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2013 Infiniti JX 35 AWD Review By John Heilig

2013 Infiniti JX 35 AWD Review By John Heilig

THE AUTO PAGE By John Heilig Model: 2013 Infiniti JX 35 AWD Engine: 3.5-liter V6 Horsepower/Torque: 265 hp @ 6,400 rpm/248 lb.-ft. @4,400 rpm Transmission: CVT Wheelbase: 114.2 in. Length x Width x Height: 196.4 x 77.2 x 67.8 in. Tires: P235/55R20 Cargo: 15.8 cu. ft. ... Continue reading

SORL Auto Parts Wins Best New-Energy Bus Auto Parts Award

SORL Auto Parts Wins Best New-Energy Bus Auto Parts Award

SORL Auto Parts, Inc. ("SORL" or the "Company"), a leading manufacturer and distributor of automotive brake systems as well as other key safety-related auto parts in China, today announced that its electrically driven air compressor won the 'CIBC Best New-Energy Bus Auto Parts' award at the 13th International Bus & Par ... Continue reading

2014 Subaru Forester Puts REAL Families into RALLY Races for a Chance to Win a Forester

2014 Subaru Forester Puts REAL Families into RALLY Races for a Chance to Win a Forester

Hi – just wanted to follow up on this story below. Subaru Canada is inspiring families to experience the adventure and adrenaline of rally racing with the launch of the Forester Family Rally for a chance to win a 2014 Subaru Forester. You’d better hurry up, last chance to enter is June 9, 2013. About the Fore ... Continue reading

New Kubota Grand L60 Series Features All-New Styling and a Level of Productivity Never Before Seen in its Class

New Kubota Grand L60 Series Features All-New Styling and a Level of Productivity Never Before Seen in its Class

Kubota Tractor Corporation has announced the addition of the new Grand L60 Series to its lineup. Available now at dealerships nationwide, the new series includes six models, including the L3560, L4060, L4760, L5060, L5460, and the L6060 flagship tractor. ... Continue reading

DealerSocket Launches DealerSocket for Independent and Buy Here Pay Here Dealers

DealerSocket Launches DealerSocket for Independent and Buy Here Pay Here Dealers

Leading auto dealer CRM, DealerSocket, is pleased to announce the launch of DealerSocket for Independent and Buy Here Pay Here Dealers. With more than a decade of experience and higher than 90% customer-retention rate, DealerSocket now caters to independent dealers. "As an independently owned company, we value the mom- ... Continue reading

Chrysler Group Recognizes Supplier Excellence at 3rd Annual Supplier Awards Ceremony

Chrysler Group Recognizes Supplier Excellence at 3rd Annual Supplier Awards Ceremony

Chrysler Group LLC honored its top-performing suppliers during the Company's 2013 Annual Strategy Meeting and Supplier Awards Ceremony held today at The Palace of Auburn Hills. More than 2,500 global supplier executives attended the event. In addition to the awards ceremony, Chrysler Group and Fiat S.p.A. purchasing le ... Continue reading

Matt Bogoshian to Showcase Administration Efforts to Promote Sustainable Manufacturing and Economic Growth at Summit on Accelerating Innovation

Matt Bogoshian to Showcase Administration Efforts to Promote Sustainable Manufacturing and Economic Growth at Summit on Accelerating Innovation

Matt Bogoshian, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s Senior Policy Counsel in the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, will deliver the luncheon keynote to invited leaders from the North American automotive supply chain at the first Summit on Accelerating Innovation to Drive Sustainable Automotiv ... Continue reading

CarFinance Capital Completes $238 Million Asset-Backed Securitization

CarFinance Capital Completes $238 Million Asset-Backed Securitization

CarFinance Capital LLC, a leading auto-finance provider, today announced that it has completed its inaugural rated asset-backed securitization of $238 million of Notes in a transaction that closed on May 30, 2013. The Offered Notes were assigned ratings by Moody's Investor Services, Inc. and Kroll Bond Rating Agency, I ... Continue reading

ITW Announces Plans To Webcast Presentation For Deutsche Bank Global Industrials Conference

ITW Announces Plans To Webcast Presentation For Deutsche Bank Global Industrials Conference

Illinois Tool Works Inc. today announced plans to present at the upcoming Deutsche Bank Global Industrials and Basic Materials Conference being held at the Westin River North in Chicago.‚ ITW's question and answer session featuring Vice Chairman David Parry, will take place Wednesday, June 12, from 2:20PM -- 2:55PM CT ... Continue reading

Empower Energies Builds Solar Charging Station for McCluskey Chevrolet in Cincinnati, Ohio

Empower Energies Builds Solar Charging Station for McCluskey Chevrolet in Cincinnati, Ohio

Empower Energies announced the completion and commissioning of a new Solar Electric-Vehicle (EV) Charging Station at McCluskey Chevrolet at the King's Automall in Cincinnati, Ohio. The eight-space installation has the capacity to charge about 3000 electric vehicles per year -- from completely empty to full -- directly ... Continue reading

Tweddle Group to Significantly Expand Its Vehicle Relationship Management Services, Divests Connected Vehicle Platform Business

Tweddle Group to Significantly Expand Its Vehicle Relationship Management Services, Divests Connected Vehicle Platform Business

Tweddle Group, a market-leading global automotive technology firm, today announced a move that enables the organization to focus substantially more resources on managing relationships among vehicle owners, dealers and automakers and on bringing significant advancements to the connected services marketplace. As an initi ... Continue reading

Ram Truck Brand and Warner Bros. Pictures Team up for 'Man of Steel,' Opening in Theaters June 14

Ram Truck Brand and Warner Bros. Pictures Team up for 'Man of Steel,' Opening in Theaters June 14

Co-branded TV commercial for Ram 1500 truck launches partnership Promotional campaign includes print ad illustrated by DC Entertainment comic artist One-of-a-kind customized 'Man of Steel' Power Wagon truck created for special events; will be auctioned for charity at later date The Ram Truck brand and Warner Bros. laun ... Continue reading

Project Ignition Names Top Ten High Schools Leading Change in Teen Driver Behavior

Project Ignition Names Top Ten High Schools Leading Change in Teen Driver Behavior

Ten high schools across the United States have made this year's top ten list of schools that are changing teen driving behavior. These schools were selected by Project Ignition -- a service-learning teen driver safety program sponsored by State Farm and coordinated by the National Youth Leadership Council  based on c ... Continue reading

National Student Auto Skills Competition Helps Develop Next Generation of Automotive Technicians

National Student Auto Skills Competition Helps Develop Next Generation of Automotive Technicians

One hundred of the nation's best young automotive minds will converge on the Motor City to compete for the title of top high school technicians in the country at the 64th Ford/AAA Student Auto Skills Competition National Finals June 9--11.‚ With jobs in the auto industry on the rise, up over 30 percent since last Apri ... Continue reading

High-Precision Product TURBO3000D Now Available for Powerstroke, Chevy Duramax Pickup Trucks

High-Precision Product TURBO3000D Now Available for Powerstroke, Chevy Duramax Pickup Trucks

TURBO3000D CEO Andrew S. Matuch is proud to announce newly developed installation kits for the Ford 6.0 and 6.7 Powerstroke and the Chevy Duramax diesel engines. TURBO3000D is a patented, easily installed, fuel emission reduction retrofit device. Drivers should expect a smoother idle, an increase in engine horsepower, ... Continue reading

IMS DriveSync Solution Introduces New, Innovative Connected Car Technology

IMS DriveSync Solution Introduces New, Innovative Connected Car Technology

New Technology Platform Enables OEMs, Dealers and Insurers to Build Strong Relationships with Drivers Telematics Detroit 2013, Michigan - June 5, 2013 WATERLOO, ON, June 5, 2013 -- Intelligent Mechatronic Systems (IMS), a leading Connected Car company, today unveiled its next generation IMS DriveSync solution at Telema ... Continue reading

Automotive Plastics Market for Passenger Cars worth $46,112 Million By 2018

Automotive Plastics Market for Passenger Cars worth $46,112 Million By 2018

According to the market research report "Automotive Plastics Market for Passenger Cars, By Type (Polypropylene, Polyurethane, HDPE, ABS, Polycarbonate & Composites), Application (Interior, Exterior & Under Bonnet) & Geography - Trends & Forecasts to 2018", published by MarketsandMarkets, the Global Market Revenue is ex ... Continue reading

TomTom announces new all-in-one solution for tachograph data management

TomTom announces new all-in-one solution for tachograph data management

TomTom Business Solutions today unveils the new WEBFLEET Tachograph Manager at the transport logistic show in Munich. 'WEBFLEET brings fleet management and working-time compliance together in one, unified system. By eliminating the need for separate solutions, businesses are able to improve efficiency and cut down on t ... Continue reading

Acura Joins As Exclusive Sponsor Of Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee

Acura Joins As Exclusive Sponsor Of Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee

Acura, one of the world's most technologically advanced luxury automotive brands, has signed on as the sole sponsor of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, the popular award-winning Web series created by and starring Jerry Seinfeld, returning this summer to Crackle and ComediansInCarsGettingCoffee.com. Acura will sponsor ... Continue reading

Porsche, Cadillac Lead Automotive Brand Loyalty Improvements In First Quarter, According To Polk

Porsche, Cadillac Lead Automotive Brand Loyalty Improvements In First Quarter, According To Polk

SOUTHFIELD, Mich., June 5, 2013 -- Recent analysis of repeat buying behavior from Polk during the first quarter of 2013 finds average new vehicle brand loyalty rates increasing to 51.5 percent, up more than 2 percentage points over the same time period last year. Thirteen brands experienced a larger jump in owner loyal ... Continue reading

AAA Chicago: Illinois and Indiana Gas Prices Continue High Streak

AAA Chicago: Illinois and Indiana Gas Prices Continue High Streak

June 5, 2013 -- Gas price averages for Illinois and Indiana are continuing on a high streak. Illinois and Indiana drivers are currently paying on average, $4.05 and $3.96 respectively for a gallon of regular unleaded. While much of the rest of the U.S. has dropped in prices, Illinois, Indiana and the Midwest prices are ... Continue reading

The New Skoda Octavia vRS: The Fastest Octavia Ever

The New Skoda Octavia vRS: The Fastest Octavia Ever

The curtain rises for the fastest production Octavia ever: the new Skoda Octavia vRS celebrates its world debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed on the 10th of July. ... Continue reading

Mercedes-Benz Invites Fans On Virtual Road Trip To South Africa With The GL-Class

Mercedes-Benz Invites Fans On Virtual Road Trip To South Africa With The GL-Class

Mercedes-Benz has launched a competition based on an online game promoting the new GL-Class. ... Continue reading

Hyundai Motor Provides Official Transport For The ICC Champions Trophy England And Wales 2013

Hyundai Motor Provides Official Transport For The ICC Champions Trophy England And Wales 2013

As official partner of the International Cricket Council (ICC), Hyundai Motor Company delivered 70 vehicles in advance of the start of this year's prestigious ICC Champions Trophy, which begins tomorrow in Cardiff. ... Continue reading

BMW Announces Record Sales for May

BMW Announces Record Sales for May

BMW Group Australia today announced an all-time sales record for May, surpassing all targets across the group - BMW, MINI, BMW Motorrad and BMW Genuine Parts. ... Continue reading

Honda Kicks-Off The Festival Season With A Month Of Great Offers

Honda Kicks-Off The Festival Season With A Month Of Great Offers

Honda (UK) is getting into the festival vibe with the launch of a month of tempting offers across its entire new car range ... Continue reading

Adam Bags Top Design Gong

Adam Bags Top Design Gong

Vauxhall's fashionable A-sector ADAM has scooped the best interior design in a production car award at the Automotive Interiors EXPO 2013. ... Continue reading

Maserati Proudly Sponsors A Reception To Celebrate The Italian National Day And Welcome The New Italian Ambassador

Maserati Proudly Sponsors A Reception To Celebrate The Italian National Day And Welcome The New Italian Ambassador

Maserati proudly sponsored a reception welcoming the new Italian Ambassador, His Excellency Pasquale Terracciano, at the beautiful location of the Italian Embassy in Mayfair. ... Continue reading

Passenger Car Segment Delivers Strong Result for Hyundai

Passenger Car Segment Delivers Strong Result for Hyundai

Hyundai Motor Company Australia has finished May with another tremendous month-end performance, securing fourth place overall in the market. ... Continue reading

Mazda Maintains Momentum in May

Mazda Maintains Momentum in May

Mazda has enjoyed another month of strong sales while topping two segments, with 8,135 new cars, SUVs and utilities finding homes in May according to VFACTS figures released today. ... Continue reading

Fiat Chrysler Group Maintains Strong Growth During May

Fiat Chrysler Group Maintains Strong Growth During May

Fiat Chrysler Group has continued its strong upward sales trajectory during May with total sales of 2,194 vehicles for the month, a record for the Group as it marks one full year since the Fiat and Alfa Romeo brands were added to its portfolio of products. ... Continue reading

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