful Info to Automotive DIY'ers +VIDEO

DEARBORN, Mich., Aug. 30, 2012 – Ford Customer Service Division has decided to give a name and face to two of its key brands in order to reach out to its key audiences socially. Mike Sanom, or “Motorcraft Mike”, will star in a series of webisodes produced by Ford Motor Company, in order to educate the Do ... Continue reading

Faster journeys with TomTom HD Traffic 6.0

Faster journeys with TomTom HD Traffic 6.0

TomTom today releases the latest version of its real-time traffic information service, TomTom HD Traffic at the IFA consumer electronics show. TomTom HD Traffic 6.0 offers more precise information about roadworks, road closures and jam locations, helping drivers to get to their destinations faster. ... Continue reading

Nationwide Poll Reveals Top U.S. and Canadian Speed Traps

Nationwide Poll Reveals Top U.S. and Canadian Speed Traps

Nationwide Poll Reveals Top U.S. and Canadian Speed Traps Waunakee, WI — In the spirit of election season, the National Motorists Association (NMA) has conducted its own public polling to identify the worst speed trap locations across the United States and Canada. Speed traps typically combine arbitrarily low spee ... Continue reading

Professional Truck Drivers Remind Motorists to Be Safe During Labor Day Travel

Professional Truck Drivers Remind Motorists to Be Safe During Labor Day Travel

Over 28.2 million motorists are expected to travel on the highways this Labor Day weekend, a 3.1 percent increase over last year according to AAA Travel. As motorists prepare for their last summer getaway, a team of professional truck drivers are helping to ensure our roads are safe. ... Continue reading

Shelby American Adds Shelby Performance Parts Division Head to Meet Growth and Expansion

Shelby American Adds Shelby Performance Parts Division Head to Meet Growth and Expansion

Shelby American, a wholly owned subsidiary of Carroll Shelby International Inc. (CSBI.PK), has added retail veteran and longtime Shelby enthusiast Jer Gervasi as Vice President for its Shelby Performance Parts (SPP) division. In addition, Keith Criswell joined the team as Wholesale Manager for SPP to focus on the rapid ... Continue reading

Roadrunner Shuttle Shows Growth with Grand Opening of New Facility Housing Propane Autogas Vehicles

Roadrunner Shuttle Shows Growth with Grand Opening of New Facility Housing Propane Autogas Vehicles

Roadrunner Shuttle Shows Growth with Grand Opening of New Facility Housing Propane Autogas Vehicles New contract, new facility to hold alternative fuel shuttle vehicles designed to reduce emissions, fuel costs ... Continue reading

Collector Car Leader RK Motors Opens New 40,000 Sq./Ft. Service and Performance Facility

Collector Car Leader RK Motors Opens New 40,000 Sq./Ft. Service and Performance Facility

RK Motors, LLC, the nation's premier restorer, re-seller and servicer of classic, muscle and high-performance cars, opened the doors to its new 40,000 sq./ft. cutting-edge restoration and service shop in Mooresville, N.C., this month. Called the RKM Performance Center, the facility is a full service restoration, build ... Continue reading

Toyota Launches the Toyota Racing Dream Build Challenge Contest

Toyota Launches the Toyota Racing Dream Build Challenge Contest

Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. today announced the Toyota Racing Dream Build Challenge, a vehicle-modification build competition where the fans get to determine the winner. Any fan in the world will be able to go to www.ToyotaRacingDreamBuild.com to watch the builds take shape through a series of reality-style "minis ... Continue reading

Toyota Announces 2013 Camry SE Sport Limited Edition Model

Toyota Announces 2013 Camry SE Sport Limited Edition Model

• New Equipment Package for Four-Cylinder Camry TORRANCE, Calif., August 30, 2012- Toyota announces that the new 2012 Camry SE Sport Limited Edition four-cylinder model begins, and should arrive at Toyota dealers by Labor Day weekend. This new Camry SE Sport edition combines a desirable equipment package with the ... Continue reading

Indy Lights - Dempsey Ready For Baltimore

Indy Lights - Dempsey Ready For Baltimore

Chicago, Aug. 29, 2012: Irish racecar driver Peter Dempsey will travel to Baltimore, Maryland this weekend for the penultimate Firestone Indy Lights race of the season. Following a tremendous turnout last year, the series is returning to the two mile, 12 turn street course for the second ever Grand Prix of Baltimore ev ... Continue reading

Sprint Cup - Smith, Berrier Tandem Face New Challenge At Atlanta

Sprint Cup - Smith, Berrier Tandem Face New Challenge At Atlanta

DENVER, Aug. 29, 2012: The learning curve, which has moved along quickly and successfully between Furniture Row Racing driver Regan Smith and the team's new crew chief Todd Berrier, will take on a new challenge this weekend when the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series competes at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Atlanta will be the first ... Continue reading

FIA F1 - Belgium Race Preview Quotes

FIA F1 - Belgium Race Preview Quotes

Spa, Aug. 29, 2012: With the August summer break complete, the Formula One paddock returns to race action next weekend at one of the sport’s most iconic venues, Spa-Francorchamps, beloved of teams, drivers and fans alike. Those involved in the 2012 Formula 1 Shell Belgian Grand Prix discuss their prospects… P ... Continue reading

For Every New Sale Volvo Will Donate $10 To Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation

For Every New Sale Volvo Will Donate $10 To Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation

ROCKLEIGH, N.J. (Aug. 30, 2012) – As the founding sponsor of Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF), Volvo Cars of North America (VCNA) is launching an ongoing giving program starting Sept. 1. With the purchase of every new Volvo, participating Volvo retailers will donate $10 to ALSF, an organization that raises m ... Continue reading

Advance Auto Parts to Present at the 2012 Goldman Sachs Global Retailing Conference

Advance Auto Parts to Present at the 2012 Goldman Sachs Global Retailing Conference

Advance Auto Parts , a leading retailer of automotive aftermarket parts, accessories, batteries, and maintenance items, will be presenting at the 2012 Goldman Sachs Global Retailing Conference in New York City, on Thursday, September 6, 2012 at 9:45 a.m., Eastern Daylight Time. A live broadcast of the presentation will ... Continue reading

Gulf Oil Opens First E85 Fueling Stations on Massachusetts Turnpike

Gulf Oil Opens First E85 Fueling Stations on Massachusetts Turnpike

In partnership with the Massachusetts Department of Transportation and the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, Gulf Oil today announced the grand opening of its E85 fueling station at the Charlton East Service Plaza on the Massachusetts Turnpike (I-90), ready to service travelers with Flex Fuel Vehicl ... Continue reading

Autobytel Editors Recommend the Best Cars for College Students

Autobytel Editors Recommend the Best Cars for College Students

Do you have a child going off to college? Have multiple children attending universities? Fees and tuition are just a part of college costs. The full cost of a college education includes other things like textbooks and school supplies, room and board, other living expenses and transportation. To help with transportation ... Continue reading

Music Driving us to Distraction New Research From Allianz Your Cover Lifts the Lid on the Effects of the Music we Listen to in Our Cars

Music Driving us to Distraction New Research From Allianz Your Cover Lifts the Lid on the Effects of the Music we Listen to in Our Cars

Half (54%) of UK motorists want volume controls enforced on in-car music to stop it being a driving distraction. The average driver listens to seven hours of in-car music a week, equating to 13 billion hours[1]of noise pollution on UK roads every year. ... Continue reading

Parents More Likely To Purchase Child's First Car

Parents More Likely To Purchase Child's First Car

As students head back to school this year, their parents will likely be footing the bill for far more than school supplies and new clothes. A recent summer survey conducted by AutoTrader.com revealed that more parents today are purchasing their child's first car--a sharp contrast from who paid the bill when those paren ... Continue reading

UQM Technologies CEO Eric Ridenour to Present at the Sixth Annual Modern Energy Forum

UQM Technologies CEO Eric Ridenour to Present at the Sixth Annual Modern Energy Forum

UQM Technologies, Inc. (NYSE MKT: UQM) President and Chief Executive Officer, Eric R. Ridenour, will present and serve as a panelist on the 'Next Generation Energy Storage and Fuels on the Horizon' panel at the Modern Energy Forum at 9:00 a.m. MDT on September 6, 2012. ... Continue reading

TomTom LIVE Navigation Offered by BMW

TomTom LIVE Navigation Offered by BMW

TomTom today announces a partnership with BMW to integrate its GO LIVE navigation devices in selected models of BMW 1 Series, 3 Series, X1 and X3 cars. BMW dealers across Europe can now install customised TomTom devices, designed to connect with BMW's existing in-car entertainment systems. TomTom LIVE Services include ... Continue reading

General Motors Implements AuraPortal Business Process Management Suite to Control Their Operations at Their Plant in Ecuador

General Motors Implements AuraPortal Business Process Management Suite to Control Their Operations at Their Plant in Ecuador

AURA a global provider of Business Process Management (BPM) has announced that the American automobile manufacturer, General Motors (GM), has begun implementation of the AuraPortal (*) BPM Process Management Suite at their Ecuador plant. (*) AuraPortal has recently been distinguished by the independent market analyst f ... Continue reading

Chrysler Museum - COLLECTOR'S CURB RECEPTION - SEPTEMBER 8, 2012

Chrysler Museum - COLLECTOR'S CURB RECEPTION - SEPTEMBER 8, 2012

COLLECTOR'S CURB RECEPTION - SEPTEMBER 8, 2012 You are invited to join us at the Walter P. Chrysler Museum for the installation of our next Collector’s Curb exhibit series,Dodge – Classic & Modern on Saturday, September 8, 2012 at 9am. The Dodge – Classic & Modern series, on display through October 28, f ... Continue reading

Watch Kia's Iconic Hamsters Travel Through Time To Introduce Electronic Dance Music To 18th Century Opera Fans In New Soul Ad Campaign +VIDEO

Watch Kia's Iconic Hamsters Travel Through Time To Introduce Electronic Dance Music To 18th Century Opera Fans In New Soul Ad Campaign +VIDEO

Kia Motors' music-loving hamsters, the stars of some of the most watched viral videos in the world over the last three years, return this weekend in a new campaign for the wildly popular Soul urban passenger vehicle that brings the 21st century's electronic dance music craze to a stuffy 18th century opera house. Set to ... Continue reading

DoSomething.org, Sprint and Toyota Find Success in Campaign Against Texting & Driving Without Using Scare Tactics

DoSomething.org, Sprint and Toyota Find Success in Campaign Against Texting & Driving Without Using Scare Tactics

Currently most campaigns against texting and driving use scare tactics to get young people to change their behavior. Â However, even though car accidents are the number one killer of teenagers in this country and teens are most likely to be in a distracted driving car accident because of a phone, scare tactics are n ... Continue reading

Three Premieres for Bentley at Moscow Show

Three Premieres for Bentley at Moscow Show

Bentley is presenting three distinct and exciting new models at the 2012 Moscow International Auto Salon (MIAS) today. The three cars represent the fastest, the most luxurious and the sportiest models the company produces, and reinforce Bentley's pinnacle positioning in the automotive sector. ... Continue reading

MINI at the Moscow International Motor Show 2012.

MINI at the Moscow International Motor Show 2012.

A passion for motor sport fuels MINI's presence at the Moscow International Motor Show 2012. The British premium small car manufacturer is using the event, which takes place in the Russian capital from 31 August to 9 September, to showcase its new John Cooper Works models in spectacular style. Taking centre stage is th ... Continue reading

Inspired Performance Meets Zero Emissions at the Paris Motor Show

Inspired Performance Meets Zero Emissions at the Paris Motor Show

Representing a bold next stage in Infiniti's quest for performance luxury motoring in the most sustainable way possible, the Infiniti LE Concept is a true Infiniti with just one thing missing - a tailpipe. Making its European debut at the Paris Motor Show on September 27 in Hall 1, stand 224, the LE Concept will line u ... Continue reading

Strengthening the Appeal of the Iconic Land Rover Defender

Strengthening the Appeal of the Iconic Land Rover Defender

Land Rover Defender customers seeking a higher level of specification can now enhance their vehicle even further with three additional options and a choice of two new body colours, Barolo Black and Havana. ... Continue reading

The Original Mini has been Voted the Greatest British Car Ever Made in a Poll by Autocar

The Original Mini has been Voted the Greatest British Car Ever Made in a Poll by Autocar

The Mini beat off opposition from the original Range Rover, which was launched in 1970, inventing a new category of car and that still thrives today, and the Jaguar E-Type, which was launched in 1961 and drew votes on the grounds of beauty, function and value. ... Continue reading

Newly Developed Styling for Suzuki Grand Vitara

Newly Developed Styling for Suzuki Grand Vitara

Suzuki Motor Corporation has enhanced the Grand Vitara and made it even more appealing with new interior and exterior design features. ... Continue reading

Škoda Auto at the Moscow International Automobile Salon 2012

Škoda Auto at the Moscow International Automobile Salon 2012

A strong showing at the Moscow International Automobile Salon (August 29th to September 09th, 2012) underscores Czech carmaker Škoda's growth ambitions in Russia. On display for the first time in Moscow is the Å¡koda Yeti Sochi. This special model provides a preview of Škoda's sponsorship of the 2014 Winter Olympic ... Continue reading

GAZ Group's New Generation LCV Premieres at Moscow International Automobile Salon

GAZ Group's New Generation LCV Premieres at Moscow International Automobile Salon

GAZ Group - part of Basic Element, one of Russia's largest diversified industrial groups, presented its 'GAZelle NEXT' new generation light commercial vehicle for the first time at the Moscow International Automobile Salon. Fearing similar to that of a passenger car, state-of-the-art safety systems, excellent reliabili ... Continue reading

A Five-Star EuroNCAP Rating for New Clio: More than Ever, the Small Car with Big Car Refinements

A Five-Star EuroNCAP Rating for New Clio: More than Ever, the Small Car with Big Car Refinements

The New Clio has been awarded a five-star rating following passive tests carried out by EuroNCAP. This result, which was achieved in spite of a harshening of the independent body's procedures in January 2012, provides a further illustration of Renault's passive safety expertise. ... Continue reading

SEAT has Sights on Russia, One of Key Emerging Markets

SEAT has Sights on Russia, One of Key Emerging Markets

SEAT reinforces its presence in Russia and strengthens its international expansion plans. The Spanish company, participating in the Moscow Motor Show opening today, has opened a new chapter hand-in-hand with the Volkswagen Group importer to profit from the experience of the company in this market. ... Continue reading

2012 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo MR Review by Fireball Tim Lawrence

2012 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo MR Review by Fireball Tim Lawrence

It's fun, youthful, cantankerous and horny By Fireball Tim I always struggle to find one word that really describes a certain vehicle. Words that have depth, but without getting too metaphysical. Although, that isn't a bad thing, you have to realize that words are all we have to convey an idea. Mitsubishi is one of tho ... Continue reading

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