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Monday, January 21, 2013

Accuride Announces New Business Wins

Accuride Announces New Business Wins

Accuride Corporation , a leading supplier of components to the North American commercial vehicle industry, announced that its “Fix and Grow" actions to restructure and upgrade core operations have improved operational performance and enabled the company to secure new long-term agreements for steel and aluminum wheels. ... Continue reading

2013 NAIAS The Most Important Auto Show Of All - Wrap Up +VIDEO

2013 NAIAS The Most Important Auto Show Of All - Wrap Up +VIDEO

By Steve Purdy and Thom Cannell The Auto Channel Michigan Bureau The Detroit auto show is not the oldest. That honor goes to either New York or Chicago, depending on which promoter you believe. And, it’s not the biggest. Chicago has way more square footage and draws more visitors. But there is no question that our ... Continue reading

SCCA Club Racing - Contingency Programs Lined Up For 2013 Season

SCCA Club Racing - Contingency Programs Lined Up For 2013 Season

TOPEKA, Jan. 18, 2013: Sports Car Club of America drivers participating in the SafeRacer National Series and the Club’s Regional racers should be sure to register for the 2013 contingency programs. In addition to an impressive list of companies posting programs Nationally and Regionally, a number have raised their ... Continue reading

Fuel Prices - Regular Gas 1.21.13

Fuel Prices - Regular Gas 1.21.13

<p>Regular Gas</p> <p> Current Avg. $3.810</p> Yesterday Avg.$3.813</p> Week Ago Avg. $3.789</p> Month Ago Avg.$3.858</p> Year Ago Avg. Current Avg. $3.810pp ... Continue reading

Continental Announces Voluntary Motorcycle Tire Safety Recall Program in U.S. and Canada

Continental Announces Voluntary Motorcycle Tire Safety Recall Program in U.S. and Canada

Continental today announced a voluntary recall program involving approximately 1,700 motorcycle tires 180/60R16 M/C 74H ContiMotion. Market feedback indicates that under certain service conditions these tires may experience uneven wear, groove cracking and in some cases belt lift, which can lead to a loss of inflation ... Continue reading

Carmel Car and Limousine Service Aids Parents By Offering Money Saving Discount During NYC School Bus Strike

Carmel Car and Limousine Service Aids Parents By Offering Money Saving Discount During NYC School Bus Strike

Tens of thousands of New York City school children who usually ride school buses took subways, taxis and private cars to school on Wednesday, January 16, 2013, as more than 8,000 bus drivers and aids went on strike to keep their jobs. To ease the financial strain on parents getting their kids to school during the strik ... Continue reading

Hertz Partners With Transworld Company To Grow Outbound Car Rentals From Kuwait

Hertz Partners With Transworld Company To Grow Outbound Car Rentals From Kuwait

The Hertz Corporation has today announced the appointment of Transworld Company as its General Sales Agent (GSA) in Kuwait to grow outbound car rental reservations to more than 8,800 Hertz locations worldwide in 150 countries. The new partnership between the world's largest general use car rental brand and Transworld w ... Continue reading

More Than 1.8 Million Plug-In Electric Vehicles Will Be Sold in the Largest 102 U.S. Cities From 2012 to 2020, Forecasts Pike Research

More Than 1.8 Million Plug-In Electric Vehicles Will Be Sold in the Largest 102 U.S. Cities From 2012 to 2020, Forecasts Pike Research

While sales of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) have fallen short of projections to date, interest in these vehicles is growing, particularly in large metropolitan areas. Cities like New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Seattle combine large population areas with early rollout schedules from vehicle manufactu ... Continue reading

115 MPGe Honda Accord Plug-In Hybrid,Now Available at Select New York and California Dealerships

115 MPGe Honda Accord Plug-In Hybrid,Now Available at Select New York and California Dealerships

Accord Plug-In first vehicle to qualify for SULEV20 emissions standard Text Only 2014_Honda_AccordPlugIn_Rls_1.21.13_Final.docx Add to Basket Remove from Basket Printer Friendly 01/21/2013 - TORRANCE, Calif The 2014 Honda Accord Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle, rated by the EPA at 115 MPGe1 in all electric mode, making ... Continue reading

2013 North American International Auto Show Unveils 2014 Concepts

2013 North American International Auto Show Unveils 2014 Concepts

The 2013 North American International Auto Show in Detroit is where the global automotive community converges every year in January and the future of transportation is revealed. This year over 500 vehicles will be on display from 40 manufacturers, and, including some of the most innovative designs in the world as well ... Continue reading

Daimler Creates Subsidiary for Innovative Mobility Services

Daimler Creates Subsidiary for Innovative Mobility Services

Mobility services consolidated into Daimler Mobility Services GmbH Revenue expected to achieve 100 million euros by 2014 Flexible car2go carsharing service has already reached break-even in three cities Mobility platform moovel to be offered in additional cities in 2013 New strategic partnership with GottaPark Inc. to ... Continue reading

Land Rover-Sponsored Race2Recovery Becomes First Disability Team To Complete The World's Toughest Race: The Dakar

Land Rover-Sponsored Race2Recovery Becomes First Disability Team To Complete The World's Toughest Race: The Dakar

Race2Recovery, the group of predominantly injured soldiers who formed a rally team to raise funds for Forces charities, were today celebrating the sensational achievement of becoming the first ever disability team to complete the world's toughest race - the Dakar Rally. ... Continue reading

Toyota Hilux Battles Through To Second On Dakar Rally

Toyota Hilux Battles Through To Second On Dakar Rally

The Toyota Hilux crewed by Giniel de Villiers and Dirk von Zitzewitz has claimed second place in the world's toughest off-road motorsport event, the Dakar Rally, after two weeks and 8000km of gruelling competition through the deserts of Peru, Argentina and Chile. ... Continue reading

Mercedes-Benz UK Recognises Top Retailer Performances Of 2012

Mercedes-Benz UK Recognises Top Retailer Performances Of 2012

Mercedes-Benz UK recently honoured its top-performing retailer partners at the 2012 Retailer of the Year Awards in Birmingham. ... Continue reading

Peace Of Mind Is Standard With CARED4

Peace Of Mind Is Standard With CARED4

Nissan has extended an offer giving customers of its quality-approved CARED4 used car programme even greater peace of mind. ... Continue reading

Vauxhall Employees Get Smart

Vauxhall Employees Get Smart

Vauxhall Motors recently relished the opportunity to take part in Travel Luton's 'Smarter Driving' lessons, a programme which is aimed at reducing both running costs and emissions whilst driving. ... Continue reading

Qoros Debuts In Geneva With First Production Car And Two Concepts

Qoros Debuts In Geneva With First Production Car And Two Concepts

At its debut at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show (7 - 17 March), new international car brand, Qoros, will showcase its first production car, the Qoros GQ3 compact sedan, and two concept studies. ... Continue reading

Most Dynamic And Powerful Rolls-Royce In History Set For Debut At Geneva Motor Show

Most Dynamic And Powerful Rolls-Royce In History Set For Debut At Geneva Motor Show

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars today confirmed the launch of its next model, Rolls-Royce Wraith. ... Continue reading

Mazda and Fiat Sign Agreement for New Alfa Romeo Roadster

Mazda and Fiat Sign Agreement for New Alfa Romeo Roadster

Further to the joint announcement of May 23, 2012, Mazda Motor Corporation (Mazda) and Fiat Group Automobiles S.p.A. (Fiat) have announced the signing of the Final Agreement which will see Mazda produce an open-top two-seater sports car for Fiat's Alfa Romeo brand at its Hiroshima, Japan, plant starting from 2015. ... Continue reading

Aussie Icons Muscle in on Shannons Summer Sale

Aussie Icons Muscle in on Shannons Summer Sale

Three rare Australian Muscle Cars - including a sought-after 1968 HK Monaro GTS 327 'Bathurst' coupe - will be jostling for pole position on the auction block at Shannons Sydney Summer Classic sale on February 4. ... Continue reading

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