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2014 Infiniti Q50 Sedan Featuring Three World's First Technologies Priced From $36,700-$48,150

2014 Infiniti Q50 Sedan Featuring Three World's First Technologies Priced From $36,700-$48,150

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Infiniti today announced full U.S. pricing on the 2014 Infiniti Q50 sports sedan, which goes on sale at Infiniti retailers nationwide in early July. The all-new Q50 is designed for a new generation of young, premium customers seeking Infiniti's unique fusion of inspired performance and hospitali ... Continue reading

The Collegiate Women Sports Awards Presents 2013 Honda Cup to Keilani Ricketts of the University of Oklahoma

The Collegiate Women Sports Awards Presents 2013 Honda Cup to Keilani Ricketts of the University of Oklahoma

Keilani Ricketts, who uniquely dominated collegiate softball with her pitching and hitting, is the 2013 Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year and recipient of The Honda Cup. Ricketts was presented the prestigious award yesterday in a live telecast on ESPNU from USC's Galen Center Founders Club in downtown Los Angeles. " ... Continue reading

2014 Honda Odyssey Arrives at Dealers July 2 Delivering More Value to Customers with Refreshed Styling, Enhanced Safety and Additional Standard Features

2014 Honda Odyssey Arrives at Dealers July 2 Delivering More Value to Customers with Refreshed Styling, Enhanced Safety and Additional Standard Features

The 2014 Honda Odyssey minivan arrives at Honda dealerships nationwide on July 2, refreshed with a host of powertrain, styling, interior, feature and safety upgrades, all designed to meet the needs of today's family. Key changes to the 2014 Odyssey minivan include the addition of a standard 6-speed automatic transmissi ... Continue reading

West Central KY Gas Prices Drop

West Central KY Gas Prices Drop

West Central Kentucky Gas Prices Drop West Central Kentucky gas prices plummeted 9 cents this week to $3.453. On the National Front Just weeks after prices in the Midwest soared to new or near-record highs on regional supply and production issues, prices have just as dramatically reversed course, as refinery issues hav ... Continue reading

Chrysler Group Re - prices Loan to Improve Interest Rate

Chrysler Group Re - prices Loan to Improve Interest Rate

Chrysler Group LLC today announced that it has taken advantage of market conditions and its improved credit profile to reduce the interest rate for its $2.9 billion term loan and its undrawn $1.3 billion revolving credit facility. In addition, certain loan covenants have been amended to be in harmony with those in the ... Continue reading

GM Building in Milford Earns LEED Certification

GM Building in Milford Earns LEED Certification

Joins three other GM LEED-certified facilities More than 200 tons of steel and concrete recycled during construction MILFORD, Mich. – A nearly 37,000-square-foot facility at General Motors’ Milford Proving Ground is now certified by the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental ... Continue reading

Alan Batey Named Global Head of Chevrolet

Alan Batey Named Global Head of Chevrolet

“ General Motors today announced the appointment of Alan Batey as senior vice president, Global Chevrolet, which accounts for more than half of GM’s sales worldwide. Batey will also serve as the head of U.S. Sales, Service and Marketing for Chevrolet, Buick and GMC. In his global Chevrolet role, Batey will report ... Continue reading

'Opening the Highways' Artwork Restored as Ford Builds on Century-Plus Legacy of Mobility Leadership

'Opening the Highways' Artwork Restored as Ford Builds on Century-Plus Legacy of Mobility Leadership

'Opening the Highways' Ford advertisement first printed in 1925 still used to summarize company's vision for automotive leadership Ford and The Henry Ford work together to restore historic painting used in the ad Restored painting and ad unveiled in Henry Ford Museum 'Driving America' exhibit ... Continue reading

Ford, UAW and UAW Trust Launch Voluntary Regional Health Care Pilot Program

Ford, UAW and UAW Trust Launch Voluntary Regional Health Care Pilot Program

Ford Motor Company, the United Auto Workers and the UAW Trust are launching a pilot program to improve the health care experience and outcome for Ford's hourly active employees and the Trust's non-Medicare retired members The two-year pilot is expected to improve health; it is voluntary for hourly employees and non-Med ... Continue reading

Alamo Rent A Car Brand Enters Peru

Alamo Rent A Car Brand Enters Peru

Enterprise Holdings today announced that it is franchising the use of its Alamo Rent A Car brand to COPA S.A. of Lima, Peru. This appointment continues the expansion of the brand's footprint in Latin America. ... Continue reading

Logility Delivers Best-of-Breed Supply Chain Solutions in the Cloud

Logility Delivers Best-of-Breed Supply Chain Solutions in the Cloud

Logility Inc., a leading supplier of collaborative solutions to optimize the supply chain, today announced Logility Cloud Services, a comprehensive deployment portfolio that provides a flexible menu of services to accelerate the benefits of supply chain initiatives. Building on more than 10 years of cloud deployment ex ... Continue reading

Autoliv: Invitation to Autoliv's Q2, 2013, Teleconference

Autoliv: Invitation to Autoliv's Q2, 2013, Teleconference

Autoliv Inc. (STO:ALIVSDB) plans to publish its Financial Report for the second quarter 2013 on Friday July 19, at 12:00, Central European Time (11:00 a.m. UK Time, 6:00 a.m. ET). The report will be available at www.autoliv.com under Quarterly Reports. In addition, a teleconference will take place the same day: Time: 1 ... Continue reading

Hertz Wins Industry Award from Digital Screenmedia Association with NCR Technology

Hertz Wins Industry Award from Digital Screenmedia Association with NCR Technology

The Hertz Corporation, the world's largest general use car rental brand, has won the Digital Screenmedia Association's (DSA) Industry Excellence Award for “Best Travel Deployment" for the company's ExpressRent virtual agent kiosks, designed and deployed with the help of NCR Corporation, the global leader in consumer t ... Continue reading

DIRECTV Drives Gas Reductions, Plans to Expand Propane Autogas Fleet

DIRECTV Drives Gas Reductions, Plans to Expand Propane Autogas Fleet

DIRECTV Drives Gas Reductions, Plans to Expand Propane Autogas Fleet DIRECTV to increase its existing Ford fleet equipped with ROUSH CleanTech propane autogas fuel technology WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 25, 2013) -- DIRECTV, one of the world's leading providers of digital television entertainment services, is becoming a fro ... Continue reading

Freescale Takes Automotive Radar Mainstream with Industry's Most Integrated ADAS System Solution

Freescale Takes Automotive Radar Mainstream with Industry's Most Integrated ADAS System Solution

The industry's most comprehensive system-level solution for automotive radar based advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) is now available from Freescale Semiconductor . The new Qorivva MPC577xK microcontroller (MCU) and MRD2001 77 GHz radar transceiver chipset provide the embedded technology necessary for affordabl ... Continue reading

Natural Gas Vehicles on Roadways Worldwide Will Reach Nearly 35 Million by 2020, Forecasts Navigant Research

Natural Gas Vehicles on Roadways Worldwide Will Reach Nearly 35 Million by 2020, Forecasts Navigant Research

Driven by a combination of low-cost natural gas and sustained higher prices for gasoline and diesel, the market for natural gas vehicles (NGVs) is gaining increased traction in many regions. While these vehicles have been in service in certain countries for many decades, interest in NGVs has spread in recent years alon ... Continue reading

TE Connectivity Survey Finds Safety the Top Consumer Priority in Adopting Autonomous Vehicle Technology

TE Connectivity Survey Finds Safety the Top Consumer Priority in Adopting Autonomous Vehicle Technology

TE Connectivity Ltd. today announced the findings of its survey on autonomous vehicles, which examined consumer attitudes toward 'driverless' cars. The survey of 1,000 adults in the U.S. found that the majority of consumers are not yet comfortable with the idea of fully autonomous vehicles and that safety is their top ... Continue reading

University of Michigan Solar Car Features Avery Dennison Car Wrap Films in 2013 World Solar Challenge

University of Michigan Solar Car Features Avery Dennison Car Wrap Films in 2013 World Solar Challenge

-Avery Dennison announced today that “Generation," the University of Michigan's 2013 solar car, features an Avery Dennison vehicle wrap film. Generation, revealed to the public on June 18, will compete in the 2013 World Solar Challenge, a solar-powered car race which covers 3021 km through the Australian Outback Octob ... Continue reading

GSA Urged to Spur‚ Alternative Fuel Vehicles in $1.5‚ Billion Contract for Deliveries

GSA Urged to Spur‚ Alternative Fuel Vehicles in $1.5‚ Billion Contract for Deliveries

An upcoming five-year government-wide contract for package delivery services is a prime opportunity for the Obama Administration to make good on commitments to reduce America's oil dependence and cut greenhouse gas emissions related to contract transportation services, said the‚ American Clean Skies Foundation (ACSF), ... Continue reading

Shelby American Goes Global with New Headquarters and Manufacturing Facility in Las Vegas

Shelby American Goes Global with New Headquarters and Manufacturing Facility in Las Vegas

Shelby American, a wholly owned subsidiary of Carroll Shelby International Inc. (CSBI.PK), announced today that the legendary high performance company will open a state-of-the-art global headquarters on December 1, 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Located near the world famous “Strip" and McCarran International Airport, the ... Continue reading

U.S. Supreme Court Passes on Hearing Challenge to E15

U.S. Supreme Court Passes on Hearing Challenge to E15

U.S. Supreme Court Passes on Hearing Challenge to E15 The justices upheld an appeals court decision without comment, which nixes any other legal challenges to E15. ​ WASHINGTON June 25, 2013; NACSonline reported that yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court decided not to listen to arguments against enlarging the use of ... Continue reading

Ford Announces New Nationwide Training For Young Drivers As Data Reveals A Fifth Of All Serious Crashes Involves Novices

Ford Announces New Nationwide Training For Young Drivers As Data Reveals A Fifth Of All Serious Crashes Involves Novices

Ford Motor Company today announced the introduction of its globally successful Ford Driving Skills for Life programme in the UK, as latest statistics confirm that road accidents remain one of the leading causes of death in young people. ... Continue reading

Rolls-Royce Celebrates 2013 Centenary Alpine Trial Half-Way Stage

Rolls-Royce Celebrates 2013 Centenary Alpine Trial Half-Way Stage

The Centenary Alpine Trial's half-way stage was heralded with an evening that promises to live long in the memories of those that attended, and will also be firmly cemented in Rolls-Royce history. ... Continue reading

Snow Joke! Peugeot 2008 Crossover Shows Off Ski Skills At Sweltering Summer Launch Event

Snow Joke! Peugeot 2008 Crossover Shows Off Ski Skills At Sweltering Summer Launch Event

The all-new Peugeot 2008 Crossover has demonstrated the capability of its pioneering Grip Control enhanced traction technology in the most dramatic way - by driving up and down an indoor snow slope ... Continue reading

New Infiniti Centre To Open In St. Albans Hertfordshire

New Infiniti Centre To Open In St. Albans Hertfordshire

Infiniti is to open a new retail centre in the historical town of St. Albans, Hertfordshire. ... Continue reading

Small Cars Live Event

Small Cars Live Event

Nissan's small car model range has the B-segment covered. Combining bold design, a host of sector-first technologies and trademark Nissan innovation, the all-new Note, new Micra and latest Juke line-up now form the most comprehensive, diverse and exciting B-segment range on the market. ... Continue reading

139,500-Miles In One Shift: Mercedes-Benz Records The Longest Day

139,500-Miles In One Shift: Mercedes-Benz Records The Longest Day

Last Friday, 21st June, the longest day of the year and the Summer solstice, a fleet of Mercedes-Benz vans operated by Parcelforce Worldwide covered a combined total of 139,500-miles. Making it a very long day. ... Continue reading

McLaren Automotive Announces 25th Global Market Within Two Years Of Launch

McLaren Automotive Announces 25th Global Market Within Two Years Of Launch

The range of high performance cars from McLaren Automotive will soon be officially available in Malaysia through Sime Darby Motors which will represent the British brand in Malaysia as McLaren Kuala Lumpur. ... Continue reading

Bates Wins Time Attack with Hankook

Bates Wins Time Attack with Hankook

Hankook Tyres has stamped its name on the NSW Time Attack, with Rick Bates winning the Pro category and setting the fastest time outright on Hankook Ventus tyres. ... Continue reading

Mazda3 Celebrates 10th Anniversary

Mazda3 Celebrates 10th Anniversary

Ten years ago today the first Mazda3 rolled off the production line in Japan, since then more than three and a half million have been sold in over 120 countries around the world. ... Continue reading

Hard Chargers grid up for Shannons MotorEx Auction

Hard Chargers grid up for Shannons MotorEx Auction

A brace of sought-after Chrysler VH Valiant Charger R/T coupes will cross the block at Shannons Sydney Custom & Collectable Auction at MotorEx on Sunday, July 21. ... Continue reading

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