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2014 BMW X5 Press Release - "From The Horses Mouth Featured Content'

2014 BMW X5 Press Release - "From The Horses Mouth Featured Content'

At a glance Third generation of the BMW X5; founder of the Sports Activity Vehicle segment and global market leader in its class sets new standards in powerful design, luxurious spaciousness, cutting-edge versatility and. ... Continue reading

2014 BMW X5 xDrive30d First Drive | 2014 BMW X5 xDrive50i First Drive | Production Specs

2014 BMW X5 xDrive30d First Drive | 2014 BMW X5 xDrive50i First Drive | Production Specs

2014 BMW X5 xDrive30d and 2014 BMW X5 xDrive50i Review First Drive ... Continue reading

2014 Nissan Maxima Pricing, New Options and Specs

2014 Nissan Maxima Pricing, New Options and Specs

2014 Nissan Maxima Pricing and Specs, U.S. pricing for its flagship 2014 Nissan Maxima, which is on sale now at Nissan dealers nationwide. Maxima offers sports sedan styling, a driver-oriented cockpit, ample comfort and luxury, and an advanced drivetrain led by Nissan's 290-horsepower 3.5-liter DOHC 24-valve VQ-series ... Continue reading

2014 Mercedes GLK-Class BlueTEC (Diesel) Review By Thom Cannell

2014 Mercedes GLK-Class BlueTEC (Diesel) Review By Thom Cannell

2013 GLK250 BlueTEC 4MATIC_ (14) No one has offered diesel cars in the US longer than Mercedes. Their latest diesel, the 2014 GLK-Class, gets an updated exterior, interior, and a diesel engine that costs less than the premium V-6—while delivering better fuel economy and more torque. We’re very excited about t ... Continue reading

2014 Kia Sorento EX AWD Review By Carey Russ

2014 Kia Sorento EX AWD Review By Carey Russ

2014 Kia Sorento EX AWD Review By Carey Russ ... Continue reading

Volvo Car Group Reveals the Concept Coup

Volvo Car Group Reveals the Concept Coup

Volvo Car Group reveals the Concept Coup, the first of three concept cars launched over a seven month period which will outline the future design direction of the Swedish car brand. The unveil of the new design vision marks a key moment in the rapid transformation of Volvo where the new design language will focus on in ... Continue reading

MotorScience and MotorScience Enterprise Agree to Settle Clean Air Act Violations Stemming From Illegal Import of Vehicles

MotorScience and MotorScience Enterprise Agree to Settle Clean Air Act Violations Stemming From Illegal Import of Vehicles

*Two California Firms and Owner Agree to Settle Clean Air Act Violations Stemming from Illegal Import of Vehicles* Two Los Angeles-based consulting firms, MotorScience Inc., and MotorScience Enterprise Inc., (MotorScience) and their owner, Chi Zheng, have agreed to settle alleged Clean Air Act (CAA) violations stemming ... Continue reading

Alcoa Breaks Ground on $275 Million Auto Expansion in Tennessee

Alcoa Breaks Ground on $275 Million Auto Expansion in Tennessee

Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam, U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander, Congressman John Duncan and other local and state officials joined Alcoa Chairman and CEO Klaus Kleinfeld today to break ground on a $275 million expansion of Alcoa's Tennessee Operations to meet growing aluminum demand for auto production. Aluminum, already ... Continue reading

Workers and Robots are Now Building Volkswagen Cars Together

Workers and Robots are Now Building Volkswagen Cars Together

The car manufacturing group Volkswagen has integrated an industrial robotic arm from the Danish manufacturer Universal Robots into mass production at its engine production plant in Salzgitter, Germany. The lightweight robot UR5Â is installed in the cylinder head assembly section, where it is responsible for handling ... Continue reading

Luxury Cars Whereever You Live

Luxury Cars Whereever You Live

Fusion Luxury Motors Embraces the Used Luxury Car Market Fusion Luxury Motors wants people to enjoy the pleasure associated with luxury cars. They sell used luxury cars or help customers find the car best suited to their needs. - Los Angeles is a place people identify with luxury and money. It is more common to see an ... Continue reading

2014 Range Rover Hybrid 10,000 Mile Endurance Expedition

2014 Range Rover Hybrid 10,000 Mile Endurance Expedition

2014 Range Rover Hybrid 10,000 Mile Endurance Expedition ... Continue reading

TRW Safety Technology Gets Awards

TRW Safety Technology Gets Awards

Four of the six small vehicle models earning TOP SAFETY PICK+ accolades from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), based on its recent small frontal crash overlap testing, feature various automotive safety technologies supplied by TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. ... Continue reading

New INRIX Traffic App Offers Personalized Traffic News, Live Traffic Cameras to Help Drivers Avoid Gridlock

New INRIX Traffic App Offers Personalized Traffic News, Live Traffic Cameras to Help Drivers Avoid Gridlock

INRIX Predicts a 30 Percent Increase in Traffic Congestion Nationwide Post-Labor Day -- INRIX, a leading provider of traffic information and driver services, released its Labor Day Traffic Forecast today, predicting U.S. drivers will experience a "back to school" increase in traffic congestion of at least 30 percent1 f ... Continue reading

"30 Miles of Freedom" with Jeep

"30 Miles of Freedom" with Jeep

Consumers Sharing Their Idea of the Perfect 30-Mile Road Trip Will Be Given the Opportunity to Win Either a New 2014 Jeep Compass or Jeep Patriot Jeep spotlights adventures close to home using about a gallon of gas The Jeep Brand announces "30 Miles of Freedom," a new online/social media initiative celebrating the Amer ... Continue reading

Newest Goodyear Eagle race tire features Multi-Zone Tread Technology

Newest Goodyear Eagle race tire features Multi-Zone Tread Technology

Goodyear Debuts New NASCAR Tire Technology in Atlanta -- As drivers take to the track for this weekend's NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series races at Atlanta Motor Speedway, they'll be riding on a newly designed Goodyear Eagle race tire with roots in consumer tire technology. ... Continue reading

2014 Honda Odyssey Earns IIHS Highest Safety Pick

2014 Honda Odyssey Earns IIHS Highest Safety Pick

2014 Honda Odyssey Earns IIHS Highest Safety Pick ... Continue reading

SRT Brand returns as Presenting Sponsor for the Grand Prix of Baltimore

SRT Brand returns as Presenting Sponsor for the Grand Prix of Baltimore

Chrysler Group's SRT (Street and Racing Technology) Brand Takes Over Baltimore Labor Day Weekend -- SRT Brand returns as Presenting Sponsor for the Grand Prix of Baltimore SRT Motorsports races two SRT Viper GTS-Rs on Saturday in the 2013 American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patron On-site events include SRT Br ... Continue reading

2014 Honda Odyssey Crash Ratings

2014 Honda Odyssey Crash Ratings

Honda Odyssey is first minivan to earn the IIHS Top Safety Pick+ award ARLINGTON, Va. August 29, 2013; The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) reported that the 2014 Honda Odyssey minivan earns the Institute's top safety designation for good performance in all five IIHS crash evaluations, including the challe ... Continue reading

Audi Sets Fastest Speed For In-Car Mobile Connection Ahead Of 4G Launch In London

Audi Sets Fastest Speed For In-Car Mobile Connection Ahead Of 4G Launch In London

New 300PS Audi S3 Sportback is notable as first ready-to-order production car equipped to handle higher-speed 4G internet connectivity. ... Continue reading

Mazda's Hofu Plant In Japan Builds Its 10 Millionth Car

Mazda's Hofu Plant In Japan Builds Its 10 Millionth Car

Mazda has announced that total production at its Hofu facility in Japan's Yamaguchi prefecture, which builds the all-new Mazda6 and all-new Mazda3, has passed 10 million vehicles. ... Continue reading

Nissan Patrol Conquers Ultimate Challenge And Achieves Guinness World Record

Nissan Patrol Conquers Ultimate Challenge And Achieves Guinness World Record

The Nissan Patrol Challenge reached its grand finale today with a new Guinness World Record set by the unstoppable Hero of All Terrain. ... Continue reading

Hughes Departs Mazda Australia to Establish New Mazda Sales Operation in South Africa

Hughes Departs Mazda Australia to Establish New Mazda Sales Operation in South Africa

David Hughes, currently Mazda Australia's West Australian state manager, has been selected to set up a new national sales company for Mazda in South Africa after an agreement that will see the end of the current Mazda Ford distribution partnership there in about 12 months. ... Continue reading

Ford S-Max Concept Blends Crafted Design With Smart Technology

Ford S-Max Concept Blends Crafted Design With Smart Technology

Ford of Europe has revealed the new Ford S-MAX Concept, a sport activity vehicle that takes the style-without-compromise ethos of the popular current S-MAX to new levels with a sharper design, advanced technology and premium craftsmanship. ... Continue reading

Honda Australia Says Goodbye To The ARC

Honda Australia Says Goodbye To The ARC

Honda Australia has today announced that the 2013 Australian Rally Championship season will be its last, after four years, a Civic Type R, two Jazz, many podiums, a championship and a record-breaking moment. ... Continue reading

The Volvo Concept Coupe - the next-generation P1800

The Volvo Concept Coupe - the next-generation P1800

Inspired by contemporary, progressive Scandinavian lifestyle and design as well as iconic elements from the past, the elegant new Volvo Concept Coupé is the first of a series of three concept cars that reveal the design possibilities created by the company's new Scalable Product Architecture ... Continue reading

Gold Coast Duo Wins Audi's National Golf Final

Gold Coast Duo Wins Audi's National Golf Final

Two Gold Coast-based players have won the national final of Audi's quattro Cup golf tournament in Australia. ... Continue reading

2014 Evolution: Affordable Rally-bred Performance

2014 Evolution: Affordable Rally-bred Performance

Mitsubishi Motors Australia Limited's (MMAL) high performance vehicle, the Lancer Evolution, offers power, precision and performance. ... Continue reading

Social Network Critical to Enterprise's Recruitment and Hiring of College Graduates

Social Network Critical to Enterprise's Recruitment and Hiring of College Graduates

Enterprise Holdings Recognized by Glassdoor Career Site as 'Talent Warrior' ST. LOUIS, Aug. 28, 2013 -- Glassdoor today recognized Enterprise with its inaugural Talent Warrior Award, a list of the top 10 companies which excel in social recruiting. ... Continue reading

School is in Session--Watch for Children

School is in Session--Watch for Children

With children returning to school drivers need to be more cautious. Child pedestrians are most often hurt in the months of September and October and children aged 10-14 years have the highest incidence of pedestrian-related injuries.1 The roads are busier and drivers need to adjust their driving routine to help predict ... Continue reading

Lots of People Will Be on the Road on Labor Day Weekend--Drive Safely!

Lots of People Will Be on the Road on Labor Day Weekend--Drive Safely!

This Labor Day, millions of cars will hit the road as Americans celebrate summer with family and friends. As with all of the summer holidays, many people celebrate the end of summer by driving to a location that is more than 50 miles away from their home. The National Coalition for Safer Roads (NCSR) is reminding all m ... Continue reading

Best Cars for Those Tailgating Parties

Best Cars for Those Tailgating Parties

Cars.com today released a list of the top cars for tailgating, just in time for the start of football season. Experts from the site evaluated a gamut of cars, big and small, to determine which have the most to offer the serious tailgater. "With football season comes the return of fans to parking lots across the nation ... Continue reading

Kia Dealers in Six Major Metropolitan Areas Lend Extra Support to National "Double Your Impact" Matching Program

Kia Dealers in Six Major Metropolitan Areas Lend Extra Support to National "Double Your Impact" Matching Program

Kia Motors America And DonorsChoose.org Launch Back-to-School Giving Campaign Benefitting High-Need Schools Across The Country Dealers in Six Major Metropolitan Areas Lend Extra Support to National "Double Your Impact" Matching Program Targeting Two-year Total Impact on Public Education of $5 Million - Kia's partnershi ... Continue reading

Testing and development of the World's Fastest Electric Racing Car Now Underway

Testing and development of the World's Fastest Electric Racing Car Now Underway

Nissan ZEOD RC Set To Hit The Track For The First Time -- Construction of the first Nissan ZEOD RC chassis is nearing completion and the ground-breaking car that will "electrify Le Mans" set to hit the track for the first time in the UK in early September. ... Continue reading

Award-winning collaboration between Nissan and PlayStation continues to break the records and rules

Award-winning collaboration between Nissan and PlayStation continues to break the records and rules

Breakthrough Marketing Idea Nissan GT Academy Celebrates Fifth Season of Success - Award-winning collaboration between Nissan and PlayStation continues to break the records and rules - On-track and off-track victories and awards continue to cement the success of GT Academy - Nearly four million entrants and over 120 mi ... Continue reading

Honda Experiments With Some Advanced Safety Technologies

Honda Experiments With Some Advanced Safety Technologies

Honda Demonstrates Advanced Vehicle-to-Pedestrian and Vehicle-to-Motorcycle Safety Technologies - Honda today demonstrated two experimental safety technologies aimed at reducing the potential for collisions between automobiles and pedestrians and between automobiles and motorcycles. These advanced Vehicle-to-Pedestrian ... Continue reading

Ford Fusion Production Ramps Up

Ford Fusion Production Ramps Up

1,400 New Ford Employees Kick Off U.S. Production of Fusion to Meet Surging Customer Demand -- With 1,400 new jobs and a $555 million investment, Flat Rock Assembly Plant begins Ford Fusion production Production added to improve tight availability of Ford Fusion; U.S. Fusion sales up 13 percent this year Ford will hire ... Continue reading

It's Nice to be First: 2014 Honda Odyssey Gets Crowned Top Minivan Safety Pick

It's Nice to be First: 2014 Honda Odyssey Gets Crowned Top Minivan Safety Pick

2014 Honda Odyssey is First Minivan to Earn 2013 TOP SAFETY PICK+ Rating; Highest Overall Safety Rating from Insurance Institute for Highway Safety - 2014 Honda Odyssey achieves the highest rating of GOOD overall; includes GOOD on small overlap frontal crash test - No automaker has earned more TOP SAFETY PICK+ ratings ... Continue reading

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