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2013 Land Rover Range Rover 3.0 TDV6 Vogue by A.Kahn Design

2013 Land Rover Range Rover 3.0 TDV6 Vogue by A.Kahn Design

Introducing the Range Rover 3.0 TDV6 Vogue by A.Kahn Design Regal and smooth, the Signature Edition stakes its claim to be an indomitable luxury warrior of choice. Presidential in appearance A.Kahn Design's latest creation is clad in Santorini Black metallic and distinguished by means of brake calipers finished in liqu ... Continue reading

See What BMW Is Showing At 2013 IAA Frankfurt Auto Show +Reviews

See What BMW Is Showing At 2013 IAA Frankfurt Auto Show +Reviews

Munich August 22, 2013 The present and future of driving pleasure converge in the new models presented by the BMW and BMW i brands at the International Motor Show (IAA) 2013 in Frankfurt am Main. One of the highlights of the world’s most important car show, which takes place from 12 – 22 September this year, ... Continue reading

Tata Nano From Cheap(est) To City(est) To Cool(est)+VIDEO

Tata Nano From Cheap(est) To City(est) To Cool(est)+VIDEO

Mumbai August 22, 2013; In a bid to boost Nano sales and woo young customers, Tata Motors on Wednesday said the budget car will be repositioned as ‘a smart city car’ with added features such as power steering, apart from introducing a CNG version. Tata Group Chairman Cyrus P Mistry said at the 68th annual gen ... Continue reading

Senators Ask FTC To Investigate "Possible" Oil Industry Stonewalling Of American Friendly E15 Gasoline

Senators Ask FTC To Investigate "Possible" Oil Industry Stonewalling Of American Friendly E15 Gasoline

Klobuchar, Grassley Call on Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission to Investigate Allegations of Possible Anticompetitive Practices by Oil Companies that Hurt Consumers Recent concerns indicate that oil companies may be taking steps to undermine efforts to distribute renewable fuels, including higher level eth ... Continue reading

2014 Chevrolet Camaro Convertible and Coupe Make First Appearance in Europe +VIDEO

2014 Chevrolet Camaro Convertible and Coupe Make First Appearance in Europe +VIDEO

"Camaro has always been associated with iconic design, high performance and driving fun, and we are particularly proud of the new coupe and convertible models," said Dr. Thomas Sedran, President and Managing Director, Chevrolet Europe. "They incorporate new high-tech features that add extra convenience and give custome ... Continue reading

2014 Volkswagen Golf R Unveiled At IAA Show in Frankfurt

2014 Volkswagen Golf R Unveiled At IAA Show in Frankfurt

The new Golf R Golf R – the new Flagship Power of the Golf R increased to 300 PS Fuel consumption with DSG reduced to 6.9 litres per 100 km Wolfsburg, 21 August 2013 - It is the year of the Golf. The first six months of 2013 have already seen the debuts of the new Golf GTI, Golf GTD, Golf Estate and Golf TDI BlueM ... Continue reading

2013 Volkswagen Golf R 2-Door Down The Road Review By Carey Russ

2013 Volkswagen Golf R 2-Door Down The Road Review By Carey Russ

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS 2013 Volkswagen Golf R 2-Door Volkswagen's GTI has quite a reputation, and a fanatic following, but there are VW aficionados who want more that the 200 horsepower that the turbocharged and intercooled GTI produces. A few years ago VW satisfied them with the limited-production, 250- ... Continue reading

Cost To Operate A Vehicle Ranked By State - From BankRate.Com

Cost To Operate A Vehicle Ranked By State - From BankRate.Com

NEW YORK, Aug. 21, 2013; Georgia is the most expensive state to operate a motor vehicle and Oregon is the cheapest, according to a new Bankrate.com report. Bankrate factored in the costs of gasoline, insurance, repairs, taxes and fees. In Georgia, a typical driver spends $4,233 per year to operate his or her vehicle. T ... Continue reading

Automobile Safety Foundation Rolls Out: The Copilot Driver License

Automobile Safety Foundation Rolls Out: The Copilot Driver License

The ASF introduces revolutionary new approach to driving safety and driver distraction avoidance -- The World Bank reports that last year over a million people died in auto accidents with many more millions injured. With the turn of the century and modern technology came the high incidence of accidents caused by cell p ... Continue reading

Authenticom Recognized Second Year In A Row By Inc. 5000 As One Of America's Fastest Growing Private Companies

Authenticom Recognized Second Year In A Row By Inc. 5000 As One Of America's Fastest Growing Private Companies

Inc. magazine ranked Authenticom No. 1353 on its seventh annual Inc. 500|5000 list, an exclusive ranking of the nation's fastest-growing private companies. Authenticom is one of the top automotive software companies in America. The list is a comprehensive look at the most important segment of the economy ”America's in ... Continue reading

WD-40 Company and Chip Foose Partner for Third Year to Design New Ford Off-Road Truck for Charity

WD-40 Company and Chip Foose Partner for Third Year to Design New Ford Off-Road Truck for Charity

Two of the biggest names in the automotive world are teaming up again -- this time to design a custom off-road truck that will be the first vehicle built inside the new, state-of-the-art SEMA Garage. ... Continue reading

Spicing Up Your 2014 Fiat 500L

Spicing Up Your 2014 Fiat 500L

Chrysler Group to Offer More Than 100 Mopar Accessories For FIAT's New Model - The all-new Fiat 500L expands the appeal of the Fiat 500 by offering 42 percent extra interior space with comfortable seating for five. Mopar further expands its appeal by offering more than 100 proven, quality-tested accessories. ... Continue reading

TxDOT Announces Testing Of App To Help College Students Find Sober Rides Home

TxDOT Announces Testing Of App To Help College Students Find Sober Rides Home

Three Texas colleges help test new app with students As the fall semester welcomes back college students across the state, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) will partner with three universities to test a new Facebook-integrated app designed to help students plan ahead for a sober ride home. "It is well kno ... Continue reading

2014 Toyota Tundra and 2014 Toyota 4Runner First Look and Drive +VIDEO

2014 Toyota Tundra and 2014 Toyota 4Runner First Look and Drive +VIDEO

2014 Toyota Tundra and 2014 Toyota 4Runner First Look and Drive, Carey Russ New to the Toyota lineup for 2014 are the latest iterations of Tundra and the 4Runner, recently shown to the automotive press in Cle Elum, WA and available for sale now. I'll cover each in turn Toyota has long been the class benchmark for small ... Continue reading

August New-Vehicle Sales Reach Highest Level in Seven Years

August New-Vehicle Sales Reach Highest Level in Seven Years

New-vehicle sales continue the hot streak that has been trending throughout the summer selling season, with no evidence of the pace slowing, according to a monthly sales forecast developed jointly by the Power Information Network® (PIN) from J.D. Power and LMC Automotive. ... Continue reading

2014 Volkswagen Golf R: First Details Of 300 PS Super-Hatch

2014 Volkswagen Golf R: First Details Of 300 PS Super-Hatch

Volkswagen has released the first details of its powerful new 2014 Volkswagen Golf R, which is set to take to the stage at the Frankfurt Motor Show next month ... Continue reading

Porsche 911 Carrera 4S Named 2013 Motor Trend Best Driver's Car

Porsche 911 Carrera 4S Named 2013 Motor Trend Best Driver's Car

911 takes top honor in sports car competition Motor Trend has named the Porsche 911 Carrera 4S as its Best Driver's Car for 2013. The Best Driver's Car honor is decided after a yearly competition among the top new or improved performance cars available in the U.S. market. This is the second consecutive year that a 911 ... Continue reading

Top Hispanic Journalists Visit GM Headquarters

Top Hispanic Journalists Visit GM Headquarters

Automaker rolls out red carpet for Latino media DETROIT, Aug. 22, 2013 -- General Motors welcomed a select group of journalists from some of the nation's top Latino news outlets for the first GM Hispanic Media Immersion Summit. A dozen Hispanic reporters and media representatives gathered in Detroit Aug. 15-17 to meet ... Continue reading

TravelCenters of America Kicks Off Fourth Annual Fundraising Campaign to Benefit St. Christopher Fund

TravelCenters of America Kicks Off Fourth Annual Fundraising Campaign to Benefit St. Christopher Fund

TravelCenters of America LLC (TravelCenters), operator of the TA and Petro Stopping Centers travel center brands, today launched its annual campaign in support of the St. Christopher Truckers Development and Relief Fund (SCF), a non-profit organization that helps truck drivers suffering from financial hardship due to m ... Continue reading

A Festival Like No Other,Supported By Volvo Car UK

A Festival Like No Other,Supported By Volvo Car UK

Volvo Car UK announces a new partnership with Festival No. 6, held between the 13th and the 15thSeptember 2013. In addition to an exciting line-up of bands and artists such as The Manic Street Preachers and My Bloody Valentine, Volvo will be offering visitors the chance to take part in free power kiting and stand-up pa ... Continue reading

Skoda Starts Rapid Spaceback Production

Skoda Starts Rapid Spaceback Production

The newest member of the expanding Skoda family, the Rapid Spaceback, has officially joined the line-up. ... Continue reading

Demand Grows For Used Mazda Cars

Demand Grows For Used Mazda Cars

There's a huge demand for more good, used Mazda cars with dealers across the country seeking a range of stock. ... Continue reading

Lexus Launches New Luxury Brand Centre

Lexus Launches New Luxury Brand Centre

The doors will open at Intersect by Lexus on 30 August, a luxury brand experience space that celebrates the best in design, art, fashion, culture, film, music and technology. ... Continue reading

Monza Concept To Break Cover At Frankfurt

Monza Concept To Break Cover At Frankfurt

Opel/Vauxhall's ground-breaking Monza Concept, the first car to feature cutting-edge LED projection infotainment and an evolution of the Ampera's revolutionary powertrain, is set for its world premiere at the Frankfurt Motor Show next month. ... Continue reading

Land Rover Launches Its First Hybrid Range Rover Models

Land Rover Launches Its First Hybrid Range Rover Models

Land Rover is launching its first-ever hybrid models - the Range Rover Hybrid and Range Rover Sport Hybrid - which will deliver outstanding fuel economy, significantly lower CO2 emissions and retain Land Rover's renowned capability and performance ... Continue reading

Jaguar XF Sportbrake Takes Best Supporting Role In New High-Adrenaline Film Series

Jaguar XF Sportbrake Takes Best Supporting Role In New High-Adrenaline Film Series

High-adrenaline sports in some of Europe's most scenic locations are featured in a new series of Jaguar films depicting the Jaguar XF Sportbrake as the perfect car for those with an active lifestyle. ... Continue reading

94.2 MPG - The New S-Class Plug-In Hybrid

94.2 MPG - The New S-Class Plug-In Hybrid

The third hybrid model of the new S-Class, the S 500 PLUG-IN HYBRID, sets new benchmarks with regard to efficiency as well as drive-system and climate comfort. ... Continue reading

Infiniti Offers Top Budding Engineers Exclusive Work Placements in Formula One

Infiniti Offers Top Budding Engineers Exclusive Work Placements in Formula One

Infiniti is offering performance-driven engineering graduates an exclusive opportunity to work in Formula One via a new global talent search initiative. ... Continue reading

GM Increases ENERGY STAR Challenge Plants to 63

GM Increases ENERGY STAR Challenge Plants to 63

Nine new facilities and 22 repeat achievers cut energy by average of 23 percent ... Continue reading

Americans Growing Less Concerned about Dangerous Driving Behaviors

Americans Growing Less Concerned about Dangerous Driving Behaviors

Survey Results Come as Road Deaths Increase for First Time in Seven Years -- Americans are less likely to perceive a serious threat from dangerous driving behaviors such as drunk, aggressive or drowsy driving, according to an analysis of four years of public surveys conducted by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. T ... Continue reading

Eight Mississippi Professional Drivers Head to National Truck Driving Championships

Eight Mississippi Professional Drivers Head to National Truck Driving Championships

Eight Mississippi professional truck drivers arrived in Salt Lake City this week to compete in the National Truck Driving Championships at the Salt Palace Convention Center. These elite drivers earned their way to compete in the "Superbowl of Safety" after winning their title earlier this summer at the state level. ... Continue reading

The Dirt on Ford's New 3D Dirt Detection Technology: There Isn't Any

The Dirt on Ford's New 3D Dirt Detection Technology: There Isn't Any

Industry-first dirt detection technology uses high-resolution cameras to generate a 3D model so Ford can identify and eliminate dirt particles smaller than a grain of salt on vehicle paint surfaces Ford data show new automated vision system led to an 82 percent improvement in combined paint quality and customer satisfa ... Continue reading

South Lake Tahoe Chooses Parkeon For Paid Parking System

South Lake Tahoe Chooses Parkeon For Paid Parking System

City Strives To Improve Parking Turnover - Dubbed "America's Best Lake" by USA Today and renowned for its skiing, water sports, and casinos, Lake Tahoe is now home to a new paid parking system. Parkeon, the global leader in multi-space parking solutions, has just completed the installation of 32 Pay & Display parking m ... Continue reading

Fourth Annual DealerSocket User Summit Almost Sold Out

Fourth Annual DealerSocket User Summit Almost Sold Out

Company is encouraging customers to save their space to learn, improve, connect and recharge before it's too late - Leading auto dealer CRM, DealerSocket, is pleased to announce that its Fourth Annual User Summit being held from September 12-14 at the Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel in Dana Point, California, is almost sol ... Continue reading

Chrysler Group and Kaiser Permanente Bring Passion for Health and Wellness

Chrysler Group and Kaiser Permanente Bring Passion for Health and Wellness

Companies to create an interactive health pavilion experience at Excellence in Journalism conference Pavilion will feature health, nutrition, and exercise education programs in an engaging demonstration of best practices in health and wellness Partnership enables both companies to bring their passion for health and wel ... Continue reading

Drivers, What's in Your Emergency Kit? Asks Brian Eberstein

Drivers, What's in Your Emergency Kit? Asks Brian Eberstein

Read the 1-800-Car-Wreck Lawyer's list of must-have emergency kit items for Dallas drivers -- Are you busy checking things off your summer bucket list? If a road trip is on that list, you may want to consider putting together an emergency kit. Even though no one likes to think that a car might break down or that a fun ... Continue reading

2014 Subaru Legacy: Engineered for those who appreciate the finer details

2014 Subaru Legacy: Engineered for those who appreciate the finer details

Mid-size sedan with Subaru symmetrical full-time All-Wheel Drive delivers fuel efficiency comparable to two-wheel-drive cars. Subaru's preventative safety technology, EyeSight, is now offered on select 2.5i and 3.6R Legacy models. (SCI) is pleased to announce the release of the 2014 Subaru Legacy. With standard Subaru ... Continue reading

Edmunds.com Named a Top Place to Work in Los Angeles for Fourth Consecutive Year

Edmunds.com Named a Top Place to Work in Los Angeles for Fourth Consecutive Year

The Los Angeles Business Journal today recognized Edmunds.com, the premier resource for car buying and automotive information, among the top 20 Best Places to Work in Los Angeles in the large company category (+250 employees). The honor marks the fourth year in a row that Edmunds.com has been recognized as a top workpl ... Continue reading

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