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Pep Boys Acquired 17 Discount Tire Centers in Southern California from AKH Company, Inc.

Pep Boys Acquired 17 Discount Tire Centers in Southern California from AKH Company, Inc.

Pep Boys acquired 17 Discount Tire Centers in Southern California from AKH Company, Inc. ... Continue reading

Scion announced its Three Scion Tuner Challenge Finalists

Scion announced its Three Scion Tuner Challenge Finalists

“ Scion announced its three Scion Tuner Challenge finalists today, each of whom will show off their modified tC vehicles at the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show in Las Vegas Nov. 5-8. The winning participants are Josh Croll of Mertztown, Pa., Walter Franco of Seattle and Young Tea of Alhambra, Calif. ... Continue reading

If you bought a Toyota Corolla last month, your new car just might be the 40 millionth Corolla ever sold

If you bought a Toyota Corolla last month, your new car just might be the 40 millionth Corolla ever sold

If you bought a Toyota Corolla last month, your new car just might be the 40 millionth Corolla ever sold. It's not about the number, but the number sums it up: Happy customers have made Corolla the best-selling automotive nameplate in history. ... Continue reading

More Georgians turn to credit unions for lending needs

More Georgians turn to credit unions for lending needs

Highlights New vehicle loans at Georgia credit unions increased 6.8 percent in the first half of 2013 Used vehicle loans increased 5.5 percent for the first half of the year Total loan balances were up 2.9 percent in the first half of 2013 Strong job growth and a rebounding housing market continue to drive consumer spe ... Continue reading

Range Rover Sport, Top-Selling Land Rover Vehicle in North America, in showrooms and starting at $63,495

Range Rover Sport, Top-Selling Land Rover Vehicle in North America, in showrooms and starting at $63,495

LAND ROVER UNVEILS MARKETING CAMPAIGN TO LAUNCH ALL-NEW 2014 RANGE ROVER SPORT Range Rover Sport, Top-Selling Land Rover Vehicle in North America, in showrooms and starting at $63,495* New campaign theme, 'Driven to Another Level,' underscores the car's attributes and captures the personality of the target customer T ... Continue reading

2014 Silverado Is Most Corrosion-Resistant Chevrolet Truck

2014 Silverado Is Most Corrosion-Resistant Chevrolet Truck

More than half of light-duty pick-up trucks on the road are now 11 years or older. To help build on the Chevrolet Silverado's reputation as the most dependable, longest lasting full-size pickup, engineers designed the 2014 Silverado to be the most corrosion resistant Chevrolet truck ever. The 2014 Silverado starts with ... Continue reading

GM's $400 million investment In Western NY Will Produce the Gen 5 Block Engine

GM's $400 million investment In Western NY Will Produce the Gen 5 Block Engine

Some of General Motors' advanced manufacturing techniques to produce the all-new, Gen 5 Small Block engine family are microscopic, but they have a huge impact on the 75-year-old Tonawanda Engine Plant, where about 1,500 jobs have been created and retained since 2009. ... Continue reading

GM Employees to Serve in U.S. Communities from September 9-13

GM Employees to Serve in U.S. Communities from September 9-13

Communities and nonprofits across the country will receive a helping hand from General Motors employee volunteers from September 9-13 as part of the company's second annual teamGM Cares Week. ... Continue reading

Eric Peterson Named U.S. vice president, Diversity Dealer Relations, at General Motors

Eric Peterson Named U.S. vice president, Diversity Dealer Relations, at General Motors

Eric Peterson has been named U.S. vice president, Diversity Dealer Relations, at General Motors Co., effective immediately. Peterson, 61, formerly U.S. vice president of Corporate Diversity, will advance GM's commitment to increase the number of minority dealers in its dealer network and support automotive diversity. I ... Continue reading

Clean Energy to Provide the 'Show Me State' with the Benefits of Natural Gas Fuel

Clean Energy to Provide the 'Show Me State' with the Benefits of Natural Gas Fuel

Clean Energy Fuels Corp.‚ has been awarded multiple natural gas fuel agreements in the state of Missouri over the last few weeks including yesterday's approval by the City Council of Kansas City, Mo., to provide compressed natural gas (CNG) for the city's fleet of natural gas vehicles (NGVs). Below are the highlights ... Continue reading

Skoda Uk PR Team Strengthened With Arrival Of Jo Davis

Skoda Uk PR Team Strengthened With Arrival Of Jo Davis

In a year that has already seen six new or facelifted SKODAs launched, the PR team is set to be boosted by an exciting new addition as Jo Davis has been appointed Media Relations Manager. ... Continue reading

Historic Models Pull In To Aston Martin Works

Historic Models Pull In To Aston Martin Works

The largest ever gathering of classic Aston Martin models from the brand's celebrated Feltham factory era made their way to Aston Martin Works in Newport Pagnell on Sunday as part of a special centenary road trip. ... Continue reading

Renault Group, Number One In Europe For Low Co2 Emissions

Renault Group, Number One In Europe For Low Co2 Emissions

Renault Group has become the European leader in terms of low CO2 emissions based upon its sales of passenger cars over the first half of 2013 ... Continue reading

Development Testing For The Mclaren P1 Reaches Boiling Point As Production Nears

Development Testing For The Mclaren P1 Reaches Boiling Point As Production Nears

The testing programme for the McLaren P has continued at a relentless pace throughout the summer, and in the latest short film from McLaren Automotive, the production-intent McLaren P1 is shown testing in some of the harshest and most challenging conditions ... Continue reading

Mitsubishi Motors' zero-emission vehicle used for the G20 Leaders' Summit

Mitsubishi Motors' zero-emission vehicle used for the G20 Leaders' Summit

MMC Rus, Mitsubishi Motors Corporation's (MMC) official distributor for Russia, has delivered 70 units of the all-electric i-MiEV to the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation. ... Continue reading

Infiniti Announces Management Change in Australia

Infiniti Announces Management Change in Australia

Infiniti Cars Australia General Manager Kevin Snell has decided to leave the company by the end of September. ... Continue reading

Hankook Tire is Original Equipment on BMW 5-Series

Hankook Tire is Original Equipment on BMW 5-Series

Tyre manufacturer Hankook continues its expansion in the premium automotive segment as it becomes the original equipment supplier for the BMW 5-Series. ... Continue reading

Robert Shannon';s Spyder Returns Home

Robert Shannon';s Spyder Returns Home

The late Robert Shannon's much-loved 1994 Maserati Bi-Turbo Spyder, is now back in the company's Cheltenham, Melbourne showroom in search of a new owner. ... Continue reading

'Windows' of opportunity at Shannons Spring Sale

'Windows' of opportunity at Shannons Spring Sale

It's all about the 'windows' at Shannons Melbourne Spring Auction on September 23. ... Continue reading

Rotary Lift has partnered with Heavy Duty Trucking magazine to produce "Lifting Your Vehicles Correctly and Safely"

Rotary Lift has partnered with Heavy Duty Trucking magazine to produce "Lifting Your Vehicles Correctly and Safely"

Free Rotary Lift Webinar Provides Heavy-Duty Truck Lifting Tips -- Rotary Lift has partnered with Heavy Duty Trucking magazine to produce "Lifting Your Vehicles Correctly and Safely," a webinar designed to update fleet managers and technicians on the latest heavy-duty vehicle lifts and adapters, proper lifting techniqu ... Continue reading

Trusted Diesel Accessory Providers Expand Selection

Trusted Diesel Accessory Providers Expand Selection

Advance Diesel Adds SCT Programmer to Programmers for Sale Advance Diesel is passionate about helping people improve the performance of their vehicles, and they now offer SCT programmers to help drivers get the most out of their rides. There are some excellent advantages to SCT programmers, and their ease of use makes ... Continue reading

AM General Announces Agreement Leading To Ownership And Control Of The Vehicle Production Group

AM General Announces Agreement Leading To Ownership And Control Of The Vehicle Production Group

AM General today announced it has reached an agreement with the United States Department of Energy (DOE) to purchase the DOE's secured loan to The Vehicle Production Group (VPG). VPG is the Michigan-based company that originally developed and manufactured the acclaimed MV-1, the only American-built vehicle specifically ... Continue reading

Toyota uses HD Radio Technology and Clear Channel's Total Traffic Network to provide subscription-free real-time traffic and weather information

Toyota uses HD Radio Technology and Clear Channel's Total Traffic Network to provide subscription-free real-time traffic and weather information

First Toyota Vehicles With Subscription-Free HD Radio Audio, Traffic And Weather Arrive At Dealers 2014 Tundra, Corolla, and Sequoia featuring HD Radio Artist Experience, Traffic and Weather Forecasts now at dealers; new 4Runner and Tacoma arriving later this month ... Continue reading

Trudy Hardy becomes BMW's Vice President, Marketing

Trudy Hardy becomes BMW's Vice President, Marketing

Ludwig Willisch, President and CEO, BMW of North America is pleased to announce that Trudy Hardy will become the new Vice President, Marketing effective September 15, succeeding Dan Creed who has become Vice President, Eastern Region. In her new role, Trudy will head the Marketing department including the Product Plann ... Continue reading

Toyota Invests $28M in Ann Arbor Powertrain R&D Expansion

Toyota Invests $28M in Ann Arbor Powertrain R&D Expansion

More Toyota Power Coming To Detroit Metro Area - Toyota Technical Center (TTC), a division of Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing, N.A.(TEMA), announced an investment of more than $28M to expand its powertrain operations at two facilities in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The new growth will support powertrain development c ... Continue reading

What is Important to Car Shoppers?

What is Important to Car Shoppers?

NADAguides.com Survey Ranks Consumer Preferences for New Vehicles Quality/Dependability moves ahead of Fuel Economy in latest survey; Driver-Assist Technologies score poorly ... Continue reading

Edison ParkFast and Zipcar team up to provide more sustainable transportation options for New York

Edison ParkFast and Zipcar team up to provide more sustainable transportation options for New York

New York Zipsters Get a Charge out of Driving with New Accord Plug-in Hybrids - Edison ParkFast and Zipcar, Inc., the world's leading car sharing network, today announced the introduction of twenty 2014 Honda Accord Plug-in Hybrids to the Zipcar New York fleet at Edison ParkFast locations throughout the city. ... Continue reading

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Shows Off More Than Clothes

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Shows Off More Than Clothes

Lincoln Center is abuzz with the start of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week (#MBFW) as it gets underway from September 5-12, 2013, with a line-up of over 100 designers showing their spring 2014 Collections. Among the world's most renowned designers, Mercedes-Benz is showing an icon of its own - the all-new 2014 S-Class. A ben ... Continue reading

Ford Delivers its Best August Electrified Vehicle Sales Ever With 8,292 Sales

Ford Delivers its Best August Electrified Vehicle Sales Ever With 8,292 Sales

Ford Delivers Best August Hybrid Sales Ever with C-MAX Energi and Fusion Energi Achieving Record Sales -- Ford delivers its best August electrified vehicle sales ever with 8,292 sales, up 288 percent over August 2012 Ford's plug-in hybrids, Fusion Energi and C-MAX Energi, delivered their best sales month year-to-date, ... Continue reading

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