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2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited 4x4 Diesel Review By Carey Russ

2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited 4x4 Diesel Review By Carey Russ

2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited 4x4 Diesel Review By Carey Russ ... Continue reading

Ford GT 40 America's First and Last World Sports Car Champion at the Simeone Automotive Museum

Ford GT 40 America's First and Last World Sports Car Champion at the Simeone Automotive Museum

Ford Racing Legends World Sports Car Championship from 1966 to 1969. Shelby American Automobile Club Simeone Automotive Museum’s first 2014 event in its new Racing Legends Day series. ... Continue reading

Oil Rich Gulf States Say They Can Inspire Sustainable Development Globally

Oil Rich Gulf States Say They Can Inspire Sustainable Development Globally

The 2014 edition of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, anchored by the 7th World Future Energy Summit and including the 2nd International Water Summit, both hosted by Masdar, ended having received an estimated 30,000 attendees from 172 countries. ... Continue reading

Mitsubishi Motors ASX Compact SUV Made In Malaysia

Mitsubishi Motors ASX Compact SUV Made In Malaysia

TOKYO, January 21, 2014 - Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) announced today that local assembly of the ASX (RVR or Outlander Sport in other markets) in Malaysia has commenced. The ASX is being assembled at Tan Chong Motor Assemblies (TCMA), consigned assembler of Mitsubishi Motors Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. (MMM), and will b ... Continue reading

Honda Automobile Dealer Is First in U.S. to Achieve "Electric Grid Neutral" Status

Honda Automobile Dealer Is First in U.S. to Achieve "Electric Grid Neutral" Status

Of the approximately 17,500 automobile dealers in the United States, Rossi Honda of Vineland, New Jersey is the nation's first and only dealer to achieve "Electric Grid Neutral" status, producing as much as or more energy from renewable energy sources than it consumes from its local electric utility over a one-year per ... Continue reading

Honeywell Partners With Japanese Manufacturer To Further Increase Supply For New, Environmentally Preferable Automobile Refrigerant

Honeywell Partners With Japanese Manufacturer To Further Increase Supply For New, Environmentally Preferable Automobile Refrigerant

Honeywell announced today that it has entered into a supply agreement with Asahi Glass Company Ltd. (AGC) to increase production for HFO-1234yf, a new refrigerant for automobiles with a global warming potential (GWP) of less than 1. This GWP is 99.9 percent lower than that of the current refrigerant in use, HFC-134a, a ... Continue reading

CMOs from Chrysler, Havaianas, U.S. Army, Viacom and Wells Fargo to Headline AHAA's 2014 "Thinking Under the Influence" Conference

CMOs from Chrysler, Havaianas, U.S. Army, Viacom and Wells Fargo to Headline AHAA's 2014 "Thinking Under the Influence" Conference

As the influence of the Hispanic demographic impacts pop culture, purchasing behavior and technology adoption, the marketing industry is evolving with brands shifting their strategies to develop innovative and creative initiatives catering to a core audience of multicultural consumers. AHAA: The Voice of Hispanic Marke ... Continue reading

Carnegie Mellon Study Says Electric Vehicles Could Be Cheaper To Recharge if Electricity Providers Control Charging Speeds

Carnegie Mellon Study Says Electric Vehicles Could Be Cheaper To Recharge if Electricity Providers Control Charging Speeds

Electric vehicles may offer a path to a more sustainable transportation future. But they also might drive up electricity prices if they are charged during times of peak electricity demand. ... Continue reading

Mazda Awarded Energy Conservation Grand Prize For SKYACTIV TECHNOLOGY And Aqua-tech Paint System

Mazda Awarded Energy Conservation Grand Prize For SKYACTIV TECHNOLOGY And Aqua-tech Paint System

Tokyo, Jan 22, 2014; Mazda Motor Corporation has announced that in the Energy Conservation Grand Prize for excellent energy conservation equipment fiscal year ending Mar ... Continue reading

Ally's Relationship Management Center Launches Preapproval Option

Ally's Relationship Management Center Launches Preapproval Option

Ally's Relationship Management Center (RMC) has launched a new feature that gives auto dealers the ability to send customers firm offers of credit. The RMC is an online lead generation platform that enables dealers to create and send high-quality direct marketing campaigns quickly and affordably with a few clicks of th ... Continue reading

Santander Consumer USA Signs Letter of Intent with Maserati North America

Santander Consumer USA Signs Letter of Intent with Maserati North America

Santander Consumer USA Inc. ("SCUSA") today announced it has executed a Letter of Intent with Maserati North America to provide a full spectrum of auto financing services to Maserati customers and dealers in the U.S. The non-binding Letter of Intent includes provisions for SCUSA to offer a broad range of applicable pro ... Continue reading

PureCars is Honored to Announce Google Partnership Status

PureCars is Honored to Announce Google Partnership Status

PureCars, the nation's leading provider of digital dealer solutions, proudly announced today that they have officially achieved Google Partnership Status. ( ... Continue reading

CNG At CountryMark Convience Stores

CNG At CountryMark Convience Stores

CountryMark announced that it is adding compressed natural gas (CNG) to its lineup of transportation fuels. ... Continue reading

Toyota RAV4: Even Better For 2014

Toyota RAV4: Even Better For 2014

It's 20 years since Toyota RAV4 created a whole new motoring market with the launch of RAV4, the original compact recreational SUV. ... Continue reading

It's Viva Vivaro In Vauxhall's Milestone Year

It's Viva Vivaro In Vauxhall's Milestone Year

Vauxhall built over 44,000 vans in the UK last year, making it Britain's number one van maker for the 12th year running, according to figures released today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. ... Continue reading

Silverstone: The Classic Car World's Clubbing Capital

Silverstone: The Classic Car World's Clubbing Capital

A record number of eager car clubs have already signed up to be part of this summer's award-winning Silverstone Classic (25-27 July). ... Continue reading

Owsianski New Executive Director Of Skoda Marketing And Sales In China

Owsianski New Executive Director Of Skoda Marketing And Sales In China

Thomas Owsianski (46) takes over as Executive Director of SKODA Marketing and Sales Business at Shanghai Volkswagen, with effect from 1 February 2014 ... Continue reading

Nissan Hits Record Sales In 2013

Nissan Hits Record Sales In 2013

Sales records have been beaten for another year at Nissan, with 118,061 cars sold in 2013, an increase of 11.5 percent on 2012 – itself a record year. Including LCVs, Nissan sold 128,680 vehicles in the UK, up 11.0 percent from 115,970 in 2012. ... Continue reading

Further Refinement For The 2014 Ssangyong Korando Sports Pick-Up

Further Refinement For The 2014 Ssangyong Korando Sports Pick-Up

The Korando Sports brought a new level of refinement to the pick-up market when it was launched just over a year ago, blending the suspension, engine and cabin finesse of a passenger car, with the silhouette, space and seating for five that's typical of a double cab, and the rugged workmanlike ability of a commercial p ... Continue reading

Kia Announces New 'VR7' Range

Kia Announces New 'VR7' Range

Kia has confirmed the arrival in UK dealerships of the new 'VR7' special edition range on its Picanto, Rio and cee'd models. ... Continue reading

Land Rover and the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) 2013 Bursary Winning Expedition Team Reach Pole of Cold

Land Rover and the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) 2013 Bursary Winning Expedition Team Reach Pole of Cold

The Land Rover and The Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) supported ‘Pole of Cold’ expedition team have today reached their goal - Oymyakon, Russia -aka the 'Pole of Cold.' ... Continue reading

BMW Group Australia welcomes former Australian Rugby Captain Stirling Mortlock as its Latest Brand Ambassador

BMW Group Australia welcomes former Australian Rugby Captain Stirling Mortlock as its Latest Brand Ambassador

BMW is already a proud sponsor of the Melbourne Rebels so it was a natural choice to invite the Foundation Rebels Captain and current Melbourne Rebels board member into the BMW family. ... Continue reading

Algae.Tec Says Deal with Reliance Industrial Investments and Holdings Limited (RIIHL) to Launch Global Biofuels Division

Algae.Tec Says Deal with Reliance Industrial Investments and Holdings Limited (RIIHL) to Launch Global Biofuels Division

Algae.Tec Limited (ASX:AEB)(OTCQX:ALGXY)(FWB:GZA:GR) said the signing of agreements with Reliance Industrial Investments and Holdings (RIIHL) was the backing the Company needed to fund and launch its Global Biofuels Division. “This is a very exciting step forward by Algae.Tec” RIIHL is part of the Reliance Gr ... Continue reading

New 2014 Malibu Receives 5-Star Overall Vehicle Score

New 2014 Malibu Receives 5-Star Overall Vehicle Score

The 2014 Chevrolet Malibu midsize sedan has received the highest possible 5-star Overall Vehicle Score for safety as part of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s New Car Assessment Program. “Safety is an increasingly important consideration for new vehicle buyers, especially for those in the m ... Continue reading

Michigan Secretary of State Partners with QLess to Eliminate Lines at Vehicle Registration and Licensing Offices

Michigan Secretary of State Partners with QLess to Eliminate Lines at Vehicle Registration and Licensing Offices

QLess, the worldwide leader in line management solutions, today announced that it has been selected to provide a dynamic line management solution for Michigan Secretary of State Offices. QLess will be implemented initially at offices in Detroit, Flint, Grand Rapids and Lansing, Mich. that handle auto and driver related ... Continue reading

PureCars to Launch SmartAdvertising at NADA 2014

PureCars to Launch SmartAdvertising at NADA 2014

The company plans to officially introduce their newest and most groundbreaking product, SmartAdvertising at this year's National Auto Dealers Association Convention and Expo 2014. The company will showcase the industry's most relevant pay-per-click and site and search retargeting platform from Booth #5352. After being ... Continue reading

2012 Highway Deaths Up - State Legislative Action Down

2012 Highway Deaths Up - State Legislative Action Down

Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety (Advocates) today released the 2014 Roadmap of State Highway Safety Laws. This annual report grades all 50 states and the District of Columbia on 15 basic traffic safety laws. It also focuses on progress these past 25 years and deadly gaps that put drivers and children in every sta ... Continue reading

Dealers Poised to Attract More Car Shoppers

Dealers Poised to Attract More Car Shoppers

Car dealers now have an easy and powerful new way to connect with the growing segment of shoppers looking to lease a new car, thanks to a convenient new feature from Edmunds.com. ... Continue reading

Nissan and FedEx Express Put All-Electric e-NV200 to Work in Collaborative U.S. Test

Nissan and FedEx Express Put All-Electric e-NV200 to Work in Collaborative U.S. Test

FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp., and Nissan announced today at the Washington Auto Show that the two companies will begin testing the Nissan e-NV200, a 100 percent electric compact cargo vehicle, under real world conditions in Washington, D.C. ... Continue reading

Hyundai Receives Strong Consumer Interest With 88,000 Visitors To Its Dedicated Fuel Cell Microsite In Just Two Months

Hyundai Receives Strong Consumer Interest With 88,000 Visitors To Its Dedicated Fuel Cell Microsite In Just Two Months

Hyundai is witnessing exceptionally strong consumer interest in its next-generation Tucson Fuel Cell CUV, with more than 88,000 unique visitors to its Hyundai.com fuel cell microsite since the program's November introduction. Consumers selected for the program can drive the Tucson Fuel Cell for just $499 per month, whi ... Continue reading

Green Car Journal Lauds Cadillac's Electric Car Tech at Washington Auto Show

Green Car Journal Lauds Cadillac's Electric Car Tech at Washington Auto Show

Cadillac's innovative Regen on Demand technology has taken top honors as the winner of Green Car Journal's 2014 Green Car Technology Award™. The prestigious award was presented at a Green Car Journal press conference during the Washington Auto Show's second Policy Day. "Cadillac has cleverly evolved a common elect ... Continue reading

Alcantara On Display At North American International Auto Show

Alcantara On Display At North American International Auto Show

A variety of car makers are showcasing Alcantara at the 2014 North American International Auto Show in Detroit (Jan. 13-26). ... Continue reading

2014 Mazda3, Mazda6 and CX-5 Models Receive Kiplinger's Segment Honors

2014 Mazda3, Mazda6 and CX-5 Models Receive Kiplinger's Segment Honors

The 2014 Mazda3, Mazda6 and CX-5 today were named the best values in their respective classes by Kiplinger's Personal Finance. As further proof that the brand's SKYACTIV1 TECHNOLOGY engineering produces real-world results, this Mazda triple threat includes recently redesigned models that comprised more than 80 percent ... Continue reading

GM Foundation Donates $1 Million to Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture

GM Foundation Donates $1 Million to Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture

The General Motors Foundation will become a founding donor of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture through a $1 million grant. GM Foundation President Vivian Pickard presented the gift to the Museum Founding Director Lonnie G. Bunch III at the Washington Auto Show. ... Continue reading

Lincoln Motor Company Introduces New Level of Power and Beauty on Luxurious Navigator

Lincoln Motor Company Introduces New Level of Power and Beauty on Luxurious Navigator

A redesigned exterior, updated interior, more powerful engine, additional customer-focused technologies and new luxurious appointments elevate Lincoln Navigator in the full-size luxury SUV market A new 3.5-liter, twin-turbocharged EcoBoost® engine delivers more power; available Lincoln Drive Control with Continuously ... Continue reading

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